Obituaries

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...

Woods Wilkinson
May 21, 2010
Woods Watkins Wilkinson, cowboy, soldier, highway patrolman, oilman and entrepreneur, know to all as Watt, has gone to rejoin his life mate of more than seventy years, Brooksie, where united once again they will waltz across the heavens in each others arms as once they waltzed across Texas and around the world. Watt was born in Throckmorton, Texas on...

Woodrow Yoakum
May 19, 2010
Woodrow Wilson Yoakum, 93, of Hobbs passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Ruidoso at his vacation home. He was born January 18, 1917 at Paoli, Oklahoma. Memorial services will be held in Hobbs, New Mexico with cremation under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso.

Richard Spencer
May 17, 2010
Richard Lee Red Spencer passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, May 17, 2010. He was born in Concordia, Kansas on July 17, 1947. He is survived by his mother, Blanche Love of Ruidoso his father, W.O. Spencer and his wife Yvonne of Del Rio, Texas two brothers, Weldon Spencer and his wife Jane of Alto, and Don...

William Hatch
May 17, 2010
Visitation for William Lee Bill Hatch, 54, of Ruidoso will be Thursday, May 20, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM with the funeral service also on Thursday at 2:00 PM in LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Capitan Cemetery. After a three year battle with cancer Mr. Hatch passed away on Monday, May...

Linda Robinson
May 17, 2010
Linda Joyce Robinson, 65, of Alto passed away Monday, May 17, 2010 at her home in Alto. She was born December 28, 1944 at Pasadena, Texas. Her services will be in El Paso, Texas where she had been a longtime resident before moving to Alto. She is survived by her husband, Olie Robinson of Alto.

Tu Nguyen
May 16, 2010
Tu Nguyen, 79, part time resident of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Albuquerque. She was born April 20, 1931 at Cantho, Vietnam and she will be buried at Cantho, Vietnam. She is surived locally by her children, Andy, Wendy, and Coy.

L Fletcher
May 15, 2010
L.E. Fletcher, 84, died on Saturday, May 15, 2010 in his home in Ruidoso Downs, NM after a long battle against lung cancer. Mr. Fletcher was born in rural Stevens County, Marlow, Oklahoma on July 3, 1925 in the middle of what became known as the Roaring Twenties. He was the eldest of three children. Mr. Fletchers family moved...

Leon Botella Sr.
May 12, 2010
Prayer service for Leon Botella Sr., 73, of Mescalero will be Sunday, May 16, at 6:00 PM at St. Josephs Mission where the funeral mass will be on Monday, May 17, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Botella passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Las Cruces. He was born August 26, 1936 at...

Virginia Messick
May 12, 2010
Virginia Brooks Messick died May 12th 2010 in Ruidoso, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Luicile Brooks of Lake Jackson, Texas. She is survived by her husband Bob G. Messick of Ruidoso and her sisters Cille Emery, of Los Altos, California and Sarah Osgood Brooks of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Virginia is a graduate...

Rudolph Ashby
May 10, 2010
Graveside services for Rudolph Darrell Ashby, 73 of Capitan, will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday May 15, 2010 at Fort Stanton Cemetery at Fort Stanton with Military Honors. Rudolph was born on September 19, 1936 in Princeton, Indiana to Rudolph Ashby and Helen Jones Ashby and passed away on May 10, 2010 in Ruidoso. Rudolph was retired from...

Thelma Wilson
May 9, 2010
Thelma Victoria Wilson, 95, of Alto passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2010. She was born August 31, 1914 at Ellinwood, Kansas to Dr. Joseph Raymond Zecha and Margaret Mary Frank. She was the wife of three husbands, Hubert Nolen, John Lester and Richard Wilson and all have preceded her in death. She was the beloved mother and best...

Michael Line
May 6, 2010
Memorial service for Judge Michael S. Line, 56, of Ruidoso will be Thursday, May 13, at 11:00 AM in Ruidoso Convention Center. Mr. Line passed away Thursday, May 6, in Lubbock, Texas. He was born October 30, 1953 at Snyder, Texas. After graduating from Snyder High School he attended Abilene Christian University and later transferred to the University of...

Richard Garrett
May 4, 2010
Rick Garrett, 62, of Alto passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso. He was born September 23, 1947 at Dallas, Texas. Rick is survived by two daughters, Angela R. Tinney and Michelle Ruiz. No services are planned at this time.

Elvera Lucero
May 3, 2010
Prayer service for Elvera Archuleta Lucero, 81, of Carrizozo will be Thursday, May 6, at 6:00 PM at Santa Ritas Catholic Church in Carrizozo where the funeral mass will be on Friday, May 7, at 10:00 AM with burial to follow at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Lucero passed away Monday, May 3, 2010 at her home....