Obituaries

Raymond Little Jr.
Jun 29, 2010
The prayer service for Raymond Bruce Little Jr., 40, of Mescalero will be Monday, July 5, at 6:00 PM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero where the funeral mass will be on Tuesday, July 6, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Little Family Cemetery. Mr. Little passed away Tuesday, June 29,2010 in Wichita Falls, Texas, he was...

Delores Hair
Jun 29, 2010
Graveside service for Delores Hair, 86, of Ruidoso will be Friday, July 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruidoso. She passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at the Mescalero Care Center and she was born October 28, 1924 at Sapulpa, Oklahoma. She attended the Methodist Church and was a retired Licensed Vocational Nurse. She married...

Willah Westall
Jun 29, 2010
Willah Mae Billie Westall of Ruidoso passed from this life to be with her father in heaven on June 29, 2010. Billie was born on January 27, 1917 in the family ranch house about 5 miles east of Mayhill on the Agua Chiquita. Her family moved to a ranch adjacent to the Flying H on the Feliz River in...

Doyle Neal
Jun 25, 2010
Doyle Raymond Neal, 81, of Rio Vista, Texas passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at his second home in Ruidoso Downs, NM. Memorial services for Mr. Neal will be Saturday, July 2, 2010 at the Rosser Funeral Home in Cleburne, Texas. Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Reyna and Janet Brown two sons, Raymond Neal and Donald Neal. Cremation services...

Patricia Ours
Jun 25, 2010
Memorial service for Patricia Pardue Ours, 56, of Angus, NM will be Wednesday, June 30, at 10:00 AM at the Angus Church of the Nazarene. A private burial service will be at the Angus Cemetery. A memorial service will be held in San Diego, California at a later date. Patricia passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at her home...

Emma Gurrola
Jun 25, 2010
Funeral service for Emma Gurrola, 94, of Ruidoso will be Tuesday, June 29, at 10:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ruidoso with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Gurrola passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Mescalero Care Center. She was born January 14, 1916 at Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua,...

Keith Miller
Jun 24, 2010
Visitation for Keith Miller, 83, of Mescalero will be Sunday, June 27, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. The prayer service will be Sunday, at 6:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission where the funeral mass will be on Monday, June 28, at 10:00 AM with burial at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Miller passed...

Jose Molina-Ibarra
Jun 19, 2010
Services for Jose Manuel Molina Ibarra, 44, of Ruidoso was held on Thursday, June 24, at the Angus Church of the Nazarene with burial at the San Patricio Catholic Cemetery at San Patricio. Mr. Ibarra passed away Saturday, June 19, 2010 in Roswell, NM. He was born March 19, 1966 at Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. He had worked as...

Lois Clifton
Jun 18, 2010
Lois Evelyn Clifton, 85, of Ruidoso passed away Friday, June 18, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born October 4, 1924 at Willowbar, Oklahoma and had lived most of her life at Boise City, Oklahoma. She is survived by a daughter, Candice Hunt of Ruidoso a son, Doug Clifton of Boise City, Oklahoma. After cremation she will...

Quentin Balatche
Jun 17, 2010
The prayer service for Quentin Sugar Balatche, 48, of Mescalero will be Sunday, June 20, at 6:00 PM in the Mescalero Family Worship Center with the funeral service on Monday, June 21, at 10:00 AM also at the Mescalero Family Worship Center. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Sugar passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010 at his home....

Lyn Kelson
Jun 17, 2010
Funeral service for Lyn A. Kelson, 72, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, June 19, at 11:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ruidoso. Burial will be Saturday, June 26, at the El Toro Memorial Park at Lake Forest, California. Mrs. Kelson passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Lincoln County Medical...

Betty Hauser
Jun 14, 2010
Betty Ann Hauser, 92, of Cloudcroft, NM passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Mescalero Care Center. She was born March 27, 1918 at Wichita, Kansas. Graveside services will be Saturday, June 19, at the Mount Moriah Cemetery South at Kansas City, Missouri.

Isabel Rue
Jun 13, 2010
Funeral services for Isabel R. Rue, 73, of Ruidoso will be Saturday, June 19, at 10:00 AM in St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero. She passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She was born April 14, 1937 at San Patricio, NM and had lived in Lincoln County all of her life. She married Henry Rue...

John Day Jr.
Jun 11, 2010
John Columbus Day Jr., 84, passed away peacefully June 11, 2010 at his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM. Mr. Day, better known to locals as J.C., came into this world on October 24, 1925, the youngest of five children born to Dollie Brooks and John Columbus Day Sr. of Snyder, Texas. J.C. entered the Navy in 1944 serving 28...

Ermando Chavez
Jun 5, 2010
Funeral services for Ermando Chavez, 96, of Hondo will be Wednesday, June 9, at 7:00 PM in the Tinnie Baptist Church at Tinnie, NM. Graveside services will be Thursday, June 10, at 10:00 AM at the Hondo Cemetery. Mr. Chavez passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso. He was born February 24, 1914...

Olympia Sanchez
Jun 5, 2010
Prayer service for Olympia Ola Sanchez, 90, of Ruidoso will be Friday, June 11, at 6:00 PM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio where the funeral mass will be on Saturday, June 12, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Sanchez passed Saturday, June 5, 2010 at her home in Ruidoso. She...

Vance Sidwell
May 31, 2010
Visitation for Vance Sidwell, 47, of Nogal will be Friday, June 4, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso from Noon until 2:00 PM with the funeral service at 2:00 PM. Cremation will follow with burial of his cremated remains on Monday, June 7. at 2:00 PM at the Nogal Cemetery. Mr. Sidwell passed away Monday, May 31, 2010 at...

Steve Nelson
May 30, 2010
Celebrating the life of Steve Frank Nelson who died May 30, 2010 in his sleep, he was 61 years old. Steve was the loved partner of David Lee Williams and the chef and entrepreneur of Lucy and Ethels internet cafe. His culinary dishes and loving personality will be missed by all. Steve worked many years in Clifornia at NBC...

Sigesfredo Romero Jr.
May 24, 2010
Visitation for Sigesfredo Fredo Romero Jr. will be Wednesday, May 26, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM. The prayer service will be Thursday, May 27, at 2:00 PM at St. Judes Catholic Church with the funeral mass to follow at 3:00 PM with burial at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Romero passed away...

Chester Smith
May 22, 2010
On Saturday, May 22, 2010, God called home his loving and faithful servant, Chester Frank Smith, to be with him in eternity. Visitation for Mr. Smith will be Tuesday, May 25, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso. Funeral services will Wednesday, May 26, at 10:00 AM at the Ruidoso Downs First Southern Baptist...