Obituaries

Mary Spelman

Mary Spelman

Sep 6, 2019

Mary Spelman Age 87, passed away Friday, September 6, 2019. She is survived by her two daughters, Kathy Henley and Pattie Hagen, one son, Kevin Spelman, 6 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Pat Spelman, her parents, sister, Sr. Mary Ellen, and brother Jim Keough.  Mary belonged to the Lay Canossians and loved...

Louis Santa Maria

Louis Santa Maria

Sep 6, 2019

  Louie Santa Maria

1928 - 2019

Louie Santa Maria, 91, of Rio Rancho, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019 at his home.

Louie was born June 19, 1928 to Jose and Catalina Gomez Santa Maria in Los Angeles, California.  He was Student Body President at Belmont High School and played tennis and football, ran track and was also...

Aida Palomera

Aida Palomera

Sep 2, 2019

Aida Bertha Palomera “Tiita”

April 8, 1918 – September 2, 2019 (AGE 101)

Our beloved great aunt “Tiita”, aged 101, passed away peacefully, surrounded by those she loved on Monday, September 2, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia on April 8, 1918, to Santos Rojas and Andrea Rubin de Celis. She is survived by her grandnephew...

Aida B. Palomera

Aida B. Palomera

Sep 2, 2019

Aida Bertha Palomera “Tiita”

April 8, 1918 – September 2, 2019 (AGE 101)

Our beloved great aunt “Tiita”, aged 101, passed away peacefully, surrounded by those she loved on Monday, September 2, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia on April 8, 1918, to Santos Rojas and Andrea Rubin de Celis. She is survived by her grandnephew...

Raymond Hamilton

Raymond Hamilton

Sep 2, 2019

Raymond Hamilton, 68, passed away peacefully Monday, September 2, 2019, after a brief illness.  Raymond was born to Zelma Lee Dobbins Hamilton and Tommie Lee Hamilton in Hobbs, NM on December 14, 1950.  He graduated from Hobbs High School in 1968, with a 3.8 GPA and was selected to go to Boys State.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Science...

Charles W Daniels

Charles W Daniels

Sep 1, 2019

            Charles Daniels was born in Arkansas in a sharecroppers shack without indoor plumbing or electricity.    From those humble, but well-loved beginnings, he would go on to become a Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. 

            One of his earliest memories at age 4 is going with his parents and 2 baby brothers, Martin and Paul, into the...

Susan Craig

Susan Craig

Aug 31, 2019

Susan Craig

 

Susan Craig, age 82, of Albuquerque, New Mexico passed away peacefully on August 31, 2019. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Catherine Walker Craig and Robert Craig. She lived in Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas before moving to New Mexico in 1978.

She held a B.A. degree in speech/English/broadcasting from the University of Missouri/Columbia, an...