Obituaries

Wanda Parker-Lynn
Apr 16, 2012
Wanda Parker Lynn,70, left this life on April 16,2012 in Albuquerque, NM. Wanda was born August 16,1941 in Heavener, OK. She was the daughter of Dortha Louise Murray and Quincy Northrip. Wanda worked for many years at Lincoln County Medical Center. She married Joe Bob Parker on June 7, 1957. He proceeded her in death on March 6, 1981....

Delton Dodd
Apr 8, 2012
Graveside service for Del Dodd, 81, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, April 17, at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruidoso. Mr. Dodd passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012. He was born June 11, 1930 at Loop, Texas to Ira Rosa Dodd. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He moved to Ruidoso in 1978...

Jack Orio
Apr 1, 2012
On Sunday April 1st of 2012 Jack G. Orio passed away at his home at the age of 62. Jack was born in Albuquerque and attended Del Norte High School until moving to Clovis, NM where he graduated from Clovis High School in 1967. He is survived by his wife Kathy, of 30 years, 5 children, Robert and Jason...

Kennard Chee
Mar 30, 2012
Funeral service for Kennard Chee, 42, of Mescalero will be Friday, April 6, at 9:00 AM at the Mescalero Family Worship Center with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Chee passed away Friday, March 30, 2012 in Albuquerque. He was born May 10, 1969 at Mescalero. He is survived by two brothers, Erle Tortilla Jr. and Clifford...

Cheryl Free
Mar 30, 2012
Cheryl Free, 53, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, March 30, in Ruidoso. She was born January 15, 1959 at Monroe, Louisiana and moved to Ruidoso from Monroe on December 7, 1988. She married Mike Free on September 15, 1979. She is survived by her husband, Mike Free and her mother, Rheta Smith. Cheryl will be buried in Louisiana with...

Kelly Neill
Mar 29, 2012
Memorial service for Kelly Lynn Neill, 32, of Ruidoss will be Saturday, April 7, at 3:00 PM in the First Southern Baptist Church of Ruidoso Downs. Kelly passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born November 23, 1979 in Ruidoso and was a lifetime resident. She worked in the restaurant industry. Kelly is...

Kathleen Spitty
Mar 29, 2012
Prayer service for Kathleen Kitty Spitty, 43, of Mescalero will be Monday, April 2, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Family Worship Center where the funeral service will be on Tuesday, April 3, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Kitty was born March 10, 1969 at Mescalero and had lived there all of her life....

Shirley Neuhaus
Mar 26, 2012
A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 9th at 11:00 AM at First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road, Ruidoso NM with a reception immediately following. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Shirley passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM surrounded by her family. She was born July 8, 1921, in Ventura, CA and...

Brenda O'Steen
Mar 25, 2012
Memorial service for Brenda OSteen, 54, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, April 7, at 11:00 A.M. in LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Ms. O Steen passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in Ruidoso. She was born November 12, 1957 in Dallas, Texas. She worked for the State of New Mexico with the Department of Human Services. She moved to Ruidoso in...

Franklin Koehler
Mar 19, 2012
Franklin Albert Koehler, 89, of Ruidoso passed away Monday, March 19, 2012 at Alto. He was born September 5, 1922 at Chicago, Illinois. He served in the Army during World War II. He moved to Lincoln County in 1978 from Florida. He married Ida Rosalene Halstead on January 17, 1949 in Chicago. He is survived by his wie, Ida...

John Mckenna
Mar 17, 2012
John J. Jack McKenna, 94, of Alto passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born November 23, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jack was very popular and a marvelous athlete, lettering in many sports at Shawnee Mission High School. He attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence and served as a B26 bomber pilot with the...

Anna Bradley
Mar 15, 2012
Visitation for Anna Bradley, 96, of Lakeside, Oregon and formerly of Ruidoso Downs will be Saturday, March 24, from 10:00 AM until Noon at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Graveside services will also be Saturday at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Bradley passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Lakeside, Oregon. She was born July 3, 1915...

Dorothy Sample
Mar 14, 2012
Funeral service for Dorothy Sample, 91, of Elida and formerly of Ruidoso will be Monday, March 19, at 11:00 AM in the Gateway Church of Christ in Ruidoso. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Sample passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at her home in Elida. She was born November 23, 1920 at Comanche, Texas. She moved...

Angela Miranda
Mar 5, 2012
Funeral mass for Renee Miranda, 44, of San Patricio will be Monday, March 12, at 10:00 AM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio. Renee passed away Monday, March 5, 2012, at her home. She was born September 10, 1967 at Roswell and lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She had served in the Army and...

Barbara Collier
Mar 2, 2012
Barbara Collier, 84, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, March 2, 2012 in Ruidoso. She was born September 22, 1927 in Brownfield, Texas. She lived in Brownfield until 2000 when her and Carrol sold the Brownfield Funeral Home and moved to Ruidoso. She married Carrol on December 2, 1944 in Louisiana. Services for Barbara will be held at a later...

Claude Chidley
Feb 28, 2012
As he wished, Claude Arnold Slim Chidley was a home when he passed from this life to the next on February 28, 2012. born in Laurel, Montana on October 6, 1916 to John Edward and Annie Searle Chidley, he spent his childhood in Montana and Wyoming and grew into a successful professional musician and accomplished horseman. In January of...

Doris Hepple
Feb 27, 2012
Memorial service for Doris Hepple, 95, of Alto will be Friday, March 2, at 1:00 PM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Mrs. Hepple passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 in Mescalero. She was born November 23, 1916 in New York City. She moved to Lincoln County 10 years from Las Cruces, NM. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY...

Carmen Smith
Feb 19, 2012
Carmen Marie WeiserSmith, 72, from Ruidoso died February 19, 2012 in Albuquerque after courageously battling a lengthy illness. She was born January 26, 1940 in Sterling, Colorado to Homer H. and Ruth M. Weiser who preceded her in death. She grew up in Colorado and graduated from Odessa High School. After receiving her LMSW from Our Lady of the...

Fae Swinford
Feb 18, 2012
Fae L. Swinford made her transition from this world at 9:40 PM on the evening of February 18, 2012. She was surrounded by family and at peace. Fae was a kind, loving soul, with a gracious, giving spirit, a bright, probing intellect, and shared herself selflessly without expectations or demands. She was an avid reader, artist and one heck...

Bob Dugger
Feb 17, 2012
Memorial service for Bob White Dugger, 58, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, March 3, at 11:00 AM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. A receptionpotluck will bde held at Cree Meadows Country Club on Sunday, March 4, at 5:00 PM. Mr. Dugger passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 in Ruidoso. He was born December 15, 1953 at Carlsbad, New...