Obituaries

Roy Crumley
Jul 4, 2007
Visitation for Roy C. Crumley, 71, of Ruidoso will be Sunday, July 8, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. Graveside services will be Monday, July 9, at 11:00 AM in the Ruidoso Hondo Valley Cemetery near Ruidoso Downs with the Rev. Al Lane officiating. Mr. Crumley passed away Wednesday, July 4, in Ruidoso. He was...

Phil Kelly
Jun 29, 2007
Funeral mass for Phil Kelly, 67, of Picacho will be Friday, July 6, at 10:00 AM in the St. Joseph's Mission in Picacho with the Rev. Al Galvan officiating. Burial will follow at the Picacho Cemetery. Mr. Kelly passed away Friday, June 29, at his home. He was born November 20, 1939 at Columbus, Indiana to Arlie and Georgia...

Bob Powell
Jun 28, 2007
Graveside services for Bob Powell, 69, of Ruidoso will be Monday, July 2, at 11:00 A.M. in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah, Texas with Pastor John Marshall officiating. Mr. Powell passed away Thursday, June 28, in Ruidoso. He was born December 7, 1937 in Paducah. He was retired owneroperator of Office Suplly Company and he married Frances Beck...

Victoria Davis
Jun 16, 2007
Visitation for Victoria Davis, 58, of Mescalero will be Tuesday, June 19, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. The prayer service will be Tuesday at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Assembly of God Church where the funeral will be on Wednesday, June 20, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Victoria passed...

Sherwin Balatche-Magoosh
Jun 14, 2007
Prayer service for Sherwin Kirby Balatche-Magoosh, 53, of Mescalero will be Friday, June 15, at 6:00 PM in St. Joseph's Mission at Mescalero where the funeral mass will be on Saturday, June 16, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Balatche-Magoosh passed away Thursday, June 14, in Mescalero. He was born April 11, 1954...

Bobby Turner
Jun 11, 2007
BRBobby Ray Turner, 57, of Ruidoso passed away Monday, June 11, at his home. He was born April 23, 1950 at Floydada, Texas to Edith and Virgil Turner. He served in the Army during Vietnam, was a drilling fluids engineer and moved to Ruidoso eight years ago from Carlsbad. He married Gail Rudder on February 4, 1999 in Lubbock....

Sara Goodrum
Jun 6, 2007
Memorial service for Janie Goodrum, 77, of Capitan will be Monday, June 11, at 11:00 AM in Lagrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso. Mrs. Goodrum passed away Wednesday, June 6, in Ruidoso, she was born April 7, 1930 in Dexter, New Mexico and moved to Lincoln County in 1961 from Dexter. She attended the Methodist Chruch and was homemaker. She...

Paul Gibson
Jun 5, 2007
A memorial service for Paul David Gibson, 71, of Alto will be Tuesday, July 10, at 2:00 PM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso with John Marshall officiating. Graveside services will be Wednesday, July 11, at 2:00 Pm in the Carlsbad Cemetery. Mr. Gibson passed away June 5 in El Paso, he was born April 6, 1936 in Carlsbad.He...

Jesus Verdugo
Jun 5, 2007
Prayer service for Jesus Verdugo, 83, of Carrizozo will be Friday, June 8, at 7:00 PM in Santa Rita's Catholic Church where the funeral mass will be on Saturday, June 9, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Verdugo passed away Tuesday, June 5, in Carrizozo. He was born December 3,...

Jeannette Hatch
May 29, 2007
Visitation for Jeanette Jan Hatch, 72, of Ruidoso will be Thursday, May 31, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be Friday, June 1, at 10:00 AM in the First Christian Church with burial to follow at the Capitan Cemetery. Mrs. Hatch passed away Tuesday, May 29, in Roswell. She was born October...

Sara Gold
May 26, 2007
Sara Ella Gold, 90, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 26, at the Mescalero Care Center. She was born March 14, 1917 in Ryan, Oklahoma to George and Annie Nicholson. When she retired as beauty operator in Kermit, Texas she moved to Ruidoso to be near her only daughter. She enjoyed the Ruidoso Woman's Club and loved playing bridge....

Martha Allen
May 12, 2007
Graveside service for Martha Milburn Allen, 75, of Ruidoso will be Friday, May 18, at 3:00 PM in Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Vern Edmondson officiating. Ms. Allen passed away Saturday, May 12, at her home. She was born May 30, 1931 in Clovis to Polly and Arthur Milburn. She lived in Clovis until 1966 when she moved...

Earline Phillips
Apr 22, 2007
Earline Campbell Phillips died Sunday morning, April 22, in Mescalero. She was born May 9, 1923 in Amarillo, Texas to Orville and Nellie Evelyn Campbell. She resided in Amarillo until her early twenties, when she married dick Ross, whose parents owned the Ross Hotel, and moved to Hereford, Texas. After moving to Hereford, Dik and Earline built and operated...

Ella Pearman
Apr 21, 2007
Funeral service for Ella May Pearman, 97, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, April 28, at 11:00 AM in the First Christian Church with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Pearman passed away Saturday, April 21, and was born July 3, 1909 at Fox, Oklahoma. She moved to Ruidoso from Midland, Texas. She was retired beauty salon owner,...

Rondell Turner
Apr 20, 2007
Rondell G. Turner passed away Friday April 20th in Ruidoso NM. He is survived by his wife Sherry, sisters Leta Doyle and Ruth Ann Jackson, brothers in law Patrick Doyle, Bill Snow and Gary Jackson, nephews Royce and William Stuart, Joe Thompson and a niece Mary McClain. He was preceded in death by his parents Joe and Velma Turner....

Charlie Borchardt
Apr 18, 2007
Visitaton for Charlie Borchardt, 77, of Ruidoso Downs will be Tuesday, April 24, from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso Downs where the funeral service will be at 2:00 PM. Burial will follow at the Ruidoso-Hondo Valley Cemetery. Mr. Borchardt passed away Wednesday, April 18, in Ruidoso Downs. He was born August 15,...

Lucia Savedra
Apr 18, 2007
Visitation for Lucia G. Savedra, 85, of Capitan will be Friday, April 20, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the prayer service at 7:00 PM, the funeral mass will be Saturday, April 21, at 10:00 AM also at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial to follow at the Capitan Cemetery. Mrs. Savedra passed away...

Charles Franklin
Apr 13, 2007
Visitation for Court Franklin, 23, will be Monday, April 16, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso, NM from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM with a funeral service on Tuesday, April 17, at 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church in Ruidoso with burial to follow at the Ruidoso-Hondo Valley Cemetery. Court passed away Friday, April 13, in Waco, Texas,...

Asusena Niederstadt
Apr 11, 2007
A memorial service for Asusena Niederstadt, 77, of Carrizozo will be Saturday, April 14, at 7:00 PM in the Foursquare Church of Capitan. Mrs. Niederstadt passed away Wednesday, April 11, in Carrizozo, she was born October 15, 1928 at Peteca, New Mexico. She moved to Carrizozo 41 years ago from LaMedera, New Mexico and was a retired bartender. She...