All Obituaries

Jess Rogers

Jess A Rogers, 80 of Santa Clara NM passed away April 25th, 2024 at St Mary's hospital in Tucson. He was originally from Arkansas. Jess worked in engineering and development for General Motors from 1962 to 1970. He moved his family to Arizona to teach math, science, drafting and auto mechanics at Tempe high schools, ASU and community colleges. He was a retired principal at Cobre High School. He was also an accomplished private aircraft pilot, master mechanic and a father figure to...

Jess A Rogers, 80 of Santa Clara NM passed away April 25th, 2024 at St Mary's hospital in Tucson. He was originally from Arkansas. Jess worked in engineering and development for General Motors...

Rudy Vasquez Silver City

Rodolfo “Opie” Sandoval Vasquez, 88, of Silver City passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Three Crosses Regional Hospital in Las Cruces. In accordance with his wishes, cremation has taken place. Rudy was a veteran of the United States Air Force and will be remembered as a loving grandfather, uncle, and brother. Inurnment will take place at eleven o’clock in the morning on Friday, May 24, 2024 at Fort Bayard National Cemetery where Rudy will be laid to rest with his loving...

Rodolfo “Opie” Sandoval Vasquez, 88, of Silver City passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Three Crosses Regional Hospital in Las Cruces. In accordance with his wishes, cremation has...

Santiago "Jimmy" Vasquez III

Santiago “Jimmy” Vasquez III, 56, a former resident of Deming went home to be with the Lord on January 12, 2024. He was born January 1, 1968 to the late Santiago Vasquez Jr., and Gloria Reade Sawyers. Left behind are his children and grandchildren, Amanda (Anderson) Grogan, their three children Poppy, Briony and little Anderson and Jimbo and Ryan Vasquez his sons; Jimmy’s sisters, Viola Munoz her children Michael, Joseph and Anthony and their children, Tina (Gerald)...

Santiago “Jimmy” Vasquez III, 56, a former resident of Deming went home to be with the Lord on January 12, 2024. He was born January 1, 1968 to the late Santiago Vasquez Jr., and...

Estela Ochoa Deming

Estela Ochoa, 84, residente de Deming fallecio el dia 7 de Mayo, 2024 en el Centro Regional Vista de la Montaña en Las Cruces. La visitacion se llevará a cabo el martes 14 de mayo de 2024 a las 9 de la mañana en la Funeraria Baca’s, y el Servicio Funerario tendrá lugar a las 11. El entierro seguirá en el cementerio Vista de la Mountaña con el pastor Obed Rivera oficiando. Estela nació el 16 de marzo de 1940 en San Francisco del Oro,...

Estela Ochoa, 84, residente de Deming fallecio el dia 7 de Mayo, 2024 en el Centro Regional Vista de la Montaña en Las Cruces. La visitacion se llevará a cabo el martes 14 de mayo...

Jesse Richardson

Jesse Elizabeth (Betty) Richardson, 76, of Deming, NM went home to our Lord and Savior on Monday, April 29, 2024. She was born in Roscoe, Texas on December 11, 1947. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 10 o’clock in the morning at Bethel Baptist Church. Pastor Mason Davis will officiate. Cremation has been entrusted to Baca’s Mimbres Crematory. Betty was a devoted wife and loving mother. She loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. She was a...

Jesse Elizabeth (Betty) Richardson, 76, of Deming, NM went home to our Lord and Savior on Monday, April 29, 2024. She was born in Roscoe, Texas on December 11, 1947. A memorial service will be...

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...

Hermila Chavez Deming

Hermila Chavez, 70, Deming resident passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. Visitation will take place Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 11 o’clock in the morning, with the Funeral Service to begin at 1:30 in the afternoon. Lalo Diaz will officiate. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Hermila was born on September 6, 1953 to Teresa Ruiz & Ricardo Ruiz. Hermila was a woman of faith, a hard worker, loving and a good cook and was dedicated to...

Hermila Chavez, 70, Deming resident passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. Visitation will take place Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 11 o’clock in the...

Rafaela Vera

Maria Rafaela Vera del Muro, 92, Deming resident passed away Friday, May 3, 2024 at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, TX. Visitation will take place Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon at Baca’s Funeral Chapel, Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be recited at 6 led by her niece Rebeca del Muro Medina. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 11 o’clock in the morning at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with the rite of...

Maria Rafaela Vera del Muro, 92, Deming resident passed away Friday, May 3, 2024 at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, TX. Visitation will take place Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 4 o’clock in...

Esther Duncan

Esther JoAnn Duncan went to be with Our Lord April 29, 2024 at Ft. Bayard Medical Center, Santa Clara, NM. JoAnn was the only child of her parents: George and Esther Lanphere. She was born in Bisbee, AZ and grew up spending a lot of time with her cousins: Chuck, Coleen, and Charlie. JoAnn graduated from Bisbee High School and married her high school sweetheart Leonard Duncan on March 11, 1956. They had four...

Esther JoAnn Duncan went to be with Our Lord April 29, 2024 at Ft. Bayard Medical Center, Santa Clara, NM. JoAnn was the only child of her parents: George and...

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...