Obituaries

Johnnie B. Parker

Johnnie B. Parker

Dec 30, 2002

Johnnie B. Parker, 89 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Monday, December 30, 2002 at a San Angelo, TX hospital following an illness. Johnnie was born September 5, 1913 in Norton, Texas to the home of Robert Fortson and the former Maude Leola Lowlar. She was reared and attended school at Crews and Ballinger, TX. Johnnie married H. Otis Parker...

Kenneth Scott

Kenneth Scott

Dec 29, 2002

Kenneth Scott, 87 a longtime De Baca County resident died Sunday, December 29, 2002 in the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mr. Scott was born September 28, 1915 in Garrets Bluff, TX to the home of John Wilson Scott and the former Ollie Reid. He was reared and attended grade school at Garrets Bluff and graduated from Paris...

James Herman Peterson

James Herman Peterson

Dec 28, 2002

James H. Peterson, 71 of Fort Sumner, NM died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. He was born June 15, 1931 in Lead, South Dakota to the home of Walter H. Peterson and the former Zita Grace McMann. James attended school at Lead and Whitewood, SD. He worked as a Uranium...

Pelagia Delgado

Pelagia Delgado

Dec 27, 2002

Pelagia Delgado, 93, passed away December 27, 2002. Mrs.Delgado was born on May 5, 1909 in Peurto De Luna, NM to her parents Justo and Eulaila Lopez. Mrs.Delgado was prceded in death by her husband Willie Delgado, Sr. in 1973. She is survived by her six children Beatriz Mares and husband Carmel , Fofa O'Grady and husband Barry, Maria Emma...

Telesfora Sena

Telesfora Sena

Dec 11, 2002

Telesfora Sena, age 82, a longtime Corona, NM resident passed away December 11, 2002 at the Casa De Sol Senior Care Center in Las Cruces. Telesfor was born February 23, 1920 in Torrance County to the home of Patrocino and Tomasita Chavez Sanchez. She married Erminio Sena April 28, 1943 in Pino Wells, NM. She was a member of St....

Alberto B. Martinez

Alberto B. Martinez

Dec 9, 2002

Alberto B. Martinez, age 49, passed away suddenly on December 9, in Las Vegas, NM. Alberto was born July 19, 1953 in Santa Rosa to the home of Jose Efren and Albina Madrid Martinez. He was reared and attended schools is Santa Rosa graduating from Santa Rosa High School in 1971. Alberto worked as a restaurant manager for Truckstops of...

Mariah Josephine Sanchez

Mariah Josephine Sanchez

Dec 6, 2002

Mariah Josephine Sanchez, age 7, passed away December 6, 2002 in Albuquerque. Mariah was born February 27, 1995 in Albuquerque, NM to the home of Michael and Kimberly Sanchez. She was in second grade at Santa Rosa Elementery School. Mariah Loved listening to music, doing arts and crafts, cooking and the Power Puff Girls. She planted her own garden this...

Richard Oran (Dick) Vick

Richard Oran (Dick) Vick

Dec 6, 2002

Richard O. “Dick” Vick, 85 of Clovis, NM died Friday, December 06, 2002 at Retirement Ranch. Dick was born July 17, 1917 in Crowell, Texas to the home of Jess Oran Vick and the former Carrie Haralson. He was reared at Crowell, Lubbock, Big Springs, and Mundy, Texas. He picked cotton as a youngster. Dick was a veteran of WW...

Timoteo M Lopez

Timoteo M Lopez

Dec 5, 2002

Timoteo M. Lopez 90, of Clovis, NM died Thursday, December 5, 2002 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Mr. Lopez was born May 29, 1912. He worked as a laborer for the Santa Fe Railroad, and at Sam Sanders Gravel Pit in Fort Sumner.He worked as a ranchhand for the Sam Steel Ranch and the...

Antonia A. Aragon

Antonia A. Aragon

Dec 3, 2002

Antonia "Toney" A. Aragon, age 81, passed away suddenly December 3, 2002 at her home in Vaughn. Toney was born November 10, 1921 in Vaughn, NM to the home of Jose Ramon and Refugio Anaya Aragon. She was reared and attended schools in Vaughn. Toney worked as a waitress in Vaughn for several years as well as a cook for...

Johnny Alfred Gerhardt Jr.

Johnny Alfred Gerhardt Jr.

Dec 3, 2002

Johnny Alfred Gerhardt, Jr., age 43, passed away December 3, 2002 in Ruidoso, NM. Johnny was born February 9, 1959 in Albuquerque, NM to the home of Johnny and Carolyn Roller Gerhardt. He was reared and attended schools in Albuquerque graduating from Highland High School. He attended Tarlton College in Stephenville, TX, Howard Pane University in Brownwood, TX and ACU...

Ola Killough

Ola Killough

Dec 1, 2002

Ola Killough, 91 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, December 1, 2002 at her home in Fort Sumner, NM. She was born May 10, 1911 in Red River County, Texas to the home of Erby Allen Cannon and the former Nancy Louise King. Ola was reared in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, she attended schools at San Jon, NM and...

Edna Iva Perkins

Edna Iva Perkins

Nov 30, 2002

Edna Iva Perkins, age 92, passed away November 30, 2002 at Los Amigos Health Care Center in Santa Rosa, NM. Edna was born May 9, 1910 in Lincoln, Minnesota to the home of Robert Noah and Iva Mae Palmer Sargent. She was reared and attended schools in Grand Junction, Colorado. Edna married Robert Perkins on April 24, 1931 in Albuquerque,...

Juan Antonio Lopez

Juan Antonio Lopez

Nov 30, 2002

Juan A. Lopez, 84 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Saturday, November 30, 2002 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Juan was born April 12, 1918 in Alamo, NM to the home of Rafael Lopez and the former Frances Sena. He was reared at Fort Sumner. Juan served in the U.S. Army with the...

James Alex Michael Arias

James Alex Michael Arias

Nov 30, 2002

James Alex Michael Arias, age 7, a resident of Marina, CA passed away Saturday, November 30, 2002. James was born September 21, 1995 in Tucumcari, NM. He was baptized at St. Anne's Catholic Church. James made his home in Nevada before moving to California. He enjoyed skating, bike riding and playing all sports especially baksetball. Survivors include his father Alex...

Antonia A. Lopez

Antonia A. Lopez

Nov 25, 2002

Antonia A. Lopez, age 57, passed away November 25, 2002 at the Northeastern Regional Hospital in Las Vegas. Antonia was born June 14, 1945 in Newkirk, NM to the home of Santos and Mela Valencia Lopez. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Antonia married Sam Lopez July 7, 1962 in Santa Rosa, NM. She was a member...

Ruby Marrion Vance

Ruby Marrion Vance

Nov 23, 2002

Ruby Marrion Vance, 76 of Fort Sumner died Saturday, November 23, 2002 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell, NM following an illness. Ruby was born August 17, 1926 in Elkton, Colorado to the home of Frank Howard Foster and the former Sarah Johnson. She was reared at Amarillo and Vega, TX. She graduated from Vega High School. Ruby...

Georgia Ralf Jones

Georgia Ralf Jones

Nov 16, 2002

Georgia R. Jones, 87 a longtime Lake Sumner, NM and former Roswell, NM resident died Saturday, November 16, 2002 at Laurel View Nursing Center in Albuquerque, NM following a short illness. Georgia was born March 5, 1915 in Sioux Falls, SD to the home of Edwin Clare Ralf and the former Georgia Love Houston. She was reared and attended school...

Evelyn S. Scott

Evelyn S. Scott

Nov 14, 2002

Evelyn S. Scott, died in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, after a debilitating siege of Parkinson's disease on Thursday, November 14, 2002. You may remember her smiling face from behind the Credit & Catalog Counter of J.C. Penney in Loretto Center and later in Mesilla Valley Mall in Las Cruces, NM until she retired in 1986. She will be remembered most...

Vicente J. Marquez

Vicente J. Marquez

Nov 11, 2002

Vicente J. Marquez, age 76, passed away unexpectedly at his home on November 11, 2002. Vicente was born January 3, 1926 in Pintada, NM to the home of Ertenio and Ofelia Saiz Marquez. He was a longtime cattle and sheep rancher at Toribio Ranch. Vicente loved spending his time fishing and volunteered his time with the Campos Senior Citizens Center...