Obituaries
MaryAnn Saiz Torres
Apr 16, 2008
MaryAnn Saiz Torres, age 46, passed away unexpectedly on April 16, in Santa Rosa. MaryAnn was born August 25, 1961 in Santa Rosa to the home of Adelaido and Dolores Barela Saiz. She was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa, MaryAnn enjoyed going out to eat, visiting with people, doing arts and crafts and going to religious services at...
Jessica Amanda Robles
Apr 10, 2008
Jessica Amanda Robles, 18 of Fort Sumner, NM died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the Guadalupe County Medical Center in Santa Rosa, NM following a sudden illness. Jessica was born September 8, 1989 in Clovis, NM the daughter of Clemente Robles and Michelle Roybal. She attended school at Clovis and Fort Sumner. She was working as a cashier at Loves...
Alan Joe Killough
Apr 7, 2008
10:30 AM Friday Methodist Church Alan Joe Killough was born August 19, 1935 in Hobart Oklahoma to the home of Joe Killough and Ola Cannon Killough. When he was 3 years old his family moved to Ft Sumner where his dad owned and leased ranches and bought and sold cattle. His uncle, Harold McElroy, and his family had moved with...
Buddy Gray
Mar 30, 2008
Johnny "Buddy" Gray, 74 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. No local services are planned, private interment was held on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in the family plot, Fort Sumner Cemetery. Buddy was retired from the U.S. Army. He is survived by a son Gary Gray...
Camilo Baca
Mar 30, 2008
Camilo Baca, age 89, passed away March 30, 2008 at the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell following an illness. Camilo was born on August 18, 1918 in Encinosa, NM to the home of Isabel De La Fe and Josefita Sisneros Baca. At an Early age Camilo started tending cattle and sheep until he joined the Army where he...
Mary Ann Ramsey
Mar 28, 2008
Mary Ann Ramsey, 63 of Fort Sumner, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis following an illness. Mary Ann was born July 28, 1944 in Alamosa, Colorado to the home of Theodore R. Mackie and the former Elmira King. Mary Ann was raised in San Cristobal and Taos. In 1960 she was the Taos...
Margaret Lucero
Mar 11, 2008
Margaret Lucero, 82 of Upper Anton Chico, NM died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at her home following an illness. Margaret was born July 19, 1925 in Starksville, Colorado to the home of Simon and Seferina (Abeyta) Montoya. She is preceded in death by her husband Arturo on December 16, 2007; her father Simon in 1954, her mother Seferina in 1974...
Irene Lucero Madrid
Mar 9, 2008
Irene Lucero Madrid, 82 a lifelong Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, March 9, 2008 in Albuqueque following an illness. Irene was born December 6, 1925 in Fort Sumner, one of eleven children born to the home of Alfredo and Camila (Lopez) Lucero. She was raised and attended schools in Fort Sumner. Irene married Frank Madrid on November 26, 1945 in...
Laura Creek
Mar 7, 2008
Laura Creek, 85, died surrounded by family in Las Cruces, N.M., on March 7, 2008. She was born to Rawley Wallace McAnally and Ottie Waggoner McAnally on June 18, 1922 in Roswell, N.M. She spent her life in House, N. M., where she attended House School graduating from high school in 1939. She went on to attend Eastern New Mexico...
Jerry Baker
Mar 6, 2008
Jerry Lenard Baker Sr. 68 of Fort Sumner, NM died March 6, 2008 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1939 in Springdale, Arkansas the son of Melvin Lee and Lillie (Hicks) Baker. Jerry was raised in Bakersfield, California where he attended school. Jerry Married Rose D. Arnold on October 2, 1957...
Joseph Madril
Mar 3, 2008
Joseph Madril, age 36, passed away March 3, 2008 at his residence in Pojaque following an illness. Joseph was born October 13, 1971 in Clovis, NM to the home of Jose and Amelia Lopez Madril. He was reared and attended schools in Clovis. Joseph served four years in the United States Navy. He was a mechanic and loved working on...
Ricky S. Coddington
Feb 13, 2008
Ricky Stuart Coddington, 49 of Lubbock, TX died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Covenant Medical Center following an illness. Ricky was born June 4, 1958 in Dermott, Arkansas the son of Eugene L. and Myrtle (Parker) Coddington. He was raised and attended schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arkansas. While living in Fort Sumner Ricky worked for Ranchers Well Supply...
Joe Crispin
Feb 7, 2008
Floyd “Joe” Crispin, age 71 a longtime custom harvester in the Fort Sumner valley died February 7, 2008 at his home following an illness. Joe was born May 24, 1936 in Perry, Oklahoma the son of Andrew J. and Geraldine Pearl McCollough-Crispin. He grew up working on the family farm in Oklahoma, at age 15 he went began working full...
Gene Wilman Wood
Feb 7, 2008
Gene Wilman Wood, 73 of Tucumcari, NM died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Gene was born July 19, 1934 in Donna, Texas to the home of Jay W. and Margaret (Morton) Wood. He grew up and attended school at Mountainair, NM. Gene was a veteran of the United States Air Force....
Eralda Ulibarri
Feb 6, 2008
Eralda L. Ulibarri, 87 Santa Rosa, NM died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM following an illness. Mrs. Ulibarri was born November 19, 1920 in Duran, NM the daughter of Moises and Marillita (Duran) Sanchez. She attended school at Vaughn and Santa Rosa. She married Daniel Ulibarri on February 4, 1939 at Conchas, NM. They made their home in...
Jack Lee Potter
Feb 6, 2008
Jack Lee Potter, 73 of Slaton, TX died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Lubbock, TX following a sudden illness. Jack was born September 23, 1934 in Fort Sumner, NM to the home of LeRoy and Irene (Snead) Potter. Jack was reared and attended Fort Sumner schools. He later attended E.N.M.U. in Portales. He served in the U.S. Army for two...
Ernesto Gallegos
Feb 5, 2008
Ernesto Gallegos, 83 of Santa Rosa, NM died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Clovis Healthcare Center, Clovis, NM following an illness. Ernesto was born June 28, 1924 in Puerto De Luna, NM the son of Gregorio and Carolina (Lucero) Gallegos. He was reared and attended school in Puerto De Luna. Ernesto married Alice Garcia on November 17, 1947 in Santa...
Mark Gomez
Feb 5, 2008
Ernest Mark Gomez, age 45, passed away February 5, 2008 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque following an illness. Mark as he was affectionately known was born on July 2, 1962 in Santa Rosa, NM to the home of Alfonso and Betty Cordova Gomez. He was reared and attended schools in Santa Rosa. Mark enjoyed working on his truck and...
Juan Nieto
Feb 5, 2008
Juan Nieto, 82 a longtime Santa Rosa, NM resident died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Juan was born May 18, 1925 in Puerto De Luna. He worked most of his life as a ranch hand and as a youth he was a racehorse jockey. Juan was a lifelong Catholic and...
Bill Blakey
Feb 4, 2008
Bill B. Blakey, 88, of Santa Rosa, NM was born July 10, 1919 on a ranch east of Monument, New Mexico to two pioneer families, the Blakey and Burk families who homesteaded in New Mexico before State Hood. He left this life at Guadalupe County Hospital on February 4, 2008. Bill grew up in what is now Lea County and...
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