Obituaries
Karen Bratcher
Jan 27, 2011
Services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 31, at First Baptist Church in Artesia for longtime resident Karen Bratcher or Aztec, N.M. Ms. Bratcher, 50, died January 27, 2011 at her home. Rev. Rick Sullivan will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Hickerson, Robert Chumbley, David Conklin, Rick Burks, Stephen Johnston,...
Delfina Ochoa
Jan 25, 2011
Services are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Delfina N. Ochoa, 810 N. 6th St., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Ochoa, 84, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her home. Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. A rosary...
Eva Neel
Jan 24, 2011
Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at West Main Baptist Church for Eva G.G. Neel of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Eva G.G. Neel, loving mother, wife, grandma, greatgrandma, sister and friend, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at her home. Jason Kraft will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be...
William Morrisey
Jan 24, 2011
Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at Trinity Temple Assembly of God for William Paul Morrisey of Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Morrisey, 72, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pastor Bobby Argo will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Rolan, Ben Parsons, Jack...
William Lee
Jan 24, 2011
Memorial services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 at Terpening Son Mortuary for lifelong Artesia resident William Robert Lee, 1002 W. Washington Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Lee, 56, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. Rev. Steve Ormord will officiate at the services. Cremation is under the direction of Terpening...
Adolfo Ortega Jr.
Jan 23, 2011
Services are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Adolfo Duran BBs Ortega, Jr., 212 W. Hermosa Drive, Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Ortega, 42, died Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital. Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Paul...
Anastacia Gomez
Jan 21, 2011
Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Terpening Son Chapel for Anastacia G. Gomez, Lake Arthur, New Mexico. Mrs. Gomez, 76, died Friday, January 21, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital. Pete Perez will officiate at the services with burial at Lake Arthur Cemetery in Lake Arthur, N.M. Pallbearers will be Richard Gomez, Michael Gomez, Larry Saiz,...
Mary Cockrell
Jan 20, 2011
Memorial services are scheduled at 10 Monday, January 24, at St. Pauls Episcopal Church for Mary Louise Cockrell of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Cockrell, 92, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital. Cremation is under the direction of Terpening Son Mortuary. Fr. Maurice Geldert will officiate at the services with burial of the cremated remains at Woodbine...
Clifford Conley
Jan 16, 2011
Memorial graveside services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at Woodbine Cemetery for Clifford Conley, 401 N. 26th St., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Conley, 88, died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital. Mr. Conley was born December 24, 1922 in Gunlock, Kentucky the son of Willis Conley and Emily Shepherd Conley. On July 21, 1954...
Jerry Dominguez
Jan 15, 2011
Services are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Jerry Mendosa Dominguez, 502 N. 8th St., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Dominguez, 78, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. Pallbearers will be Grandsons Daniel Alcocer, Bobby Alcocer, Levi Dominguez, Richard Flores, Frank Flores, David Flores, Julian Flores and Pedro Garcia....
Daniel Schulz
Jan 15, 2011
Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Terpening Son Chapel for Daniel Danny Schulz, 36 Chalk Bluff Rd., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Schulz, 24, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital. Don Johnston will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Schulz, John Schulz, David Toler, Daniel...
Marcelino Sosa
Jan 14, 2011
Services are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Marcelino B. Sosa of Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Sosa, 84, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Heartland Nursing Center in Artesia. Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park following cremation. A rosary will...
Manuela Martinez
Jan 14, 2011
Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Manuela S. Martinez of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Martinez, 79, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at her home. Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Joey Martinez, Jorge Martinez, Micaela...
Ethan Morales
Jan 13, 2011
Memorial services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 19, at Terpening Son Chapel for Master Ethan Jeremiah Morales of Artesia, New Mexico. Master Morales died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital Emergency Room. Don Johnston will officiate at the services. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening Son Mortuary. Ethan was born October 5,...
Henry Alaniz
Jan 12, 2011
Memorial services are scheduled at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15 at West Main Baptist Church for Henry Ochoa Alaniz of Artesia. Mr. Alaniz passed away on January 12, 2011 in his home surrounded by his family. Pastor Elio Barrios will officiate at the services. Cremation is under the direction of Terpening Son Mortuary. Honorary pallbearers will be Shawn Thornbrue,...
Louise Perry
Jan 11, 2011
Graveside services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Upper Hope Cemetery for Louise Perry of Hope, New Mexico. Mrs. Perry, 57, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at her home. Rev. Leslie Tete Hendrix will officiate at the services. Pallbearers will be Eddie Nowak, Tony Nowak, Trey Taylor, Kendal Hendrix, Quinton Dean, and Jason Hendrix. Visitation...
Mary Fields
Jan 7, 2011
Graveside services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Woodbine Cemetery for Mary L. Fields, 307 Avenue A, Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Fields, 87, died Friday, January 7, 2011 at Eastern N.M. Medical Center in Roswell, New Mexico. Mrs. Fields was born December 14, 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the daughter of Joel Clifton Fields and Iva...
Mary Miller
Dec 31, 2010
Services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Terpening Son Mortuary for former Artesia resident Mary Lois Jackson Miller of Flora Vista, N.M. Mrs. Miller passed away at the loving home of Ed and Dinky Jackson in Flora Vista on Dec. 31, 2010 at 91 years young. Pastor Michael Elliott will officate at the services with burial at Twin...
Wayne Bedingfield
Dec 30, 2010
Interment services are scheduled at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at Woodbine Cemetery for Wayne Bedingfield, 307 McArthur Avenue, Artesia, New Mexico. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. at Trinity Temple Assembly of God. Mr. Bedingfield, 75, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at The Retirement Ranch in Clovis, New Mexico. Pastor Bobby Argo will officiate at the...
Frances Netherlin
Dec 29, 2010
Memorial services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, at First Christian Church for Frances Emmons Netherlin, 103 E. Four Dinkus Rd., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Netherlin, 87, died Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at La Villa Retirement Center in Roswell, New Mexico. Rev. David Groesnick and Rev. David Rogers will officiate at the services. Cremation has taken place...


