Recent Obituaries

Oct 18, 2024

Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Frances R. Sanchez, 88, of Roswell who passed away October 18, 2024 at her home. Equipping Pastor Barry Anderson will conduct the services. The burial will be at Memory Lawn Cemetery at a later date due to the recent extreme rainfall in Roswell.

 Frances was born...

Oct 14, 2024

Johnnie Yvonne Price, 83, passed away on October 14, 2024. Johnnie was born in Roswell, New Mexico on August 4, 1941, to her father, John R. Price and her mother, Jackie M. Price.

Johnnie resided in Roswell all her life. As a child, she attended Tabernacle Baptist Church. Johnnie also went to college at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, NM....

Oct 5, 2024

Kathryn Ann Marie (Taylor), 54, of Roswell New Mexico passed away on October 5, 2024, in her home with her family.

 Kathryn was born on March 30, 1970, to Kenneth and Virginia Taylor in Muleshoe Texas.

She is preceded in death by Kenneth and Virginia Taylor, a brother Leanard Taylor, and her husband Lewis Foster.

Kathryn had a son, Gauge Burleson, whom she...

Oct 1, 2024

Patrick Steven O’Meara, 68,

Patrick was a beloved carpenter and a son. He was born on December 15, 1955, to Charles and Beverly O’Meara in the heart of Roswell, New Mexico. Patrick graduated from Roswell High School in 1973. Pat had the pleasure to work for Harbuck Construction and Buddy Harbuck, who happened to be his really good hunting buddy and...

Sep 12, 2024

There is no services scheduled at this time. 

Sep 11, 2024

Sep 9, 2024

With heavy hearts we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandpa.

Pete was born in The Bronx, N.Y., on June 13th, 1944, and passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on September 9th 2024.

A visitation will be at 10 AM, Monday September 23rd, 2024, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel, with a funeral service to begin at 11AM, followed...

Aug 30, 2024

Virginia Katherine Cameron

 Virginia Katherine Cameron, or “Ginny,” as she preferred, was born on November 16, 1937, in Buffalo, New York, to Charles Spann and Hazel M. Hinchy, both of German immigrant families. She was one of five children, one of whom, Robert C. Spann, served as a U.S. Marine Corps flight navigator on a trans-Antarctic flight in 1956. Mount Spann...

Aug 24, 2024

Marvin Sanders Griffin was born Nov 7, 1934, in Sulphur Springs TX to John William and Rose Ella Blount Griffin. Marvin, who was a caring husband, father, grandfather and friend, went to be with his Lord and Savior this past Saturday, August 24, 2024, at age 89. 

Marvin married his sweetheart Jerry Lee Gressett on June 20, 1958. Together they enjoyed...

Aug 15, 2024

David Stogden was called home to our Lord on Thursday, August 15, 2024. David was born October 3,1946 to Willie Stogden and Mary Stogden in Roswell, NM. He retired from the State of New Mexico. David was also a foster parent. He enjoyed fishing, planting trees, flowers and watching westerns and Perry Mason. He married the love of his life...

Aug 14, 2024

Jul 16, 2024

Dawn Thigpen was born April 28, 1969 to Donald (Pug) Thigpen and Dixie (Penny) Thigpen in Artesia, NM. She passed away in Roswell, NM at the age of 55 after a lengthy illness.

As part of the fourth generation of the family farm, Dawn and her sisters, Lyn and Kim, grew up surrounded by the love of their great grand parents,...

Jul 12, 2024

Stuart C. Lee passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at ENMMC with his children, Angie Odom and Robert Lee, by his side.

Stuart Lee was born November 4, 1937, in Evanston, WY to Edmund and Grace Lee.

Stuart served in the Air Force and was stationed at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell NM. After leaving the Air Force he remained in...

Jul 10, 2024

H. P. Hale was born July 10, 1930, and passed away July 10, 2024. He was born and lived in Roswell, NM until his retirement. He owned and an operated a trucking business his entire life starting at age 18 when he purchased his first truck. He depended on God’s Word and instilled the same faith with his children and...

Jul 3, 2024

Obituary Maxine Miller

Wife, mother, teacher

 Maxine A. Duncan Miller passed away July 3, 2024, at home. She had celebrated her 101st birthday less than a month earlier, on June 7. 

 Maxine was born in Jones Co., Texas, in 1923, to Chester Allen Duncan and Pauline Byrom Duncan. However, Maxine was separated from the family home as a child, after her mother’s death....

Jul 1, 2024

ANTONIO GARCIA 

June 13, 1932 – July 1, 2024

 Antonio Garcia, known affectionally as Tony, a beloved husband, father, grandpa “abuelito”, brother, and friend, peacefully went to meet his Lord and Savior on July 1, 2024. Antonio was a God fearing, hard-working man who cherished his family and loved his Roswell community. He will be deeply missed by his family and all...

Jun 23, 2024

No Services are set for Mr. Valdez at this time. 

Jun 21, 2024

  (Bettie) Joan Citty Taylor, 95, passed to Glory on Friday, June 21. Private burial has taken place at Southwest Park Cemetery in Roswell, New Mexico. Her Celebration of Life will be on Friday, August 16th at 2:00 pm at LaGrone Funeral Chapel 900 S. Main Street, Roswell New Mexico. Reverend Darrell Kelley, Associate Pastor of Trinity Church in Franklin,...

Jun 19, 2024

 Audrey Ann Wonders

February 5, 1929 – June 19, 2024

We celebrate the long, happy, good life of our much- loved friend in Roswell, Ann Wonders, at age 95. Ann contributed greatly to our community in many ways; be it in her unique interior design work to beautify people’s homes, chat as a friend in a confidential manner, or to uplift and...

Jun 19, 2024

Roy went home to his Lord and Savior on June 19, 2024. Roy was born in Silver Springs, Maryland on March 13,1944 to Roy Oliver Dunseth Sr. and Caroline Dorothy Walker Dunseth.

Roy graduated from Ashland High in Ashland, Ohio in 1962. He entered the Army in 1963, serving in Germany for two and a half years. Roy worked at various...