Obituaries
Bobby Romero
Sep 20, 2016
Bobby Romero peacefully entered the Kingdom of Heaven at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico in Albuquerque on September 20, 2016 at the age of 44, he was born December 28, 1971 in Roswell, NM. Bobby was involved as a Chaplain at the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack. He will be remembered for his loving heart, his big smile and that...
Zachary Dawson
Sep 20, 2016
Zachary "Zach" Kenneth Dawson of Ruidoso passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. He was born to David and Sheri Dawson in Albuquerque, NM on August 18, 1993. Zach has been in Ruidoso since the 3rd grade and graduated from Ruidoso High School in 2011. Zach served in the U.S. Army until December, 2013. He enjoyed technical work with...
Carol Bradfield
Sep 20, 2016
Carol J. Bradfield, 71, entered rest at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Gerald Champion Medical Center in Alamogordo, N.M. A resident of Ruidoso Downs, N.M., she had endured a 2 year battle with lung cancer. Survivors include her husband, Lonnie; daughter, Heather; and grandchildren, Nikolai, Ariana, Leni and Biji; her mother, Ruth Rodarme of Kimberling City, MO;...
Cesar Gomez
Sep 16, 2016
Cesar (CJ) M. Gomez, born on July 29, 1993, passed on Friday, September 16, 2016, at the age of 23. He joins his beloved Grandmother Kathryn Olvera and Uncle Miguel Gomez. CJ is survived by his parents Cesar L. Gomez and Veronica Olvera Gomez, his older sister Katie, younger brother Alex, and his grandparents Lt. Colonel Jesus Gomez, Raquel...
John Cowden
Sep 13, 2016
John Bruce Cowden, 89, of Alto passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the Mescalero Care Center. He was born May 21, 1927 at San Francisco, California. He moved to Lincoln County in 1999 from Malakoff, Texas. He retired from A.A.F.E.S. after 25 years, he was First Mate of the San Francisco Bay Ferry Service and he loved...
Venetia Davison
Sep 11, 2016
Dawn Davison, 59, of Ruidoso passed away at her home on Sunday, September 11, 2016 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was born March 19, 1957 at Clovis, NM. Dawn was long-time employee of the Inn of the Mountain Gods, a published poet, talented jewelry maker and the most giving person anyone would ever hope to know....
Danial Tussenbroek
Sep 9, 2016
Dan Van Tussenbroek, 55, of Capitan passed away Friday, September 9, 2016 at his home. He was born July 2, 1961 at Northridge, California and moved to Lincoln County 26 years ago from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a self-employed carpenter. He is survived by two sons, Josh Van Tussenbroek and Jonathan Van Tussenbroek; daughter, Casey Van Tussenbroek; granddaughter,...
Margaret Chavez
Sep 7, 2016
Margaret (Martinez) Chavez, 96, of Carrizozo passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at her home in Carrizozo surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 25, 1919 in Carrizozo to Refugio and Juan Martinez. She married Ruben Chavez on October 16, 1937. She was a homemaker and a member of Santa Rita's Catholic Church where she taught...
Pilar Hernandez
Sep 5, 2016
Maria del Pilar Gavito Hernandez was born on October 27, 1932 in Ciudad Puebla, Puebla, Mexico to the late Alfredo and Hermelinda Gavito. She was married to Michael H. Hernandez on August 20, 1950 and in 1956 they made Ruidoso their permanent home. In 1973, Pilar embarked on a restaurant hospitality career for which she became widely well-known and...
Ida Koehler
Sep 4, 2016
Ida Rosalene Halstead was born January 15, 1924 in Rensselaer, Indiana. She passed away September 4, 2016 residing at the Mescalero Care Center. Ida graduated from Rensselaer High School and enlisted in the United States Marine Corp. Ida served from April 1945 until June 1949, being honorably discharged as Corporal Halstead. Ida married Franklin Albert Koehler, January 17, 1949...
Chandler Morgan
Sep 1, 2016
Morgan Chandler, 61, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016, in Las Cruces, NM. He was born February 17, 1955 at Mescalero, NM to Angeline and Kenneth Morgan Sr. who both have preceded him in death. He has lived at Mescalero all of his life and was a security guard with the Mescalero Tribal Court. He is survived...
Richard Phillips
Aug 25, 2016
On August 25th, 2016, due to complications from an infection, Richard Hendricks Phillips passed away at 4:45 a.m. in his home near Lincoln, New Mexico. He died in the company of Elissa Phillips, his loving wife of 63 years, his daughter Rebecca Ferguson, his son-in-law Matt Ferguson, and his two dogs, Molly and Zipper. Richard was born in Roswell,...
Nancy Hobbs
Aug 24, 2016
Nancy Jean Hobbs, 78, of Ruidoso passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at her home. She was born October 3, 1937 at Kenton, Ohio. She moved to Lincoln County in 1973 from Roswell. In the 1960's she worked for N.A.S.A. She married Grady Hobbs on January 25, 1993 at Las Vegas, Nevada. She is survived by her husband...
Orval Blankenship
Aug 24, 2016
Orval Eugene Blankenship left us, bound for Heaven on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. He went quickly and peacefully from his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM. Ruidoso Downs had been his home since 1971 when he and his wife of nearly 67 years, Bonnie Wynona(Nona), journeyed from Sweetwater, Texas. Orval spent most of his life building and constructing, both in...
Connie Behringer
Aug 23, 2016
Connie Behringer was bora June 15,1933 in Coryell County, Texas, to A. B. & Irene Chitwood. She graduated in 1951 from Klondike High School and went to Drawn's Business College in Lubbock, Texas. After dating only three months, Connie married Jr. Behringer on April 11,1953 in Arkansas. He was stationed at Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri in the Army and...
Janice Rogers
Aug 21, 2016
Janice Ann Rogers was born on August 12,1947 in the Panhandle of Texas. Through her life she has lived in both Texas and New Mexico, in 1996 she moved to Ruidoso and knew she had found her home in which she always referred to as "Her Mountain". Jan Rogers passed peacefully in her home in Capitan surrounded by her...
Johnny Durham
Aug 16, 2016
Johnny D. Durham, 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his home in Ruidoso, NM surrounded by his family. Johnny fought long and hard, his battle with Parkinson's. Johnny was born and raised in Roswell, NM. By the time he was 19, he owned a used car lot called Durham's Auto Mart. It was also during his...
Joe Vega
Aug 12, 2016
Funeral service for Joe. J. (JoJo) Vega, 66, of Carrizozo will be Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in Santa Rita's Catholic Church in Carrizozo with burial to follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery with Father Mike officiating. Joe passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at his home. He was born August 21, 1949 in Carrizozo...
Hugh Fox
Aug 9, 2016
Hugh R. Fox died on August 9 (2016) after a long illness. He was born on October 2, 1936, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Herman Rottmann Fox and Erma Lillian Rist. He attended schools there and then in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating from Hanover High School in 1954. He was graduated from Dartmouth College ('58) where he majored...
Richard Dixon
Aug 8, 2016
Richard Alan Dixon, 62, of Alto passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 in Alto. He was born June 10, 1954 at Fairbanks, Alaska. He moved to Lincoln County in November of 2004 from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a table games dealer at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino. He had worked at several casino's in Las Vegas...
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