Local Obituaries for Families in Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos, and Los Alamos, New Mexico
Maria Gallegos
Aug 30, 2019
Maria Gallegos, 69, of Ranchos de Taos passed away on August 30, 2019. She is preceded in death by her husband and love of her life, Alex Gallegos of Ranchos de Taos, parents, Gilbert and Louisa Rivera as well as many brothers and sisters. She is survived by her sons, Jerome (Elaine), Celedon (Jenice) and Carlos, grandchildren, Andrea, Marcos, Zachary,...
Frances Sue Smith
Aug 29, 2019
Frances Sue Smith, of Sante Fe, New Mexico
January 7, 1933 – August 29, 2019
Frances Sue Smith, age 86, died Sunday, August 29th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Sue was born on January 7, 1933 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was the daughter of A.F. Aranndiell. Sue married Bernard Smith on August 4, 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona. Bernard and Sue...
Patrick Larkin
Aug 28, 2019
Taos resident Patrick Larkin passed away Aug. 27. He was 63. Patrick was born in Minneapolis in 1956. As a boy, he spent summers on his grandfather’s farm where he cultivated a deep love of the land and an abiding appreciation for the value of hard work. In 1967, Patrick’s family moved to the Bay Area, where exposure to the...
Larry Reed Orton
Aug 28, 2019
Larry Reed Orton 82 peacefully left this earth on August 28, 2019 and went home to be with his Lord and Savior. Larry was born September 13, 1936 in Pueblo Colorado as Lyle Duane Briscoe.
He was adopted when he was 9 months old by Reed and Agnes Orton. Larry and his parents lived briefly in Antonito, Colorado where his...
Joe Fernandez
Aug 28, 2019
Joe O. Fernandez, age 93, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 28, 2019. Joe was born in Vadito, New Mexico, and lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Josie; his two children, Michael and Cathy Fernandez; four grandchildren, Robert, Marsha (David), Melanie and Victoria;...
Jose Benito Chavez
Aug 28, 2019
Jose Benito Chavez, age 85, resident of El Guique, went to heaven on August 28, 2019. Born on August 6th 1934 in Alcalde to Jose Miguel Chavez and Rosarito B. Chavez.
Benito grew up in the Valley, in the ranching/farming community of El Guique. This is where he learned the love of the land and his hard-working ethic. Shortly, after...
Seferino Rael Jr.
Aug 26, 2019
Seferino Rael, Jr., 84, passed away Aug. 26, 2019. Survived by wife, Martha Rael; daughters, Sylvia Rael and Anita Rael (Daniel) McGann; grandchildren, Maria McGann and Grant McGann; sisters, Griselda Montano, Adina (Amos) Rivera, Marie Fuchida and Eulalia (Orlando) Ortega. Preceded in death by parents; and son, Charles Rael. Sef was born to Seferino, Sr. and Elena Rael on March...
Pearl Ross
Aug 25, 2019
Interment is scheduled for Pearl on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 9:45am at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Carolyn King
Aug 25, 2019
Carolyn K. King, 84, passed away on August 25, 2019 in Santa Fe, NM. She was born on May 5, 1935 in Alexandria, Louisiana.
She is survived by her daughter, Sheryl D. Murray; son-in-law, John David Murray; grandson, Will James Smalling; son, Richard William Dendy; daughter-in-law, Jeanine Cecil Dendy; grandchildren, Tracy Collene Dendy, James Gavin (Olivia Meghan) Dendy; and great-grandson...
Christopher Ortiz
Aug 24, 2019
Christopher Val Ortiz, age 50, resident of Santa Fe, NM, passed away due to a sudden illness on August 24, 2019. He was born December 13, 1968 in Santa Fe.
Christopher is preceded in death by his grandparents, Ernesto and Ramona Ortiz, and Carlos and Elenor Diercks. He is survived by his father Val E. (Brenda) Ortiz; mother Sandra (Gus...
Patricia Lollar
Aug 24, 2019
A Burial will be held on Friday, November 1, 2019 at 12:45pm at The Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Daniel Chavez
Aug 24, 2019
Memorial Services are scheduled for Daniel on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 3:00pm at Rivera's Kiva Chapel of Light.
Delores Hall
Aug 23, 2019
Delores Marjorie Hall (also known as Mama Dee or Grandma Dee), 79, of Taos, New Mexico, and formerly of Lamesa, Texas and Stella, Nebraska passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at her home. She was born in 1939 in Nehawka, Nebraska, to Roy and Marjorie Nichols.
Delores was always very generous with her love. She loved the Lord,...
Johnny Gallegos
Aug 23, 2019
Johnny L. Gallego, 69, of Commerce City, Colorado passed away on August 23, 2019. He was born in Hernandez, New Mexico on April 24, 1950 to Luis and Elena (Sandoval) GallegosJohnny grew up in Hernandez helping on his family’s farm. He joined the Army and volunteered to serve his country in Vietnam, which he did with great pride. In 1970,...
Foxx Silveira
Aug 21, 2019
Foxx Silveira died peacefully at her home at the Montecito in Santa Fe on the evening of August 21, 2019. Friends were with her around the clock 24/7 for the several days preceding and up to her death.
Foxx was born in 1940 in Sacramento, California. She graduated from Sacramento’s C. K. McClatchy Senior High School in 1958. In 1959...
Agnes A. Vigil
Aug 19, 2019
Agnes Geoffrion Vigil, 91, resident of Santa Fe, NM, passed away on August 19, 2019. She was born on January 21, 1928 in Las Vegas, NM to Melecia and Alfred Geoffrion, and she married Victor Vigil in her birthplace on November 7, 1949.
Agnes is preceded in death by her husband and her parents, as well as brothers Robert and...
Charles "Chuck" Purdy
Aug 19, 2019
Charles Alan (“Chuck”) Purdy died peacefully on August 19, 2019 surrounded by family and friends.
Chuck was born on September 13, 1955 in East Chicago, Indiana. The oldest of four children, he grew up in Tucson, Arizona. As a child, he rode bikes, ran cross-country, camped with his family in the White Mountains and sang in the Tucson Boys Choir,...
Carol Stiver
Aug 19, 2019
Carol Lee Stiver, of Santa Fe, passed away August 19, 2019. She was born October 28, 1932 in Springdale, Arkansas to William B. and Edith Simons. She graduated from Springdale High School in 1949 and attended the University of Arkansas.
She married Joe A. Stiver in July of 1950. They lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma and moved several times, following...
