Obituaries

Dorothy Gonzales-Marquez

Dorothy Gonzales-Marquez

Apr 17, 2011

Dorothy Jean Marquez, age 62, of Clovis, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on June 21, 1948 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Theodore and Maria Antonia Ulibarri Gonzales. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and family. Dorothy is survived by her...

Monty Mote

Monty Mote

Apr 14, 2011

Monty Bill Mote, age 42, passed away unexpectedly at the homestead in Grady, New Mexico, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Monty was born on August 15, 1968 to Bill and Marie Karr Mote in Clovis, New Mexico. Monty lived his life in Grady farming and ranching. He never met a stranger. He loved animals, hunting, frog gigging, and visiting...

Richard Mendez

Richard Mendez

Apr 12, 2011

Richard T. Mendez, age 67 passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico. He was born on October 3, 1943 in Clovis, New Mexico to Fred and Tillie GarciaMendez. Richard married Marie Mendez on December 24, 1965 in Clovis, who passed away on June 1, 2004. He was a welder and also worked...

Nell Waide

Nell Waide

Apr 11, 2011

Nell Waide, 85, of Clovis, NM went home to her Lord and Savior on Monday April 11, at Retirement Ranch. She was born on August 8, 1925 in Tennessee to Henderson and Bergie Ownby Ogle. At a very young age her mother passed away and Nell was adopted by her mothers sister and her husband Minerva and Giles Cogdill....

Zaylee Campbell

Zaylee Campbell

Apr 10, 2011

Zaylee Alexandra Campbell, age 15 months, of Clovis, passed away on April 10, 2011 at Cook Childrens Medical Center in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was born on December 24, 2009 in Clovis, New Mexico to Zadoc and Angel Alba Campbell. Zaylee loved her family, and lit up when her brother was around. She is survived by her parents and...

Dean Kilmer

Dean Kilmer

Apr 9, 2011

Dean Kilmer passed away on the morning of April 9, 2011. Dean was born on October 28, 1925 in Sidney, Nebraska to Albert Samuel and Linea Kilmer. His family moved to Fort Sumner, New Mexico in 1927 where Albert worked as a signal maintainer for the Santa Fe Railroad. Dean graduated from Fort Sumner High School and joined the...

Rick Grantham

Rick Grantham

Apr 7, 2011

Rick Grantham, age 52, of Clovis, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at his home in Clovis. He was born on February 24, 1959 to Doy and Jesslyn Liles Grantham in Kermit, Texas. Rick has been a Clovis resident for the past 27 years, moving here from Tulia, Texas. He graduated from high school in Woodward, Oklahoma, and...

Bill Roberts

Bill Roberts

Apr 7, 2011

Bill J. Roberts, age 80, of Melrose, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales. He was born on March 12, 1931 to Ebb and Estele Dennis Roberts in Gould, Oklahoma. He then moved to the Field Community where he graduated high school in 1949, and served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954....

Ken Vandiver

Ken Vandiver

Apr 7, 2011

Ken Giz Vandiver, age 79, of Clovis, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on June 21, 1931 to Fred Audice and Trudy Walker Vandiver in Clovis. Giz served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Sandra Bumgarner on July 24, 1973, and retired as a Conductor from the Santa...

Joan Ewing

Joan Ewing

Apr 6, 2011

Joan R. Ewing, age 82, of Clovis, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at SteedTodd Funeral Home. Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 9 at SteedTodd Chapel with Rev. Keath Baskett officiating, and Rev. Louis Pattison...

Daryle Stephens, Sr.

Daryle Stephens, Sr.

Apr 5, 2011

Daryle A. Stephens, Sr., age 82, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born on January 5, 1929, in Motley County, Texas, to Mary and Henry Alec Stephens. He moved to Clovis in 1940, and married Bobbie Edwards on April 24, 1949, in Bovina, Texas. He was part owner of...

Emily Bledsoe

Emily Bledsoe

Apr 2, 2011

Emily Bledsoe, age 90, of Clovis, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas. She was born March 7, 1921 in Cudahy, Wisconsin to Martin and Eva Sedlacek. Emily married Carl K. Bledsoe on November 18, 1945 in Clovis. They moved to Roswell, New Mexico and opened an office supply store. They soon...

Aneda Madrid

Aneda Madrid

Apr 2, 2011

Aneda Madrid, age 90, of Clovis, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at her home in Clovis. She was born on January 17, 1921 in Leyba, New Mexico to Adolfo and Rita Gonzales Lopez. Aneda is survived by three sons, Ruben Sylvia Madrid, Ralph Madrid, and Angelo Madrid four daughters, Navolena Madrid, Josie Phillip Gonzales, Rose Telesfor Sandoval,...

Mary Gear

Mary Gear

Mar 29, 2011

Mary F. Gear, age 83, of Clovis, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at her home in Clovis. She was born on November 13, 1927 in Texico, NM to Ira and Mary Shupe Selman. On November 11, 1946, Mary married Charles Bo Jack Gear in Clovis. She worked for Mountain Bell and ATT as a Supervisor and retired...

Sylvia Vigil

Sylvia Vigil

Mar 25, 2011

Sylvia M. Vigil, 82, of Clovis, NM, died at her home, Friday, March 25, 2011. Rosary wil be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2011 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Deacon Daniel Chavez, officiating. Burial will...

Ronnie Danklefs

Ronnie Danklefs

Mar 23, 2011

Ronnie Paul Danklefs, age 65, of Clovis, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at his home. He was born on March 27, 1945 in Clovis, NM to Paul and Leona Glidewell Danklefs. Ronnie graduated from Clovis High School in 1963, and served in the United States Navy in San Diego, California. He owned and operated a publishing business...

David Brockett

David Brockett

Mar 22, 2011

David Clyde Brockett, 58, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. He died at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico, while surrounded by the love of his family, after a short but valiant fight with cancer. David was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa on April 22, 1952. He earned his bachelors...

Steven Benedix

Steven Benedix

Mar 20, 2011

Steven Darrel Benedix, age 72, of Clovis, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on December 31, 1938 in Baudette, Minnesota, to Ernest and Alice Nielson Benedix. The family moved to International Falls in 1949. Steven graduated from High School there in 1956. He joined the Army Reserves and spent...

Stella Smith

Stella Smith

Mar 16, 2011

Stella Murlene Smith, age 72, of Farwell, Texas, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Lubbock Heart Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on January 24, 1939 to Howard and Linnie Mae Donoho Crook in Clovis, New Mexico. Stella was a Farwell resident all of her life, and loved to crochet. She worked for the Parmer County Sherriffs...

Angela Lopez

Angela Lopez

Mar 13, 2011

Angela Carol Lopez, age 46, of Clovis, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on June 9, 1964 to Ron and Edith Rodgers Williams in Sacramento, California. Angela moved to Clovis from Bremerton, Washington, and has been a resident of Clovis for the past eight years. She was a...