Obituaries
Emilia G. Maes
Jan 17, 2000
Emilia G. Maes, 83 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Monday, January 17, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Mrs. Maes was born March 6, 1916 in Yeso, NM to the home of Lucas Garza Sr. and the former Rosenda Montoya. She was reared and attended schools at Yeso. Emilia married Juan Maes at Yeso,...
Melquiadez Jaramillo
Jan 13, 2000
Melquiadez Jaramillo, 91 a longtime Duran, NM resident died Thursday, January 13, 2000 at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque following an illness. Mr. Jaramillo was born September 7, 1908 in Pinos Wells, NM to the home of Liberato and Mauricia (Sanchez) Jaramillo. He was reared and attended school at Pinos Wells and Duran, NM. He was a ranch hand for...
Yvonne Deck
Jan 5, 2000
Yvonne Deck, 73 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, January 05, 2000, at Gila Regional Medical Center, Silver City, NM following an illness. Yvonne was born January 26, 1926 in O’Donnell, Texas to the home of William Mose Cox and the former Eula Ethel Stuart. She made her home in the Fort Sumner area in 1942. She farmed in...
James Matthew Keever
Jan 4, 2000
James Matthew Keever, age 63, a resident of Shohomish, WA died Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He was born August 15, 1936 in Fort Sumner. James attended school at Fort Sumner and Clovis where he was a member of the Class of 1954. He was a musician who played the steel guitar with the...
Ora Lee Long
Jan 2, 2000
Ora Lee Long, 76 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, January 2, 2000 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. Ora Lee was born August 14, 1923 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to the home of Caril and Indiola Harden. She married Delbert E. Long on March 21, 1942 at Clovis, NM. She traveled with Delbert during his...
Logan Conard Barnhart
Dec 25, 1999
Logan Conard Barnhart, 79 a longtime De Baca County rancher died Saturday, December 25, 1999 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Logan was born September 26, 1920 on the Clancy Ranch in De Baca County to the home of Lon Conrad and Gertrude Baker Barnhart. Logan worked on ranches in New Mexico especially in De Baca County...
James Hubert Peelle
Dec 13, 1999
James Hubert Peelle, 78 a longtime Clovis, NM resident died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 at the V.A. Medical Center in Amarillo following an extended illness. Mr. Peelle was born July 17, 1921 in Spokane, WA to the home of James H. Peelle and the former Mabel Ressler. He married Mary De La Paz Casaus at the Fort Sumner Air Base...
Ward E. Thomson
Dec 1, 1999
Ward E. Thomson, 58 a resident of Fort Sumner died Wednesday, December 1, 1999 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Ward was born July 19, 1941 in Corona, NM to the home of Archie Chancey Thomson and the former Geneva Merle Jenkins. He was reared and attended schools in Corona graduating in 1959. He also attended Eastern...
Joseph Anderson Kyle
Dec 1, 1999
Joseph Anderson Kyle, 76 a longtime De Baca County Cattle rancher died Wednesday, December 1, 1999 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Joe was born July 18, 1923 in Brownfield, TX to the home of Francis Raymond Kyle and the former Edna Mary Walters. He was reared and attended school in Brownfield. Joe served in the U.S....
Maxcy V. Hisel
Nov 19, 1999
Maxcy V. Hisel, 88, of Fort Sumner died Friday, November 19, 1999 at the Pecos Valley Care Center. Maxcy was born in Oshkosh, Nebraska to the home of Pleasant B. Hisel and the former Mamie Roushkalb. He was raised and attended school at Yeso, NM. Maxcy owned and operated a service station in Yeso, as well as rental property in...
Raymond E. Drake
Nov 7, 1999
Raymond E. Drake 70, a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999 at his home. Raymond was born August 10, 1929 in Fort Sumner to the home of Ward and Margaret Drake. He attended and graduated from Fort Sumner Schools and attended New Mexico Highlands University on a baseball scholarship. He later played in the Chicago Cubs minor...
Alice Crawford
Sep 29, 1999
Alice Crawford, 74, a resident of Lake Sumner, NM died Wednesday, September 29, 1999 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Crawford was born January 16, 1925 in Jackson County, Kentucky to the home of Joseph and Ora Mae Reiling. She was reared and attended school in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was employed with Proctor & Gamble for four years, worked...
Tommie Thelma Scott
Sep 28, 1999
Tommie Thelma Scott, 84, of Fort Sumner died Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at her home. Mrs. Scott was born September 26, 1915 in Razor, Texas to the home of Thomas Jefferson Davis and the former Effie Lour Short. She was raised at Forrest Chapel, TX where she attended school. She married Kenneth Scott on December 23, 1937 in Paris, Texas....
Pauline Barela
Aug 23, 1999
Pauline Barela, 72 a longtime Clovis, NM resident died Monday, August 23, 1999 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis following an long illness. Mrs. Barela was born May 18, 1927 in Puerto De Luna to the home of Reyes Sanchez and Cleotilde Zamora Sanchez. She married Damasio Barela on July 2, 1944 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was a...
Myrtle King Hammons
Aug 16, 1999
Myrtle Hammons, 78, of Fort Sumner died Monday, August 16, 1999 following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born December 19, 1920 at the King family homestead near Yeso. Myrtle was the last surviving member of the William Joe and Grace Walker King family. Her brother Cyril; sisters, Alice King Sparks and Rosebud King Willis and her...
Gloria Roybal Baltazar
Jul 29, 1999
Gloria Baltazar, 55, of Fort Sumner, a waitress and beautician died Thursday, July 29, 1999 at her home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Gloria was born May 29, 1944 in Yeso, NM to the home of Rafael and Carolina Levario Roybal. She attended school at Yeso until the fifth grade. Her family moved to Fort Sumner where she continued...
Katherine Hickman
Mar 27, 1999
Katherine Hickman died Saturday, March 27 at her home in Fort Sumner. She was born June 15, 1928 in Rbswell, NM the daughter of Kenneth and Zell (Cummings) Kendall. She was reared and attended schools at Roswell and Cedarville. She married Anderson Plez Hickman on March 9, 1944 in Fort Sumner. She was a home maker. The longtime Roswell resident made...
Johnny Joe Lucero
Aug 6, 1997
Johnny Joe Lucero Age: 17 years old Date of Birth: December 12, 1979 Date of Death: August 6, 1997 Place of Death: Plains Regional Medical Center, Clovis, New Mexico Services: St. Anthony Church, Fort Sumner, New Mexico Interment: St. Anthony Cemetery, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Dixie C. Pacheco
Aug 6, 1997
Dixie C. Pacheco Age: 75 years old Date of Birth: November 8, 1921 Date of Death: August 6, 1997 Place of Death: De Baca General Hospital Services: St. Anthony Church, Fort Sumner, New Mexico Interment: Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
David Lopez
Aug 5, 1997
David Lopez Age: 53 years old Date of Birth: September 30, 1943 Date of Death: August 5, 1997 Place of Death: University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico Services: St. Anthony Parish Church, Fort Sumner, New Mexico Interment: St. Anthony Cemetery, Fort Sumner, New Mexico