All Obituaries

EDDIE OLSEN   Eddie passed away March 5, 2021.   Eddie was born in El Paso, Texas on January 25, 1922.  He was a graduate of Ysleta High School where he was a basketball and track star and was voted most popular boy.  He attended Texas College of Mines (UTEP).  In January of 1941 he met 16-year-old Jigger Davis in his English class and after only one date neither of them ever dated anyone else. They were married October 25, 1943. In 1942 he...

Richard Leland Ross, 89, of Alamogordo New Mexico.  He resided at Betty Dare Good Shepard Nursing Home. He passed away on February 27th, 2021.      Richard was born October 6, 1931 in Bushnell, Illinois to Kenner Wayne and Mable Louise (Lutz) Ross.      He was survived by one sister Lois Ross Nicodemus of Mason City, Illinois. Several nephews Douglas Nicodemus (Cate) of Riverton,  Illinois, Paul Nicodemus of Prosser, Washington, Steven...

Margaret Louise Romo Gonzalez was born on July 3, 1951 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Samuel A Romo and Dora A Serna who have preceded her in death. Margaret was a gifted hair stylist for 35 years. She took so much pride in her work and she made many great friends along the way. Her two daughters and her grandchildren were the absolute light of her life. She enjoyed any time she could spend with her family. Margaret had many great joys in her life such as, long car rides through the...

Bill Dee Abney, 68, passed away on November 26, 2020 in Tularosa, New Mexico. He was born on January 2, 1952 in Levelland, Texas to Homer  and Willis (Taylor) Abney.  Survivors include his wife, Oropajita Abney;  two sons, Bryan Scott Abney (Diane), Bill Abney, Jr. (Jennifer); and his seventeen grandchildren that were the light of his life. He was preceded in death by his father, Homer Edwin Abney, and his mother, Willis Smith Abney. The Abney family has entrusted their...

Ruben (Tejano) Fernandez passed away peacefully at his home in Alamogordo, NM on Saturday October 31, 2020. He was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure in June of this year, and died of complications. He was 86 years of age. Ruben was born in San Diego, TX on September 17, 1934; to parents Eutimio and Josepha Fernandez, both deceased. He grew up in Freer and has several relatives in both Freer and El Paso, TX. His surviving  siblings are: Richard, Armando (Nina, wife), and Elma...

Ernie-Lee Miller, 89, better known as “Ma” to those who love her most, passed away surrounded by family and friends on September 3, 2020.  She was born January 27, 1931 in Duro, NM.   She was a true Otero County Pioneer Women whose love for this community is shown by the works she has done for Alamogordo Founders Park, which are not only beautiful artistically but are also based on the appreciation and understanding of the people and the history of the Tularosa Basin....

  Dennis 'Denny' William Erxleben, 73, of Alamogordo N.M., passed away peacefully at home with family on August 13, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Pekin IL. on September 27, 1946 to Lila Kline-Erxleben and Arthur William Erxleben. Denny was a Navy Veteran. He moved to Alamogordo in 1999 and married the love of his life Paula 'PJ' Banks-Erxleben in 2001. Denny is survived by his wife PJ Erxleben, two daughters, Denise Welchman and Samantha Henley,...

Amanda Jean Brown, 33, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on Wednesday June 24, 2020.   She was born on January 27, 1987 at Cannon AFB, Clovis, New Mexico, the daughter of Bryan Brown and Cindy (Brown) Wallace. She was the second oldest of four children. Her family moved to Bemidji, Minnesota when she was 4 years old where Amanda started school. Three years later her family returned to New Mexico to live in Alamogordo where Amanda continued her early education and...

Pete Eidenbach died Friday, May 1, 2020 with his family by his side. He arrived in the Tularosa Basin in the early 1970’s to study the prehistory of early man with a cadre of like-minded anthropologists. Eventually settling in High Rolls New Mexico, Pete’s interests encompassed a broad range of topics: local NM History, as well as Prehistory, historic preservation, evolution, oral history, and archaeology.  For the past 35 years, he taught as a Professor at NMSU-A, with a...

It is with great sadness that our family announces the death of Robert Andrew Perry.  Robert succumbed to illness at the age of 49, in Alamogordo,  He was a native New Mexican, having been born in Socorro in the fall of 1970.  His family moved to Alamogordo in 1984.  Robert graduated from Alamogordo High School in 1989. He attended New Mexico Tech and later graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with honors and a major in Political Science.  He spent most of...