Obituaries
Obituary notices.
Delma Varela Porras, 54, a resident of Deming, NM
- Category: Obituaries Obituaries
- Published: 04 November 2023 04 November 2023
Delma Varela Porras, 54, a resident of Deming entered eternal rest on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family.
Visitation will begin Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 9 to 10 o’clock in the morning at Baca’s Funeral Chapel where the Holy Rosary will be recited at 10. The Funeral Liturgy will take place at 11 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Deacon Bill Holguin officiating. Cremation will follow and has been entrusted to Baca’s Mimbres Crematory.
Delma was born August 14, 1969 in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua to Jose Porras and Anita Varela. Delma was a loving mother to her 3 children Adrian, Eduardo, and Lorena as well as to her 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. She was always a very happy person and enjoyed living life to the fullest. Delma enjoyed singing, cleaning, going to the casinos and gambling in which she always had a lucky hand and from time to time having a nice drink. Mainly her 1800 tequila. She was a very outgoing woman and very social and friendly to all. There was not a person out there she could not make a friend out of. Delma will be deeply missed by all the hearts she touched.
George Buifriend, 92, a resident of Silver City, NM - pending
- Category: Obituaries Obituaries
- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
George Buifriend, 92, a resident of Silver City, NM entered eternal rest Friday, November 3, 2023 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Terrazas Funeral Chapels ~ 575-537-0777.
Alice Jane Robertson, 84, a resident of Silver City, NM - pending
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- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
Alice Jane Robertson, 84, a resident of Silver City, NM entered eternal rest Friday, November 3, 2023 at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Terrazas Funeral Chapels ~ 575-537-0777.
William David Moreland, 71, a resident of Arenas Valley, NM - pending
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- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
William David Moreland, 71, a resident of Arenas Valley, NM entered eternal rest Friday, November 3, 2023 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Terrazas Funeral Chapels ~ 575-537-0777.
Walter J. Weil, 86, a resident of Silver City, NM
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- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
Walter J. Weil, 1937 – 2023, age 86, of Silver City, New Mexico.
United States Marine Corps, Sgt., 1955-1958.
Born in New York City, New York, and died in hospice at the Veterans Affairs Hospital, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Services and interment with Marine Corps Funeral Honors at Ft. Bayard National Cemetery, Ft. Bayard, New Mexico on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 1400 hours.
Lois Trembly, a resident of Silver City, NM
- Category: Obituaries Obituaries
- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
Lois passed away at home in Silver City, NM, surrounded by loved ones.
She is survived by her daughters Toni (Trembly) Noonan of Santa Rosa, CA, Carla (Trembly) Rogers of Santa Fe, NM, her sisters Drusella (Hewitt) Wilkinson, Nina (Hewitt) Dorn, Georgia Hewitt, and Karen Hewitt. Along with many nieces, nephews, and nearly 120 first cousins. Lois was preceded in death by her parents’ Connie and Toni Hewitt, husband James Robert Trembly, and her brother Connie Joe Hewitt.
Lois was born in Rincon and raised in Hatch NM. She attended college at Western New Mexico University where she completed her bachelor’s (1965) and master’s (1972) degrees. Jim and Lois built a home and raised their family in the Mimbres Valley. Lois taught English in the Cobre school system for nearly 30 years where she also coached volleyball and basketball and sponsored many school activities. Lois was inducted into the WNMU School of Education Hall of Fame in 2012. Lois loved all her girls deeply and their families. She spent lots of time razzing her sons-in-law Jim Noonan and Paul Rogers. Her absolute pride and joy were her grandchildren and great grandchildren Kelly Jo (Noonan) Sanchez, Freddy Sanchez, Dahlia Sanchez of Rohnert Park, CA; Colleen (Noonan) Reed, Julian Reed, Bowen Reed, Bonniebell Reed of Guerneville, CA; Curtis Rogers of Denver, CO; and Cassandra Rogers of Tuscon, AZ. Lois was a mother figure to several other “daughters” including Ruth Mattocks Halvorsen, Beva Garcia Patera, and Denise Sifuentes. Lois was a big college basketball fan who attended eleven March Madness tournaments with her husband, her brother’s family, and grandson. Lois loved playing cards with her friends, was an avid seamstress and greeting card maker.
Verna Lorett Davis, 88, a resident of Kennewick, Washington.
- Category: Obituaries Obituaries
- Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023
Verna Lorett Davis formerly of Silver City, entered eternal rest Monday, October 30, 2023 in Kennewick, Washington. She was born in Coolidge, Arizona on September 26, 1935, to Elvia Raymond Vice and Lois Chesley Vice. She grew up in Arizona and married her high school sweetheart, Oscar C Davis on November 11, 1951. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa LDS Temple in 1957. He preceded her in death on November 12, 2020, the day after their 69th wedding anniversary.
As the wife of a sailor, she followed him back and forth from coast to coast for 4 years during the Korean War. After his service ended, they moved to Silver City in October 1956 with 2 small children, Robert & Sharon. Mark & Deborah came along a few years later. Oscar & Verna remained in Silver City until his passing in 2020 when she then she moved to Kennewick, Washington to live with her daughter and her family.
Betty Stoddard Fenwick, 91, a resident of Deming, NM
- Category: Obituaries Obituaries
- Published: 01 November 2023 01 November 2023
Betty Stoddard Fenwick May 10, 1932 – October 30, 2023 Age 91
Our loving mother, and grandmother slipped away from this life on October 30, 2023 and joined her longtime sweetheart Glenn Fenwick and Daughter Peggy Taylor. She was surrounded by many of her loved ones.
Betty was born May 10, 1932 to Ruby Muir and Mike Stoddard in Rexburg, Idaho.
Proceeded in death: Spouse Glenn H Fenwick and daughter Peggy Lynn Taylor, parents Ruby Culbertson, Mike Stoddard and Edgar Culbertson, brothers Jay and Val Stoddard and Sister Arda Stoddard Sutton, Glenn’s Parents Ila Mary Curtis Fenwick and Thomas L Fenwick.