Obituaries

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

Barbara Faucon

Barbara Faucon

May 29, 2023

Services for Barbara will be as follows:

Rosary 6/1 @830am at San Juan Catholic Church.

Mass 6/1 @9am at San Juan Catholic Church.

Burial to follow mass at San Juan cemetery

Dolores Romero

Dolores Romero

May 28, 2023

Dolores C. Romero, 88 of Taos passed away on May 28, 2023.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank C. Romero, many siblings, her parents, Rosenda and Manuel Lucero.  She is survived by her daughter, Isabel Martinez, granddaughter, Alisha Montoya (Daniel Gutierrez), great grandchildren, Jayden, Elijah, Miceala and Noah Bernal, special nephews, Raymond and Tony, many other relatives...

M. Elena Ramirez

M. Elena Ramirez

May 27, 2023

A Rosary will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 from 4pm - 7pm at the Ravira Family Kiva Chapel of Light, 417 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 10:00am at San Isidro Catholic Church with burial to follow immediately at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens. 

Mark Bookhout

Mark Bookhout

May 27, 2023

On Saturday, May 27, 2023, Mark Bookhout passed away at home in Los Alamos, surrounded by those who loved him best.

Mark was born on June 30,1953 to Robert and Wanda (Barry) Bookhout in Oneonta, New York, the first of four boys. He grew up in Sidney, NY, graduated from college at SUNY Geneseo, and got his Certificate in Physical...

Charles Larimore

Charles Larimore

May 26, 2023

Charles Ronald (Ron) Larimore, 82, died May 26, 2023 in Taos, NM amid the landscape that he loved.  Ron grabbed life with both hands.  He lived a meaningful, active, life filled with many interests and passions.

Born in Wellington, KS, September 21, 1940, to Kenneth Charles (Kenny) and Edna (Hale) Larimore, Ron pumped gas at his father’s Wellington station from...

Stephanie Trujillo

Stephanie Trujillo

May 25, 2023

Stephanie Roxanne Trujillo

Age 36, born in Santa Fe New Mexico passed away on May 25th 2023

She will be remembered by her pretty smile, contagious laugh, and beautiful

soul . Stephanie will truly be missed and remembered by many.

Preceded in death by grandparents Frank & Lorraine Chavez, Leroy Trujillo.

Frank & Lor Great grandparents Virginia Maestas, Cristino &...

Delfina Arguello

Delfina Arguello

May 21, 2023

Delfina Arguello 83, of Santa Fe NM, born in Mexico December 24, 1939, joined our Heavenly Father on May 21, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was a proud and loving mother, grandmother, and mother-in-law.

Preceded in death by her son Guadalupe Arguello, Baby Daughter Martha and Grandson Dion Valencia. She is survived by her children Berna Bencomo (Jorge),...

Daniel Baca

Daniel Baca

May 21, 2023

Daniel Baca born on October 28, 1954, a lifelong resident of Santa Fe New Mexico passed away on May 21, 2023. He was predeceased by death by his Mother Anastacia Baca, wife Rita F. Baca, brother Richard Baldonado Sr..

Daniel was survived by his beloved brother Phillip Baldonado and his wife JoAnn, sister Corine Ellis, comrade and caregiver Rose Padilla,...

William Leslie

William Leslie

May 20, 2023

William (Bill) Douglass Leslie departed this world on May 20, 2023. He is survived by Ilene, his wife of 45 years; his children, Gillian Montgomery (John) and Adam Leslie (Myra); his grandchildren, Abigail, Dylan, Braden, Piper and Paul; and several cousins, nieces and nephews who considered him the family patriarch.

Bill was born in 1939 to Elizabeth and Frank Leslie...

Davon Knackstedt

Davon Knackstedt

May 20, 2023

Beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on May 20, 2023, surrounded by family. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to parents Delmer and Glennys (Joan) Knackstedt (deceased) of Windom, Kansas on April 18, 1952. He is survived by his wife Shirley and four children: Anna, Michael, Kris and Cody, and two grandchildren Onyx and Londyn. He is also survived...

James "Jim" Roberts

James "Jim" Roberts

May 20, 2023

James (Jim) Howard Roberts was born on May 29, 1939 in Adrian, Michigan and passed away on May 20, 2023 of Dementia and complications of COVID at Aspen Ridge Memory Care Unit, with his wife Karin by his side.

Jim spent his early years in Monrovia, California and graduated from Monrovia High School in 1957.  He   then enlisted in the...

Miles Weaver

Miles Weaver

May 20, 2023

It is with profound heartache that we share the unexpected passing of our son, Miles Weaver, on Saturday May 20th, 2023.

Miles Andrew Weaver was born on Friday, September 30, 2005 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He grew up in White Rock, NM loving everything from the kite festivals to July 4th festivities.  He went to elementary school at Pinon,...

Jon Grahn

Jon Grahn

May 19, 2023

Jon Harmon Grahn passed away on the evening of May 19, 2023, at the age of 79. He was born March 9, 1944, in San Rafael, California, the only child of William Harmon Grahn and Sylvia Cronin Grahn.  During his life he made his home in New Mexico, Washington, California, and Maryland, and had lived in Taos, NM since 2002.

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Thomas Mcdonough

Thomas Mcdonough

May 19, 2023

Thomas Lee McDonough, born December 23, 1944 and adopted on January 6, 1945 (subsequently known and celebrated as "Happy Day") by Corrilea Baldwin McDonough and John (Jack) Ambrose McDonough in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went to be with his Lord on May 19, 2023 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the age of 78 years.

He proudly served in his Country...

Timothy Martinez

Timothy Martinez

May 18, 2023

Timothy (Timo Teyo) Martinez, passed away 5/18/2023. He was born in Española, NM on October 10, 1970 to Gloria and Dennis (Mitch) Martinez.

Timo is preceded in death by two sets of grandparents; Julian and Betty Garcia of Hernandez and Atanacio and Eva Martinez of Chimayo; and various other relatives- most notably Johnny and Franky Trujillo, Michelle Lopez, and the...

Olympia "Pimpa" Garcia

Olympia "Pimpa" Garcia

May 18, 2023

Olympia "Pimpa" Garcia, 70, of Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, passed away on May 18, 2023 after a two year battle with ovarian cancer.  Olympia is preceded in death by her husband, Lucio Duran, and aunt, Aurelia Fernandez. She is survived by her parents, Jose Abel Garcia and Grace Garcia, along with her sisters, Theresa Garcia (Manuel) and Lina Garcia (Gerald)....

William Bivens

William Bivens

May 18, 2023

William Stone Bivens, a longtime Taos business owner and community leader, passed away at the age of 88 on May 18, 2023.  He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Shirley Belz Bivens, daughter Frances Bivens, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York, and her husband, Kenneth Karas, son Dr. Alexander Bivens, a clinical psychologist...

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