All Obituaries

Juan Ramos, 70, passed away on January 27, 2023, in Tularosa, New Mexico. He was born on May 27, 1952, in Tularosa, New Mexico to Juan and Agapita (Provencio) Ramos.  Survivors include his wife, Felipa Ramos; his children, Juan Ortega, Agapita Ramos, Veronica Roberts, Benny Ramos, and Maria Ramos. He was preceded in death by his mother, Agapita Ramos and his father, Juan Ramos. Services will be held at St. Francis De Paula Catholic Church in Tularosa on Thursday,...

Our Beloved Mother and Grandma, Martha Saenz, joined the Lord and her husband on January 27, 2023, in Las Cruces surrounded by her family. She was born on August 16, 1940, in Tularosa, New Mexico to Sesario and Rebecca Ramos. She had four sisters and three brothers. Martha was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Saenz. She is survived by two sisters, Estella Guerra and Olivia Palafox and many nieces and nephews; five daughters, Genevieve Reyes (Eddie),  Donnalisa Sanchez...

Our family is saddened to announce the passing of Joseph Stacho, 65, on January 19, 2023, a resident of Alamogordo, New Mexico. He was born on  December 10, 1957, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his daughter, Krystil Smith and her husband John; his son, Michael Stacho; his grandchildren, Daniel Chivers and wife Sarah, Feibri Stacho, Kiarra Stacho, Stephen Kuti, and Johnathan Smith; his great grandchildren, Amelia Chivers and Madilyn Chivers.   Joseph is preceded in...

Sue D Williams Hill, 90, passed away on January 16, 2023, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. She was born on June 22, 1932, in her grandparent's farmhouse in Chriesman, Texas to Hubert Clayton and Ethel Amanda Spruill Williams. Her father worked for a dealer in horses and her mother taught in a one-room school in Burleson County. When Sue was three years old, the family moved to a farm in the Texas panhandle near the small town of Draw, Texas. They were very poor and lived for a while in a...

Rosemarie E Carroll, 86, went to be with the Lord on January 13, 2023. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Rosemarie was born to Fritz Hoehndorf and Kaethe Bodenstein in Darmstadt, Germany. She met her beloved husband, Donald Carroll, at Holloman Air Force Base. They were married for 59 years until his death in 2018. Rosemarie enjoyed spending time with family, playing cards with her Flamingo friends, gambling at the Inn, making jewelry, painting, and spoiling her two...

Velma Ruth Roberts, age 93, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, in DeSoto, Texas.  She was born on August 4, 1929, in Chireno, Texas to Rose and Gage Kegler and has been a longtime resident of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Velma attended school in Texas and later met and married her husband Granville Roberts of sixty-eight years.  They had nine children.  She was always a generous and fearless human being.  She devoted her time and energy to...

Elizabeth Ortega Birkner, 49, went to be with our Lord on January 6, 2023. She was born on September 30, 1973, in El Paso, Texas to Victor and Elvia (Jurado) Ortega.  Survivors include her mother, Elvia Ortega; her two sisters, Maria D Ortega and Sandra Snodgrass; her two brothers, Victor J Ortega and Martin Ortega. She was preceded in death by her father, Victor Jose Ortega. Rosary for Elizabeth Birkner will be recited at 10:30 am, Friday, January 20, 2023, at Immaculate...

Susan P. McGuire went home on December 31, 2022. She was born in 1947 to Evelyn and E. Allan Putnam. She leaves behind her husband, Russ Hamilton; sister, Joanne Welsh; brothers, Robert (Janet), William (Rose), Edward (Michelle); 11 nieces and nephews; 11 grand nieces and nephews; 5 great grand nieces and nephews. Susan graduated from Burlington High School in Massachusetts. She was a cheerleader there because "I was the only what who could do cartwheels". She matriculated at the...

Rafael Castañon, 93, passed away on December 30, 2022, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Rafael was born October 24, 1929, in San Francisco del Oro Chihuahua. He is preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Clotilde Castañon. He is survived by 8 children, 24 grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren.  Rafael and Clotilde bravely immigrated from Mexico to the beautiful mountains of Cloudcroft in 1963, with 4 of their 8 children. They insisted their children become U.S....

On December 27, 2022, James Smurda was called to be with the Lord. James was born in Steubenville, Ohio on June 29, 1943. James met his wife, Valerie, in Seville, Spain in the summer of 1966 and they were married on January 7, 1967.  After being married for 53 years he lost the love of his life on October 31, 2020 and soon after went to live the rest of his days with his son, Shawn, in Texas.  James was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Rosealia Smurda; his...