Obituaries

Edward Little
Jan 30, 2013
Prayer service for Edward Eddie Little, 71, of Ohkay Owingeh, NM will be Sunday, February 3, at 3:00 PM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero where the funeral mass will be on Monday, Feb. 4, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Little Family Cemetery. Mr. Little passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at his home. He was...

Regina Rice
Jan 29, 2013
Visitation for Regina Geraldine Rice, 89, of Nogal will be Saturday, February 2, from 9:30 AM until 10:00 AM when the funeral mass will begin at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Capitan. Burial will be at the Ft. Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Mrs. Rice passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Mescalero. She was born November 15,...

Phoebe Klinekole
Jan 29, 2013
Prayer service for Phoebe Klinekole, 84, of Mescalero will be Monday, Feb. 4, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Reformed Church where the funeral will be on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mrs. Klinekole passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Ruidoso. She was born October 9, 1928 at Mescalero...

William Dean Iii
Jan 28, 2013
William Walters Bill Dean III passed away from this earth and into his homeland in the heart of God on Monday, January 28, 2013. Bill was born May 7, 1932 in Pecos, Texas. He received a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Texas AM University and a law degree from the University of Texas. Bill lived most of his adult...

Thomas Burgess
Jan 22, 2013
Thomas Burgess, 43 of Mescalero, passed away on January 22, 2013 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. He was born on June 23, 1969 in Mescalero to Richard S. and Francine Kanseah Caje. He lived a lifetime in Mescalero and was a Wild land Firefighter for the BIA Forest Service and also worked at Ski Apache during winter. He was...

Marceline Chee
Jan 20, 2013
Marceline Chee, 83 of Mescalero, passed away on January 20, 2013 in Mescalero. She was born on February 9, 1929 in Mescalero to Lislie and Sue Anitza Magooshboy. She lived a lifetime in Mescalero and was a Homemaker to a home of six children. Marceline is preceded in death by her husband Clifford in 1992 and her parents. She...

Karan Line
Jan 14, 2013
Funeral service for Karan Line, 60, of Ruidoso will be Friday, January 18, at 2:00 PM in the Gateway Church of Christ with John Duncan officiating. Mrs. Line passed away Monday January 14, 2013 in Lubbock, TX. She was born March 19, 1952 in Haskell, TX. Karan moved to Ruidoso in 1989 from Snyder, TX and was an assistant...

Denise Hobbs
Jan 13, 2013
Memorial service for Denise Hobbs, 54, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, January 19, at 10:00 AM in the Frist Baptist Church in Carrizozo with the Rev. Hayden Smith officiating. Denise passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Ruidoso. She was born June 13, 1958 at Belen, NM. She is survived by her parents: Floyd and Dorothy Hobbs of Lincoln...

Luis Martinez
Jan 11, 2013
Luis A. Martinez of Ruidoso Downs passed away January 11, 2013 in Ruidoso. Luis was born June 21, 1942 in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Luis was a long time resident of the RuidosoRuidoso Downs area, a place he loved. Luis is survived by his beloved wife, Betty and their three sons, a step daughter and seven beautiful grandchildren....

Zachary Pafford
Jan 1, 2013
A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 AM. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Gateway Church of Christ for Zachary Morrow Pafford, age 32, who passed away on January 1, 2013 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Zachary was born on Feb 6, 1980 in Ruidoso, New Mexico to Patrick and Gloria Pafford of San Patricio, New Mexcio. Zac graduated from...

Dr. Thiry
Dec 31, 2012
Funeral service for Dr. Herbert Thiry, 89, of Ruidoso will be Friday, January 4, at 6:00 PM in the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Ruidoso Downs, graveside services will be Saturday, January 5, at 2:00 PM at the Causey Cemetery at Causey, NM. Dr. Thiry passed away Monday, December 31, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born November 10, 1923...

Robert Dutchover Jr.
Dec 27, 2012
Robert E. Dutchover Jr., 45, was born February 9, 1967 in Roswell. He passed away December 27, 2012 in San Patricio, NM. He lived all of his life in Lincoln County. Surviving family members include his girlfriend, Anne Marie Sanchez his two sons, Robert J. Dutchover III and Matthew J. Dutchover 4 sisters, Darla and husband Val Orosco, Sandy...

Earl Whitson
Dec 23, 2012
Memorial service for Leroy Whitson, 57, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, December 29, at 11:00 AM in the Community United Methodist Church in Ruidoso with a reception to follow. Leroy passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at his home. He was born October 14, 1955 at Ouray, Colorado and was raised in Farmington. He loved to paint, cook and...

Grace Barnard
Dec 21, 2012
Grace Ann Barnard, 77, of Ruidoso passed peacefully at her home on Friday, December 21, 2012. She was born June 18, 1935 at Canadian, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Joe Bill Barnard son, Bill Barnard daughter, Terri Mosley and her husband Ken and Jerri Wilson and her husband John sister, Eura Mae Gantt and her husband Johnny...

Robert Hollis
Dec 19, 2012
Robert Bob E. Hollis, 86 of Ruidoso, passed away on December 19, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born on March 23, 1926 in Portales, NM to Floyd E. and Eura M. Rickard Hollis. He was raised in Clovis, Carlsbad, and Santa Fe and was a graduate of Santa Fe High School. Bob was a veteran of the Army Air...

Sandra Marshall
Dec 18, 2012
Sandra Sandy Marshall, 72 of Mescalero, passed away on December 18, 2012 in Mescalero. She was born on September 11, 1940 in Clovis, New Mexico to John and Dorthy Carter Dunlap. She graduated from Portales High School and married Roger Marshall in Portales in 1958. The next day she and Roger moved to Ruidoso and owned a hardware store...

Sandy Tragedy
Dec 14, 2012
To all the families, friends community of Newtown, Connecticut. Our Sincere Condolences. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to all of the families of those lost, to the survivors and their families, and to the others impacted by the senseless and unthinkable tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We cannot begin to comprehend the depth of...

Joseph Pavka
Dec 14, 2012
Joseph Lindsey Pavka, age 63, of Mescalero, NM, formerly of Coldwater Michigan, and a graduate of the last graduating class of St. Charles High School in 1967, passed away suddenly at his home on December 14, 2012. He was born September 14, 1949, to Frank and Mary Balough Pavka. Survivors include 3 brothers, Frank Rosemary, of Joplin, MO, John...

Rebecca Coonie
Dec 13, 2012
Rebecca Becky Coonie, 50, of Mescalero passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012, at Mescalero. She was born June 12, 1962 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She worked at the Mescalero Day Care Center. Survivors include her children, Karena Coonie, Kelsey Coonie, and Marie Aragon sisters and brothers, Karen Aragon, Lela Cupit, Alice Coonie, Lelena...

Deverne Torres
Dec 9, 2012
Deverne Torres, 87, of Mescalero passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Mescalero. He was born March 10, 1925 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is survived by his children, Orlinda Stevens, Sterling Torres, Lorna Torres, Ermadine Torres, Corina Torres, Michelle Gallerito, Devona Torres, Deverne...