Obituaries
Roy Parker Jr.
Dec 16, 2014
Roy Elbert Parker Jr., 84, of Capitan passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 in Ruidoso. He was born March 8, 1930 at Paris, Kentucky. He moved to Lincoln County in the 1950s from Paris, Kentucky. Roy served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is retired from the U.S. Forest Service. He is survived by his children...
Shirley Kostka
Dec 14, 2014
Shirley Kostka, 80, of Ruidoso, New Mexico passed away on December 14, 2014 at home after a short illness. She was born October 21, 1934 in Middlesex, England to Robert Parsons and Doris Maynard, both who preceded her in death. Shirley moved to Ruidoso in 1981 and opened the White Dove Gallery which she successfully operated for 33 years....
Cathy Burgess
Dec 7, 2014
Cathy Burgess, 84, of Ruidoso Downs, NM passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014 in Ruidoso. She was born April 7, 1930 in Denver, Colorado. She moved to Lincoln County on September 3, 1961 from California. She married Douglas Burgess on July 11, 1946 in Carrizozo and he preceded her in death on July 9, 1974. She is survived...
Robert Berry
Dec 4, 2014
Robert Randal Berry, born August 28, 1926, in Cisco, TX entered heaven on December 14, 2014, at the age of 88. He was preceded in death by his parents Nolan and Orene Berry of Lubbock, TX. Robert served in the US Army before beginning a ten year career as a USDA poultry inspector in New Orleans. Robert retired in...
Robert Wynn
Dec 3, 2014
Robert G. Wynn, 64, of Ruidoso passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in Ruidoso. He was born April 29, 1950 at Miami, Florida. He moved to Ruidoso in 1994 from Florida. He is survived by his dad, William Bill McMahan and an aunt, Eve Mackey. Graveside service will be Monday, December 8, at 2:00 PM at the Evergreen Cemetery...
Olga Preito
Nov 30, 2014
Olga Lidia Prieto, 44, of Dallas and formerly of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, November 30, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born March 29, 1970 at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She lived in Ruidoso from 1992 until 2007 when she moved to Dallas. While she lived in Ruidoso she worked the the Inn of the Mountain Gods. She is survived...
Alfred Barton
Nov 24, 2014
Al Barton, 76, of Capitan, NM passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at his home. He was born August 13, 1938 at Logan, NM. He moved to Capitan in 1998 from Alvarado, Texas. He served in the Air Force, he loved his planes and was a mechanic. He worked for Boeing and was AOG, Aircraft on Ground with Boeing....
Sally Rue
Nov 15, 2014
Sally Rue died peacefully in her home in Ruidoso Downs on November15, 2014, she was 68. Sally is preceded in death by Cedric B. Rue, her husband of 26 years, her mother Manuella Nellie Randolph and her brother Andrew Miller. Sally is survived by her 3 children, Cedric F. Rue, Henry A Rue and wife Luana CanoRue, and her...
Kathy Guzman
Nov 13, 2014
Kathy Guzman, 48, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born May 27, 1966 at Mescalero and had lived there most of her life. She attended the Mescalero Reformed Church. She is survived by her husband, Robert Guzman III two sons, McKennly Guzman and Robert Guzman IV her mother, Deloras Buurma five brothers,...
Laura Williams
Nov 13, 2014
Laura Williams, 57, of Mescalero passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at her home. She was born November 24, 1956 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She read, wrote and spoke Apache and she helped work on the Apache Dictionary. She attended the Mescalero Reformed Church. She is survived by her children, Tanya Keene,...
Frederick Walker
Nov 3, 2014
Fred Walker, 26, of Mescalero passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 in Alamogordo. He was born May 21, 1988 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He is survived by his mother, Rose Walker father, Eddie Walker three sisters, Lib Walker, Shawnee Chavez and Chauncey Walker 3 nephews and 1 niece. Visistation will be Monday, November...
Virginia Silva
Nov 2, 2014
Graveside service for Virginia Silva, 82, of Ruidoso Downs will be Saturday, November 8, at 3:30 PM at the Hondo Cemetery with a memorial service to follow at 5:00 PM at the First Southern Baptist Church in Ruidoso Downs. Mrs. Silva passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at her home. She was born February 14, 1932 at San...
Loland Jensen
Nov 1, 2014
Loland Melvin Jensen passed away on 1 November 2014, in Ruidoso New Mexico. He was born 14 September 1941 in Salmon, Idaho to Hans Alvor and Lola Ostler Jensen. Loland spent most of his life as a logger and heavy equipment operator in the Western States. For several years he lived in logging camps and worked in Alaska. Loland...
Raichel Rocha
Oct 31, 2014
Raichel Estelle Rocha, 34, born September 28,1980 to Rena Mendez and Francis Rocha in Alamogordo, NM. She is also the stepdaughter to Eldon Enjady Jr. of Mescalero NM. Raichel grew up on the Mescalero Apache Reservation where she currently lived. She was a proud mother that raised her two loving children, Sheyenne L. Casares 7 years old and Roman...
Jack Lemmon
Oct 31, 2014
Jack Lemmon, 82, of White Oaks, NM passed away on Friday, October 31, 2014 at his home. He was born June 12, 1932 at Chicago, IL. He moved to Lincoln County in 1980 from El Paso, Texas. Mr. Lemmon was a career Army having served during the Korean War and Vietnam War retiring as Sergeant Master. He is survived...
Alfred Baca
Oct 29, 2014
Alfred Walters Baca, 85, of Ruidoso Downs, NM passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Pathways Hospice Center in Loveland, CO. Born in Otero County on January 12, 1929, he was the son of the late Ida Walters Claude Holguin and Antonio Luna Baca. Alfred was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War with...
Walter Williams Jr.
Oct 27, 2014
Walter Cecil Dub Wiliams, Jr. was bom in Bogalusa, LA, November 16, 1927. He passed away peacefully, October 27,2014, to be with his LORD and SAVIOR. Dub was preceeded in death by his father, Walter Cecil Williams and his mother, Dorothy Borde Williams. Dub is survived by his wife of 64 years, Kathryn Hale Williams, his two brothers, Charles...
Albert Reidhead
Oct 18, 2014
Albert Perkins Reidhead, age 90, of San Patrico, NM died on Saturday, October 18, 2014, in Ruidoso, NM. His final lucid words were, I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back. He was born June 11, 1924 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. During World War II he was in the Merchant Marines and was called to active...
Ladell Flanagan
Oct 17, 2014
LaDell Flanaga, a longtime resident of Ruidoso passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 in Phoenix, AZ at the age of 84. She was born August 30, 1930 in Earth, Texas to B.J. Black and Beulah Jeffries Black. She married H.B. Flanagan on May 14, 1949 in Amherst, Texas. LaDell was a very devoted and loving wife and mother. She...
Mark Balatche
Oct 15, 2014
Mark Balatche, 45, of Mescalero passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in El Paso, TX. He was born January 7, 1969 at Mescalero, NM and had lived there all of his life. He was a ski lift operator. He is survived by his sister, Sue Fastwolf aunts, Marlene Peso, Beverly Archilta, Peggy Comanche and Sandra McCurtain. He was...
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