All Obituaries

Funeral services are scheduled for 9:30 AM, Saturday, September 14, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Maria Ortega of Artesia, New Mexico. Ms. Ortega, 78, died September 11, 2019 at her home. Fr. VJ will officiate at the services. Burial will follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Amos Ortega, Jr., Jeff Ortega, Lewis Ortega Jr., Fabian Lara, Eric Delarosa, Ramiro Lara, Ricky Delarosa Sr., Nicky Delarosa, and Manuel Delarosa Jr. Visitation will be at Terpening & Son...

Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 12, at Woodbine Cemetery for Shirley G. Smith of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs.Smith, 83, died September 9, 2019 at Landsun Homes in Carlsbad, N.M. Darrell Brown will officiate at the services. Visitation will be at Terpening & Son Mortuary on Wednesday from 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Honorary pallbearers will be all of her grandchildren. Shirley was born January 2, 1936 in Trenton TN to Felix Graves and Mary Kelley Graves. She moved...

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, Ryan Keim, loving son and cherished friend, passed away at University Medical Center in Lubbock at the age of 29. Viewing will be Tuesday, September 3 from 12pm to 8pm at Terpening & Son Mortuary. Funeral services will be at First Baptist Church Wednesday, September 4 at 10:00 a.m with Pastor Ty Houghtaling officiating and burial to follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers are Alejo Cortez, Dallas Bollema, Cilio Hernandez, Oni Ruiz, Caleb Samora, Caylan...

Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Woodbine Cemetery for Howard "Lyle" Terpening of Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Terpening, 92, passed away on August 26, 2019 at Artesia General Hospital. Ty Houghtaling will officiate at the services with visitations to be held at Terpening & Son Mortuary from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Lyle was born February 11, 1927 in Artesia, NM to John H. Terpening and Rita Stanley Terpening. He graduated...

Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 29, at Lake Arthur Cemetery for Gerald Eugene Evans (Pop) of Lake Arthur, New Mexico. Mr. Evans, 75, died August 22, 2019 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell, N.M. Roy Merworth will officiate at the services. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening & Son Mortuary. Gerald was born January 7, 1944 in Carlsbad N.M., the son of Alton Bruce Evans and Ruth (Newton) Evans. He was a longtime Lake...

A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 31 at Calvary Baptist Church for Ernest Lee Morgan of Artesia, New Mexico. Ernest passed away on Wednesday, August 21 at his home. Ernest (Ernie) was born October 23, 1945, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Richard Ernest and Dora (Slape) Morgan. He graduated from Artesia High School and later attended Eastern New Mexico University. Ernest met his best friend and life-long companion Mary Annette Morgan while attending high...

Rosary will be at 9:30 A.M. and services are scheduled on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Francisco (Frankie) Juarez of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Father Vijaya Raju and Deacon Richard Rodriguez will officiate at the service. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 16th at Terpening & Son Funeral Home from 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Frankie, 53, beloved Son, Brother, Godfather, and Uncle was called to his eternal resting place on Tuesday, August...

Memorial services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 10, at the Eddy County Fairgrounds for Tommy Lynn Jones of Artesia, New Mexico. Tommy, 63, passed away August 4, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones. Joel Bell will officiate the services. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening & Son Mortuary. Tommy was born December 10, 1955 in Artesia, to Dolph Jones and Dora Ann (Bunce) Jones. He was a life long resident of Eddy County. He...

Charlotte R. Schiel, age 79, passed away on August 2, 2019 after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Joseph B. Schiel Jr.; a son; 3 daughters; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren and her twin brother. There will be no service as was her wish. She requested that any donations be made to the Artesia General Hospital Foundation at 702 N. 13th Street, Artesia, NM 88210.    

Elvira R. Olguin, 80, resident of Glenpool OK, (formerly of Artesia) passed away on Tuesday July 30th in Glenpool, OK. The daughter of Salvador and Gregoria (Fuentes) Rodriguez. She was born on November 08, 1938 in Chihuahua Mexico. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a brother and a sister. Survivors include; daughter Susana and Jose Rivas of Glenpool OK, sons Jose and Marta Guerrero of Sapulpa Ok, Gilberto and Luanne Guerrero of Kellyville Ok. 7 grandkids and 5...