Obituaries

Lawrence E. “Pinky May

Lawrence E. “Pinky May

Dec 12, 2000

Lawrence E. “Pinky” May, 71, of Clovis, NM died Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at Sunbridge High Plains Nursing Center following an illness. Mr. May was born April 2, 1929 in Wilson, Texas to the home of Walter Edwin May and the former Bess McCormick. He attended school at Wilson, TX and later attended and graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in 1952....

Linnie Beatice Goedeke Farr

Linnie Beatice Goedeke Farr

Nov 28, 2000

Linnie Beatice Goedeke Farr, 87, a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at a Seymour, Texas Hospital following an illness. Linnie was born December 7, 1912 in Post, Texas to the home of William Goedeke Sr. and the former Lillie Mae Simmons. The Goedeke family made their home at Vaughn, NM where Mr. Goedeke owned an Automobile...

Mattie Cleverland Hurst

Mattie Cleverland Hurst

Nov 23, 2000

Mattie Cleverland Hurst, 90 a resident of Fort Sumner died Thursday, November 23, 2000 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Hurst was born February 5, 1910 in Frio, New Mexico to the home of James Archie Walker and the former Ida May Jenkins. She was reared and attended school at Frio. She married Jim M. Hurst on May 29,...

Jimmie D. Austin

Jimmie D. Austin

Nov 12, 2000

Jimmie D. Austin, 86 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, November 12, 2000 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell where he was recuperating from a broken hip suffered two weeks prior. Jimmie was born July 5, 1914 in Taiban, NM to the home of James Milton and Johnnie Leonard Austin. The family made their home in the Fort...

Jimmie D. Austin

Jimmie D. Austin

Nov 12, 2000

Jimmie D. Austin, 86 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, November 12, 2000 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell where he was recuperating from a broken hip suffered two weeks prior. Jimmie was born July 5, 1914 in Taiban, NM to the home of James Milton and Johnnie Leonard Austin. The family made their home in the Fort...

Jarrod Mike Barfield

Jarrod Mike Barfield

Nov 9, 2000

Jarrod Mike Barfield, 22 a resident of Texico, NM died Thursday, November 9, 2000 in an automobile accident near Moriarty, NM. Jarrod was born January 23, 1978 in Fort Sumner to the home of James Knox III (J.K.) and Sherry Arlene (Cortese) Barfield. He was reared and attended school at Texico, graduating in 1996. He was manager for the football...

Owassa Alice Tingle Field

Owassa Alice Tingle Field

Nov 6, 2000

Owassa Alice Tingle Field was born in Yoakhum County, Plains, Texas on September 18, 1907 to the home of Dallas Burton and Stella Jane Henard Tingle. She passed away at the Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM on November 6, 2000 at the age of 93. Owassa was a Christian woman with great faith, who loved her Lord, and taught young...

Rafael Roque Roybal

Rafael Roque Roybal

Oct 22, 2000

Rafael Roque Roybal Sr. age 90 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, October 22, 2000. Rafael was born August 16, 1910 in Los Ojitos, northern De Baca County to the home of Ignacio and Juanita Ronquillo Roybal. He attended school at Los Ojitos. Rafael worked as a ranch hand on area ranches for several years. He married Carolina Levario on...

Isabel M. Baca

Isabel M. Baca

Oct 11, 2000

Isabel M. Baca, age 72, passed away October 11, 2000 in Santa Rosa, NM following an illness. She was born November 5, 1927 in Abeytas, NM to the home of Santiago and Andrea (Sanchez) Abeyta. She was reared and attended schools in Abeyta and Belen, NM. Isabel Married Herman Baca in 1957 in Belen. They made their home in Santa...

Emmett L. McAlester

Emmett L. McAlester

Oct 10, 2000

Emmett L. McAlester, 97 of Fort Sumner, NM died Tuesday, October 10, 2000 at the Pecos Valley Care Center following an illness. Mr. McAlester was born January 14, 1903 in Shamrock, TX to the home of Tom L. McAlester and the former Jennie Lynn Williamsons. He served in the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Emmett was honorably discharged...

Duane G. Rosenberger

Duane G. Rosenberger

Oct 9, 2000

Duane G. Rosenberger, 74 a resident of Fort Sumner died Monday, October 9, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Duane was born December 17, 1925 in Buffalo, Wyoming. Duane was raised in the Big Horn Mountains, near Kaycee, Wyoming. He attended and graduated from Buffalo Wyoming High School. Duane served as a member of a B-17...

Manuel Navarette Dominguez

Manuel Navarette Dominguez

Sep 7, 2000

Manuel Navarette Dominguez, 39 of Fort Sumner, a ranch hand died Thursday, September 7, 2000 in an automobile accident near Moriarty, NM. Manuel was born October 27, 1960 in Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico to the home of Eluterio and Margarita N. Dominguez. He was reared and attended school at Coyame. He made his home in Pecos, TX in 1978 where he...

Ruben L. Peacock

Ruben L. Peacock

Aug 20, 2000

Ruben L. Peacock, 89, a longtime Quay County rancher and farmer died Sunday, August 20, 2000 at De Baca General Hospital in Fort Sumner following an illness. Mr. Peacock was born September 15, 1910 in Lorenzo, Texas to the home of Luther Martin Peacock and the former Essie Drucilla Rogers. At age six he moved with his family to the...

Rafelita S. Casaus

Rafelita S. Casaus

Aug 2, 2000

Rafelita S. Casaus, 96 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Wednesday, August 2, 2000 in the De Baca General hospital following a sudden illness. Mrs. Casaus was born August 8, 1903 in Salado, De Baca County, New Mexico to the home of Adolfo and Celsa (Casaus) Sena. She was reared and attended school at Guadalupe, NM. She married Coldo...

Edgar Lay Powell

Edgar Lay Powell

Aug 1, 2000

Edgar Lay Powell, 71 a prominent Fort Sumner, NM businessman left his life on earth at 1:20 A.M., Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at his home north of Fort Sumner following an short illness. Edgar was born September 27, 1928 in Colorado City, Texas to the home of Earl Baylor Powell and the former Jane Attaway Bounds. He was reared at...

Yvonne Morton

Yvonne Morton

Jul 14, 2000

Yvonne Morton, 60 of Clovis, NM died Friday, July 14, 2000 at Sunbridge Golden Age Nursing Home following an extended illness. Yvonne was born July 17, 1939 in Fort Sumner to the home of John Ed Bailey and the former Ola Lee Bailey. She attended school at Fort Sumner Public School, Sandia View Academy in Albuquerque. She worked as a...

Jose Francisco Romo Olivas

Jose Francisco Romo Olivas

Jul 14, 2000

Jose Francisco Romo Olivas, 77 a longtime Madera, CA resident died Friday, July 14, 2000 at Madera Rehabilitation Center, Madera, California. Jose was born May 2, 1923 in Cuervo, Guadalupe County, NM to the home of Feliberto Olivas and the former Teodocia Romo. He attended school at Dilia and Santa Rosa. Jose made his home in Fresno, California for many...

Della M. Sena

Della M. Sena

Jun 29, 2000

Della M. Sena, age 56, a prominent business women in Santa Rosa passed away June 29, 2000 at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an extended illness. Della was born October 30, 1943 in Fort Sumner, NM to the home of Daniel and Martina Lopez Montoya. She was reared and attended schools in Melrose and Fort Sumner. She married James H....

Frances Tooker

Frances Tooker

Jun 22, 2000

Frances Tooker, 84 a resident of Belen Health Care died Monday, June 19, 2000 following an illness. Mrs. Tooker was born June 2, 1916 in Roswell, NM to the home of Silas Beryl McClean and the former Daisy Esther Hill. She was reared and attended school at Yeso, NM. She worked at G.L. Hatcher General Store in Yeso and later...

Manuel Madril

Manuel Madril

Jun 12, 2000

Manuel Madril, 91, a lifelong Duran, NM resident died Thursday, June 8, 2000 at De Baca General Hospital in Fort Sumner following a sudden illness. Mr. Madrid was a resident of the Pecos Valley Care Center in Fort Sumner. He was born April 9, 1909 in Duran to the home of Pablo Madril and the former Augustina Valencia. Manuel married...