Obituaries
Frances Campos
Aug 31, 2003
Maria Frances Campos, age 87, a lifelong Guadalupe County resident died August 31, 2003 in an Albuquerque hospital following an illness. Frances was born July 8, 1916 in Pintada, NM to the home of Alcario and Faustina Garcia Martinez. She was reared and attended schools in Pintada. She married Joaquin Campos in 1938. Frances is preceded in death by her...
Edith M. McWherter
Aug 31, 2003
Edith McWherter, age 90 a longtime House, NM resident died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital in Alamogordo, NM following an illness. Edith was born June 27, 1913 in House, NM to the home of Frank Kirchmeier and the former Lona Mae Dwight. She attended school at House, NM graduating in May 1932. Two weeks after graduation...
William Davis
Aug 26, 2003
William “Bill” Davis 95 a longtime Fort Sumner, NM resident died Tuesday, August 26, 2003 in Amarillo, TX following an illness. Bill was born March 18, 1908 in Rising Star, TX the eldest of nine children born to the home William Edward Davis and the former Olive Julia Coe. Bill was reared and attended schools at Colorado City, TX, Hornet...
Nina Elizabeth Walraven
Aug 26, 2003
Nina Elizabeth Walraven, 85 a longtime Fort Sumner, NM resident died Tuesday, August 26, 2003 in Fort Sumner following an illness. Nina was born June 12, 1918 in Plainview, TX to the home of Richard Bernie Long and the former Elizabeth Bracken. She attended Fort Sumner Public Schools. Nina worked as a waitress for many years, she also worked for...
Fred H. Priest
Aug 25, 2003
Fred Henry Priest, 82 of Lubbock, TX died Monday, August 25, 2003 following an illness. Fred was born September 1, 1920 in Mills County, TX to the home of G.D. Priest and the former Florence Carter. Fred Married Gloria Brothers on October 23, 1982. Fred was a mechanic and owned and operated a garage in Fort Sumner for many years...
Bill Cones
Aug 22, 2003
Bill Cones, 93, died Friday, August 22, 2003 at his home in the Fort Sumner Valley following an illness. Bill was born July 4, 1910 in Norwood, Missouri to the home of John W. and Louanna Tennesse (Akers) Cones. Bills parents homesteaded northeast of New Kirk, NM in 1912 where they made their home until 1947. Bill attended school at...
Horacio Olguin
Aug 18, 2003
Jose Horacio Olguin, age 38, passed away August 18, 2003 in Santa Fe follwing an illness. Horacio was born August 13, 1965 in Las Vegas, NM to the home of Jose Horacio and Juanita Baca Olguin. He attended schools in Anton Chico and Santa Rosa High. Horacio was recently working for Victory Home Health as a Personal Care Attendant. He...
Mike Cortese
Aug 15, 2003
Mike Cortese, 88 a resident of Albuquerque died Friday, August 15, 2003 at Lovelace Medical Center. He was born October 12, 1914 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico to the home of Nick and Mary Muto Cortese. Mike graduated from Fort Sumner High School in 1936. At the time of his marriage to Dorothy Erven on May 18, 1940 Mike was...
Lyrissa Marie Ortega
Aug 15, 2003
Services were held on Friday, August 22, 2003 at Nueatra Senora de Refugio Cemetery in Puerto De Luna for Lyrissa Marie Ortega, infant daughter of Darren and Yvette Ortega of Roswell, who was born August 15, 2003 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center and passed away that same day. Lyrissa is survived by her parents Darren and Yvette, 2 sisters,...
Bessie Nicholson
Aug 15, 2003
Bessie Starks Nicholson of Santa Rosa died Friday, August 15, 2003 at her residence. Memorial services will be held on Monday, August 18,2003, at 2:00 PM from the First Baptist Church in Santa Rosa with the Reverand Van Espy presiding. Bessie was born May 26, 1926 in Santa Rosa, NM. She was a life long resident of Santa Rosa and...
Mamie Lee Cunningham
Aug 12, 2003
Mamie Lee Cunningham, age 102 of Fort Sumner, NM died Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis, NM. Mamie was born August 7, 1901 in Milan, Tennessee to Eric and Amanda Bradshaw Thacker. She married James L. Cunningham on January 3, 1923 in Wellston, Oklahoma, they made their home in Fort Sumner in 1945. Mamie became a...
Eloisa M. Cordova
Jul 29, 2003
Eloisa M. Cordova, 80, a lifelong resident of Anton Chico, peacefully entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at her home surrounded by her family. Eloisa was born on May 6, 1923 in Anton Chico to the late Tomas Maestas and Guadalupe Gonzalez Maestas. She was a lifelong member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Anton Chico. She...
Rosa Luna
Jul 25, 2003
Rosa Luna, age 78, passed away July 25, 2003 following an illness. Rosa was born April 6, 1925 in Cabezon, NM to the home of Benigno and Romana Tachia Gonzales. She married Bonifacio Luna on September 20,1947. Rosa worked as a waitress for various restaurants in Vaughn. Rosa and Bonifacio operated a Diner in Vaughn for over 10 years. Rosa...
Anna (Pacheco) Strom
Jul 24, 2003
Anna Marie (Pacheco) Strom, 44, of Denton, Texas, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 24, 2003 at Denton Community Hospital following a corageous battle with Liver Cancer. She was born June 14, 1959, in Santa Rosa, N.M., the daughter of Della Sena. She was raised by her maternal grandmother Rosena Sena. Anna attended Santa Rosa Public schools, she was a member...
Roberta H. Reed
Jul 23, 2003
Roberta Hazel Reed, 77 a resident of Sylmar, California died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 23, 2003 in Fort Sumner, NM. Roberta was traveling with her daughter and son-in-law from California enroute to Texas and Kansas to visit relatives. She was born November 27, 1925 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. According to family member Roberta may have been 77 years old but she...
Brigida "Betty" Valverde
Jul 22, 2003
Brigida "Betty" Valverde, age 88, passed away July 22, 2003 at her home following an illness. Betty was born February 4, 1915 in Puerto De Luna to the home of Rosendo and Romana Chavez Madrid. She was reared in Puerto de Luna. Betty married Andres Valverde in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. They made thier home in Santa Rosa in...
Valeria R. Tapia
Jul 14, 2003
Valeria R. Tapia, age 88, passed away on July 14, 2003 at Manor Care Sandia Nursing Home in Albuquerque following an illness. Valeria was born July 13, 1915 in San Miguel County to the home of Manuel and Eugenia Romero Marquez. She married Jose Reyes Tapia on September 7, 1931 in Palma, NM. They made their home in Santa Rosa...
W. R. (Bill) Franks
Jul 13, 2003
W.R. (Bill) Franks, 78 a longtime Fort Sumner businessman died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at Farwell Convalescent Center following an illness. Bill was born September 11, 1924 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to the home of William McKinley Franks and Fay Underwood Franks. He was reared at Pampa, Borger, Skellytown, and White Deer, Texas. He graduated from White Deer High School....
Susie "Sue" Guilliams
Jul 9, 2003
Susie Guilliams, 98, a longtime Fort Sumner business owner died Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM. Susie was born March 5, 1905 in Bonham, Texas to the home of John Davis and Nanny Morris. She moved with her family to Tolar, NM in 1906. Susie operated a trucking firm for 17 years prior to...
Inez M. Brockman-Graham
Jun 26, 2003
Inez M. Brockman-Graham, 79 of Fort Sumner died Thursday, June 26, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Inez was born January 16, 1924 in Lincoln County Oklahoma to James Cunningham and Mamie Thacker. She married William E. Brockman on April 3, 1942 at Fort Sumner. They made their home in California for many years...
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