Obituaries

Waneta Olsen

Waneta Olsen

Jun 5, 2011

Waneta Bryce Olsen, 89, of Clovis, NM died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday June 8, 2011 at Central Baptist Church with Pastors Steve Olsen of Bellville, Texas and Alan McAlister of Central Baptist officiating. Private burial will precede the memorial service. Casket...

Naomi King

Naomi King

Jun 3, 2011

Naomi W. King, age 80, of Clovis, died on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis. She was born on September 26, 1930 to Tom and Cecil Webb in House, New Mexico. Survivors include two daughters, Tommie Arthur Moffett and Terri Leon Warren two sons, Kenneth Sheila King and Karl King and fianc, Illene Bustamante five grandchildren,...

Don Wilson

Don Wilson

Jun 3, 2011

Don Lee Wilson, 83, of Clovis, NM died Friday, June 3, 2011 at his home. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Carlos Chavez officiating. Rosary will be held at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Pallbearers will be Don...

Jacquetta Kirkland

Jacquetta Kirkland

Jun 2, 2011

Jacquetta Sue Kirkland, age 75, of Farwell, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Muleshoe Area Medical Center in Muleshoe, Texas. She was born on February 18, 1936 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Andrew and Beatrice Green. Sue married Jack Kirkland on August 15, 1952 at the Central Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas. She had been a member of...

Alice Kosier

Alice Kosier

May 22, 2011

Alice F. Kosier, age 70, of Clovis, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at her home in Clovis. She was born on June 15, 1940 to Everett and Dora Lou Lick Wolf in Northfield Township, North Dakota. Alice loved to fish, read, do arts and crafts, and go to the casino. She is survived by her husband, Ray...

Billy Hendrix

Billy Hendrix

May 20, 2011

Billy Hendrix, age 75, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on July 30, 1935 to Henry and Wreathel Knap Henrix in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He and his family were raised on a farm near House and McAlister. He married Margaret Joan Williams on January 1, 1956. Billy and Joan, in the early...

Jose Perez

Jose Perez

May 19, 2011

Jose El Puma Luis Perez, age 54, of Melrose, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born on April 15, 1957 to Thomas and Petra Torrez Perez in Torreon, Mexico. El Puma married Maria Julia Adame on March 12, 2009 in Melrose, New Mexico, after being together for 26 years....

Oliver Winkles

Oliver Winkles

May 17, 2011

Oliver Lowry Winkles, age 96, of Clovis, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on May 15, 1915 in Cooper, Texas to Harvey Perry and Arda Una Stockton Winkles. He was a farmer and rancher, and owned his own welding shop until 1989. O.L. is survived by his wife, Willma...

Roy Whitmore

Roy Whitmore

May 15, 2011

Roy Leslie Whitmore, age 82, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Baptist Saint Anthonys Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on September 8, 1928 to Calvin and Alta Hereford Whitmore in Clovis, New Mexico. Roy was a Clovis resident all of his life. He graduated from Clovis High School and retired from Santa Fe Railroad. He...

C. Lowry

C. Lowry

May 14, 2011

C. Max Lowry, a lifelong resident of New Mexico, passed from this life on Friday, May 14, 2011. He was born in Nara Visa, New Mexico on May 27, 1927. He served in the Navy during WW II, and as a Lieutenant in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Albuquerque was his home since 1942, except for twelve years...

Ruth Blair

Ruth Blair

May 12, 2011

Ruth Glenn was born to A.J. and Mildred Glenn on October 24, 1923 in Walnut Springs, Texas. She was joined ten years later by a brother, Bill. Following graduation from high school in 1941, she and a close friend, Jean Dierks, move to Ft. Worth where they completed Business College and began careers as bookkeepers in wartime Ft. Worth....

Buford Qualls

Buford Qualls

May 10, 2011

Buford B. Qualls, 91, died Tuesday May 10, 2011, at his home in Amsterdam, NY with his loving wife NormaJean Qualls, who he married on July 11, 1987, at his side. He was born January 3, 1920 in Curry County, NM, near St. Vrain, in a place known as the South Shipley Ranch, to Benjamin Franklin Qualls and Pearl...

Jake Taylor

Jake Taylor

May 7, 2011

Jake Burkett Taylor passed from this life on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the age of 69 years after a lengthy illness. He was born in New Boston, Texas on January 17, 1942 to Viv and Wynona Taylor. He was married to Catherine Lucille Luci Taylor in Portales, New Mexico on March 25, 1964. He graduated from Eastern New...

Evan Casillas-Lopez

Evan Casillas-Lopez

May 4, 2011

Evan Adam CasillasLopez, infant was born and passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico. He is survived by his parents, Adam Casillas and Eva Lopez of Clovis grandparents, Elias and Debbie Lopez, and Adam Galvan, all of Clovis greatgrandparents Mary Chapman, Juan Chavez, and Esther Zera, all of Clovis and...

Jannette Maggio

Jannette Maggio

May 2, 2011

Jannette Maggio, age 61, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on January 5, 1950 in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico to J.D. and Oleta Richburg. She is survived by her husband Don Maggio, of the home two daughters, Allyson Clifford Warwick, and Angela Miles Moulder both of Clovis, New...

Foy Bailey

Foy Bailey

Apr 30, 2011

Foy Lee Bailey, age 97, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas. He was born November 12, 1913 in Nocona, Texas to Christine Powers and William Henry Bailey. When Foy was 14 years old, his mother died leaving him and seven younger siblings along with his Dad. The family struggled on a...

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...