RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Mae Gardner
Nov 30, 2024
Mae Elizabeth Gardner (née Oestreich)
Mae Elizabeth Gardner, 90, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2024.
Mae was born in Woodville, Ohio, and grew up on her family's farm in Luckey, Ohio, where she developed the strong values and work ethic that defined her life. A natural leader, Mae served as senior class president in high school and...
Sandra Hobbs
Nov 30, 2024
Sandra Sue Whitney-Hobbs, affectionately known as Sandy by her friends and Gramma by her family, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, November 30th, 2024. She was born on February 8, 1944, and was a second-generation native of Albuquerque, NM.
Sandy was the daughter of Henry Hughes Whitney and Elva Louise Booth-Whitney. She lived a beautiful life alongside her husband,...
Lionel Specter
Nov 30, 2024
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. - Albert Einstein
It is with heavy hearts and much love the family announces the passing of Lionel "Spec" Specter. Beloved husband, father, zeyda, brother and friend, Lionel passed away gently on November 30, 2024, at the age of 92 in Albuquerque NM.
Born in Chicago in 1932, Spec...
Cary Hill
Nov 29, 2024
Cary A. Hill was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on August 1, 1946 to Cary L. Hill and Juanda Hill. He grew up in Stillwater with his parents and older sister Jeanie. He later moved to Golden, Colorado where he graduated from Golden High School. He went on to graduate with his Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University, where he was...
Benjamin John Hanks
Nov 29, 2024
Benjamin John Hanks, age 54, passed away of natural causes on Friday, November 29, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The family will schedule a Celebration of Life at a later date.
Larry Emarine
Nov 29, 2024
With loving memories and sadness, the family of Larry L. Emarine Commander, U.S. Navy Retired, announce his passing on November 29, 2024. He was 86 years old. Larry was a resident of Albuquerque since 1981. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Lester and Dorothy Emarine. He graduated from Compton High School in California in 1957. Larry had a...
Edward E. Avila
Nov 29, 2024
Edward Eloy Avila, 80, passed away peacefully in the early morning of November 29, 2024. He was a cherished husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, veteran, and educator.
Ed/Eddie/Ed the Great/Dad/Daddy-O/Dad the Great/Grandpa Dad was born on October 6, 1944, in Cokedale, Colorado to Eloy and Isabelle Avila who preceded him in death. The Avila family moved from Cokedale to Albuquerque when...
Carol Jean Pucket
Nov 29, 2024
Carol Jean (Youngman) Pucket went to her heavenly home on November 29, 2024. She was born to the late Herman A. Youngman and Jeanne (Den Bleyker) Youngman in Montclair, NJ on Jan 16, 1951. She attended Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls NJ, graduated from the Berkeley College (a business college) and one of her greatest accomplishments was earning...
Floyd Johannsen
Nov 29, 2024
Floyd LeRoy Johannsen was born March 15, 1937 in Sterling, Illinois to Nicholas August and Ruth (Grove) Johannsen.
He was placed in an orphanage (Peek Home) in Polo. Illinois in 1938 where he lived for 14 years.
His sister Alice and her husband Maurice Wick put him through high school while living in their home in Rock Falls, Illinois with...
James Michael Cordova
Nov 28, 2024
James Michael Cordova passed away November 28, 2024. James is survived by his daughter, Jamesha Chavez; grandson, Chad Chavez and granddaughter, Brooke Chavez; brothers, Tom Cordova (wife Lydia), Alberto Cordova, and sister Miriam Smith (husband Jerry). He was preceded in death by his parents Mary and Tomas Cordova, brothers Samuel Romero, Barolin Romero, Pablo Cordova and sisters Agnes Cordova and...
Martin Terry
Nov 28, 2024
With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Martin Michael Terry, a dedicated visual artist and lifelong educator, who left us on November 28, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born on December 17, 1952, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Martin was a creative spirit who believed firmly in the innate artistic potential within everyone. He often remarked, "Everyone has that creative...
Bernice Werner Dicks
Nov 26, 2024
Bernice Werner Dicks died on Tuesday November 26, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bernice was born November 20, 1935, to Joseph and Anna Werner of Queens, New York. In a sign of academic tidings to come, in 1953 she graduated from Richmond Hill High School Summa Cum Laude. Bernice received her BA from Queens College and was invited to join the...
Lorena Beeman
Nov 26, 2024
With great sorrow I report that Lorena Beeman, my wife of 31 years, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2024. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Education at the UNM College of Nursing, Lorena excelled as a nurse, caring for patients with cardiac and critical illness. She spent time studying with the renowned...
Angie Muller
Nov 26, 2024
Angie S. Muller
July 21, 1936- November 26, 2024
Our fighter, our defender, our most amazing mom, our loving Gramma, our Mama, and the toughest lady we know peacefully left us on November 26, 2024.  With grace and elegance, she entered the heavenly realm to bask in God's glory, and join the love of her life, our dad, Evaristo Muller, her most...
Leopoldo Gomez
Nov 26, 2024
Obituary for Leopoldo (Leo) Luis Gomez
Monsignor Leopoldo Luis Gomez, 88, of Dulce, New Mexico, passed away on peacefully in his sleep on November 26, 2024.
Reverend Monsignor Leo Gomez was born August 12, 1936 in Dulce New Mexico to Jose Eugenio Gomez and Lena Duran de Lopez.
Monsignor Gomez was raised in Dulce, New Mexico, and educated by the Fransiscan Priests and...
Lillian Tomasita Schultz-Gonzales
Nov 25, 2024
Lillian Gonzales passed away peacefully on November 25 ,2024 surrounded by her loving family. Lillian is preceded in death by her daughter Sarah Marino, granddaughter Nicole Marino, and husband Mike Gonzales. She is survived by her son Donald Schultz and Kelly Schultz, grandchildren Nadia Marino, husband Anthony Rodriguez, Stacy Schultz, Kari Kleinhenz, husband Anthony Kleinhenz and Tristan Marino. Great grandchildren...
Adelicia Aguilar
Nov 25, 2024
Adelicia (Alice) Crespin Aguilar
Adelicia (Alice) Crespin Aguilar, age 89, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on November 25, 2024. Alice was born on June 14, 1935, in Cuba, NM to Manuel Crespin and Erminia (Minnie) Segura Crespin. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother (Merma), great-grandmother, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and auntie.
Alice grew up...
Louis Gallegos
Nov 24, 2024
Louis Gallegos, 91, of Albuquerque, NM, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 24, 2024. Born on December 13, 1932, in Albuquerque, NM, Louis lived a life filled with love, family, and many close friends.
Louie was a veteran of the U.S. Airforce and retired from the U.S. Postal Service. Louie was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, great-great...
Richard (Dick) A. Gentry
Nov 24, 2024
Richard (Dick) A. Gentry, age 92, a longtime resident of Albuquerque and former resident of Los Alamos, died peacefully on November 24th, 2024, from the complications of cancer. He was surrounded by loving family.
He lived a full life of love for Jesus Christ, devotion to his beloved spouse Nancy, and was blessed by loving relationships with his children, Leslie, David,...
Patricia Priola
Nov 24, 2024
Patricia Ann Priola, nee Rehm, died on November 24, 2024, at the age of 86 following complications from a fall. Patricia Ann Rehm was born to Henry and Beverly Rehm on October 14, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois. As a young woman she was recruited out of St. Michael Central High School to work for the US Federal Railroad Retirement Board...



