Obituaries

Edith Beall
May 25, 2015
Edith Richards Beall, 95, of Ruidoso, NM passed away Monday, May 25, 2015 in Ruidoso, NM. She was born on January 26, 1920 at Loraine, TX to Herman V. Richards and James Lillian Allen. She worked for many years alongside her husband Dr. James A. Beall, who precedes her in death. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church...

Kathy Chapman
May 23, 2015
Kathy Chapman, 64, of Capitan passed away Saturday, May 23, at her home. She was born January 3, 1951 at Capitan and had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She had driven a school bus for the Capitan Schools and was CEO and founder of OATH(Organization Against Trafficking Humans). She married Steve Chapman on July 2, 1971...

Constance Simmons
May 23, 2015
Constance J. Simmons, 71, of Mescalero passed away on Saturday, May 23, at her home. She was born September 27, 1943 at Loma Linda, California. She is survived by 3 daughters, Anita Valenzuela, Diana Valenzuela-Kie, and Coral Simmons; a brother, Morton Wayne Simmons; 8 grandchildren, 1 great grandson and many foster kids and grandkids. Services will be Wednesday, May...

Isaac Romero
May 22, 2015
Isaac "Ike" Romero, 78, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 22, in Ruidoso. He was born March 27, 1937 at Denver, Colorado. He moved to Ruidoso 13 years ago from Holtville, California. Ike was a retired educator. He married Stella Maes on November 19, 1960 at Albuquerque. He is survived by his wife, Stella Romero; 4 daughters, Annette Dutton,...

Robert Bingerman
May 19, 2015
Memorial service for Robert Bingerman, 54, of Carrizozo will be Sunday, May 24, at 3:00 PM in the Carrizozo Assembly of God Church. Mr. Bingerman passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in Carrizozo. He was born April 30, 1961 in Denver, Colorado. He moved to Carrizozo 42 years ago from Denver, Colorado. He enjoyed his family and kids and...

Laura Hemphill
May 16, 2015
Laura Marie Hemphill, age 49, of Carrizozo, New Mexico passed away May 16th 2015 after a brave battle with cancer. She was born in Daly City, CA on July 22, 1966 to Don and Donna Mills. Laura graduated from Bellevue West High School in Bellevue, Nebraska and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Education from the...

Gloria Stevenson
May 16, 2015
Gloria Delores Stevenson, 71, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at her home. She was born February 27, 1944 in Ruidoso to Josephine and Eddie Sanchez who both precede her in death. She has lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She worked for Pinecliff Condos for over 10 years retiring at the end of 2014....

Roseann Tsosie
May 16, 2015
Roseann Alexander Tsosie, 92, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 in Ruidoso. She was born May 4, 1923 at Misenheimer, NC. She moved to Ruidoso in February, 2001 from Dallas, Texas. She moved to Farmington from Ohio with her parents who were Methodist Missionaries. She was a Majorette in Delaware, Ohio and was instrumental with getting schools...

Richard Cannon
May 15, 2015
Richard S. Cannon, 83, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at his home. He was born October 1, 1931 at Spruce Pine, North Carolina. He moved to Ruidoso 8 years ago from Hobbs, NM. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He loved to fish, was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his...

Amos Rue
May 8, 2015
Amos Rue, 78, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 surrounded by his family at his home in Ruidoso. He was born May 20, 1936 at Arabela, New Mexico and had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. As a young man he became a sheep shearer working in all parts of Lincoln County. He then became...

Gloria Montes
May 8, 2015
Gloria Chavez Montes, 86, of Albuquerque passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015. She was born Feb. 24,1929 at San Patricio, NM. She lived in Ruidoso most of her life, operating a successful retail shop in midtown. She retired and moved to Albuquerque in 1995. She married former Ruidoso Chief Of Police, Orlando S. Montes in 1951 and he...

Gerald Montoya
May 8, 2015
Gerald Ramon Montoya, 28, of Capitan passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at his home in Capitan. He was born December 4, 1986 at Ruidoso and had lived in Lincoln County all of his life. Gerald loved to cook, race cars and Loved the outdoors. He is survived by his parents, Elizabeth and Jospeh Montoya; sister, Emilia Montoya and...

Bonnie Rogers
May 3, 2015
Bonnie A. Rogers, 75, of Capitan passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Roswell. She was born April 10, 1940 at Clovis, NM. She graduated from Capitan High School and since then she had lived in Ruidoso Downs and Roswell, then moved back to Capitan in 1982 to stay. She formerly worked at the Capitan Post Office and the...

James Graff
May 1, 2015
Jim Graff, 60, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, May 1, 2015 in Ruidoso. He was born April 26, 1955 at Mahoning, Ohio. He moved to Ruidoso in December, 1995 from Kingsland, Texas. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He married Debbie on July 20, 1989 at Austin, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Debbie; a...

Rusty Coons
Apr 29, 2015
Rusty Lee Coons, 56, of Ruidoso Downs passed away April 29, 2015. He was born June 6, 1958 in El Paso, Texas. His passions in life were dancing, training Arabian horses, anything horses, fishing and a love for all animals and nature. And we can't forget the Dallas Cowboys. He is survived by his domestic partner Kimberly Atwood and...

Mabel Zamora
Apr 28, 2015
Mabel Zamora, 86, of Carrizozo passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Carrizozo. She was born March 21, 1929 at Jacks Peak, NM to Julia and Salomon Aragon. He had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She married Arturo Zamora on July 10, 1948 in Carrizozo and he preceded her in death on July 19, 1993....

Ina Torres
Apr 28, 2015
Ina Mary Magooshboy Torres, 80, of Mescalero passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Mescalero. She was born April 27, 1935 in Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She was a homemaker and attended St. Joseph's Mission. She is survived by her children, Marvin Gaines, Ryan Torres and Rudene Zumwalt; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren;...

Patricia Seymour
Apr 26, 2015
Patricia Seymour, 73 of Capitan passed away April 26, 2015. She was born in Emuclaw, Washington to Homer and Francis Flanagan on March 17th, 1942. Patricia left Washington in 1956 and moved to Huntsville, Arkansas. She moved to Lincoln County in the late 70's. She owned and operated a popular video store in Ruidoso with her children for 15...
Carolyn Adams
Apr 24, 2015
Susie Adams, 60, of Ruidoso Downs passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 in Ruidoso Downs. She was born September 5, 1954 at Artesia, California. She moved to Lincoln County three years ago from Roswell. She was a volunteer at the Humane Society of Lincoln County and a small dog park was dedicated in her honor at the Humane Society...

Corliss Treas
Apr 22, 2015
Corliss Treas, 65, of Mescalero passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in El Paso, Texas. She was born January 18, 1950 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She worked in housekeeping at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, retiring in 2012. She is survived by two daughters, Sharron Kane and Augnetta Treas; a son, Delton...