Recent Obituaries
Dennis Langford
Jul 26, 2017
Dennis Wayne Langford, age 77, of Roswell passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Dennis Wayne Langford was born on April 30, 1940 in Floydada, Texas to Dennis Estelle Langford & Dollie Maybelle Dufer. Wayne grew up in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. He attended school first at Stetson & finished at Ruidoso High School in 1958. In 1960 he married...
Will Jones
Jul 25, 2017
Will R. (Bill) Jones, age 86, passed from this life to the hereafter on July 25, 2017 at the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo, NM after a brief illness. A viewing will be held 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Friday, August 4, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will be held at South Park Cemetery...
Elaine Nibert
Jul 23, 2017
Elaine A. LeGrand Nibert, 91, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017 surrounded by her family. Elaine was born on June 14, 1926, in Toledo, Ohio to Victor Henry LeGrand and Mildred Irene Brown LeGrand. In the 1950's, she traveled to Roswell to visit her sister Bonnie Sorenson. She began working at Walker Air Force Base where she met an...
Lillian Crow
Jul 17, 2017
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at Tabernacle Baptist Church on July 25 at 11am for Lillian Wynelle English Hickson Crow of Roswell. The angels sang as this beautiful saint entered into Heaven's Glory at the age of 90. She passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 with her children at her side. Wynelle was born on...
Samantha Wentzell
Jul 14, 2017
Samantha N. Wentzell, age 61, of Roswell passed away Friday, July 14, 2017. Samantha Nicole Wentzell was born in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 14, 1955 to James and Margaret Barkie. She served her country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam Era. Samantha enjoyed crafts of all types. She was a master of crocheting and needle point,...
Robert Bean
Jul 12, 2017
A memorial service is scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Grace Community Church for Robert H. Bean, age 85, of Roswell, who passed away at his home Wednesday July 12, 2017. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Pastor Rick Hale will be officiating. Military Honors rendered by the Fort Bliss Military Honors Team, and the...
Eddie Burns
Jul 12, 2017
Eddie L. Burns, age 59, of Roswell, succumbed to Glioblastoma at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque on July 12, 2017. Visitation 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Sunday, July 16, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, July 17, 2017 at Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Rd, Roswell. Interment will follow at...
Mary Sanchez
Jul 9, 2017
Mary Miranda Sanchez, March 17, 1941 ~ July 9, 2017. A viewing will be 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, July 20, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Rosary and Mass 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 21, 2017 at St. Peter Church with burial to follow at South Park Cemetery. Mary was born in Mountainair, NM on March 17, 1941 to...
Wesley Little
Jul 5, 2017
Wesley Lee Little, age 47, of Roswell passed away Wednesday July 5, 2017 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. A Celebration of Life will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, August 12, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Roswell. Wesley was born to Richard and Karen Little in Roswell, New Mexico on December 8, 1969. He worked as a Computer Systems...
Sean Murphy
Jun 30, 2017
Sean Michael Murphy went home to our Lord on June 30, 2017. Sean was born on August 22, 1968 in New Bedford Massachusetts along with his twin Kathleen to Michael Francis Murphy and Yvonne Marie Lavigne. During his youth in Boston, he trained at Manny Burgos House of Champions for boxing and went on to win a bronze medal...
Christopher Cortez
Jun 26, 2017
Major Christopher A. Cortez, USA, Ret., 65, slipped away June 26, 2017, surrounded by his family in Roswell, New Mexico. Born in 1951 at Ft. Bragg to an infantryman, 2nd Lt. Cortez broke with tradition and joined the field artillery to destroy, defeat or disrupt the enemies of the United States. His service took him from the plains of...
Olin Vernon
Jun 25, 2017
Olin Ralph Vernon, age 87, of Roswell passed away Sunday June 25, 2017. A memorial service will be held 11:00 A.M., Monday, July 3, 2017 at the Country Club Road Church of Christ. Pastor Doug Austin will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM. Olin Ralph was...
Otto Eachus, Jr.
Jun 23, 2017
Otto Gail Eachus, Jr., age 89, passed away on June 23, 2017 in Roswell, New Mexico. Otto was born in Schell City, Missouri to Otto Gail Eachus, Sr. and Florence Wolfe Eachus, on June 22, 1928. Otto is survived by his wife, Dorothy House Eachus and his two (2) children: Timothy Eachus of Granby, Missouri and his wife Jacqueline...
Ernesto Espinoza
Jun 19, 2017
Ernesto Joseph Espinoza "Blackbird" of Roswell went to the Lord Monday June 19, 2017 in Anaheim, California. Visitation will be Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A rosary will be recited Thursday 4:00 P.M. July 6, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Deacon Ernie Martinez will be officiating. Ernesto was born May 14, 1959 in Roswell,...
Martha Sparks
Jun 14, 2017
Martha Lee Sparks, age 91, of Roswell passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017. A memorial service will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church 400 West 3rd street in Roswell. Pastor Larry Sydow will be officiating. Martha was born on July 10, 1925 to Joe and Helen Taylor Bowers in Wichita Falls, Texas....
Elven Parker
Jun 10, 2017
Elven Nevonia (Watters) Parker, age 83, of Roswell, NM, passed away Saturday June 10, 2017. She will lie in state 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., Thursday, June 15, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, June 16, 2017 at Ware Tabernacle Baptist Church, 900 East Deming Street in Roswell. Burial will follow...
Mia Mcclain
May 27, 2017
Mia Rose McClain, age 16 months, passed away Saturday May 27, 2017. Visitation 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Thursday, June 1, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 2, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Interment at South Park Cemetery. Pastor Danny Sons of Midway Family Church will be officiating. Our Precious...
Verlene Hendricks
May 25, 2017
Visitation 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Sunday, June 4, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held 10:00 A.M., Monday, June 5, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Interment at South Park Cemetery. Officating will be her Grandson Wade Blevins. Verlene Hendricks was born in Abilene, Texas on May 23, 1927. She passed away Thursday May 25,...
Earle Garlinger
May 21, 2017
Earle A. Garlinger, 90 of Bentonville, Arkansas and formerly of Roswell, NM, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Friday, May 26, 2017 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the South Park Cemetery. Military honors rendered by the Cannon Air Force...