Obituaries

Jean Schaerer
Apr 23, 2013
Jean Margaret Keitch Schaerer passed away peacefully, April 23, 2013 at the Casita de Cura in Alto, NM. She was born August 2, 1929 to Frederick John and Amy Violet Keitch. Jean grew up in Birmingham, England. After 20 happy years in a hotel career, Jean met Victor, Capt. E. V. Schaerer, in 1960 and they married in London...

Lynette Kanseah
Apr 18, 2013
Prayer service for Lynette Kanseah, 67, of Mescalero will Sunday, April 21, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Reformed Chruch where the funeral will be on Monday, April 22, at 9:00 AM. Burial will follow at the White Tail Cemetery. Mrs. Kanseah passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Mescalero. She was born October 20, 1945 at Mescalero...

Rene'E Craig
Apr 18, 2013
Graveside service for Renee Craig, 49, of Ruidoso Downs will be Wednesday, April 24, at 1:00 PM at James Canyon Cemetery near Cloudcroft, NM. Mrs. Craig passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Albuquerque. She was born August 12, 1963 at Okinawa, Japan. She moved to Ruidoso Downs in 1996 from La Luz, NM. She had her own bookkeeping...

Richard Vega Jr.
Apr 18, 2013
Prayer service for Richard Dickie Vega Jr., 48, of Las Cruces and formerly of Carrizozo will be Tuesday, April 23, at 10:00 AM with the funeral mass to follow at 10:30 AM at Santa Ritas Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery in Carrizozo. Mr. Vega passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Las...

James Payton
Apr 15, 2013
Ed Payton, one of the last great cowboys, went to be with the Lord on April 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife Bea Payton, daughter Colline Snell, step daughters Susan Montgomery and Cindy Paulakos and step son Mike Zahm, sister Bethel Cunningham, brother Rusty Payton, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ed was preceded in death by...

Joseph Maloy
Apr 12, 2013
Joe D. Maloy, 91, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at his home. He was born November 23, 1921 at Highland Park, CA. Mr. Maloy moved to Ruidoso in 1952 from West Covina, CA and was owner operator of Achin Acres RV Park, he was a Merchant Marine. He married Wilma on February 3, 1963 at Ruidoso....

W. Culley
Apr 9, 2013
Memorial service for W.J. Culley, 78, of Carrizozo will be Sunday, April 14, at 2:00 PM at the Lincoln County Sheriffs Posse Building south of Carrizozo on Highway 54. Mr. Culley was born September 22, 1934 at Wichita Falls, Texas and passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Albuquerque. He moved to Carrizozo in 1983 from Arlington, Texas....

Raymond Lahey
Apr 7, 2013
Dr. Raymond David Lahey, know as Ray, passed away Sunday morning, April 7, 2013 at the age of 59 years old at his home in Eagle Creek Canyon after a long struggle with a disability and severe chronic back pain. He was born September 17, 1953 in Burlington, CO to Duane and Barbara Lahey. At the age of five...

Roger Dutchover
Apr 6, 2013
Visitation for Roger Blue Dutchover will be Friday, April 12, at LaGrone Funeral Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Funeral mass will be Saturday, April 13, at 10:00 AM in St. Eleanors Catholic Church in Ruidoso. Mr. Dutchover was born July 4, 1957 in Roswell, NM and passed away on Saturday, April 6, at his...

Charles Chesbro
Apr 2, 2013
Funeral service for Charles A. Chesbro, 89, of Ruidoso will be Monday, April 8, at 11:00 AM in Community United Methodist Church in Ruidoso, officiating will be the Rev. Ed Barlow. Mr. Chesbro passed away Tuesday, April 2, at Mescalero. He was born November 23, 1923 at Wheaton, Illinois. He served as a pilot in the Navy during World...

Mac Moore
Mar 22, 2013
Mac Moore, 71, of Capitan passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 at his home in Capitan, NM. He was born July 22, 1941 at Cotton Center, Texas to Toni and Frank Moore. Mr. Moore was retired from farming and ranching. He moved to Lincoln County in 1990 from Stephenville, Texas. He married Sally on May 18, 1991 in Cloudcroft,...

Alfred Padilla
Mar 22, 2013
Rosary service for Alfred Padilla, 69, of Capitan will be Wednesday, April 3, at 6:00 PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Capitan where the funeral mass will be on Thursday, April 4, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Capitan Cemetery. Alfred was born August 17, 1943 at Encinoso to Lucia and Guillermo Padilla. He had lived...

Ethel Williams
Mar 22, 2013
Ethel Ora Williams, 91, of Capitan passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, at her home. She was born November 29, 1921 at Tucumcari, NM to Edith and Charlie Callison. She had lived in Capitan for 28 years moving from Evant, Texas. She married Charles Williams in 1958 in Albuquerque, he preceded her in death on December 14, 2003. She...

Sylvia Hauschild
Mar 17, 2013
Sylvia Hauschild, 76, of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 in El Paso, Texas. She was born November 30, 1936 in Morris, Illinois to Lillian and Leonard Lynes who both precede her in death. Sylvia was secretary for Morris Paper Mill and Grundy Business Service in Morris, Illinois, hostess for the Stockyard Restaurant in Joliet, Illinois, member of...

Maureen Haggin
Mar 16, 2013
Maureen Elizabeth Dennehy Haggin, 98 of Ruidoso, was born on March 28, 1914 in Prague, Oklahoma to John D. Keaton and Bertha Ryan Keaton and went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2013 in Albuquerque. She moved to Ruidoso in 2007 with her husband John Jack C. Haggin, who she married in Alamogordo in 1986, from El...

Mary Clements
Mar 7, 2013
Funeral service for Mary Ann Kellogg Clements, 66, of Corona will be Monday, March 11, at 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church of Corona, burial will follow at the Corona Cemetery. Officiating will Rev. Terry Aiello of Grace Fellowship in Christ. Mrs. Clements passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Mescalero. She was born April 3, 1946 at...

Jerry Etty Jr.
Mar 4, 2013
Memorial services for Jerome P. Etty, Jr., 74 of Ruidoso will be Sunday April 7, 2013 at the Race Track Chapel at Ruidoso Downs Race Track during the 10:30 AM service. Mr. Etty died Monday, March 4, 2013 in Ruidoso. He was born February 4, 1939 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Jerry married Elizabeth Kuerner on February 3, 1968 at...

Trancito Polaco Jr.
Mar 3, 2013
Prayer vigil for Trancito Polaco Jr., 79, of Hondo will be Monday, March 11, at 6:00 PM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio where the funeral mass will be on Tuesday, March 12, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Hondo Cemetery. Trancito passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Lubbock, TX. He was born February...

Del Baird
Mar 1, 2013
Del Rae Baird, 59, of Austin, TX and formerly of Ruidoso went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 1, 2013 in Austin. Visitation will be Saturday, March 9, from 11:00 AM until Noon at LaGrone Funeral Chapel with the graveside service at 12:30 PM in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Myles Herrera and Thnor...

Patricia Davila
Feb 28, 2013
Funeral service for Faye Davila, 46, of Ruidoso will be Wednesday, March 6, at 11:00 AM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel, burial will follow at the Ruidoso Hondo Valley Cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. John Wyatt. Mrs. Davila passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013 in Ruidoso. She was born February 6, 1967 at Mescalero and life in Ruidoso all...