RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Mary Frances House
Apr 3, 2022
Mary Frances Blake House was born August 2, 1931 in Winfield Kansas, and departed this life at age 90 in Albuquerque, NM on April 3, 2022.
She is survived by her five children: Mary Sue House of Oklahoma City, OK;Â Harry (Susan) House, Jr. of Colleyville, TX; Frances (Rodney) Brown of Abilene, TX; Tom House of Albuquerque,...
Carolyn (Monpetit) Mady
Apr 3, 2022
Carolyn Mady passed away quietly on April 3, 2022, with her family and friends surrounding her. Carolyn Barton Mady, born April 19, 1940, lived a full, beautiful, adventure-filled life. Carolyn was a formidable woman with an amazing sense of humor and a beautiful laugh. She would defend those she loved and her beliefs passionately with her razor-sharp...
Vincent D'Angelo
Apr 2, 2022
Vincent Mark D'Angelo, 67, went home to our Lord on Saturday, April 2, 2022, in the comfort of his home after bravely battling ALS for the past five years. Mark was born Sunday, October 10, 1954 in Albuquerque, NM to Vincent D'Angelo and Anne (Candelaria) Smail. Mark attended Rio Grande High School (class of 1972) where he played clarinet...
Dominic Thomas William Critchlow
Apr 1, 2022
Joseph (Dominic) Robert Thomas Critchlow born April 21, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA passed away Friday, April 1, 2022 in Albuquerque, NM. Born to Earl Ross Crichlow and Margaret Barbara (Miller) Critchlow of Pittsburgh. In February of 1952 he took the name of Brother Dominic as he entered the Passionist Order. After retirement, he moved to Albuquerque, NM. He was...
Maria Del Socorro Medina
Apr 1, 2022
Socorro Medina, 76, beloved mother, grandmother, and wife, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on April 1, 2022. She entered this world on May 4, 1945 in Durango, Mexico, born to Jose Quinones and Teresa Aranda. She loved to spend time with her children, grandchildren, and bird Pepe. Socorro will be remembered as a warm...
Jorge Eloy de Armas
Apr 1, 2022
Jorge de Armas, age 89, passed away Friday, April 1st, 2022, in Albuquerque, NM. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He loved good food, Spanish wine, and a lively game of dominoes. Jorge was born December 1st, 1932, in Colon, a city in the Matanzas province of Cuba. His parents were Hector and Rafaela de...
Patricia Jeanne Gafford
Apr 1, 2022
Patricia Jeanne Gaw Gafford, a resident of Albuquerque since 1971, passed away on April 1, 2022.
She was preceded by her husband, Dale; her parents; and sister, Lucile. She is survived by her stepdaughter, Lisa Gafford of Ft. Worth; nieces, Karen, Sharyn; nephew, Byron; seven grand-nieces and nephews; and several great-grand nieces and nephews.
Jeanne...
Patricia Ann (Thomas) Cain
Apr 1, 2022
Patricia (Patt) Cain of Bernalillo, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of April 1, 2022. A hard fall at home caused a severe brain injury, from which she did not recover.
Born on November 24, 1943, to Ruth and Jack Thomas in Boise, Idaho, Patt spent most of her childhood in...
Robert Charles Cornett
Apr 1, 2022
Robert Charles (Bob) Cornett, of Albuquerque, passed away peacefully at his home, on April 1, 2022. He was 69 years old. Bob was born on Tuesday, November 18, 1952, in Centerville, Iowa to Josephine Ray and Wilbur Lee Cornett. He grew up in the small southeast Iowa town of Moulton. Bob was a very curious child. He was a...
Eleanor Jean Adams
Mar 31, 2022
Eleanor Jean Adams, 88, loving mother, was called to Heaven on March 31, 2022.
She entered this world on April 10, 1933, in Schenectady, NY, born to Emil and Margaret Hauser. Jean will be remembered for her smile, humor, kindness, and ability to make everyone feel special.
She is preceded in death by...
Earl Harry Helgesen
Mar 31, 2022
Earl H. Helgesen of Albuquerque, NM, went to be with the Lord on March 31, 2022. He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1932 to parents Torleif and Aagot (Ersted) Helgesen from Norway. His childhood memories were those of stickball games in the streets of Brooklyn with other children of first-generation immigrants. Earl saw action in Korea...
Sherrell Gene (Thurman) Schwartzman
Mar 31, 2022
Sherrell G. Schwartzman, 82, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, quietly passed away on March 31, 2022. Sherrell was born April 4, 1939, to Wayne and Margaret Thurman. She was well known for her elegance, grace, feistiness, leadership, organizational skills, and her tireless volunteer work for the Ballut Abyad Shrine Circus. Sherrell graduated from Valley High School in 1958 and was...
Donald Lowell Roberts
Mar 30, 2022
Donald L. Roberts, 83, died Wednesday March 30, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife Sally, daughter Sheryl, sister Carol, granddaughters Ashley and Taylor and great grandsons Anderson and Easton. He was born in Dodge City, Kansas, and spent most of his youth in Wichita. He was a bassoon student at the Curtis Institute of Music, received his...
Andrea Katherine (Ederer) Crouch
Mar 29, 2022
Andrea (Andy) Katherine Crouch, the feisty, beautiful, sweet-treat-loving Matriarch of our family, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September of 1940, she moved to the states when she was 12 and just 5 years later married the love of her life at 17. She was preceded...
Sarah Rose (Amato) Gibson
Mar 28, 2022
Sarah Rose Amato Gibson left this world on Monday, March 28, 2022, at age 52. She is survived by her husband, Tim Gibson; her parents, Agostino, and Maria Amato; brothers: Gabriele and wife Rita, Ettore, and wife Reba; she also leaves behind many cousins; Maryann and Jason, Megan and family, Holly, and family; and Tim’s children that she loved...
Roland W. Krug
Mar 28, 2022
Roland W. Krug, a long-time resident of Albuquerque NM, passed away suddenly March 28, 2022 at the age of 95. He was born April 25, 1926 in South Pasadena, CA as the fifth and youngest child of Walter L. and Ruth B. (Pitkin) Krug. Roland grew up with three sisters, Lorayn, Hollys and Wensley and one brother, Norval. After...
Tito S. Aguilar
Mar 28, 2022
Our beloved father, Tito Aguilar of Albuquerque, NM has gone home to meet our Lord and Savior at the age of 92. Tito passed on Monday, March 28, 2022, at home surrounded by his children. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cipriano and Teresa Aguilar; wife, Carolina Aguilar; daughter, Nelly Mae Aguilar, and several siblings, family members...
Shirley Beatrice (Spiegleman) Gardenswartz
Mar 28, 2022
Shirley Beatrice Spiegleman Gardenswartz passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022. Shirley was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Tuesday, July 1, 1919, to Jennie and Simon Spiegleman. Shirley later moved to Denver and attended Park Hill Elementary, Smiley Jr. High, East High School, the University of Colorado in Boulder, and Denver University, where she was recruited to start a...
Marleece Vay Kendrick
Mar 26, 2022
Marleece Vay Kendrick, 92, Albuquerque, NM, died on March 26, 2022 at Fountain Hills Assisted Living. Services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wed. April 6, 2022 at French Funerals and Cremations, 10500 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM. She was born on Feb. 8, 1930 in Nimrod, TX and then married Bill Kendrick on Aug. 1, 1948. Bill...
William Walter Weisz
Mar 26, 2022
William Walter Weisz, Jr. was born in St. Louis, MO, to William Walter Weisz, Sr. and Annette Wendemuth, on Sunday, February 19, 1928. Together with his older sister, June, the family stayed in St. Louis until the mid-1950s. During these years, Bill became a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan. During his elementary years, Bill found two passions, music and...



