Obituaries

David Luna
Jul 13, 2010
Visitation for Dave Luna, 52, of Mescalero will be Friday, July 16, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM. The prayer service will be Friday at 1:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission at Mescalero where the funeral mass will be at 2:00 PM with burial to follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Luna passed...

Elena Herrera
Jul 12, 2010
Elena Herrerashe will be deeply missed. Prayer Vigil for Elena Herrera, 70, of Ruidoso Downs will be Saturday, July 17, at 10:00 AM in St. Judes Catholic Church at San Patricio with the funeral mass to follow at 11:00 AM with burial at St. Judes Catholic Cemetery with the Rev. Alfred Galvan officiating. Elena died Monday, July 12, 2010...

Linda Brown
Jul 9, 2010
Funeral services for Linda Brown, 65 of Ruidoso, will be at 3:00 PM on Wednesday July 14, 2010 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel, burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A reception will follow at KBobs. Linda was born on December 26, 1944 IN Artesia, New Mexico to William David and Iris Marie Coffelt Scott and passed away on July...

Janisse Lieftinck
Jul 7, 2010
Janisse Gwyn Lieftinck, 48, of Alamogordo and formerly of Alto passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo. She was born May, 1, 1962 at Karichi, Pakistan. She moved to Lincoln County in 1989 from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is survived by her father, John E. Lieftinck and her brother, John t. Lieftinck. She...

Jakob Yeager
Jul 5, 2010
Memorial service for Jakob Michael Yeager, 11, of Ruidoso Downs will be Saturday, July 10, at 10:00 AM in the First Christian Church of Ruidoso. Jakob passed away Monday, July 5, 2010 at his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM. He was born July 30, 1998 at Laguna Hill, California. He moved to Lincoln County in November, 2005 from Bullhead...

Trene Sanchez
Jul 1, 2010
Rosary for Trene G. Sanchez, 91, of San Patricio will be Saturday, July 3, at 2:30 PM in St. Judes Catholic Church in San Patricio with the funeral mass to follow at 3:00 PM, burial will follow at the San Patricio Cemetery. Mrs. Sanchez passed away Thursday, July 1, at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso, she was born...

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...