RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Margaret Anne Kneafsey
August 25, 2021
Margaret Ann Kneafsey, died August 25, 2021 peacefully at home. She was a great wife and mother as well as a friend to many. Known for her cheerful and upbeat attitude, her kindness, her laughter and her love for others; she was devoted to her faith, her church, and her family. Married 50 years to her beloved husband, Pat,...
Judy Marie Shannon
August 25, 2021
Judy Marie Shannon, age 73, passed away peacefully, but very unexpectedly, on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at her home in Albuquerque, NM, where she was in the process of relocating to from her alfalfa farm in La Joya, NM. Judy is survived by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" Shannon, of 52 years, her daughter Jodi Springstead (married...
Richard Carl Stockton
August 25, 2021
On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, Richard Stockton, loving husband and father of four children passed away at the age of 93.
Richard was born to Ernest and Florence Stockton in Topeka, Kansas in 1928. He graduated from Albuquerque High School and was captain of the state champion 1946 AHS basketball team (known as the...
Diane Kay (Grotegut) Brown
August 25, 2021
Diane Kay (Grotegut) Brown, age 76, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away on August 25, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born in Decorah, Iowa on September 28, 1944 to Willard and Esther Grotegut. She grew up on the family farm in Waukon, Iowa and graduated from Waukon High School in 1962. She graduated with an...
Stella Ybarra Mathis
August 24, 2021
In loving memory of Stella Y. Mathis, who was born December 26, 1938, passed away August 24, 2021.
Beloved wife to Willie T. Mathis. A beloved mother to Lana M. Bowley and William E. Mathis. Also, a beloved grandmother to Ryan A. Mathis, Samantha N. Mathis, Brandon T. Bowley, and Ashley Faith Pearl Biddle....
Robert Benedict Rodriguez
August 24, 2021
Robert Benedict Rodriguez was born in Albany, New York in 1934. He was one of three boys, and he delivered newspapers, as well as ice blocks for family ice boxes. When he was of age, he joined the Unites States Air Force. It was while he was stationed in San Antonio, Texas that he met and fell in...
Cecil F. Gomez
August 24, 2021
Cecil F. Gomez, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. A Memorial Service will he held on Friday, September 10, 2021, 11:00 a.m. at FRENCH-University.
For those unable to attend in person, the service will be livestreamed below.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the...
Maurice F. Gonzales
August 23, 2021
Maurice F. Gonzales passed away from this life on Monday, August 23, 2021.
Maurice was preceded in death by his mother, Carmen Gonzales; his brother, Malcom F. Gonzales; and his father, Francisco (Kiko) Gonzales. He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Gonzales Pimentel and her husband, Robert Pimentel; his sister,...
Lea Carol Young
August 23, 2021
Our loving mother and grandmother, Lea Carol Young, age 88, passed peacefully from this Earth on Monday evening, August 23, 2021. Lea is survived by her daughters, Dr. Tina Welker and husband Frank of Grand Junction, CO, Susie Alcon and husband Rick of Albuquerque; stepdaughter, Debra Weeks of CA; brother, Dr. Willis Dankle of Clear Lake, IA; granddaughters, Dr....
Barbara R. Price
August 23, 2021
Barbara Ruth Colvin, age 97, was born on October 15, 1923, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Harold Colvin and Ruth Buffon Colvin.
A week later the family moved to Hamilton, Kansas, where most of her dad’s immediate family lived. When Barbara was about seven years old, her mother contracted tuberculosis. She went to the tuberculosis sanatorium in Norton,...
Howard Eugene Clark
August 23, 2021
Howard E. Clark, 82, slipped safely behind the veil to reap his eternal reward on August 23, 2021. Howard was born December 7, 1938, in Winfield, KS, to John and Katie Clark. After graduating from Winfield High School in 1957, Howard attended Emporia State University where he earned a business degree and was a member of Phi...
Rubin L. Thompson
August 22, 2021
Rubin Lorenza Thompson passed away on August 22, 2021.
A Rosary followed by the Mass will be celebrated Friday, September 17, 2021 beginning 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Lomas and Tennessee.
Interment will be Monday, September 20, 2021, 10:30 a.m. at Santa Fe National Cemetery, 501 N. Guadalupe Street, Santa...
Charles Norman Maguire
August 22, 2021
Charles N. Maguire, or Chuck as he much preferred, passed away on the evening of August 22, 2021, surrounded by his children and the songs of the Beach Boys. Chuck was born in Harford, CT, but liked to say that he convinced his parents to move to Albuquerque when he was 8 months old. He attended Highland High...
Juanita Vernice (Wilkinson) Davis
August 21, 2021
Juanita Vernice Davis, 96, was called home to Heaven on Saturday, August 21, 2021. She was born on June 10, 1925, in Perry, MI, to Roy William Wilkinson and Ethel Leila Hunt Wilkinson. She married Charles Davis on December 13,1953. Upon his death, she married Milton Davis in 2007. Juanita is survived by her son, Dale Perdew; his daughter,...
Lucia Yvonne (Flores) Lopez
August 21, 2021
Lucy Lopez, 66, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021. She was a pillar of strength and fortitude. Lucy was a known wrecking ball no matter where she went. She to took control over any and every situation. Whether we wanted her to or not. She raised more than her own children and taught each and every one of them...
Jacki Lee (Richards) Anderson
August 21, 2021
Jacki Lee "Richards" Anderson, age 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 21, 2021, due to a short battle with Cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer. Her twin sister, Vicki Nycum and her husband, Buster, were with her when she left this life. Jacki and her twin sister were born January 4, 1946, in La Junta, Colorado to Alec and Mae...
Hilda Marie Syme
August 20, 2021
Hilda Marie Syme departed from this earth to begin her newly restored life in heaven on August 20, 2021. She owes this to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Marie was born in Laurel, Mississippi in 1922 to Laurence and Hilda DeBoxtel, and lived in Florida and San Benito, Texas before moving to Albuquerque with her mother in 1939....
Gary L. McKennon
August 20, 2021
We are saddened to announce the passing of MSGT Gary L. McKennon, age 80, on August 20, 2021 at home surrounded by loved ones.
Gary was born August 19, 1941, in Flint, Michigan to Raymont and Virginia McKennon. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on September 17, 1959 and was serving in Big Spring, Texas...
Michael Norbert Toyzan
August 20, 2021
Michael Norbert Toyzan, 86, beloved husband and father, was called to his eternal resting place on August 20, 2021. Michael Norbert Toyzan was born in 1934 on a farm near Munger, Michigan to his parents, Anthony and Catherine Toyzan.
He was baptized and confirmed at St. Norbert’s Catholic Church in Munger.
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Mary E. Guthrie
August 19, 2021
Mary rejoined her love, Jim, in heaven during the early hours of August 19, 2021. Living without him for nearly four months had her beside herself, finally released from the bondage of this world, she is free again with the Lord. A caring woman who could always be found playing with the children instead of chatting with the adults....
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