Obituaries

William Jakse
Oct 16, 2012
A Celebration of the Life of Bill Jakse, 59 of Ruidoso will be Friday, October 19, from Noon until 3:00 PM at the Sanctuary on the River in Ruidoso. Bill passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012, in Ruidoso. He was born April 24, 1953 at LaSalle, Illinois and moved to Ruidoso in the early 1980s. He operated Jaxbilt Design...

Eric Thompson
Oct 15, 2012
Memorial service for Eric Thompson, 63, of the RuidosoRuidoso Downs area will be Sunday, November 18, at 3:00 PM in the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso. Eric passed away on Monday, October 15, 2012 at his home. He was born September 22, 1949 at Dallas, Texas. He moved to Lincoln County in 1987 from El Paso, Texas. Eric loved...

Roger Kazhe
Oct 11, 2012
Beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, Roger Reed Kazhe was born September 7, 1973 in Mescalero, NM and he was called home on Thursday, October 11, 2012 in Alamogordo, NM. He married Phyllis Freeland on February 4, 2004 in Albuquerque, NM. Roger lived an athletic life and loved sports and being with his family. He enjoyed...

Howard Harkey
Oct 3, 2012
Howard Elvin Harkey was born June 1, 1929 in Carrizozo, New Mexico to E. I. Sparkey Harkey and Rose Bingham Harkey and passed away on October 3, 2012. He attended grade school at Ancho, NM and graduated from Carrizozo High School as salutatorian in 1947. He played football and basketball in high school. He graduated in 1951 from New...

Daniel Tissnolthtos
Sep 27, 2012
Visitation for Daniel Lynn Tissnolthtos, 26, of Mescalero will be Wednesday, October 3, at the Apache Assembly of God Church in Mescalero from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM with the funeral at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Daniel passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born October 23, 1985 in Alamogordo and...

Roy Jones
Sep 15, 2012
Roy Cecil Zeke Jones was born in Vernon, Texas on November 4, 1925 to Roy J. Jones and Rocky Oglesby Jones. As a young man, Cecil along with his brother Earl and his sister Henrietta helped with the family farming and attended a one room school house in Farmers Valley. In order to go to high school in Vernon...

Jody Jolly
Sep 14, 2012
A Memorial ServiceCelebration of Life will be held Thursday, September 27th, 5:30p.m. at Jodys home in Loma Grande Nogal area, NM. She passed away Friday, September 14th at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso, NM. She was born February 20, 1951 in Seattle, WA. Jodys great love of and special way with animals led her to work at several...

Nacha Verdugo
Sep 9, 2012
Nacha Verdugo, 90, of Carrizozo passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at her home in Carrizozo. She was born October 13, 1921 at Rebenton, NM and had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She worked at the Carrizozo Municipal Hospital until it closed after many years of service, she loved to quilt. She attended Santa Ritas...

Wynn King
Aug 30, 2012
Wynn King, 54, of Alto passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 in Alto. She was born February 20, 1958 at Portales, NM. She married Jack King on June 28, 1975 in Tularosa, she moved to Lincoln County in 1980 from Tularosa. She had an associates degree from Eastern New Mexico University. She is survived by her husband, Jack two...

Katherine Graham
Aug 30, 2012
Kathy Renee Hazel Graham was born on July 12, 1958 in El Paso, Texas. She passed from this life on a beautiful blue sky morning August 30, 2012, surrounded by her loving husband Dale, her children Joshua, Dooley and Nici, her mother Evelyn Unie Hazel and her brother Kenneth and Alan and Mark Hazel. Many friends were there and...

Thelda Miller
Aug 22, 2012
Thelda L. Miller, 76, of Ruidoso went to be with the Lord August 22, 2012 after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born to Jasper and Lorena Phelps in Carbon, TX on August 4, 1936. Thelda attended both Cloudcroft H.S. and Carbon H.S. TX where she graduated. She was Otero Countys Cotton queen, loved basketball, and horses....

Jayro Treas
Aug 21, 2012
Jayro B. Treas, born February 19, 1939 in Mescalero and went to be with the Lord and Savior on August 21, 2012. He went peacefully in his sleep at Mescalero IHS Hospital. He lived his entire life in Mescalero except for the time he attended Boarding School in Albuquerque. He worked for the Mescalero Apache Tribe as a caregiver...

Roger Cole
Aug 18, 2012
Roger Cole, 72, of Ruidoso passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born September 6, 1939 at Los Angeles, California. He moved to Ruidoso in 2005 from Oregon. He served in the Army, was a college professor at Eastern New Mexico University in Ruidoso and was an ordained minister with a Masters in Divinity. He was...

Virginia Sheldon
Aug 10, 2012
Virginia Lillian Young Sheldon, 84, of Capitan passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 at Capitan. She was born July 18, 1928 at Shelbourne Falls, Massachusetts. She had lived in Massachusetts, Arizona and moved to Capitan, New Mexico in January, 2006 from Prescott, Arizona. She retired from L.S. Starrett Company in Athol, MA after more than 30 years of employment....

Bernetta Galloway-Porter
Aug 9, 2012
Graveside service for Bernetta Betty Galloway Porter, 89, of Capitan will be Tuesday, August 14, at 10:00 AM in the Capitan Cemetery at Capitan, NM. She was born October 16, 1922 at Supply, OK and passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012 at Mescalero, NM. She moved to Lincoln County in 1924 and lived there for 40 years and had...

Dixie Byrd
Aug 9, 2012
Visitation for Dixie Byrd, 79, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, August 14, from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso. Funeral service will be Tuesday, August 14, at 3:00 PM in the First Christian Church of Ruidoso. Entombment will be Wednesday, August 15, at 1:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque. Mrs. Byrd passed...

Anita Sanchez
Aug 8, 2012
Funeral service for Anita Jane Sanchez, 73, of Mescalero will be Monday, August 13, at 10:00 AM in the Mescalero Reformed Church with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Ms. Sanchez passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Mescalero. She was born August 4, 1939 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life. She was a...

Bob Shafer
Aug 3, 2012
Funeral service for Bob Shafer, 88, of Carrizozo will be Monday, August 6, at 10:00 AM in the Trinity United Methodist Church in Carrizozo, Masonic graveside rites will follow at the Shafer Family Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday at the church from 9:00 AM until service time. Mr. Shafer passed away Friday, August 03, 2012, in Ruidoso. He was...

Barbara Balatche
Jul 25, 2012
Prayer service for Barbara Balatche, 47, of Mescalero will be Monday, July 30, at 6:00 PM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero where the funeral mass will be on Tuesday, July 31, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at the Balatche Cemetery. Ms. Balatche passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Mescalero. She was born June 30, 1965...

Richard Vega
Jul 25, 2012
Prayer service for Richard H. Vega, 74, of Carrizozo will be Saturday, July 28, at 10:30 AM in Santa Ritas Catholic Church in Carrizozo with the funeral mass at 11:00 AM. Burial will follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery in Carrizozo. Mr. Vega passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in El Paso, Texas. He was born October...