Recent Obituaries

Deloris Taylor

Oct 29, 2018

Deloris Taylor, (AKA Lois Taylor) age 86, went to be with her Lord on October 29, 2018. A Celebration of Life service will be held Sunday, November 4th, 2018, at 6 pm at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 115 W. 11th Street, Roswell, NM, to remember and celebrate her life. Lois was born on December 25th, 1931, in Osciolo, Arkansas. She...

Patricia Bush

Oct 8, 2018

Patricia Ann Bush was born in Carlsbad on November 6, 1934 and left this world on November 2, 2018. She was preceded in death by her beloved sister, Kathryn Rumbaugh, who passed on October 8, 2018. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, George Bush, her parents, John Tillman and Mary Kate Stephens, her five other...

Almeda Goolsby

Oct 3, 2018

GOOLSBY, ALMEDA- Almeda Fay Goolsby passed away on October 3, 2018, at age 90. She passed away at her home for the past eight years in Reno, Nevada. She moved to Reno from Roswell, New Mexico, her home of almost 50 years, to be near her daughter Annetta Jane (Janie) Rubinstein and Jane's children Michelle and David. Almeda was...

Michael Martin

Sep 21, 2018

MARTIN, MICHAEL (MIKE) DEAN - Visitation for Michael Dean Martin, age 64 of Roswell, NM, will be held from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 25 and 26, 2018 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 27, 2018 at The Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Burial will follow at South...

Lillie Berry

Sep 21, 2018

BERRY (SKINNER), LILLIE MAY - Lillie May Berry was born July 2, 1945 in Dexter, NM to Elmer and Jimmie Skinner. Lillie went to be with the Lord, Friday, September 21, 2018. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. Lillie showed the deepest kind of love to everyone she knew. Lillie's memory will be cherished...

Bobby Durham Sr.

Sep 16, 2018

DURHAM, BOBBY ROY SR.- Bobby Roy Durham Sr. of Roswell, NM passed away, Sunday, September 16, 2018 surrounded by the love of his family. A Memorial Service for Bobby will be held at 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 20, 2018 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel with Pastor Norman Lucas of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness officiating. Bobby was born December...

Lonnie Hendricks

Sep 13, 2018

HENDRICKS, LONNIE- Lonnie Hendricks passed away on September 13, 2018 in Roswell, New Mexico after a brief battle with cancer and complications of a stroke. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 28, 2018, 11:00 AM at Christ Church, 2200 N. Sycamore Avenue, Roswell, New Mexico. Pastor Lyman Graham, officiating. Ira "Lonnie" Hendricks was a lifelong resident...

Jo Green

Sep 8, 2018

Mrs. Jo Ann Green passed away on 8 SEP 2018 at the age 82. She resided at Willow Park nursing home in Lawton OK. She was born on August 21, 1936 in Mannsville Ok to William Walter Elledge of Marietta OK and Mary Jane (Crosby) Elledge of Troy OK. She married her 1st love Albert Clayton Green November 15,...

John Maleski

Sep 2, 2018

MALESKI, JOHN DEAN- John Dean Maleski passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday afternoon at 4:35 PM, September 2nd, 2018. John was the son of Bernard Maleski and Helen Lee Archer Maleski, and was born in Cambridge, Ohio on February 23rd, 1958. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Charlotte Ruth Maleski. John was...

Dr. Ritch

Sep 1, 2018

RITCH, DR. THOMAS ALDEN- Dr. Thomas Alden Ritch passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the age of 92. Alden had a smile that could light up a room. The man behind that smile was a husband, father, grandfather, WWII veteran, doctor, world traveler, polio survivor, and animal lover that will be forever missed...

Cleta Coen

Aug 31, 2018

COEN, CLETA- Cleta Coen, longtime resident of Roswell, NM. Passed away on Friday, August 31, 2018 at home surrounded by family. Cleta was born April 12, 1934 in Lawton Oklahoma to Albert and Ruth Nease.  Losing her mother at the age of 3, she was raised by her paternal grandparents Zed and Agnes Nease. Cleta was active in the...

Robert Hickman

Aug 31, 2018

HICKMAN, ROBERT (BOBBY) THOMAS IV- Viewing for Robert Thomas Hickman IV, age 34, of Roswell, NM, will be held from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Friday, September 7, 2018 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 8, 2018 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel, burial to follow at South Park Cemetery. Robert passed...

Richard Waggoner

Aug 26, 2018

WAGGONER, RICHARD WALTER- CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF RICHARD WALTER WAGGONER will be at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, burial following at South Park Cemetery with Rev. Dale Plummer officiating. The Waggoner family invites you to gather with them at St. Andrews Church for a reception following the service. On August 26, 2018 Richard...

Christopher Young

Aug 25, 2018

Christopher (Chris) Shawn Young, 46, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 25th, 2018. Chris was born to Melvin L Young and Evon Gentry on June 28th, 1972 in Roswell, NM. Chris was a man that touched us all in many different ways. His love of God, family, and others was the motivation in his life. His...

Stephanie Owen

Aug 24, 2018

Cemetery South Park Cemetery 3101 S. Main Roswell, NM  88203

Weldon Wagner

Aug 15, 2018

WAGNER, WELDON D. - Weldon D. Wagner, went to be with our Lord on August 15, 2018. Weldon D. Wagner was born in Duncan OK, to Trellis Mae (Atha) and Allie Sampson Wagner on May 9, 1938. His parents moved to Roswell while he was still an infant to escape the hardships of the Dust Bowl in OK. Allie...

Donald Dyer

Aug 7, 2018

DYER, DONALD - Donald Dyer passed away on August 7, 2018 at the age of 80, in Roswell, NM. Donald was born in Ada, OK on September 17, 1937 to his parents, Vernon Dyer and Anna Mae Hobbs. Donald was a retired Registered Nurse, he finished high school in 1955 and enlisted in the Navy. In 1956, Donald married...

Leonarda Castro

Aug 2, 2018

CASTRO, LEONARDA - Our beloved mother, Leonarda Castro, age 92, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at her home in Roswell, NM surrounded by the love of her family. Leonarda was born November 6, 1925 in Villa Guererro Jalisco, Mexico to Leonardo Canela and Juanita Espinoza. She married Salvador Castro on February 2, 1946 in Villa Guererro Jalisco,...

Violet Porter

Jul 27, 2018

PORTER HENDRICKS, VIOLET- Violet Hendricks Porter passed on July 27, 2018 at 95 years of age. She was born in Louisiana on November 16, 1922. Her family soon moved to White County Arkansas until in 1938 she, her mother and sister arrived in Roswell, NM. She married Roy Melton (Buck) Hendricks in 1940. After his death in 1982 she...

Harriet Pinkerton

Jul 24, 2018

PINKERTON HARRIET- Harriet Pinkerton, age 94, passed away July 24, 2018 at Lovelace Regional Hospital. A memorial service to celebrate her life is scheduled Saturday, August 11, 2018, 11:00 A.M. at Westminster Presbyterian Church 2801 W.4th St. Roswell, NM 88201. The Reverend Randy Nolen will officiate. Harriet was born March 25, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Harry and Helen...