Obituaries

Maynard Halbedl

Maynard Halbedl

May 2, 2012

Graveside service for Maynard K. Halbedl, 86, of Ruidoso will be Friday, May 25, at 10:30 AM at Ft. Stanton Cemetery with Military Rites. Mr. Halbedl passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Ruidoso. He was born May 25, 1925 at San Antonio, TX. He was a retired Vice President with Yellow Freight and had served in the Army....

Allison Kinzhuma

Allison Kinzhuma

Apr 29, 2012

Prayer service for Allison Kinzhuma, 57, of Mescalero will be Tuesday, May 1, at 6:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission where the funeral mass will be on Wednesday, May 2, at 11:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Kinzhuma passed Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Mescalero. He was born September 17, 1954 at Mescalero and had...

Emma Hall

Emma Hall

Apr 24, 2012

Emma Gene Hall, affectionately known as Sweetie by friends and family, passed away in the midst of family in Houston, Texas on April 24, 2012, she was 87. Sweetie was born in Slaton, Texas on the 15th of March 1925. After graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Home Economics Education with a Minor in Music from Texas Tech University,...

Albert Hernandez

Albert Hernandez

Apr 22, 2012

Albert H. Hernandez, 87 went to be with the Lord on Sunday Apr. 22. He died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Albert was born on Apr. 24, 1924 in Hondo, New Mexico to Estevan and Miquela Hernandez. He grew up on the family ranch in Hondo with six brothers and seven sisters. Albert worked in the...

Constance Enjady

Constance Enjady

Apr 21, 2012

Funeral service for Constance Dolly Enjady, 79 of Alamogordo, will be Wednesday April 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM in the Mescalero Reformed Church. Burial will follow at Mescalero Cemetery. Dolly was born on February 11, 1933 in Mescalero to Johnny and Katherine Kenoi Enjady and passed away on April 21, 2012 in Alamogordo. She grew up in Mescalero and...

Donald Means

Donald Means

Apr 20, 2012

Donald Wilcom Means went to be with his Savior and Lord, Friday, April 20, 212 at Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Home in Alamogordo, NM with his wife, Joan by his side. Don was born March 3, 1929 on the Block Ranch west of Roswell to Robert Burdette Means and Sarah Irena Robbins Means. He was the sixth of eleven...

Wanda Parker-Lynn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...