RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Karen Brown
Dec 18, 2025
We are saddened to share that Karen May Brown has passed away on December 18, 2025. French Funerals and Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
John Birosak
Dec 16, 2025
Lt. Col John J. (Jack) Birosak is the Group Commander for Logistics, 150th FG, New Mexico Air National Guard, Kirtland AFB NM. He is responsible for directing all 150th Logistics actions to insure mission accomplishment. Through subordinate supervisiors he manages Aircraft Maintence, Supply, Logistics Plans, Contracting, Vehicle Maintenance and Traffic Management actions. Represents and speaks for the Air Commander in...
Grace Wenk
Dec 16, 2025
We are saddened to share that Grace E. Wenk has passed away on December 16, 2025. French Funerals and Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
Sue Thompson
Dec 16, 2025
We are saddened to share that Sue Ann Thompson has passed away on December 16, 2025. French Funerals & Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
Beverly Vaughn
Dec 15, 2025
Mrs. Beverly Ann Vaughn (formerly Martin) transcended her physical body on the morning of December 15th, 2025. Beverly achieved the age of 67 before passing away in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Beverly's kind and generous soul has now fully returned to the arms of her creator in spirit, leaving a legacy of fierce independence and pure imagination behind her. Her 37-year-career...
Alicia Kearns
Dec 15, 2025
We are saddened to share that Alicia Kearns has passed away on December 15, 2025. French Funerals & Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
Prospero Sedillo
Dec 14, 2025
Prospero Sedillo, 91, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother passed away peacefully on December 14, 2025.
Prospero was born on September 14, 1934, in Manzano, NM. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fidel and Teresita Sedillo; his beloved wife, of 62 years Lita Sedillo; sisters, Francis Montoya and Corrine Melton; and brother, Feliciano Sedillo.
Prospero is survived by his sons,...
Robert Lyle
Dec 13, 2025
We are saddened to share that Robert Lyle has passed away on December 13, 2025. French Funerals & Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
Sharon Hassett
Dec 12, 2025
We are saddened to share that Sharon Hassett has passed away on December 12, 2025. French Funerals and Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
Geneva Navarro
Dec 11, 2025
Geneva Woomavoyah Navarro, 99, passed away peacefully at home on December 11th, 2025. She was born in the mid 1920’s in Apache Oklahoma to Esther Tuinupu and Max Woomavoyah. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers and sister Jake (Jackie) Galindo, Melva Anquoe, and Edward Lynn Brace. Geneva is survived by one son Anthony (Tony) Navarro and...
Eddie Mann
Dec 11, 2025
Eddie Mann passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on December 11, 2025, with loved ones at his side. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 2, 1936. Eddie graduated from Albuquerque High School in 1955. Entered the US Navy in 1956 serving 4 years on the USS Compass Island EAG-153, a ship that advanced navigational research...
Harold Tso
Dec 11, 2025
Harold Tso lived 87 years after being born to Franklin Tso, Sr. and Sarah Goodluck Tso in Fort Defiance, AZ. He was the 1st of 7 children. His favorite things to do were fly fishing, golfing, studying the Bible, being with those he loved, and going to lunch. He is survived by his wife, Mary, his four children (Lyman, his...
Sharla Suzanne Balestri
Dec 11, 2025
Sharla Suzanne Balestri, age 56, daughter of Marjorie Nell (Clifton) Balestri and Robert Joseph Balestri, was born on February 15, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico and passed away on December 11, 2025.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Marjorie Nell O'Connell; father, Alfred M. O'Connell; and grandparents, Woodrow Dennis and Cora E. (Locke) Clifton.She is survived by her brother,...
Debra (Debbie) Anne Rodriguez
Dec 11, 2025
Debra (Debbie) Anne Rodriguez, 65, was many things - Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mom, Grandma, and a loving friend to countless others - died peacefully on December 11, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Debbie was born on October 18, 1960, in Cumberland, Maryland. She grew up in St. Albans, West Virginia, the second of seven in a close-knit family, before...
Linda Brandt
Dec 10, 2025
Albuquerque resident Linda Brandt, age 82, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lois and Clinton Brandt. She is survived by her sister, Dr. Susan Brandt Graham of Albuquerque and nephew Brandt Graham of Andrews, Texas.
Born in Oklahoma City in 1943, Linda grew up in Norman, graduating from Norman High and...
Stefani Czuchlewski
Dec 10, 2025
.Stefani Katherine Czuchlewski ("Stef") was born on Feb 6, 1944, in the Washington, DC, area, where her father was engaged in chemical research in support of the Manhattan Project. The family moved to locations in New Jersey and Staten Island before settling in Vestal, NY, in the late 50's. Stef graduated from Vestal HS in 1961 and began study at...
Billy Duran
Dec 9, 2025
Our beloved Billy Duran, 90 years old, passed away on December 9, 2025. He was born the middle child of Bersabe and Dionicio Duran's nine children, on March 25, 1935. He was born and raised in the beautiful village of Rio Lucio, a 'suburb' of Penasco, New Mexico, in the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Billy is preceded in death...
Louisa Lucero
Dec 9, 2025
Louisa Lucero passed away peacefully on December 9, 2025, at the family home surrounded by her family. Louisa was born in Canon de Jemez and was preceded in death by her parents, Lucia and Agapito Garcia; and several brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Pedro Lucero; her children, Ted (wife-Kathy), Clara Lopez (husband-Dionicio); and five...
Paul Schmolke
Dec 9, 2025
We are saddened to share that Paul Schmolke has passed away on December 9, 2025. French Funerals & Cremations is honored to serve the family during this time. A full obituary will be posted once available.
James "Jim" A. Clymer
Dec 8, 2025
James "Jim" A. Clymer, a devoted husband, father, grand-father and brother passed away on December 8th, 2025.He was a loyal Minnesota Vikings fan, a proud Vietnam Veteran and a dedicated employee. He is survived by his wife Lou Ann Clymer, his sister Carol Gwinn, his step-daughters Crystal Yarbrough and Angela Menghini, step-grandchildren Aurora Simpson, Alexxis Simpson and two minor step-grandchildren....
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