RECENT OBITUARIES
LOCAL OBITUARIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM, BERNALILLO COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS.
Helen Marie (Cornwell) Rose
Aug 27, 2021
Helen Marie Cornwell Rose, a longtime resident of Odessa, Texas, took her final breath on Friday, August 27, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was 78 years old and died due to complications from COVID-19. Helen was preceded in death by her true love and husband, Berton Forba Rose; her mother, Lucille Jean Harber; and her eldest brother,...
Juanita E. "Nita" Thomas
Aug 27, 2021
Juanita E. "Nita" Thomas, age 96, loving mother, grandmother, and beloved friend, passed into the Everlasting Arms Friday, August 27, 2021. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Gene Thomas (2015), and precious daughter, Sarah (2020). Her dear grandson, James Cole (2014) also passed away too soon. Other loved ones who preceded her to heaven include parents,...
Betty C. Greenbaum
Aug 27, 2021
Betty (Spafford) Greenbaum, 84, passed away on August 27, 2021. Betty was born in Albuquerque August 26, 1937, the daughter of Bertrum and Christine Spafford.
After graduation from Valley High School she married Nash Mares and "saw the world" as an Air Force spouse while raising their four children before returning to Albuquerque in...
Richard Walter Mitzelfelt
Aug 26, 2021
Richard Walter Mitzelfelt, age 82, of Edgewood, New Mexico died in Albuquerque on Thursday, August 26, 2021. He was born on April 19, 1939 in Berrien Springs, MI to Harold and Sylvia Mitzelfelt. He was a third generation Seventh-Day Adventist and was the younger brother to Patricia and Harold Vincent and older brother to Sylvia.
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Maurine Claire (Gummels) Goehring
Aug 26, 2021
Maurine Claire Goehring, age 85, made the transition from this life to the next on August 26, 2021. After battling health issues for several years, she suffered a sudden heart-related event. That event took her earthly life as Jesus took her hand and walked her home. Maurine is survived by her son, Marty Goehring and his wife...
Richard Wayne Bild
Aug 26, 2021
Richard Wayne Bild, known by many as Dick, passed away peacefully at home on August 26, 2021, at age 75 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. He was born on June 17, 1946, in Washington, DC, to Charles and Mildred Bild and moved to Albuquerque, NM, in 1951. He is survived by his wife of 47...
Alfred L. Sharp
Aug 26, 2021
Alfred L Sharp, 84, was called home to be with the lord on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Alfred was born on July 31, 1937 in Walters, Oklahoma.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 41 years, Nancy Sharp, and survived by his sons Todd Sharp, Richard Dudley, and Charles Dudley.
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James "Santiago" Unale
Aug 26, 2021
It is with great sadness the family of James "Santiago" Unale announces his passing on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Born January 1942, was 79 years old and a life-long resident of Placitas, New Mexico. A retired plumbing salesman, jack of all trades, loved to grow green chili, make homemade wine, enjoyed camping and hunting. He was always...
Margaret Anne Kneafsey
Aug 25, 2021
Margaret Ann Kneafsey, died August 25, 2021 peacefully at home. She was a great wife and mother as well as a friend to many. Known for her cheerful and upbeat attitude, her kindness, her laughter and her love for others; she was devoted to her faith, her church, and her family. Married 50 years to her beloved husband, Pat,...
Judy Marie Shannon
Aug 25, 2021
Judy Marie Shannon, age 73, passed away peacefully, but very unexpectedly, on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at her home in Albuquerque, NM, where she was in the process of relocating to from her alfalfa farm in La Joya, NM. Judy is survived by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" Shannon, of 52 years, her daughter Jodi Springstead (married...
Richard Carl Stockton
Aug 25, 2021
On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, Richard Stockton, loving husband and father of four children passed away at the age of 93.
Richard was born to Ernest and Florence Stockton in Topeka, Kansas in 1928. He graduated from Albuquerque High School and was captain of the state champion 1946 AHS basketball team (known as the...
Diane Kay (Grotegut) Brown
Aug 25, 2021
Diane Kay (Grotegut) Brown, age 76, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away on August 25, 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born in Decorah, Iowa on September 28, 1944 to Willard and Esther Grotegut. She grew up on the family farm in Waukon, Iowa and graduated from Waukon High School in 1962. She graduated with an...
Stella Ybarra Mathis
Aug 24, 2021
In loving memory of Stella Y. Mathis, who was born December 26, 1938, passed away August 24, 2021.
Beloved wife to Willie T. Mathis. A beloved mother to Lana M. Bowley and William E. Mathis. Also, a beloved grandmother to Ryan A. Mathis, Samantha N. Mathis, Brandon T. Bowley, and Ashley Faith Pearl Biddle....
Robert Benedict Rodriguez
Aug 24, 2021
Robert Benedict Rodriguez was born in Albany, New York in 1934. He was one of three boys, and he delivered newspapers, as well as ice blocks for family ice boxes. When he was of age, he joined the Unites States Air Force. It was while he was stationed in San Antonio, Texas that he met and fell in...
Cecil F. Gomez
Aug 24, 2021
Cecil F. Gomez, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. A Memorial Service will he held on Friday, September 10, 2021, 11:00 a.m. at FRENCH-University.
For those unable to attend in person, the service will be livestreamed below.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the...
Maurice F. Gonzales
Aug 23, 2021
Maurice F. Gonzales passed away from this life on Monday, August 23, 2021.
Maurice was preceded in death by his mother, Carmen Gonzales; his brother, Malcom F. Gonzales; and his father, Francisco (Kiko) Gonzales. He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Gonzales Pimentel and her husband, Robert Pimentel; his sister,...
Lea Carol Young
Aug 23, 2021
Our loving mother and grandmother, Lea Carol Young, age 88, passed peacefully from this Earth on Monday evening, August 23, 2021. Lea is survived by her daughters, Dr. Tina Welker and husband Frank of Grand Junction, CO, Susie Alcon and husband Rick of Albuquerque; stepdaughter, Debra Weeks of CA; brother, Dr. Willis Dankle of Clear Lake, IA; granddaughters, Dr....
Barbara R. Price
Aug 23, 2021
Barbara Ruth Colvin, age 97, was born on October 15, 1923, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Harold Colvin and Ruth Buffon Colvin.
A week later the family moved to Hamilton, Kansas, where most of her dad’s immediate family lived. When Barbara was about seven years old, her mother contracted tuberculosis. She went to the tuberculosis sanatorium in Norton,...
Howard Eugene Clark
Aug 23, 2021
Howard E. Clark, 82, slipped safely behind the veil to reap his eternal reward on August 23, 2021. Howard was born December 7, 1938, in Winfield, KS, to John and Katie Clark. After graduating from Winfield High School in 1957, Howard attended Emporia State University where he earned a business degree and was a member of Phi...
Rubin L. Thompson
Aug 22, 2021
Rubin Lorenza Thompson passed away on August 22, 2021.
A Rosary followed by the Mass will be celebrated Friday, September 17, 2021 beginning 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Lomas and Tennessee.
Interment will be Monday, September 20, 2021, 10:30 a.m. at Santa Fe National Cemetery, 501 N. Guadalupe Street, Santa...
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