Obituaries
Orlando Montes Jr.
Dec 30, 2018
Orlando Montes Jr., 76, of Glencoe passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018 in Ruidoso. He was born September 9, 1942 at Ft. Stanton, NM to Orlando Montes Sr. and Cecilia Chavez Montes who have both preceded him in death. He had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. His passion and love was racing horses, he loved his...
Barbara Mcfarland
Dec 27, 2018
Barbara Tolar McFarland was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on November 1st, 1949 and passed away peacefully at home in Nogal, New Mexico on December 27, 2018. She worked for 30 years as a special education teacher and loved her students. She had an enormous impact on many children. Of her many contributions, one of the most significant was the...
Ralph Kastner
Dec 22, 2018
Ralph Kastner, 91, of Ruidoso passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Albuquerque. He was born November 2, 1927 in Little Falls, Minnesota. He worked with civil service from 1949 until his retirement in 1986, he worked for the Department of the Army Pueblo Ordinance Depot and White Sands Missle Range Test Evaluation. His funeral service will be...
Toby Sanchez
Dec 13, 2018
Toby Sanchez, 70, of Hondo passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 at is home. He was born May 18, 1948 in Dexter, NM. He moved to Lincoln County in 1980 and worked for State Highway Department until the early 1990's. He is survived by two daughters, Valerie A. Chavez and Jessica R. Gutierrez; a son, Toby Sanchez Jr.; step-daughter,...
Frances Bates
Dec 11, 2018
Frances Lee Bates, 48, of Alto, NM passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018 in Las Cruces, NM. She was born November 11, 1970 in El Paso, Texas to Steve Austin and Yvonne Darling Austin. She moved to Ruidoso in 1978 from El Paso, she married Stephen Bates on May 5, 1996 in Middletown, Connecticut and they moved to Ruidoso...
Tony Chavez
Dec 10, 2018
Tony Chavez, 76, of Capitan passed on Monday, December 10, 2018 at his home in Capitan. He was born August 17, 1942 in Capitan to Damacio Chavez and Chonita Montoya Chavez and had lived all of his life in Capitan. He was a cook at Ft. Stanton and the Senior Center in Capitan for many years. He enjoyed spending...
Eunice Toclanny
Nov 29, 2018
Eunice Toclanny, 72, of Mescalero passed away on Thursday, November 29, 2018 in Las Cruces. She was born January 7, 1946 at Hunters Point, AZ. She moved to Mescalero in January, 1968 from Los Angeles, California. She has worked for the Mescalero Schools in Head Start and Elementary. She was a member of the Mescalero Assembly of God Church....
Robert Orr
Nov 28, 2018
Robert Mitchell Orr, Sr., died at his home on November 28, 2018, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 92 years old. Orr was born in Los Fresnos, Texas, October 4, 1926. He graduated high school in Dallas, became a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, served in Panama, then graduated from the University of Texas with a degree...
Delores Griego
Nov 28, 2018
Dolly J. Griego, our beloved and beautiful mama; grandmother and sister left us to be with our Lord on November 28, 2018. Dolly fought the hardest fight of her life with courage, determination and humor until the end. She is survived by her pride and joy, her children. JR Montoya (Adrianna) and DesiRae Nikole Tena (Ivan) and their father,...
Charles Onstead
Nov 11, 2018
C. R. "Ronnie" Onstead, 87, passed away Nov. 11, 2018 in Lubbock, Texas at the Covenant Hospital. Ronnie was born to I. D. & Ollie (Bench) Onstead in Amherst, Texas on Nov. 30,1930. Also born in Amherst was a half brother, Irvin Donnaquin, Jr., brother Wayne Norris and sister Wanda Jean. He had attended schools in Amherst & Littlefield,...
William Kreins
Nov 9, 2018
William (Bill) Kreins was born on May 20,1937 to Joseph and Margaret Kreins of Oakland, California, and passed away on November 9, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bill attended school in Oakland and Hayward, California, and joined the United States Air Force in 1956. Bill served in Spain and Japan as a control tower operator. He was honorably discharged...
Leo Mccaslin
Nov 5, 2018
Leo Elmer McCaslin, 93, of Ruidoso passed away on Monday, November 5, 2018. He was born January 24, 1925 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Leo served in the Army during World War II. He worked for Southwestern Bell Company for 20 years as an engineer. He moved to Ruidoso 33 years ago from the Dallas area and was a member of...
James Tyler
Nov 1, 2018
James T. Tyler (Jamie) Born June 26,1964 to Aubrey and Denise Tyler in Roswell NM . He went to be with the lord on November 1, 2018. Services Will Be Held: 2:00 PM November 9th, 2018 La Grone Funeral Home Ruidoso, NM Jamie loved to tell a good joke to anyone that would listen. He also Loved his work....
William Bartlett
Nov 1, 2018
Bill Bartlett, 74, of Ruidoso passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in Ruidoso. He was born November 3, 1943 at Skokie, Illinois. He moved to Ruidoso in the early 1980's from Chaparral, NM. He was in television production in advertising, member of the Pine Top Car Club, Ruidoso Rotary Club and a past board member of the Lincoln...
Noel Cervantes
Oct 29, 2018
Noel Lee Cervantes, son of Mayjah Rose Cervantes and Javier Quintana, was born August 20, 2018 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. A pure soul whose faith was taken in God's hands on October 29, 2018. Noel Lee went peacefully in his sleep. He was a very healthy and ecstatic baby. He brought joy and smiles to everyone he encountered. He...
Belva Choneska
Oct 26, 2018
Belva Jean "Honey Lou" Choneska, 62, of Mescalero passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 in Ruidoso. She was born May 15, 1956 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She retired in 2017 from the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino after 28 years. She is survived by her husband, Rocklyn Choneska; children, Lambert...
Ernest Silva
Oct 24, 2018
ERNEST SILVA WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1939 IN GLENCOE, NEW MEXICO TO ERNESTO SANCHEZ SILVA AND GENEVA GONZALES SILVA . HE LIVED IN LINCOLN COUNTY ALL HIS LIFE. HE GRADUATED FROM HONDO SCHOOLS IN 1957, HE WAS FIESTA KING TWO YEARS IN A ROW AT THE HONDO FIESTA'S. HE WORKED MOST OF HIS LIFE AS A BOBTAIL TRUCK...
Patsy Chavez
Oct 20, 2018
Patsy Chavez, 74, of Capitan passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018 in Las Cruces, NM. She was born July 9, 1944 at Capitan, NM to Sosteno and Eloisa Padilla who both preceded her in death. She married Gilbert Chavez on May 8, 1965 in Capitan and they lived there until 1967. From 1967 until 2000 they lived from the...
Harvey Stanford
Oct 18, 2018
Harvey Penn Stanford was born on October 1,1931 in Clovis, NM to Truman Bower Stanford and Rebecca Francis Gibson Stanford. He went to school in Clovis, NM and after high school Harvey attended Southwest Jr. College in Keene, TX. He married Phyllis Ann Montgomery in Waco, TX on Aug 20,1950. They had 2 children, Gerald Wayne & Judy Kaye....
Jackie Owensby
Oct 10, 2018
Jackie Harris Owensby "Jack", 74, of Ruidoso, New Mexico passed away on October 10, 2018 in Ruidoso, NM. Jack was born on May 25, 1944 in Clovis, NM to Jack and Connie Owensby. Jack was a graduate of Clovis High School. He married Caroline Sue on March 8, 1979. Jack served six years in the army as a Specialist...
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