Obituaries

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...

Albert Salcido Sr.
Feb 26, 2013
Rosary for Albert W. Salcido Sr, 87, of San Patricio will be Tuesday, March 5, at 9:30 AM with the funeral mass to follow at 10:00 AM at St. Judes Catholic Church in San Patricio. Burial will follow at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Salcido passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at his home. He was born October 25,...

Nina Taylor
Feb 25, 2013
Nina Perry Taylor of Lincoln, NM was called to her heavenly home on February 25, 2013 at the age of 98. Born December 26,1914 to Elzy and Mayme Perry at the Glencoe, NM homestead of her Grandparents George and Phoebe Coe. Nina received her early education in Glencoe before graduating high school from Hondo High. In 1937 she graduated...

Mckinley Mcteigue
Feb 25, 2013
Rosary for McKinley McTeigue, 89, of Las Cruces and formerly of the Hondo Valley will be Saturday, March 2, at 9:15 AM with the Funeral Mass to follow at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Hondo Cemetery. Mr. McTeigue passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 in Las Cruces. He was born March 9, 1923 at Arabela, NM and...

Daniel Draughon
Feb 17, 2013
Daniel Dean Draughon was born November 28, 1966 in Beaumont Army Hospital at El Paso, Texas. He went home to meet his Saviour face to face on Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Ruidoso, NM. He attended Edgemere Elementary in El Paso, graduated from Eastwood High School in 1984 at El Paso, TX, he graduated from Eastern New Mexico University...

Alden Torres Jr.
Feb 8, 2013
Prayer service for Alden Weeds Torres Jr., 40, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Assembly of God Church in Mescalero, the funeral will be on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10:00 AM in the Mescalero Community Center Gym with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Torres passed away Friday, February 8,...

Eileen Taylor
Feb 2, 2013
Eileen Taylor passed away on Friday February 2, 2013 in Alto, New Mexico at the age of 97. She was born on April 20, 1915 in Nome, Alaska to Michael and Louise Walsh. At 20 years of age she flew to Seattle to stay with Uncle John and Aunt Elizabeth for one week then she went on to D.C....

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...