Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos, and Los Alamos, New Mexico

Kenneth Kozacek

Kenneth Kozacek

Jul 25, 2023

Kenneth Alan Kozacek went to be with the Lord Jesus on July 25, 2023. A remembrance will be held on September 9 at 11:00 am at Christ Church, 1213 Don Gaspar Avenue (At Cordova Road), Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Ken was born on January 4, 1950, to Floyde (Bill) and Josephine (Jo) Kozacek in Denver, CO, and lived in the...

Eladio Arreloa

Eladio Arreloa

Jul 24, 2023

A Viewing will be held on Monday, August 07, 2023 at the Rivera Family Kiva Chapel of Light, 417 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM.

A Rosary will take place at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Monday, August 07, 2023 beginning at 1:00pm, with a Funeral Mass to begin at 1:30pm. Burial will immediately follow at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens.

Evila Ermelinda Williams

Evila Ermelinda Williams

Jul 24, 2023

Our beloved mother went to her final resting place with her Lord Jesus Chrst. 

Mele is preceded in death by her parents Rafael and Precide Lopez of Cordova, NM; husbands Wyndale Frazier and Harry Williams; sister Lillian Lopez-Starzyk and brother Nasario Lopez; nephews David Lopez and Gary Cordova, great-nephew and niece Miguel Romero and Veronica Romero. 

Mele is...

Timothy Romanik

Timothy Romanik

Jul 23, 2023

Timothy James Romanik 61

Our beloved Timmy has left this world and left us with broken hearts. He will forever be missed .                                                                                                                                                       

Tim attended St. Francis School, E. J. Martinez, Harington Jr. High, Vo Tech and Santa Fe High.

As soon as Tim was out of school, his wanderlust kicked in and he moved to Crested Butte, Co.,...

Luisa Trujillo

Luisa Trujillo

Jul 23, 2023

A Prayer Service will be held on Friday, August 04, 2023 at 1:00pm at the Rivera Family Kiva Chapel of Light, 417 Rodeo, Santa Fe, NM with burial to follow immediately at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens,

Andrew Encinias

Andrew Encinias

Jul 22, 2023

                                                                    IM FREE

                                              Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free,

                                             I’m following the path God laid for me.

                                             I took His hand when I heard Him call,

                                                   I turned my back and left it all.

                                              I could not stay another day, to laugh,

                                                        To love, to work or play.

                                                    Tasks undone must...

Letetia Broderick

Letetia Broderick

Jul 22, 2023

Letetia Margaret Broderick was born March 15, 1934 and died July 22, 2023. She lived a fulllife.

“Toots” was the youngest of five children born to Helen and Russel Dickey in Loretto,Minnesota. She recalled an early childhood helping her mother with canning, baking, cleaning and laundry, gathering with family around the radio, and attending mass at Saint Peter and Paul...

Feloniz Trujillo

Feloniz Trujillo

Jul 19, 2023

Feloniz Trujillo (Pacheco), affectionately known as "Felo" or "Fae", passed away on July 19, 2023 at home surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Feloniz was born in 1924 in Ranchitos, New Mexico. Throughout her life, Feloniz devoted much of her time to helping those in her community, most notably through her work with the Ancianos Senior Center. Feloniz...

Pamela Verdi

Pamela Verdi

Jul 19, 2023

A Memorial Service will take place Friday, August 12, 2023 from 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M at the Rivera Family Kiva Chapel of Light, 417 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM.

Eugene "Gene" Lucero

Eugene "Gene" Lucero

Jul 19, 2023

Obituary for Eugene “Gene” Lucero

Eugne “Gene” Lucero, 72, went to be with Our Lord on July 19, 2023. Gene was a resident of Albuquerque New Mexico. Gene was born and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was a loving father, grandfather. great-grand father, brother, uncle, and friend.

He was proceeded in death by his father Felix Lucero, mother...

Cody Rush

Cody Rush

Jul 18, 2023

Cody V. Rush was born in 1953 to Keith and Sue Cotter Rush.  He married Elaine Garcia on May 24, 1974,  they had 2 children together. They made there home first in Colorado then New Mexico, the place he loved most. He is survived by his wife, Elaine Garcia Rush, children, Stacy Rush Trujillo (Bryan Trujillo) and Chad Rush (Sky...

Frances Espinoza

Frances Espinoza

Jul 18, 2023

Frances “Pancha” Espinoza, 91 was quickly and quietly whisked away to her heavenly home on Tuesday morning, July 18, 2023. She was born in 1931, the 9th child of Benito and Senaida Chavez in the small village of El Prado in Taos, New Mexico. She loved her small hometown where she grew up humbly as a shepherd’s daughter, loving her...

Eric Witt

Eric Witt

Jul 17, 2023

ERIC WITT

SEPTEMBER 30, 1962 - JULY 17, 2023

To know Eric was to embrace confusion, virtue, thoughtfulness, frustration, loyalty, but above all, love. True to form until the very end, we're still not sure exactly when or why Eric said his last "Later, Dawg," but Eric was never big on advance planning or details when it came to his...

Ellen Gonzales

Ellen Gonzales

Jul 15, 2023

In 1940, Ellen Louise Malouff (Weeze) was born in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Her parents, Neff David Malouff and Zelda Geneva Franklin Malouff welcomed the first of three children. Ten years later, Elizabeth Colette Malouff was born in 1951 and then Mary Magdalena Malouff was born in 1952.

The family lived primarily in La Jara, Colorado, but moved to Questa...

Josefita Martinez

Josefita Martinez

Jul 14, 2023

Josefita "Josie" Martinez was born November 20, 1927, and passed peacefully at home on July 14, 2023, after a short illness. Josie was born into a large close-knit Chimayo family. After the early passing of her mother, Josie was a quiet, unassuming source of strength to her family. While she never married or had children of her own, she was...

Hannjoerg "Hans" Bolle

Hannjoerg "Hans" Bolle

Jul 12, 2023

Hannjoerg "Hans" Bolle.

August 19, 1938 to July 12, 2023

Hans was known to have nine lives. He survived war, a plane crash, explosions, lightning strikes, and car accidents, but succumbed to Parkinson's disease. Born in Germany and immigrated to America in 1959, Hans was a machinist, engineer, classic car enthusiast, adventurer, a bit of a hustler and known for...

James Trujillo

James Trujillo

Jul 12, 2023

James “Mooch” A. Trujillo

August 7, 1946-July 12, 2023

 

James “Mooch” Trujillo, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grand father, brother and friend passed away on July 12, 2023 at the age of 76 surrounded by family and loved ones. 

Mooch was proceeded in death by parents Augustine and Dorothea Trujillo, sisters Ernestine Ulibarri and Lala Maes, brother William “Willie”...

Newell Boughton

Newell Boughton

Jul 11, 2023

Newell E. Boughton, Jr. passed from this life July 11 at his home in Ranchos de Taos.  He is predeceased by his wife Danna, his sister Doris and her husband Robert Bekins, and his nephew Christopher Bekins. He is survived by: his wife of 25 years Mary Ann; his son Newell E. Boughton, III with his wife Beth and their...

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