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George Green

George Green

Apr 29, 2011

George Shorty Green, age 81, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Seniors Resident Center in Clovis. He was born on September 3, 1929 to Roy and Lenora Mansfield Green in McAlister, New Mexico. He graduated from House High School in 1948. He loved football and basketball in high school, and also enjoyed professional ball as well....

Nora Ortiz

Nora Ortiz

Apr 28, 2011

Nora B Ortiz, age 84, of Clovis, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Retirement Ranch. She was born on May 23, 1926 in Delia, New Mexico, to Paulito and Sefarina Sanchez Baca. She was a housewife and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Clovis. Nora is survived by six daughters, Betty Pullings Bob of...

Patricia Reid

Patricia Reid

Apr 27, 2011

Patricia Jo Reid, age 53, of Clovis, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at her home in Clovis. She was born on February 17, 1958 in Lubbock, Texas to Thurston Keith and Nancy Jo Echols Garrison. Pat was a secretary at a newspaper. She is survived by two daughters, Lori Blew of Tucson, Arizona, and Samantha Paulison of...

Eugenia Willmon

Eugenia Willmon

Apr 26, 2011

Eugenia Willmon, age 90, of Canyon, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Canyon Healthcare. She was born on April 29, 1920 in Memphis, Texas, to Eugene and Bertha Baldwin Cornelius. Eugenia married Joe Willmon on March 7, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Clovis, New Mexico, in 1965. She was a homemaker, enjoyed raising...

Ruby Chapline

Ruby Chapline

Apr 26, 2011

Ruby Jane Chapline, age 80, of Clovis, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on February 18, 1931 in House, New Mexico to Cline and Irene Morrow Carpenter. Ruby married Donald Chapline on May 1, 1953 in Clovis, and worked as an Escrow Officer. She was a longtime resident...

Frances Chandler

Frances Chandler

Apr 25, 2011

Frances Louise Chandler, 88 years old, died peacefully April 25, 2011, in Escondido, California where she recently visited with all seven of her children: Amie King residing in Ramona, California Barbara Nash, Denver, Colorado Chad Chandler, Raleigh, North Carolina Marsa Chandler, San Diego, California Gwen Dean, Mesa, Arizona Shirley Riegel and Diana Chandler, Duncan, Oklahoma. This loving mother was...

Frances Norton

Frances Norton

Apr 25, 2011

Frances Ruth Carpenter Norton, 98, of Farwell, Texas, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2011 at Farwell Convalescent Center. Services will be Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. MDT at the Fairview Primitive Baptist Church, East 5th St. Johnson, in Clovis, New Mexico, with Steve Baldock and Gene Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Terrace Cemetery in Farwell....

Clarence Ampey

Clarence Ampey

Apr 23, 2011

Mr. Clarence John Ampey, age 83, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico, after a long illness. He was born on January 17, 1928, to Mamie Lawson and Carl Clarence Ampey in Cassopolis, Michigan. Clarence spent his early life in Cassopolis on the family farm. After graduating from Michigan State University, he...

Gilbert Sanchez

Gilbert Sanchez

Apr 20, 2011

Gilbert Phillip Sanchez passed from this life on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico. Gilbert was born on July 28, 1955 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of Gilberts most enduring traits was his persistence in pursuing his goals, including survival from placement in the Villa Solano Training School and the Los Lunas Institution. Gilbert...

Dorothy Gonzales-Marquez

Dorothy Gonzales-Marquez

Apr 17, 2011

Dorothy Jean Marquez, age 62, of Clovis, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on June 21, 1948 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Theodore and Maria Antonia Ulibarri Gonzales. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and family. Dorothy is survived by her...

Monty Mote

Monty Mote

Apr 14, 2011

Monty Bill Mote, age 42, passed away unexpectedly at the homestead in Grady, New Mexico, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Monty was born on August 15, 1968 to Bill and Marie Karr Mote in Clovis, New Mexico. Monty lived his life in Grady farming and ranching. He never met a stranger. He loved animals, hunting, frog gigging, and visiting...

Richard Mendez

Richard Mendez

Apr 12, 2011

Richard T. Mendez, age 67 passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico. He was born on October 3, 1943 in Clovis, New Mexico to Fred and Tillie GarciaMendez. Richard married Marie Mendez on December 24, 1965 in Clovis, who passed away on June 1, 2004. He was a welder and also worked...

Nell Waide

Nell Waide

Apr 11, 2011

Nell Waide, 85, of Clovis, NM went home to her Lord and Savior on Monday April 11, at Retirement Ranch. She was born on August 8, 1925 in Tennessee to Henderson and Bergie Ownby Ogle. At a very young age her mother passed away and Nell was adopted by her mothers sister and her husband Minerva and Giles Cogdill....

Zaylee Campbell

Zaylee Campbell

Apr 10, 2011

Zaylee Alexandra Campbell, age 15 months, of Clovis, passed away on April 10, 2011 at Cook Childrens Medical Center in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was born on December 24, 2009 in Clovis, New Mexico to Zadoc and Angel Alba Campbell. Zaylee loved her family, and lit up when her brother was around. She is survived by her parents and...

Dean Kilmer

Dean Kilmer

Apr 9, 2011

Dean Kilmer passed away on the morning of April 9, 2011. Dean was born on October 28, 1925 in Sidney, Nebraska to Albert Samuel and Linea Kilmer. His family moved to Fort Sumner, New Mexico in 1927 where Albert worked as a signal maintainer for the Santa Fe Railroad. Dean graduated from Fort Sumner High School and joined the...

Rick Grantham

Rick Grantham

Apr 7, 2011

Rick Grantham, age 52, of Clovis, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at his home in Clovis. He was born on February 24, 1959 to Doy and Jesslyn Liles Grantham in Kermit, Texas. Rick has been a Clovis resident for the past 27 years, moving here from Tulia, Texas. He graduated from high school in Woodward, Oklahoma, and...

Bill Roberts

Bill Roberts

Apr 7, 2011

Bill J. Roberts, age 80, of Melrose, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales. He was born on March 12, 1931 to Ebb and Estele Dennis Roberts in Gould, Oklahoma. He then moved to the Field Community where he graduated high school in 1949, and served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954....

Ken Vandiver

Ken Vandiver

Apr 7, 2011

Ken Giz Vandiver, age 79, of Clovis, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on June 21, 1931 to Fred Audice and Trudy Walker Vandiver in Clovis. Giz served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Sandra Bumgarner on July 24, 1973, and retired as a Conductor from the Santa...

Joan Ewing

Joan Ewing

Apr 6, 2011

Joan R. Ewing, age 82, of Clovis, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at SteedTodd Funeral Home. Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 9 at SteedTodd Chapel with Rev. Keath Baskett officiating, and Rev. Louis Pattison...

Daryle Stephens, Sr.

Daryle Stephens, Sr.

Apr 5, 2011

Daryle A. Stephens, Sr., age 82, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born on January 5, 1929, in Motley County, Texas, to Mary and Henry Alec Stephens. He moved to Clovis in 1940, and married Bobbie Edwards on April 24, 1949, in Bovina, Texas. He was part owner of...

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