Obituaries

Rachel Chandler

Rachel Chandler

Jul 1, 2014

Rachel L. Chandler age 92 of Broadview, New Mexico passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Prairie Acres Nursing Home in Friona, Texas. She was born January 22, 1922 in Warren, Pennslyvania to Ralph Lee and Grace Geneiviene Porter Gray. Rachel was a homemaker farm wife and member of Broadview Nazarene Church where she played the organ and was...

Fay Teel

Fay Teel

Jul 1, 2014

Fay Marjorie Teel went to rest on July 1, 2014, in Granbury, Texas, at the age of 96. She was born on December 17, 1917, near Sand Springs and Sayre, Oklahoma, to Charles and Sarah Elizabeth Dunlap. The Dunlaps moved to eastern New Mexico in 1930 where Fay attended school at Field. In 1934 she met and married Earl...

Robert Kaiser

Robert Kaiser

Jun 27, 2014

Graveside Services for Robert Martin Kaiser age 88 of Clovis, New Mexico will be held Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 2:15 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Steed Todd Funeral Home 800 E. Manana Blvd, Clovis, New Mexico 88101 575 7635541.

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Ruth Ampey

Ruth Ampey

Jun 27, 2014

Ruth Marie Ampey left this world today, June 27, 2014. Ruth was born December 1, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, to George Wilks Sayers and Bertha Marie Mears. She overcame extreme poverty and challenging childhood, to become the kind, generous and loving person that we all know. Ruth went on in life to marry Clarence John Ampey, of Cassopolis, Michigan...

Vivienne Parmenter

Vivienne Parmenter

Jun 21, 2014

Vivienne Schirley Parmenter, Age 91, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away June 21, 2014 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico. Vivienne was born December 26, 1922 in New York City, NY to Nathan and Tillie Friedman. She married Foster Parmenter, from Henniker, NH, on March 22, 1952 in Yonkers, New York. Vivienne enjoyed knitting, collecting Hummels,...

Emilia Rodriguez

Emilia Rodriguez

Jun 21, 2014

Services for Emilia Rodriguez age 82 of Portales will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary recited at St Helens Catholic Church in Portales. Mass of the Resurrection will be held Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at St Helens Catholic Church in Portales, Jude Rodriguez, Jimmy Rodriguez, Eric Rodriguez, and Ismael Rodriguez...

Raymond Craig

Raymond Craig

Jun 20, 2014

Raymond Bruce Craig 1955 2014 Services for Raymond Bruce Craig age 58 of Clovis, New Mexico will be held Friday, June 27, 2014 at Asbury United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Burial will be held at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas at a later date. Raymond was born June 25, 1955 in Manchester, New Hampshire...

Ray Hester

Ray Hester

Jun 19, 2014

Ray Hester 1930 2014 Ray Hester, 84, of Melrose, NM, passed away on June 19, 2014 in Clovis, NM. Ray was born in Clovis, NM to C.C. and Mae Hester on February 25, 1930. He went to high school at Fields, NM. He was very successful in track and field during his high school years. He married Lodie Williams...

Frank Moten

Frank Moten

Jun 16, 2014

Frank Moten, age 90, of Clovis, NM, passed away on June 16, 2014 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Frank was born to Harry and Mattie Reed Moten on October 10, 1923, in Mansfield, Louisiana. Mr. Moten was inducted into the Army in 1943. He served in the military during WWII. After serving in the Army he...

Erlinda Fallon

Erlinda Fallon

Jun 14, 2014

Erlinda R. Fallon, Age 86, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away on June 14, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. Erlinda was born November 4, 1927 to Inocencio and Virginia Martinez Rael in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. She married James Fallon in Denver, Colorado on June 12, 1950. Erlinda liked to quilt and crochet. She was a...

Gary Boney

Gary Boney

Jun 11, 2014

Gary D. Boney, age 59, of Clovis, NM passed away on June 11, 2014 at Wheatfields Senior Living Center in Clovis, NM. Gary was born on February 4, 1955 in Clovis, NM to Archie and Aline Vaughter Boney. He was a Mechanical Engineer for Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, TX. He then worked for Xcel Energy as a Mechanical...

Gloria Eldridge

Gloria Eldridge

Jun 10, 2014

Gloria May Eldridge age 76 died June 10, 2014 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was born April 18, 1938 in Salt Lake City, UT to William O. Eldridge and Julia Permillia Dodge Eldridge. She worked at Van Ark Nursing Home in Tucumcari, New Mexico. She also worked at Prince Lounge in Clovis for 17 years. She was a great...

Thomas December, Jr.

Thomas December, Jr.

Jun 8, 2014

Thomas Jerome December, Jr., age 77, of Lubbock, TX passed away on June 8, 2014 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Thomas was born on November 18, 1936 in Marquette, MI to Thomas Jerome and Dorothy May De Rusha December. He served in the United States Army in Germany as an Engineer. He was a member of the...

Billie Alexander

Billie Alexander

Jun 7, 2014

Billie Bedford Alexander, age 100, of Clovis, NM passed away on June 7, 2014 in Odessa, Texas. Billie Bedford Alexander was born July 9, 1913 in Douglas AZ, the fifth child and the first daughter of Benjamin F. Bedford and Nancy Anthony Bedford. She has been a resident of Clovis since 1928. In December 2012, while she was visiting...

Matthew Rains

Matthew Rains

Jun 5, 2014

Matthew Chance Rains June 5, 2000 June 5, 2014 Matthew Chance Rains was born in Clovis, NM on June 5, 2000 to parents Clay Stuart Rains and Melissa Cheri Perkins. Anxiously awaited by big brother Stetson Chase Rains. He was a member of Parkland Baptist Church and had received the Lord as his Savior April 2009. Matthew means a...

Howard Cox

Howard Cox

Jun 3, 2014

Howard A. Cox, age 90 of Clovis, NM passed away on June 3, 2014 in Clovis, NM. Howard was born on August 17, 1923 in Clovis, NM to Abraham Lincoln Cox, Jr. and Hilda Julyan Cox. He was orphaned at age 2 years and was raised by his paternal grandmother Nelia Triplett Cox, also known as Mama Cox. Howard...

Billy Kinkade

Billy Kinkade

May 30, 2014

Billy Kinkade age 82 of Clovis, New Mexico passed away at his home in Clovis May 30, 2014. Billy was born on March 30, 1932 to Floyd and Dollie Bain Kinkade in Tulia, Texas on a sheep ranch. He moved to Clovis, NM when he was one year old. He moved to the house on Hall Street in Clovis...

Anthony Bates

Anthony Bates

May 29, 2014

Anthony Lee Bates age 39 of Canyon, Texas passed away at his home in Canyon May 29, 2014. Anthony was born on August 30, 1974 to Horace and Lorraine Mary Greco Bates at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, AZ. He graduated from Clovis High School in 1993 where he was a member of the Clovis High School Band....

Waneice Dougherty

Waneice Dougherty

May 28, 2014

Waneice T. Dougherty, age 90, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 28, 2014 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM. Waneice was born on November 11, 1923 in Slaton, TX to Chester and Annie Bargsley Tevis. She moved to the Clovis area with her family where they farmed in Arch, NM. After graduating from Portales High School, she married...

Robert O'Brien

Robert O'Brien

May 28, 2014

Robert Joseph OBrien, age 85, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 28, 2014 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM. Robert was born on July 10, 1928 in Allegany, New York to Robert James and Mary Josephine Kyser OBrien. He graduated from high school in Allegany, New York and joined the United States Air Force. He received an Associated...