All Obituaries

Helen Vaughn Silver City

Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother, Helen Vaughn, 88, passed away on March 20, 2024 at her home in Silver City, NM, surrounded by her family. Helen was born on May 10, 1935 in Lanai City, HI to Shinji and Miyono Yamato. Helen grew up in Lanai City, HI, she enrolled at the University of Hawaii (Manoa campus) when she was encouraged by other Hawaiians to transfer to a school on the mainland, Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM. Helen and her good...

Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother, Helen Vaughn, 88, passed away on March 20, 2024 at her home in Silver City, NM, surrounded by her family. Helen was born on May 10, 1935 in...

Sonya Guzman Deming

Sonya Guzman, 54, Deming resident passed away at UNM Hospital in Albuquerque. Visitation will take place Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon at Baca’s Funeral Chapel, recitation of the Holy Rosary will follow at 6 led by Patsy Leyba. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 26, 2024 at 11 o’clock in the morning at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Fr. Francis Gyau officiating. Cremation will follow and the inurnment will take...

Sonya Guzman, 54, Deming resident passed away at UNM Hospital in Albuquerque. Visitation will take place Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon at Baca’s Funeral...

Gloria Montes Hurley

Gloria Arellano Montes, 73, of Hurley, NM passed away Monday, April 8, 2024 at Gila Regional Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1950 in Silver City, NM to Arturo Arellano and Consuelo Madrid. Gloria was an athlete at a young age. In her school years, she played softball and volleyball and ran track. After graduating from Silver High School, she went on to earn her BAS from Western New Mexico University. She worked for the Cobre Schools as a special education teacher and later retired as a...

Gloria Arellano Montes, 73, of Hurley, NM passed away Monday, April 8, 2024 at Gila Regional Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1950 in Silver City, NM to Arturo Arellano and Consuelo Madrid....

Janet Traynor Silver City

Janet "Jan" Gail (Farris) Traynor went home to her Lord and Savior on March 24, 2024, at the age of 86. She was born on December 6, 1937 in Weed, NM. Jan was preceded in death by her parents: Wylma Llewelyn (Reed) Farris and Avery Thomas Farris; brother: Gene Farris; and husband: Avery H "Mike" Traynor. In 1975, Jan married Mike Traynor and, together, they ran a cattle ranch in Mule Creek, NM. After Mike passed away, Jan remained on the ranch while pursuing new...

Janet "Jan" Gail (Farris) Traynor went home to her Lord and Savior on March 24, 2024, at the age of 86. She was born on December 6, 1937 in Weed, NM. Jan was preceded in death by her...

Pfc. Richard Pitsor

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Pfc. Richard G. Pitsor, 18, of Ft. Bayard, New Mexico, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for March 20, 2023. In late 1941, Pitsor was a member of G Company of the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Pfc. Richard G. Pitsor, 18, of Ft. Bayard, New Mexico, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was...

Charles Luchini Silver City

Charles D. Luchini, 64 of Silver City passed away April 23, 2024 at is home surrounded by his family. A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Eleven o’clock in the morning on Friday April 26, 2024 at the Garfield Cemetery in Garfield, New Mexico. Charles was born July 10, 1959 in Hatch, NM to Jim and Pauline Luchini. Charles was a welder by trade for most of his life, welding for many different companies and businesses. He was a very talented landscaper and was...

Charles D. Luchini, 64 of Silver City passed away April 23, 2024 at is home surrounded by his family. A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Eleven o’clock in the morning on...

Dixie Dexter Silver City

From her killer strokes on the tennis and pickleball courts to an unexpected stroke while managing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Dixie Dexter had the last ride of her life to El Paso and passed away on December 30, 2023. And what an amazing ride it was… She was born Dixie Lynn Grieve on August 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California to Ivan and Hattie (Southard) Grieve, little sister to Ronnie. Growing up in Pasadena she was always surrounded by people and life was filled...

From her killer strokes on the tennis and pickleball courts to an unexpected stroke while managing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Dixie Dexter had the last ride of her life to El Paso and passed...

Jack Richmond Silver City

Jack Richmond passed away at his home in Silver City on April 22, 2024, at the age of 80. Jack was born in Silver City to Kenneth and Betty Richmond. He served his country honorably in the United Sates Navy, was a graduate accountant and also worked for many years as a construction electrician. Jack is survived by his sister, Ellen Cline; beloved niece who he raised as a daughter, Andrea Lavin, husband Casey Riley and daughter Mia Riley, daughter, Karina and several nieces and...

Jack Richmond passed away at his home in Silver City on April 22, 2024, at the age of 80. Jack was born in Silver City to Kenneth and Betty Richmond. He served his country honorably in...

Karen Sabin Mimbres

Karen L. (Kelly) Sabin, 71, of Mimbres passed away at home on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Cremation has been entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels.