Obituaries
Raymond Valdez
Jan 3, 2018
Raymond Carl Valdez Born on March 5,1978 Passed on January 3, 2018 Raymond Carl Valdez was the youngest of four children born to Darrell Valdez Sr. and Caroline Valdez. Raymond attended and graduated Tularosa High School in 1996, joined the U.S. Marine Corps after graduation, attended Central Arizona College for Heavy Equipment in Casa Grande, AZ, then Artesia Training...
Helen Adams
Dec 30, 2017
Helen Ruth Adams died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the age of 92 in Ruidoso, NM after a brief illness. She was born Dec. 3 1925 in Artesia, NM to Jim and Writa Mae Hammond. She was the oldest of seven children. She married in Carlsbad, N.M to a (Texas boy) Pinkey Adams in 1945. They were married almost...
David Jordan
Dec 28, 2017
David Allen Jordan, 69, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, December 28, 2017. David was born in Cleburne, Texas on August 7, 1948 to J.D. and Nell Jordan, but grew up in the Abilene, Texas area. He enjoyed playing football for the Wylie High School Bulldogs and after graduation he attended Cisco Junior College where he received...
Isidro Davalos
Dec 26, 2017
Isidro Little Davalos, 90, died Monday, December 26, 2017, at his new home in Bend, Oregon. He was born July 8, 1927, and raised in Bent, New Mexico, the son of Augustin and Magdalena Davalos. In 1945 he enlisted in the Army and served in Korea. He married in 1951 and had three children whom he helped raise, with...
Vincent Kaydahzinne
Dec 25, 2017
Vincent Joseph Kaydahzinne was called home on Christmas day at 8:30 p.m., he was a well-known artist. Vincent is the great-great grandson of the famous Apache Chief Cochise and is also a descendant of the great warrior Kay-dah-zinne and his wife Desh-den-zhoos as well as the great Chiricahua Apache warrior Chatto and his wife Helen Chatto. Vincent was born...
Allen Jones
Dec 22, 2017
Allen Ray Jones 62 of Alamogordo New Mexico went to be with the Angels on Friday December 22nd, 2017 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. A memorial service will be held on Saturday January 6th, 2018 at the Elks Lodge, 609 US-70, in Ruidoso, New Mexico at 2:00 P.M., with a potluck to follow. Allen was born in Alamogordo, NM to...
Jesse Cadena Jr.
Dec 15, 2017
On December 15, 2017 Jesse Cadena Jr, loving son, brother, uncle and friend scored his final touchdown. Jesse was born July 19, 1959 in Artesia, New Mexico, he grew up in Tularosa, NM where he excelled in athletics and academics. He walked on to Highland's university football team before transferring to New Mexico State University. Jesse then enlisted in...
Inez Brooks
Dec 14, 2017
Ignacia (Inez) Chavez Brooks passed on December 14, 2017. She was born January 23, 1919 in San Patricio, New Mexico to Ysidro and Paulita Sanchez Chavez. She was baptized on February 25, 1919 into the Catholic Church in San Patricio, New Mexico. Her beloved husband Victor R. Brooks precedes her in death. She is survived by her sons; Harold...
Donald Reecer
Dec 11, 2017
Services for Donald M. Reecer, 85, of Alto, N.M., will be at 1:30 P.M. Friday, December 15, at the Main Street Church of Christ in Lockney, Texas. He died Monday, December 11, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Donald was born May 10, 1932, in Lockney to Loren and Clara Reecer. He graduated from Lockney High School...
Sevesta James
Dec 8, 2017
Memorial service for Sevesta L. James, 95, of Ruidoso will be Friday, February 2, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. in the J Bar J Country Church. She passed away on Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Mescalero Care Center. She was born June 12, 1922 in Odell, Texas. She moved to Ruidoso in 1973 from Duncan, OK. She was a...
Jack Eldridge
Dec 2, 2017
Jack Eldridge, a cheerful giver, was born on May 22, 1937 in Clovis, NM and went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Capitan, NM. Jack will be remembered as a dedicated Christian, loving father, father-in- law, grandfather and friend. Jack was a Military Veteran (V) serving in the navy, retired from the New Mexico...
Manuel Hernandez
Dec 1, 2017
Manuel (Mannie) R. Hernandez, 69, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 1. He died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Mannie was born on Sept. 6, 1948, in Carrizozo, New Mexico, to Albert and Ysabel Hernandez. He grew up in Carrizozo with two brothers and two sisters. Mannie graduated from Carrizozo High School in...
Vickie Sigler
Nov 30, 2017
VICKIE RUTH SIGLER of Ruidoso, New Mexico and Lubbock, Texas, passed away November 30,2017. Vickie was born to John and Dixie Sigler of Ruidoso on September 4,1950. She graduated from Ruidoso High School in 1968 where she was a member of the Ruidoso High School Band, and enrolled at Lubbock Christian College. In 1971, Vickie traveled to Sao Paolo,...
Jessica Mitchell
Nov 29, 2017
Jessica K Mitchell, age 31, passed away peacefully and surrounded by love on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso, New Mexico. She was born to Darryl A. Mitchell and Kimberly Kannady Atwood on December 29, 1985 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Jessica went to school in Ruidoso, New Mexico and completed her Junior and Senior...
Vestina Scott
Nov 27, 2017
Vestina was born on July 13, 1953 in Ruidoso, New Mexico and went home to the Lord on November 27, 2017 in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. Her parents were Ralph and Oliva Miranda. She attended school in Hondo, NM and graduated from Hondo High School in 1971. Vestina worked at the Inn of the Mountain Gods for many years...
Virginia Mehaffie
Nov 25, 2017
Virginia Elizabeth Barton Mehaffie entered this world on June 10, 1938 and departed on November 25, 2017 at age 79. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 49 years, Shamus Mehaffie on May 31, 2016. She valiantly went on without him but we all knew how hard it was for her. Now they are joyfully reunited....
James Hammond
Nov 25, 2017
James Franklin "Jeff" Hammond, 64 of Carrizozo, NM passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 in Ruidoso. He was born May 9, 1953 in Bartlesville, OK. He served in the Army, moved to Carrizozo in 2001 after living in California. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bud and Ruth Hammond. He is survived by his sister, Jan Moberly...
Rafeil Romero
Nov 21, 2017
Ralph Regalado Romero, 79, of Ruidoso, New Mexico, passed away peacefully November 21, 2017 in Roswell, New Mexico. He was born on November 2, 1938, to Claudio and Inez Romero in Arabela, New Mexico. He married Mary Garcia on June 26, 1958 and they had 6 children, Alfred Romero, Jerry Romero, Steve Romero, Andy Romero, Jimmy Romero and Bobby...
Wyona Noel
Nov 17, 2017
Wyona "Onie" Noel, matriarch of the Noel family passed away November 17th, 2017 after a long fight with cancer. She is survived her brother, Gene Canon, sons Danny, Wayne and Bobby, two grandchildren, Cody and Crystal. Born in Post, Texas on October 31, 1938 and she moved to New Mexico as a child and was a life-long resident. Her...
Caroline Kennedy
Nov 12, 2017
Caroline Woody Kennedy was born on May 13,1923 in Brooklyn, New York to Marion Riecks Woody & Robert Houston Woody. She was an only child and spent her childhood growing up in Great Neck, N.Y. She attended Ogontz School for Girls, and went to college in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas. While home on school break, she...
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