Obituaries
Annette Wallace
May 23, 2019
Annette Marie Hammond Wallace, 70, passed this life on Thursday, May 23, 2019. She was born May 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas to Walter Douglas and Margie Marie (Marsac) Hammond. She graduated from Spring Branch High School in 1967 in Houston and attended Blinn College. She was a flight attendant for Continental Airlines and took her mother to Greece...
Harvey Twite
May 20, 2019
Harvey L. Twite passed away of natural causes on May 20th at 9:35am in his home in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Harvey was born on February 18th, 1956 in Denver, Colorado to Harvey and Ilow Twite. Before completing high school, he had already developed a passion for radio broadcasting. He would stay up late at night building radios and practicing...

Walter Killingbeck
May 16, 2019
Carrizozo resident, Mr. Walter Bernard Killingbeck, was born on February 24, 1936 in Romulus, Michigan, he was the oldest of seven children born to Edah Emma Schmiede and the late Edgar Frank Killingbeck, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He graduated from Romulus High School in 1955 and retired from the United States Army in...

Marianne Talafuse
May 15, 2019
Daughter of Melvin and Jimmie Wright, Marianne Talafuse was born in Clara, Texas on April 20, 1925 and grew up north of Nocona, Texas. She peacefully died on May 15, 2019 in the presence of loved one. Sister of Frances and Bill Miller of Albuquerque; aunt to Jimmy and Debbie Miller and children of Bloomfield, CO. Mother to Sunny...
Huey Lee
May 15, 2019
Huey Lee, 60, of Capitan, New Mexico went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Albuquerque New Mexico at UNM Hospital. He was born in Roswell, New Mexico on November 14, 1958. He resided in Capitan, New Mexico since 1992. He was an Automotive Mechanic at the Inn of the Mountain Gods for the last...
Cruszita Chavez
May 10, 2019
Cruzita Chavez 74 of Ruidoso Downs, NM went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 10, 2019. She was born on May 3, 1945 to Juan and Josephine Baca in Roswell, NM. She married Danny Chavez on January 27, 1973 in Reno NV. He preceded her in death on October 28, 2013. She was also preceded in...
William Magoosh Iii
May 9, 2019
William Magoosh,III passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Mescalero with his family by his side. He was born on September 24, 1957 to William Magoosh, Jr and Betty Botella-Magoosh, who both preceded him in death. He is the great, great grandson of Chief Magoosh. William has gone into eternal peace to be with his parents, his brothers Gerald...
Cecil Smith
May 5, 2019
Cecil Smith, 74, of Glencoe, New Mexico went to be with our Lord and Savior Sunday, May 5, 2019 in Ruidoso, New Mexico at Lincoln County Medical Center. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 7th at 11:00 A.M. at River Crossing Ministries located at 1950 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345. In...

Adeline Thompson
May 2, 2019
Adeline S. Thompson died peacefully on May 2,2019 surrounded by loved ones in Albuquerque, NM. She was born on October 19, 1942. She is survived by her daughter, Theresa Treas-Cornelius and grandchildren Jairus Cornelius and Anaiah Cornelius; sisters, Virgina Mendoza and Lucille Sanchez. God children April Saenz and Paul Saenz. She is preceded in death by her husband Virgil...
Charles Hood
May 2, 2019
Hood, Charles Stewart, aged 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday May 2nd, 2019 in Roswell, NM. A memorial service will be held 10am Tuesday June 4th, 2019 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Stewart was born in South Gate CA, on September 4th, 1934 to Evelyn Lois Hood and Wilbur Richmond Hood and moved to Phoenix, AZ as a...

Margilene Daukei
Apr 29, 2019
Margie Daukei, 65, of Mescalero passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 in Las Cruces, NM. She was born May 8, 1953 at Anadarko, OK. She had lived at Mescalero since 1967 moving from Oklahoma. She had been a dispatcher for Mescalero Law Enforcement. She is survived by her children, Michelle Carrillo, Kevin Morgan, Marnie Morgan, Florence Morgan, Gerald Blake...

Pauline Randolph
Apr 29, 2019
Pauline Randolph, age 79, of Ruidoso Downs passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 in El Paso TX. She was born March 25, 1940 in Carrizozo, NM to Jose and Eulalia Herrera. Pauline was a member of St. Eleanor Church of Ruidoso. She is preceded in death by her mother, Eulalia Herrera; father, Jose Herrera; sisters, Irene Richardson and...
Jose Almager
Apr 19, 2019
Jose Angel Almager, 75, was called to sing and play his guitar in heaven on April 19th, 2019. He was born August 3rd, 1943 in San Angelo, TX. On July 22nd, 1959, he married Elodia Gomez and they were married for 59 years. He was owner of Gray Hawk Construction specializing in painting. His favorite pastimes were collecting rocks,...
Hazel Daves
Apr 19, 2019
Hazel Lou Jones Daves was born March 4, 1925 in Palo Pinto County, Texas to Will and Minnie Lee Jones and died on Good Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Mescalero Care Center surrounded by her loving daughters and the caring staff. On November 17,1946 she married Carlton Evert Daves and they were married 58 years. Hazel and Carlton...

Ronald Burton Sr.
Apr 18, 2019
Ronald Blake Burton Sr., 82 passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019 at his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM with his loving wife of 42 years, Peggy L. Burton, by his side. Ronald was born November 27, 1936 in Des Moines, NM to W.C. and Ione Longwill Burton. He is survived by his wife, Peggy L. Burton; two sons, Ronald...

Beverly Kerry
Apr 18, 2019
Bev was born in 1928 in Minden, Nebraska, then moved to the Hein homestead near Medicine Bow, Wyoming with her parents. They moved to North Dakota in 1941 along with brother Dale, where they lived through her graduation from Grand Forks ND. She married her late husband Joe Hettich there. She was preceded in death by her parents Elmer...
Cornelia Prudencio
Apr 14, 2019
Our devoted wife, mother, and best friend Cornelia Salcido Prudencio, 78 years old from Hondo, New Mexico passed away on April 14, 2019. Cornelia was the daughter of Pedro and Feliz Salcido and was born in Alamo Canyon on November 24, 1940. She graduated from Hondo High School. The Rosary service will be held at St. Jude Catholic Church...
Kay Shelnutt
Apr 13, 2019
Kay Shelnutt, 81, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, April 13, in Ruidoso. She was born September 13, 1937 in Clovis, NM. She moved to Ruidoso in 2001 from El Paso, TX. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Order of the Eastern Star and the Beta Sigma Phi. She attended the Methodist Church. She married...

Lorenzo Reyes Jr.
Apr 12, 2019
Lorenzo Reyes Jr., 44, of Ruidoso Downs, NM passed away Friday, April 12, 2019. He was born September 24, 1974 in El Paso, TX to Petra and Lorenzo Reyes Sr. Lorenzo married Courtney Harris in February, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Courtney Reyes; mother, Petra Reyes; children, Crystal, Dalia, Jaime and Summer; brothers, Mike, Andy, Pablo, Frank...
Virginia Gonzales
Apr 9, 2019
Virginia M. Gonzales was called by her savior on April 9th, 2019. She was born November 4th, 1936 in Tularosa, NM. She married Jose Gonzales on April 28th, 1956. She worked at Holloman Air Force Base until moving to San Patricio, NM. There she worked at Hondo Public Schools as a cafeteria cook until retirement. She moved back to...