Local Obituaries for Families in Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos, and Los Alamos, New Mexico
Ruth Saiz
May 9, 2015
84, of Santa Fe, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015. She was born August 31, 1930 in Santa Fe, the daughter of Mary Lujan and Laurel Lucero. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Tony Lucero. Ruth retired following 31 years of employment with Wells Fargo Bank. She loved to crochet blankets for her family and...
Florinda Salazar
May 6, 2015
Florinda Salazar a resident of Espanola passed away at the age of 91 in Albuquerque, NM. The family wishes to acknowledge with heartfelt appreciation your kind expression of sympathy during this difficult time. This obituary is protected by copyright laws, unauthorized use or duplication is prohibited.
Manuel "Manjo" Trujillo
May 2, 2015
Manuel Manjo Alfonso Trujillo, 78, of El Prado passed away on May 02, 2015. He retired from the United States Marine Corps. Manjo was a field officer for the NM Veterans Service Commission for 17 years, an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3259 for over 40 years. He served on the Taos School Board for 6...
Susie Montano
Apr 30, 2015
Susie Montaño, 84, of Taos passed away on April 30, 2015. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Clorinda Gonzales, daughter, Gloria Martinez, son, Sonny Nichols, grandsons, Kevin Nichols, John Ted Gonzales and great grand-son, Baby James Salazar, daughter in-law, Jane Valencia, parents in-law, Ino and Cora Montaño, sister, Ernestine Cardenas (Ray), brother in-law, Gilbert Montaño, and...
Martha H. Schuetz
Apr 30, 2015
Martha H. Schuetz age 89 passed away April 30, 2015. Martha was born in Lucerene, Switzerland in 1925 to Helena and Gottfried Schuetz Sr. She had one older brother Godie. As a young woman she suffered a long illness of tuberculosis and in the custom of the times had to spend a year at a TB rehabilitation facility. She was...
Sally Dieringer
Apr 29, 2015
Our sweet mother passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 following a long, heroic struggle with Dementia and the challenges it brings. Sally was born June 28, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of Carl and Janice Young. She was a sister to Pat Scrafford. Sally loved her family and her pets very much. She...
Elton Moy
Apr 28, 2015
Elton Lee Moy, 60, long time resident of Taos for 18 years passed away on April 28, 2015. He was born in 1954 in Kenedy, TX , grew up in Karnes City and attended college and graduated from Del Mar Jr. College with a degree in Restaurant Management, Salesmanship and Marketing and Data Processing. Remodeled and reopened Fossatis Restaurant in...
Elvira Mossman
Apr 27, 2015
Elvira A. Mossman Obituary: By Jake Jr., Carla and Jason Our Mother Elvira A. Linda Mossman of Taos, New Mexico passed away on April 27th, 2015 at our family home in Taos. Our Mom was born on December 11, 1938 to Alicia Olivas-Martinez and Maurilio Martinez of Taos, NM and she is the sixth sibling of 13 Martinez children. Mom...
Abedon Ortiz Jr.
Apr 27, 2015
Abedon Ortiz Jr., lovingly known as JR by friends and family, was born on April 1, 1936 to Abedon Sr. and Maria Ignacia Ortiz; in Maestas Canyon, Rociada, New Mexico. JR had five brothers and three sisters. He married Maria Marcelena Sanchez on May 6, 1957. Together they have six children: Josephine (Victor) Abeyta, Gabriel (Angelika) Ortiz, Ralph Ortiz, Jeanette...
Edgar Meyer
Apr 26, 2015
Edgar Meyer, 79, resident of Taos, passed away on April 26, 2015. His life was led by his faith, his love for his family, his passion for teaching and the beauty of molecular sculptures. After earning a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas (Austin, Texas), post-doctoral fellowships at the ETH (Zurich, Switzerland) and MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts), he worked...
