Obituaries

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...

Leroy Covington
Apr 9, 2007
He moved to Ruidoso in 1996 from Dallas, Texas. He owned and operated Covington Barber shop since 1996 and loved to fish. He married Sharon Freeman on February 7, 1958 at El Reno, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife, Sharon; a son, William Anthony Covington; 8 grandchildren, 1 great grandson; three sisters, Patsy Miller, Delores Keller, and Cuba...

John Vanmarter
Apr 8, 2007
He graduated from New Mexico State University in 1989 and then moved to Hobbs from Las Cruces and was working for XCEL Energy in Hobbs. He married Tammie Hardy on March 18, 1995 in Hobbs. He is survived by his wife Tammie of Hobbs; two step children, Mary Keith of Hobbs and James Kirkendall of Amarillo; his father, John...

Bryson Stevenson
Apr 7, 2007
Graveside service for Bryson Lee Stevenson, 4, of Alto will be Saturday, April 14, at 11:00 AM at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruidoso. He was born April 6, 2003 in Ruidoso and passed away April 7, 2007 in Lubbock, Texas. He had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. He is survived by his father, Ricky Stevenson; sister,...

Betty Pippin
Apr 6, 2007
Betty Lee Pippin went to be with her Lord on Good Friday evening, April 6, 2007. Betty was born in Hobbs, New Mexico on February 26, 1933 to William Porter and Hattie McKinney. Betty spent much of her early years growing up in Weed, New Mexico and attended shcoo there. It was in Weed that she learned to cook,...

Fletcher Hall
Mar 31, 2007
He had lived in Capitan all of his life, served in the Army during World War II and was a rancher, cowboy, and horseman. He attended the Capitan Church of Christ. He married Emma Gene Tonn on July 13, 1946 in Lubbock, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Emma Gene Hall of 61 years; three children, Pam Allen...

Donald Swalander
Mar 30, 2007
Service Memorial Service Alto Country Club 100 Country Club Drive Alto, NM 88313 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 2:00 PM

Avyce Reeder
Mar 25, 2007
Mrs. Reeder slipped away in the early morning on Sunday, March 25, to be with the Lord and have a reunion with her family and close friends who preceded her to Heaven. She fought a gallant fight with Lymphoma Cancer for over ten years. She was born in Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas on May 7, 1927 to Robert H....

Terry Balderrama
Mar 23, 2007
He had lived at Mescalero all of his life. He was an 8th grader at the Mescalero Apache School and attended the Mescalero Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Sheila Michel; his father, Terry K. Balderrama; 4 brothers, Beau Michel, Riskey Balderrama, Don Balderrama, and Darran Ahidley; 2 sisters, Deana Evans and Lesley Evans; grandparents, Letitia Balderrama,...

William Fischer
Mar 18, 2007
Mr. Fischer passed away Sunday, March 18, at home in Las Cruces. He was born March 5, 1926 at Wayne Township, New Jersey. He moved to Ruidoso from Florida in 1977 and lived in Ruidoso until moving to Las Cruces in 1981. He was a self employed Contractor in Commercial Artwork. He married florence Marie Anderson on May 1,...

George Mcculley Jr.
Mar 17, 2007
George McCulley, 71, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, March 17, at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. McCulley was born June 16, 1935 at Williston, Tennessee. He served in the Army retiring after 25 years as a Command Sgt. Major and had two tours of duty in Vietnam. He moved to Ruidoso in 1977 from Ft. Riley, Kansas...

Cleofas Montes
Mar 17, 2007
Cleofas Montes passed from this earth on March 17, 2007. She was born in San Patricio and lived her 73 years in the beautiful Hondo Valley. she married Johnny Montes, a fruit grower and businessman from Glencoe, in 1951. Johnny preceded her in death in 1987. Since 1951, Cleo and Johnny developed their business, The Montes Fruit Stand. She...
Fred Pfingsten
Mar 17, 2007
Mr. Pfingsten passed away Saturday, March 17, at his home along side the Rio Bonito surronded by loved ones. He was born August 5, 1913 at Angus to Maggie and Fred Pfingsten. He spent his young life along the Rio Bonito in Hondo working in the family apple orchards and getting his first cow at age nine and first...