RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Phillip Wayne Taylor
Nov 2, 2019
Phillip Wayne Taylor, passed away November 2, 2019 at the age of 72. He spent most of his life in New Mexico and considered himself a native. He loved his extended family, his grandchildren, his children and his wife (and his wife's baking and he was always quick to offer up a Jennie-made pie). He was proud of his...
Devin Lane Richardson
Nov 1, 2019
Devin Lane Richardson, 60, passed on to heaven on November 1, 2019.
Devin was born in Beckley, West Virginia. When Devin was a child, he could help you find your way out of the woods, and he knew how to find the pond and the waterfall. Devin became a Master Mechanic in Albuquerque. He lived in West...
Lucille (Medina) Chavez
Nov 1, 2019
Lucille Medina Chavez, age 71, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 1, 2019. She was born February 13, 1948 in Isleta, TX to Joe and Ramona Medina. She married her longtime friend and love, Daniel Chavez, on December 27, 1969.
Lucille was a loving and devoted wife, mother and nana. She loved gardening, birdwatching and spending time...
Gregory S. Widner
Nov 1, 2019
Greg Widner, 47 years of age, beloved husband, father, brother, friend, left us on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Greg is survived by his wife, Joy; their twin boys, Jackson and Jacob; son, Evan; daughter, Emma and their mother, Tracey. He is also survived by his sister, Anna and her husband Skip; brother, Gary and wife Dara; brother,...
Thomas Henry Walters Jr.
Nov 1, 2019
Thomas Henry Walters Jr. age 83, dear husband and father passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Doris; and his children, Beverly Kimble and Anita Parks; 1 sister, Josophene Albrecht. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren, Elias, Matthew, Jennifer, Lindsay and Daniel; and 13 great-grand-children. Thomas was preceded in death by his...
Mary "Terry" Sterner
Oct 30, 2019
Mary "Terry" Sterner, 96, beloved mother and grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. She entered this world on Monday, January 1, 1923, in Washington, DC, born to William and Camilla Calnan. She married 3 times: Dr. John H Dettweiler, NM Supreme Court Chief Justice, John McManus and Donald Sterner. She is survived...
William Lloyd Spurgeon
Oct 30, 2019
William “Bill” Lloyd Spurgeon age, 61, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. He was born in Bartlesville, OK and moved to Albuquerque at the age of three. He attended Bel Air Elementary School, McKinley Jr. High School and Del Norte High School in Albuquerque. He and his family moved to Los...
Georgia Catasca
Oct 30, 2019
Georgia Catasca, 85, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019. She was born in Albuquerque, grew up in Corrales and attended St. Vincent’s Academy. After marrying Joe, they moved to Chicago where she supported Joe through dental school at the University of Chicago. She is formally recognized in a core dental school textbook she helped produce working as an assistant...
Cynthia Ann Gaede
Oct 30, 2019
GAEDE- Cynthia Ann, age 50, of Albuquerque, joined our Lord in Heaven on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Kris G. Gaede, her children; Robert F. Gaede (Naomi), Johnathon T. Gaede and Amanda E. Gaede. She also leaves behind her sisters; Laura Mathews, Christine Davis (Steve), and Sandra Padilla (Mark); as well...
Julie Anne Smith
Oct 30, 2019
Julie Smith, 63, beloved wife, was called to her eternal resting place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. She entered this world on Wednesday, October 17, 1956 in Albuquerque, NM. She is survived by her husband, Forrest Smith; mother, Myrna Moberly; brother, Robert (Bob) Moberly and his wife, Jan; sister, Sheri Moon; brother, Thomas Moberly; nephew, Brandon Warren...
Frank Gerald Appel
Oct 29, 2019
Frank G. Appel passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at the age of 82. He was born in Acme, Pennsylvania, and moved to Albuquerque in 1979, and had lived there since. He was married to Patricia Appel, who died in 2010, and is survived by his son, David of Keizer, Oregon; his daughter, Melissa Howells of Portland, Oregon,...
William (Bill) Johnson
Oct 29, 2019
William (Bill) Johnson's two-year struggle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) came to an end Tuesday, October 29, 2019 on his 84th birthday. He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1935 and, after graduating from Hofstra University in 1957, joined the United States Army. As a Medical Service Corp Officer, he served in Berlin, West Point, Vietnam, Hawaii and finally...
Maurice Irving Ashland
Oct 29, 2019
Maurice Irving Ashland was born on September 1, 1922 in Clear Lake, IA and passed away on October 29, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM. His early childhood was spent on a farm during the great depression doing farm chores and attending school. With war on the horizon, Maurice joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 and completed airplane and engine...
Jean (Johnson) Bridgers
Oct 29, 2019
Jean Bridgers lead a life dictated by the times. Born in 1923, she survived the death of her father at age six, just as America entered the Great Depression. She, along with her two sisters and her mother, struggled to survive the economic horrors of the 1930’s.
With the breakout of World War II, Jean joined the...
Jose Esteban Martinez
Oct 29, 2019
Jose “Joe” Esteban Martinez passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 94 on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, in Rio Rancho, NM. He was preceded in death by his wife, Polly; daughter, Mary Agnes; grandson, Benjie; parents; brothers; and one sister. Jose is survived by his son, Steve (Mary); daughter, Joann (Philip); son, Adrian (Frances);...
Frankie Lee Ketchum
Oct 28, 2019
Frankie Lee Ketchum born Monday, September 14, 1936 has sadly died on Monday, October 28, 2019. She left behind her husband of 63 years, John Ketchum; daughter, Tracy Anderjeski; and son, Eric Ketchum. She was a proud grandmother not only to her 5 granddaughters but to so many others that made her happy to be their grandmother as well,...
Jay Dee Anderson
Oct 27, 2019
Our father, Jay Anderson, born September 23,1930, has gone to Heaven on, Sunday, October 27, 2019 after battling prostate cancer.
Jay Anderson was born in Beaver Falls, PA, to Josephine Zirat and Don Anderson. Jay’s family moved to Carlsbad, NM after his high school years. He attended Eastern New Mexico University where he met Grace Melendez (Jaramillo)....
Maclovia "Mackey" Mary Ruane
Oct 27, 2019
Maclovia “Mackey” Ruane, 75, beloved Wife, Grandmother, and Mother, was called to her eternal resting place on October 27, 2019. She entered this world on August 14, 1944 in Albuquerque, NM, born to Carlos and Lizzie Ulibarri. Mackey was a beautiful lady inside and out. She was a friend to everyone she met. Mackey was a RN for over...
Karen Chicharello Parrish
Oct 27, 2019
Karen Chicharello Parrish, 71, left this world on Sunday, October 27, 2019. She was born November 20, 1947 in Ganado, AZ into the Tsenabahitnii and Ashiihi clans. Karen was a very knowledgeable and dedicated employee, retiring after 39 1/2 years with the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. She will be remembered as a generous person and...
Harold Paul Dietrich
Oct 26, 2019
Harold Dietrich, age 92, beloved father and husband, was called to heaven on Saturday, October 26, 2019. He was reunited with his best friend and wife Althea who died, by his side, on Monday, September 16, 2019. Harold was born on Sunday, May 22, 1927 in Lincoln, NE, born to Molly and Jacob Dietrich. Harold touched the lives of...



