Obituaries

Michael Sundayman
Sep 12, 2010
Visitation for Michael Boy Sundayman, 45, of Mescalero will be Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel with the prayer service at 6:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission. The funeral mass will be on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 9:00 AM in St. Josephs Mission with burial to follow at the LaPaz Family Cemetery....

Mildred Ezzell
Sep 3, 2010
Memorial service for Micki Ezzell, 89, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, Sept. 11, at 2:00 PM in the BlackburnShaw Coulter Chapel, 8310 Coulter Road, Amarillo, TX. Ms. Ezzell passed away Friday, September 3, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born May 31, 1921 at Wellington, Texas to Warren and Ethel Lowe. She lived in Amarillo from 1953...

Deena Robinson
Aug 28, 2010
Visitation for Deena Robinson, 23, of Mescalero will be Thursday, Sept. 2, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. The prayer service will be Thursday at 6:00 PM in St. Josephs Mission where the funeral mass will be on Friday, Sept. 3, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at Mescalero Cemetery. Deena passed...

Alvin Harcrow Jr.
Aug 28, 2010
Alvin Bob Harcrow, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Ruidoso on Saturday, August 28, 2010, after a long illness. Bob is survived by his wife, Jan daughters, Marilyn Lane and her husband Joe of Alamogordo, NM and Frances Traylor and her husband Hub of Capitan, NM stepsons, Doug Pereau and his wife Terri of Parker, AZ and...

Kevin Otis
Aug 25, 2010
Kevin Otis, 62, of Ruidoso Downs, NM passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at his home. He was born December 4, 1947 at Northfield, Minnesota and moved to Ruidoso Downs 6 years ago. He served in the Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He was also a retired police officer. He is survived by two sons, Jon Otis of...

Valera Neff
Aug 21, 2010
Funeral services for Valera Mom Yerby Neff, 93 of Alto, were held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday August 24, 2010 at the First Christian Church in Ruidoso. Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM on Friday August 27, 2010 at Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster, Texas. Mrs. Neff was born on August 13, 1917 at Enis, Texas and passed from...

Sarah Paolo
Aug 13, 2010
SARAH LYNN DI PAOLO died August 13, 2010 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born and raised in Ruidoso New Mexico on June 27, 1989. She attended ENMU College after graduating from Ruidoso High School. She loved art and jewelry making, which after learning she had cancer, she sold to raise money for awareness for other...

Arnie Gibson
Aug 7, 2010
Visitation for Juanita Gibson, 87, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, August 10, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. The funeral service will be Wednesday, August 11, at 1:30 PM in the Gateway Church of Christ in Ruidoso with burial to follow at the Ruidoso Hondo Valley Cemetery at Ruidoso Downs. Mrs. Gibson passed away Saturday,...

Helen Godwin
Aug 6, 2010
Memorial service for Helen Godwin, 77, of Alto will be Monday, August 9, at 1:30 PM at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track Chapel. Mrs. Godwin was born May 16, 1933 at Loco, Oklahoma. She passed away Friday, August 6, at her home. She moved to Lincoln County five years ago from Midlothian, Texas. She was retired SecretaryTreasurer for JayH...

Roberta Rankin
Aug 5, 2010
Memorial service for Roberta Caryl Rankin, 70, of Ruidoso Downs will be Tuesday, August 10, at 11:00 AM in the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso Downs. She passed away Thursday, August 5, 2010 in Ruidoso. She was born January 13, 1940 at Goody, Kentucky. Caryl moved to Lincoln County 30 years ago and she was a retired Real Estate...

Pearl Spohn
Aug 4, 2010
No services are planned at this time for Pearl Mae Spohn, 90, of Capitan. She passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010, in Roswell. She was born June 8, 1920 at DeMott, Indiana. She was retired from Ft. Stanton Hospital. Survivors include her grandchildren, David Bailey, Karen Wood, and Paul Bailey. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Carol...

Eugene Chavez
Jul 30, 2010
Prayer service for Geno Chavez, 63, of Carrizozo will be Sunday, Aug. 8, at 7:00 PM at Santa Ritas Catholic Church in Carrizozo where the funeral mass will be on Monday, Aug. 9, at 10:00 AM, burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Carrizozo. Mr. Chavez passed away on Friday, July 30, 2010 at his home. He was born...

Angelia Yulay
Jul 27, 2010
Visitation for Angelia Yulay, 90, of Mescalero will be Thursday, July 29, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. The prayer service will be Thursday at 6:30 PM at the Family Worship Center at Mescalero where the funeral service will be on Friday, July 30, at 10:00 AM, burial will follow at the Mescalero...

Constance Cullers
Jul 21, 2010
Memorial service for Connie Cullers, 65, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, July 27, at 11:00 AM in the First Christian Church of Ruidoso. Ms. Cullers passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at her home. She was born January 6, 1945 at Austin, Texas. She moved to Ruidoso four and half years ago from Albuquerque. She loved horses, a dog...

James Wiley
Jul 20, 2010
James Robert Wiley passed on to be with his Lord Jesus in Albuquerque, NM, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. He was 58 years old. He was born March 19, 1952 in Austin, TX. Beloved by his family and many friends, Jim Wiley is survived by his daughter, Christina Powell and two grandchildren, Brice and Haegon Powell of Winnie, TX...

Thomas Knight
Jul 18, 2010
Thomas Tom or Tommy Alman Knight died July 18th, 2010 at his home on the Knight Ranch, north of Carrizozo, New Mexico. Tom was 83 years of age. Services will be held at the Ancho Church on July 20th, 2010, at 2 p.m. with graveside services following at the Ancho cemetery.. Tom was born on June 24, 1927 in...

Paul Watts
Jul 17, 2010
Paul H. Watts, 86, of Alto passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010 at his home. He had served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a retired coowner of a utility construction company. He is survived by two daughters, P.K. Johns and Paulette Birr. No services are planned at this time and cremation is under...

Joe Smith
Jul 17, 2010
One of the last great cowboys Joe Robert Smith of Capitan passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the age of 90. He was born September 7, 1919 in Seymour, TX to Joe Edward and Nannie Smith and grew up in Halfway TX. He is survived by sister Lucille Witten of Plainview, TX, and brother J.H. Smith Betty...

Edward Vega
Jul 15, 2010
The prayer service for Edward S. Vega, 76, of Carrizozo will be Sunday, July 18, at 7:00 PM in Santa Ritas Catholic Church where the funeral mass will be on Monday, July 19, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery in Carrizozo. Mr. Vega passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Las...

Amy Lafoon-Snow
Jul 14, 2010
Memorial service for Amy Senise LafoonSnow, 39, of Ruidoso will be Monday, July 26, at 2:00 PM in the Epsicopal Church of the Holy Mount in Ruidoso. Amy passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in El Paso, Texas. She was born January 6, 1971 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She moved to Ruidoso in October, 2009 from Las Cruces. She...