Obituaries
Ringlin Martine
Nov 12, 2015
Ringlin Martine, 92, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Mescalero. He was born September 18, 1923 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He served in the Navy during World War II and was a cowboy at Cow Camp #1. He is survived by his daughter, Fawn Via; three sons, Bennett Martine, Norbert...
Wilson Davis
Nov 9, 2015
Ed "Coach Pop" Davis, 72 of Capitan passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 in Capitan. He was born December 22, 1942 at Corinth, Mississippi. He moved to Capitan in 1990 from Sherman, Texas and was a coach and educator with the Capitan Schools. He married Juanell Reeves, "Coach Mom" on November 10, 1962 at Sayre, Oklahoma and she preceded...
Isiah Kayitah
Nov 3, 2015
Isiah Kayitah, 23, of Mescalero passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in El Paso, Texas. He was born October 30, 1992 in Ruidoso and had lived at Mescalero all of his life. Isiah loved his children very much and was a great provider. He enjoyed and was an avid runner. He is survived by his daughter, Makenzie Kayitah; a...
Rena Shanks
Oct 29, 2015
Rena Shanks, 55, of Alto and formerly Carlsbad passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015 at her home. She was born September 7, 1960 at Greenville, Mississippi. She moved to Alto in November, 2014 from Carlsbad. She was co-owner of Shanks Logging in Carlsbad, was an artist and hard worker and a lover of dogs. She is survived by her...
Mar Caje
Oct 29, 2015
Mar Caje, 58, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Mescalero. She was born March 6, 1957 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She is survived by her brother and sisters, Leola Caje, Sharon Duffy, Avaline Torres, Edward Hightower and Dorothy Caje. Visitation will be Sunday, November 1, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from...
William Ferguson
Oct 23, 2015
William H. "Billy" Ferguson, 82, of Lincoln County passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 in Alamogordo. He was born October 6, 1933 in Carrizozo to Louise and Wallace Ferguson. He is a descendant of Pioneers to Lincoln County, his paternal grandparents, Will and May Ferguson and maternal grandparents, Maude Bailey and Henry Fritz. He graduated from Capitan High School...
Bobby Hoeckendorf
Oct 20, 2015
Bob Gene Hoeckendorf, 86 of Hondo, Passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at his home in Hondo. He was born on May 1, 1929 in Liberal, Kansas to Emil A. and Cora E. (Moon) Hoeckendorf. Bob was a baptized member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and was a Deacon and Elder thru the years in Midland and LaGrange...
Vernon Edmondson
Oct 18, 2015
Colonel Vernon R. Edmondson, United States Air Force, retired, peacefully passed from Earth to Heaven on October 18, 2015 after a brief illness. Vern was a career Chaplain and Pastor, loving Son, Brother, Father, Father-in-Law, Uncle, Grand Uncle, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and devoted friend. Born in 1927 in Long Beach California, he was a graduate of Southern California College,...
Johnson Stearns
Oct 10, 2015
Services will be October 16th, 11:00 AM at the Carrizozo High School Gymnasium, internment at the Evergreen Cemetery, with a pot luck dinner to follow at the Carrizozo Country Club. Johnson was born on August 27, 1917 in Carrizozo, New Mexico to parents, Orsa and Pearl Stearns. Johnson passed away October 10, 2015 at his home in Carrizozo, NM....
Gara Cowen
Sep 22, 2015
Gara Nan (Plummer) Cowen, known as Pete to her friends and family passed away September 22, 2015. She was born in Mills County, Texas, to John H. and Lillian B. Plummer on November 7, 1923. She lived most of her life in Rankin, Texas, where she raised her six children. In 1983 she met and married Glendon Cowen. They...
Clarinda Kayitah
Sep 22, 2015
Clarinda Kayitah, 60, of Mescalero passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Alamogordo. She was born October 11, 1954 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She attended the Mescalero Baptist Mission. She is survived by two daughters, Julia Eichenbaum and Sara Booher; two sisters, Abigail Tahnito and Donna Lang; two brothers, Kenneth Kayitah Jr. and...
Jonathan Adams
Sep 21, 2015
Jonathan "Sonny Boy" Adams, 32, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at Mescalero. He was born July 20, 1983 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He was an automotive mechanic. He is survived by his parents, Jonathan and Yolanda Adams; 3 brothers, Johnny Adams, James Adams, and Joshua Adams; his grandparents, Norma Adams, Bobby Lucero...
Donald Ogilvie
Sep 20, 2015
Dr. Donald "Doc" Ogilvie, 84, of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015 in Ruidoso. He was born September 23, 1930 at Detroit, Michigan. Doc served in the Army during the Korean War. He was appointed to the Medical Review Licensing Committee by Governor Brown for the State of California. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in...
Arveta Hassell
Sep 19, 2015
A light has ascended to Heaven. Arveta Winell Porter Hassell was born on May 5, 1930 and left us September 19, 2015. She leaves behind her loving husband of 66 years, Howard Hassell, daughter Teri Hassell Button and son in law Rick, grandchildren Aimee Fullerton Hanei and Cody Fullerton, and great-grandchildren Cheyenne, Shelby, Kristin, Andy, Carolina and Giber. She...
James Mays Sr.
Sep 18, 2015
James Allen Mays, Sr., went to be with his Lord and Creator on Friday, Sept.18 after a second bout with myeloma cancer and complications from pneumonia. He loved exploring God's creation as he walked the mountains, lakes and hiking trails in Lincoln County. "I lift my eyes up unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh...
Raynene Greer
Sep 16, 2015
Raynene Kay (Kate) Greer passed away suddenly at her home in Capitan, NM on Wednesday September 16, 2015. She was born on October 28, 1950 in Sacramento California to Ray and Edna Greer. Raynene graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1968, from George Williams University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science and also attended New Mexico State...
Douglas Brown
Sep 16, 2015
After more than 60 years of ministering and dedicated service to the Lord, Douglas G. Brown died peacefully September 16, 2015 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Born in Dunn, Texas to Henry Grady Brown and Agnes Ruth Thomas Brown, Doug grew up on the family's farm with his sister, Marjorie. After graduating from Dunn High School in 1941 he enlisted...
Margaret Means
Sep 10, 2015
Margaret Means, 90, passed away on September 10, 2015 in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born on November 21, 1924 in Angus, New Mexico to the late Charlie Lee and Ella Arizona (Brown) Robinson. She was a telephone operator right out of high school for Mountain Bell Telephone Co. in Carrizozo, New Mexico. After the closing of this location, she...
Jerdith Treas
Sep 5, 2015
Jerdith Reyes Treas, 25, of Mescalero passed away Saturday, September 5, 2015 in Ruidoso. She was born March 7, 1990 at Ruidoso and had lived at Mescalero all of her life. She is survived by her mother, Julia Sago; two sisters, Tashmira Treas and Minerva Treas; nieces and nephews, Delia Enjady, Snyder Geronimo IV, Toren Enjady, Kaedin Fox and...
Phillip Coyote Jr.
Aug 29, 2015
Phillip Coyote Jr., 58, of Mescalero passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 in Mescalero. He was born August 20, 1957 at Cortez, Colorado. He moved to Mescalero in 1972 from Towaoc, Colorado. He was an artist and had worked at McGary Studios. He is survived by his brothers and sisters; Winona Chimal and her husband Roderick, Laura Coyote, Teresa...
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