RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Margaret Ann (Whitlow) Gauntt
Jun 20, 2018
Margaret Ann Whitlow, 64, passed away on June 20, 2018 after a battle with cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at FRENCH-Westside. A visitation will be held in Waco, Texas with burial to follow at a later date, at Rosemound cemetery. Margaret...
Phyllis Ann (Ballow) De Feo
Jun 20, 2018
Phyllis Ballow DeFeo passed away June 20, 2018 in Albuquerque, NM. She was born November 30, 1933 in Clovis, NM to John W. Ballow, Jr. and Irene Spade Ballow. The family moved to Santa Fe in 1935 and to Los Alamos in 1948. She graduated high school in Los Alamos, continued to Stephen’s College and graduated in 1953. Phyllis married...
Michael Pino
Jun 20, 2018
Michael Pino, age 63, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Born and raised in Albuquerque, Michael was a Del Norte High School basketball all-star. His friendliness and outgoing personality earned him many friends throughout life. Michael never met a stranger. He moved to Edgewood in his later years and became a much loved part of the community. Michael will...
Dorothy M. (McCabe) Swanson
Jun 18, 2018
Dorothy M Swanson, resident of Albuquerque, formerly of Tucson, and originally from Chicago passed away on June 18, 2018 at the age of 90. She was born to Joseph and Olga McCabe in 1927, and was raised with her younger sisters Bonnie and Carol. She received her college degree at Chicago State College in Sight Saving and Elementary Education...
Viola Alexander
Jun 18, 2018
Viola Carolina, 104, a resident of Albuquerque since 1970, went to be with the Lord and her husband Monday, June 18, 2018.
She was born in Chicago, IL, and lived in that area with her husband, William “Paul,” until they moved to Albuquerque in 1970. She and her husband, “Paul” were married for 71 years prior to...
Mark Allala
Jun 18, 2018
1961-2018
Laurence Mark Allala, 57, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, born May 7, 1961, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 18, 2018.
Mark is survived by his mother and step-father, Maryann & Ralph Bassett of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his daughter and son-in-law, Megan & Kenny Lindner, and granddaughters, Reese and Hannah, of...
Virginia B. (Barbieri) Mayfield
Jun 18, 2018
Beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, Virginia Barbieri Mayfield died peacefully at home surrounded by family on June 18, 2018. She was 93. A lifelong resident of Albuquerque, Virginia was a 1944 graduate of Albuquerque High School and later graduated from Cosmetology School. In 1945, she married Charles Fox Mayfield with whom she had three children. After...
Joseph A. Binkley
Jun 18, 2018
Joseph Binkley, 92, beloved father, was called to his eternal resting place on June 18, 2018. He entered this world on September 4, 1925 in Goodlettsville,TN. He was married to his wife Helen for over 50 years and is survived by their daughters Christy Poling, Sandra Frentzel, and Cathleen Smith. Joseph served in the Air...
Stephen Wright Thompson, M.D.
Jun 17, 2018
Stephen Wright Thompson, MD, Emeritus Professor of Neurology at University of New Mexico, died Sunday, June 17, 2018 after a short illness. Born September 24, 1926 in Dayton, OH, to Stephen Wilkins Thompson and Dorothy Wright Thompson, he was awarded his doctorate, Magna Cum Laude, by Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1952. He served in the U.S....
Genoveva H. Lozoya
Jun 17, 2018
Lozoya, Genoveva H.
Genoveva H. Lozoya, age 96, of Albuquerque, NM, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, Genoveva immigrated to the United States in 1957 with her family and was always proud of her Mexican heritage. She was a kind and loving woman of great faith who...
Virginia Dieterich
Jun 17, 2018
Virginia Dieterich, 85, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018. She is survived by her husband, Emil; son, Mitchel Welch; and step-son, Scott Dieterich. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, July 7, 2018, 2:00 p.m., at La Vida Llena, 10501 Lagrima De Oro NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 (phone, 296-6700). Ennichement will follow at 3:00 p.m. at St. Chad’s Columbarium at...
John (Jack) Benton
Jun 16, 2018
John (Jack) Benton, 82, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2018. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Jack was born on July 24, 1935 in Newark, NJ to Thomas and Margaret Benton. In 1954, he served as a Corpsman in the Navy where he met a slightly naïve Southern...
Mrs. Isabel D. Ruiz-Esparza
Jun 16, 2018
Isabel Ruiz-Esparza (née Vieira) died in Albuquerque, NM, USA on June 15, 2018. She is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Robert Ruiz-Esparza, their daughters Christina Ruiz-Esparza (San Francisco), Andrea Ruiz-Esparza (Washington, D.C); and Amanda Ruiz-Esparza; and son Rob Ruiz-Esparza (a transplant from Nashville to Albuquerque); and her sole surviving sibling, Mariano Vieira.
Isabel was...
Sandra Lee Cuthbert
Jun 15, 2018
Sandra Lee Cuthbert, age 75, beloved and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 15, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Cheyenne, WY on June 15, 1943 and was a resident of Albuquerque since 1981. Her birthday on Earth became her birthday in Heaven....
Michael Joseph Canney
Jun 14, 2018
Michael Joseph Canney, 88, beloved father, grandfather and former husband, passed away June 14, 2018. Michael was born May 6, 1930 in Shillelagh, County Wicklow, Ireland to Elanor Reaney Canney and Patrick Joseph Canney. He grew up with his three sisters, Mella, Maureen, and Nolaidg throughout Southern Ireland. He later immigrated to the United States, and became a citizen...
Gilbert J. Baca
Jun 14, 2018
Gilbert Baca, 82, devoted husband, beloved Father, was called to his eternal resting place on June 14, 2018. He entered this world on September 28, 1935 in Santa Rosa, NM, born to Frank and Leandra Baca. He is survived by his spouse, Victoria Baca; son James Baca; daughters, Lorraine Pearce, Geraldine Migacz, Ramona Purvis and their spouses along with...
Beatrice Contreras
Jun 14, 2018
Beatrice Contreras, 96, beloved Mother, Sister, and Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on June 14, 2018. She was born in Veguita, NM to Juan and Lupe Padilla.
She is preceded in death by husband, Manuel Contreras and son, John J. Contreras. She is survived by her daughter Mary Garcia (Gilbert); sister Alice Baca; grandchildren,...
James Lee Simmons
Jun 13, 2018
1923 - 2018
James Lee Simmons, a New Mexico resident for 77 Years and Albuquerque resident for 61 Years, passed away in Albuquerque, NM, on June 13, 2018, at the age of 95. He was born in Cushing, OK in January 1923. He attended school in nearby Ripley, OK. During that time of the Great Depression, he...
Judith Pomaikai
Jun 13, 2018
Judith H. Pomaikai, wife, mother, and grandmother died on June 13, 2018 at Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. She was 71. She was born and raised in Kailua, Oahu and was a graduate of Kailua High School in 1964. She worked as a nurse’s aide in Honolulu for a brief period. In 1974, while working at the Moana Hotel...
Antonio Jose Sedillo
Jun 13, 2018
Antonio Jose Sedillo, walking on 94 (as he would say), passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 18, 1924, Antonio enjoyed telling colorful stories of childhood experiences and countless adventures of his life. Antonio had...



