Obituaries
Nola J. Gammill
Mar 25, 2003
Nola Joyce Gammill, 64 a lifelong Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at he son’s home in Los Lunas, NM following an illness. Nola was born July 15, 1938 in Fort Sumner, the daughter of Lester H. Propps and the former Frances Ella Wilson. She attended and graduated from Fort Sumner Public School. She married Calvin Gammill on...
George P. Gutierrez
Mar 14, 2003
George P. Gutierrez, 77 of Santa Rosa, NM passed away Friday, March 14, 2003 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. George was born December 4, 1925 to the home of Mariano Gutierrez and the former Rafaelita Sierra. George was raised and attended school in Santa Rosa. He married Dilia Griego in February of 1968 in Santa Rosa, NM. He was...
Damasio Barela
Mar 11, 2003
Damasio Barela, 83 of Clovis, NM died Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock ,TX. Damasio was born November 18, 1919 at Alamogordo, in northern De Baca County. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for several years on as a section hand and also worked on the Bridge Gang. He later worked at the Roundhouse at...
Amada Maestas Madrid
Mar 11, 2003
Amada Maestas Madrid, age 86, passed away March 11, 2003 at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa following an illness. Amada was born August 20, 1916 in Chirisco, NM to the home of Ventura and Prudencia Hoehne Maestas. She married Eulalio Madrid on April 17, 1933 in Anton Chico, NM. Amada worked for the Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools as...
Michael T. Sena
Mar 5, 2003
Michael Theodore Sena, 37 of Fort Sumner went to be with his Lord Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. Michael was born September 17, 1965 to the home of Mariano and Romana (Romero) Sena. He attended school at Fort Sumner where he participated in all sports and was the 1983 Homecoming Basketball King....
Santiago L. Lucero
Mar 4, 2003
Santiago (Jimmy) Lucero, 69 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Jimmy was born November 22, 1933 in Littlefield, TX to the home of Alfredo Lucero Sr. and the former Camila Lopez. Jimmy attended school at Fort Sumner. He worked as a mechanic for several years and...
Frank M. Page
Feb 26, 2003
Frank M. Page, age 73, passed away peacefully at home, February 26, 2003, surrounded by his family and friends, after a year long courageous battle against Cancer. Frank was born in 1929 to Louis and Anna Page. He proudly served his country in the United States Army Air Corps from 1946 to 1949. Frank worked for the Railroad from 1951...
Billie Lea Best
Feb 25, 2003
Billie Lea Best, 70 of Fort Sumner, NM died Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at her home following an illness. Billie was born February 20, 1933 in Arp, Texas to the home of Roy Norman Barber and the former Bernice Carty. She was reared and attended school at Kermit, TX. She made her home in Portales for twelve years prior to...
F.G. (Bill) Hunt
Feb 13, 2003
Fairis Glenn (Bill) Hunt, 76 a longtime Fort Sumner businessman died Thursday, February 13, 2003 at his home. Bill was born December 30, 1926 in Wheeler, TX, the son of Thuron Hamilton Hunt and the former Zula Vivian Shelton. He was reared at the family homestead at Duro, NM and attended school at Vaughn, NM. As a youngster Bill worked...
Letha Mae Burson
Feb 3, 2003
Letha Mae Burson, 100 a longtime De Baca County resident died Monday, February 3, 2003 in the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mrs. Burson was born in Bethel, NM on September 27, 1902 to the home of Lewie Merlin Anderson and the former Ina Mischer Duckeneminier. She was reared and attended school at Portales, and college at Silver...
Benigno Lopez
Feb 2, 2003
Benigno Lopez "Uncle Ben", Born November 26, 1924 in Newkirk, NM to the home of Miguel and Francisca Lopez passed away February 2, 2003 at the age of 78 in Las Vegas, NM due to a long illness. Uncle Ben was a young man of 17 years of age whe he enlisted in the United States Army serving in World...
Alejandro V. Marez
Feb 1, 2003
Alejandro V. Marez, age 78, of Encino, NM passed away Saturday, February 1, 2003 in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. Alejandro was born June 6, 1924 in Deramadero, NM to the home of Luis and Aurelia Velasquez Marez. He was reared and attended schools in Encino. Alejandro served in the United States Army as a Military Policeman. Following his honorable...
Joyce Elizabeth Finney
Jan 31, 2003
Joyce E. Finney, 79 of St. Vrain, NM died Friday, January 31, 2003 at the Pecos Valley Care Center in Fort Sumner following an illness. Joyce was born August 4, 1923, in State Center, Iowa the daughter of Orville Homer Farmer and Perle Robuck. She was reared in Moberly and Kirksville, Missouri. Joyce served in the U.S. Navy during World...
Flosye D. Barnhill
Jan 30, 2003
Flosye Doris Barnhill, 98 of Fort Sumner, NM died Thursday, January 30, 2003 at Plains Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Flosye was born January 5, 1905 in Wellston, Oklahoma to the home of George Washington Gragg and the former VeOra Nash. She was reared, attended and graduated from high school at Lindsay, Oklahoma. She began teaching at age...
F.T. (Ted) McCollum
Jan 18, 2003
Foris Theodore (Ted) McCollum Jr., 73 a longtime De Baca County rancher died Saturday, January 18, 2003 at his home in Fort Sumner. Ted was born May 2, 1929 in Lamesa, TX to the home of Foris Theodore McCollum Sr. and the former Martha Lucille Managan. Ted was reared, attended and graduated from school at Lamesa, TX. He attended Baylor...
Thomas Arthur Nichols
Jan 17, 2003
Thomas Arthur "Tom" Nichols, age 93, passed away January 17, 2003 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an illness. Tom was born March 30, 1909 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to the home of Charles Arthur and Winifred Massey Nichols. After high school graduation Tom attended College in Brian, Texas where he majored in Electrical Engineering. After college he enlisted in the...
Mateo Ibarra
Jan 9, 2003
Mateo Ibarra, age 80, passed away January 9, 2003 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an illness. Mateo was born September 21, 1922 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He married Flora Warrick Esquibel from Las Vegas, NM. Mateo and Flora lived in Santa Cruz, CA for many years. He retired from Bayview Schools in Santa Cruz. He had been a resident of...
Ione Monon Bell
Jan 6, 2003
Ione M. Bell, 82 of Fort Sumner, NM died Monday, January 06, 2003 at the Guadalupe Medical Center in Santa Rosa, NM following an illness. Ione was born February 7, 1920 in Fort Sumner to the home of F.C. Baker and the former Zetta Jane Coats. She began school at Fort Sumner before moving with her family to California where...
Adela Sena Romero
Jan 5, 2003
Adela Sena Romero a longtime Fort Sumner, NM resident died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at her daughters home in Carlsbad, NM following an illness. Adela was born in Elvira, NM she was reared and attended school at Puerto De Luna and Santa Rosa, NM. She worked as a waitress at restaurants in Fort Sumner for many years. She also worked...
John P. Apodaca
Jan 1, 2003
John P. Apodaca, age 73, passed away January 1, 2003 at the Los Amigos Nursing Center in Santa Rosa. John was born September 26, 1929 in Tucumcari to the home of Coronato and Petrita Mora Apodaca. He was reared in Tucumcari. John was a self employed General Contractor in the Tucumcari area for many years. He married Francis Rubio on...
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