RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Glenn Michael Dempsey
Mar 13, 2021
Glenn Michael Dempsey was born in Albuquerque, NM on 2/14/1941 and died at the age of 80 in his home in Corrales, NM on 3/13/21. He graduated from Highland High School in 1958, then went on to graduate from UNM with an undergraduate degree in 1963 and a Master's degree in 1968. He obtained his medical degree from the...
Marissa Faith Slatton
Mar 13, 2021
Baby Marissa Faith Slatton
Dearest Mari, please know that our greatest blessing was having you.
Marissa (Mari) Faith Slatton was born March 13, 2021 at 5:27 p.m. and left this Earth shortly thereafter. Though her time was short she made her presence known to the...
Marilyn Cheromiah
Mar 13, 2021
Marilyn Cheromiah, 69, beloved mother and grandmother, was called home by her creator to her eternal resting place on Saturday, March 13, 2021. She entered this world on Monday, March 26, 1951 to Steven and Isabel Riley. She is survived by her daughter, Janis DeLaney, (husband Anthony, children Devin and Ethan) and a very large extended family of sisters,...
Donald Vern Keller
Mar 12, 2021
Donald Vern Keller, age 90, passed on March 12, 2021 in Albuquerque, NM. Donald Keller took an A.B. in physics from Harvard in 1952, and a PhD from U.C. Berkeley in 1957 in high energy particle physics. He was part if the team who discovered the antiproton, and his team made the first measurements of the interactions of antiprotons...
Nicole Ashley Bekisbah Plummer
Mar 12, 2021
Our hearts are broken forever. People tell us that in time the pieces will eventually come back together. If this is true, though hard to believe now, there will always be a space, The piece to which has your name on its place. Tears have been falling now for so long. When we think of your beautiful face, it...
Lillie Van Ausdall
Mar 12, 2021
Lillie May Van Ausdall, 88 went home to be with the Lord Friday, March 12, 2021. She was born Friday, May 20, 1932 in Allison, TX. to Roy F. and Naoma Hunt. She had two sisters and three brothers, and she was the second youngest. The family moved to Greer County, OK in 1941 where her father farmed the...
Erma Lee Wootten
Mar 12, 2021
Lee Wootten, born Erma Lee Glasgow on June 24, 1923 near Gladstone, NM, passed away after a brief illness on March 12, 2021, at the grand age of 97. Lee lived a long life filled with many passions over the years. She did not hold back when it came to life, and she never sat still a minute longer...
Billy Ray Gowen
Mar 12, 2021
Billy Ray Gowen, 75 years old, passed away at his home in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, March 12, 2021.
Billy was born and raised in Missouri. At the age of 17, Billy married his high school sweetheart, Jean Dickerson. During this time Billy also enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving overseas in the Vietnam War. After...
Daniel "Dan" C. Dunne Jr.
Mar 12, 2021
Daniel “Dan” C. Dunne Jr., our beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on March 12, 2021 after a short illness.
Dan was born in Elmhurst, New York on March 6, 1940 to Daniel Christopher Dunne Sr and Rosemary (Duncan) Dunne. Dan spent his youth and teen years in Elmhurst, New York and in 1965 he moved...
Nancy Anne Frederick
Mar 12, 2021
Nancy A. Frederick, 89, an Albuquerque resident since 1954, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021. She is survived by her children, Nicki of Salem, Oregon; Kurtis of Ellenton, South Carolina; and Matthew of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has two grandchildren, Shawn and Karen Frederick of Summerville, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Eugene Frederick....
Allen James Tetreault
Mar 11, 2021
Allen Tetreault, aka "Tet", age 49, was welcomed into Heaven on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 5:15 a.m. after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Allen was born Sunday, July 18, 1971 to Al and Shirley Tetreault. Growing up his days were spent playing baseball and mentoring his younger brother, Kenneth. Allen graduated from Manzano...
Lela (Chavez) Montoya
Mar 11, 2021
Lela C. Montoya, 87, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend was called to her eternal resting place on March 11, 2021. She entered this world on June 7, 1933 in Hot springs, NM, born to father Alberto Chavez and mother Mariana Martinez. As a young teenage girl, Lela rode horses and helped her father tend to...
Dorsey Edward Bishop
Mar 11, 2021
Dorsey Edward "Ed" Bishop, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away on Thursday, March 11th, 2021. Ed was born in Elizabethtown, PA in their family home. At the time of his birth, it came as a shock to everyone that there was one more baby on the way. The Bishop's had a name picked out for...
Dr. Amy G. Hernandez Ph.D.
Mar 11, 2021
Dr. Amy G. Hernandez, Ph.D.
“Amy” Amada Genoveva Hernandez (Romero), 85, a resident of Albuquerque for 70 years, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021. She was born in Truchas, NM on September 22, 1935, moved to Albuquerque to attend Menual High School. Amy went on to receive a BS in Education, a Master in Educational Administration,...
Michael Arnold Dickerson
Mar 11, 2021
Colonel (Ret.) Michael Arnold Dickerson, 83, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico passed away on March 11th at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky in October 1937 to Chester Arnold and Dorothy Elizabeth (Webb) Dickerson. Graduating with a bachelor's degree from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, Mike was a member of Beta...
Kenneth James Abeita
Mar 11, 2021
Kenneth was a wonderful soul. He was genuine, kind-hearted, especially towards animals, and was always there when you needed him. He loved to read, and he loved to learn. His mind was an encyclopedia, and he would have a conversation with you about almost any topic. He was not just a serious person, but he was incredibly funny. For...
Paula M. Neri
Mar 11, 2021
Paula M. Neri, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico went to be with our Lord on Thursday, March 11, 2021 after a long illness.
Paula was born on June 4, 1926 in Glen Avon Illinois. She is survived by sons, Paul (Mary), Thomas Heck; daughter, Beverly Heck; grandson, Justin Heck (Alice); great granddaughter,...
Patricia A. (Dickert) Krause
Mar 11, 2021
Patricia A. Krause, 91, passed away at Palmilla Senior Living in Albuquerque, NM on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Patricia (Pat) was born February 28, 1930 in Wausau, WI to parents Clarence and Elizabeth (Duval) Dickert. She graduated from Wausau Senior High School in 1947. She married her high school sweetheart, Charles Krause, in 1950. They moved to Stratford in...
Gilbert Sanchez
Mar 11, 2021
Gilbert Sanchez, age 82, was born in Belen, NM to Macedonia and Josephine Sanchez, the second of three children, Freda Clinton, and Susana Sanchez. Gilbert graduated from Belen High School in 1957. He attended New Mexico State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in microbiology.
He married Lorena Tabet in 1961, and together they have three...
Sylvia "Sparks" Louise (Haugh) Byrnes
Mar 11, 2021
Sylvia Louise "Sparks" Byrnes departed for Heaven on March 11, 2021. She was born April 13, 1935 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Charles Hubert Haugh and Blanche Esther (Hammond) Haugh. She attended schools in State College and Tyrone, Pennsylvania, graduating from Grier School in 1953. She attended the Pennsylvania State University 1953- 1956. On December 23, 1955 she...



