RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Susan "Sue" Adair Maes
November 13, 2020
Susan “Sue” Adair Maes age 76, born on Monday, June 5, 1944, entered eternal rest on Friday, November 13th, 2020. She peacefully left this earth in the comfort of her family home of more than 50 years. She was surrounded by friends and family and her beloved dog. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years,...
Gene Ignacio Lujan
November 13, 2020
Gene Lujan, age 73, beloved father and husband, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his wife of 53 years, Antonia Lujan and family on Friday, November 13, 2020. He fought valiantly for four years after being diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. He entered this world on July 8, 1947 in Las Vegas, NM. He was preceded in death...
Verne Alberta Kreitzer
November 13, 2020
Verne Kreitzer of Albuquerque, New Mexico passed away on Nov 13, 2020. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
William Thorpe Fietz
November 13, 2020
William Thorpe Fietz passed away peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2020, just shy of his 79th birthday. He was born on November 20, 1941, in Beaumont, Texas to his parents, Edna Thorpe Fietz and Frank T. Fietz, who proceeded him in death. Survivors include his loving wife of 53 years, Billye Antone Fietz; children, Melissa Blades and husband, Mike...
Elizabeth Peake
November 13, 2020
Elizabeth Peake, age 58, beloved mother and “Nanie”, was called to her eternal resting place on Friday, November 13, 2020. She entered this world on June 1, 1962, in Yuma, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Peake Jr; parents, Albert and Della Bense; brother, Albert; her loving grandmother, Nana Rose; and uncle Victor. She is...
Placido John Flores
November 13, 2020
Placido John Flores, age 72, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020. He was born and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Janice Vivian Martinez
November 12, 2020
Janice Vivian Martinez Brown, 70, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, fell asleep in death on Thursday, November 12, 2020.
Janice was born Sunday, June 18th, 1950 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is survived by her children, Fredrick and wife Fran, Marissa and husband Chris, and Robert and wife Diana. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Miguel, Gabriel,...
Paul Clay Carroll
November 12, 2020
Paul Clay Carroll, 81, passed away November 12, 2020. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Elaine; his daughter, Christina; his sons, Paul and Johnathan Carroll and William and James Berryman. He is also survived by three grandchildren; and five great grandchildren; his sister, Mary Lott and husband Roy; brother, Hiram Carroll; and many other friends and...
William Monroe
November 11, 2020
William Monroe, age 35, beloved son and brother, was called home to heaven on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. He entered this world on December 14, 1984, in El Paso, TX. He is survived by his mother, Kelley Schwarz; father, Bob Monroe; brothers, Sean Monroe, Gregory Schwarz, and Jacob Monroe; sisters, Megan Mayhew and Candace Smith; grandmother, Grace Nelson; and...
Donald Jerome Welty
November 11, 2020
Donald J. Welty of Westfield, NJ and Albuquerque, NM passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. He is survived by his beloved, beautiful wife of 49 years, Virginia; daughters, Melanie and Starr; grandchildren, Amy and Scott; great-grandchildren, Aurora and Atlas; and his companion of twenty years, his African grey parrot, Neptune.
Martha Isabel Gonzales
November 11, 2020
Martha I. Gonzales, age 66, a longtime resident of Albuquerque, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, in her home surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren.
Martha was born and raised in Sena, New Mexico where she met her husband of 47 years, Moises. She resided in Albuquerque in 1976, where they raised seven children...
Helen (Woodward) Weaver
November 11, 2020
The daughters of Helen Woodward Weaver announce her passing from this earth to heaven and into the arms of her beloved Savior Jesus. Helen was born in Raton, NM and moved to Albuquerque when she was six. Mom loved her home state and would say “she could not imagine why anyone would live anywhere else”. At the University of...
Rose Galko
November 11, 2020
Rose Galko, 95, the sweetest, kindest, most loving mother her sons could have ever hoped for, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
A resident of Albuquerque since 1958, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Joe in 2002.
Cremation has taken place, and she requested no services be held.
She...
Wayne Atlas Jones
November 10, 2020
Wayne Atlas Jones was a Halloween baby and a New Mexico man, born howling at the moon and looking for UFOs and some higher truth between the stars. He lived as a son, a brother, a husband, a father, an uncle, a grandfather, and a friend–proud and devoted Dad, Pop, TaTa, Gramps, and Babe, to us. We were not...
Ralph Nelson
November 10, 2020
Dr. Ralph Nelson, age 95, passed away in Albuquerque, NM on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, while surrounded by his family. Ralph was born on April 23, 1925 in Moline, Illinois. After graduating from Rock Island High School in 1943, he was drafted into the US Army and was later assigned to the 106th Infantry Division. On December 16, 1944,...
Tommy Lee Hutchinson Jr.
November 10, 2020
With deepest sorrow, we announce that Tommy L. Hutchinson Jr., age 21, our most beloved son, brother, family member, and friend passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Those who knew Tommy, even just a little, lost a shining light in their lives. Tommy will be greatly missed by his mother Michalene M. Quintana, his step-mother Crystal Gutierrez,...
Norman Albert McNew
November 10, 2020
Norman McNew died on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at the age of 92. His mother died when he was three years old leaving him, his sister Frances, and his brother Perry. He and Frances spent their younger years with their grandmother Mc New in Alamogordo or with their aunt Ina and uncle Bill and cousin Billy at their ranch...
Hannah Marie Colton
November 10, 2020
On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, our beloved Hannah Marie Colton, age 29, chose to end her life here on Earth. She was a victim of depression and the isolation of the pandemic. Because of COVID-19, a Memorial Service will be held next spring or summer in Albuquerque. Hannah was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, July 8, 1991,...
Robert Edwin Mummey
November 10, 2020
Born June 13, 1932 in Galesburg, Illinois - Robert Edwin Mummey, loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and United States Air Force Veteran, has passed this earth for heaven on November 10, 2020 at the age of 88. Robert married Alice Melba McDaniel on September 28, 1956. They lived in Galesburg, Il before settling in Albuquerque, NM. There Robert and...
Gary Robert Okino
November 9, 2020
Gary Okino, 55, a resident of Albuquerque since 1965, was called home unexpectedly on November 9, 2020 after a brief illness.
Gary was an avid bow hunter, greatly enjoyed the outdoors, hiking, four wheeling, exploring, and enjoying time with his family. Gary was an excellent cook, smoking and barbecuing many a delicious meal for family and friends....



