Obituaries
Laura Leonard
May 8, 2012
Laura Lee Leonard of Capitan, died of natural causes on the afternoon of May, 8, 2012, she was 59. Laura was born Laura Lee Lacy to Dorothy and Hank Lacy on August 31, 1952 in Hillsboro, Texas. The family soon moved to Capitan were Laura Laura attended elementary and high school. After graduation she traveled the United States, living...
Kennedy Kanseah
May 8, 2012
Funeral service for Kennedy Babe Kanseah, 61, of Mescalero will be Saturday, May 12, at 9:00 AM in the Mescalero Reformed Chruch with burial to follow at the Kanseah Family Plot. He passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Mescalero, he was born October 15, 1950 in Mescalero and spent most of his life in Santa Fe. He is...
Cyrus Moquino
May 5, 2012
Funeral service for Cyrus Moquino, 54, of Mescalero will be Friday, May 18, at 2:30 PM at the Mescalero Baptist Church with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Cyrus passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012 in Mescalero. He was born September 22, 1957 at Ruidoso and had lived in Mescalero all of his life. He was a Ranch...
Kenneth Hutchinson
May 3, 2012
Funeral service for Kenneth Bruce Hutchinson, 74, of Ruidoso will be Wednesday, May 9, at 3:00 PM in the Community United Methodist Church in Ruidoso. He passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at his home in Ruidoso. He was born December 21, 1937 at Santa Fe, NM to Velma and Harry Hutchinson and was raised at Espanola, NM. He...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...


