Obituaries

Susan Zumwalt

Susan Zumwalt

May 19, 2014

Funeral services are scheduled for 2pm, Friday, May 23, 2014 at Westminster Presbyterian Church for Susan Kay Zumwalt, 51, who passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Rev. Randy Nolan of Westminster Presbyterian Church will be officiating. Susan will be cremated according to her wishes. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00...

Peter Rogers

Peter Rogers

May 18, 2014

Mass of the Resurrection is scheduled for 2 pm, Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church for Peter Albert Rogers, 57, who passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 in Roswell. Father Josh Duplissey presiding with inurnment to follow in the columbarium at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church. Peter was born...

Ruby Wickersham

Ruby Wickersham

May 17, 2014

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 am, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel for Ruby Lou Wickersham, 82, who passed Saturday, May 17, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Chaplain Tim Arlet of Gentiva Hospice will officiate with burial to follow at South Park Cemetery. Ruby was born June 23, 1931 in Hico,...

Monita Dorris

Monita Dorris

May 16, 2014

There will be no services held in Roswell, NM for Monita T. Dorris, 91, who passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 in Roswell. A funeral service will be scheduled at a later date in Harrisburg, IL where burial will take place at Sunset Hill Cemetery in the family plot. Monita was born May 2, 1923 in Kansas City, MO...

Mildred Walton

Mildred Walton

May 7, 2014

A graveside service is scheduled for Friday, May 16 at 10:00 AM at South Park Cemetery for Mildred Mamie Walton, 94, of Visalia, CA, where she has lived since June 2010, died of natural causes on May 7th, 2014. A viewing will be held on Thursday, May 15 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Ballard Funeral Home. Mildred was...

Rita Gallagher

Rita Gallagher

Apr 27, 2014

A rosary is scheduled for 9:30 A.M. with a mass at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church for Rita A. Gallagher, 89, who passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Mission Arch Care Center. The mass will be celebrated by Father Josh Duplissey of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin...

Lawrence Deborde

Lawrence Deborde

Apr 25, 2014

A graveside service is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at South Park Cemetery at 11:00 AM for Lawrence Dean Pete DeBorde, 86, who passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Casa Maria Health Care Center. Father Charlie Martinez will officiate. Pete was born March 1, 1928 to William Andrew Deborde and Ruth Chewning DeBorde in Roswell, NM....

Sue Melton

Sue Melton

Apr 24, 2014

A graveside service is scheduled for Monday, April 28, 2014 at Neatherlin Family Cemetery at the Ranch in Pinon, NM at 11:00 A.M. for Sue Johnson Melton, 57, who passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at her home. John Hinze and Lester Stone will officiate. Sue was born on December 6, 1956 to Oliver H. Johnson and Wilmoth...

Thomas Baker

Thomas Baker

Apr 20, 2014

TW Cotton Baker, age 94, peacefully passed away at home in Roswell on April 20, 2014. TW was born in Prescott, Arkansas, on November 5, 1919 to William T. and Georgia Baker. As a very young boy he moved to Hagerman, New Mexico, and resided in South East New Mexico until his death. After the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Jose Frescas

Jose Frescas

Apr 19, 2014

A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Ballard Chapel for Jose Frescas, 62, who passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 at his home in Roswell. Mass is scheduled for 10 am, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at St. Peters Catholic Church with Father Martin Cornejo will be officiating. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery....

Cresencio Mendez

Cresencio Mendez

Apr 17, 2014

A rosary will be recited on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel at 7:00 P.M. for Cresencio Mendez, 80, who passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home. Funeral mass will be celebrated by Father Abel Olivas of St. Johns Catholic Church on Monday, April 21, 2014 at Ave Maria Center at 10:00 A.M.,...

Ronald Hill

Ronald Hill

Apr 12, 2014

A gathering of family and friends for a Celebration of Life is scheduled from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for Ronald Eugene Hill, 71, who passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Ronald was born November 24, 1942 in Amarillo, TX to Oliver Hill and...

Mildred Reeves

Mildred Reeves

Apr 11, 2014

Graveside services are scheduled for 10 am, Saturday, April 19, 2014 at South Park Cemetery for Mildred Lucille Reeves, 97, who passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 in Alamogordo, NM. Lyman Graham will be officiating. A visitation is scheduled for 3 pm to 7 pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home. Mildred was born in Justin, TX...

Bryan Chippeaux

Bryan Chippeaux

Apr 10, 2014

Bryan Chip Bailey Chippeaux passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014. He was born March 28, 1930, in West Leisenring, PA, to Bailey and Helen Chippeaux. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Jackie Liston Chippeaux, in August 2002. Chip proudly served in the United States Air Force until his honorable discharge in 1952. He...

Don Hudson

Don Hudson

Apr 3, 2014

Longtime Roswell resident Don Hudson has gone home to Jesus. He passed peacefully in his home on Thursday, April 3, 2014, on his 84th birthday. Don is survived by his wife, Betty June, children Larry, Yvonne and Jamie, four grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed...

Jack Aldrich

Jack Aldrich

Apr 1, 2014

Jack Hoover Aldrich, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2014, with family by his side. Jack served in the New Mexico National Guard, 200th Coast Artillery AA, with which he was deployed to the Philippines. There he fought in the Battle of Bataan, endured the infamous Death March, and suffered the filth, starvation, disease, and brutality of...

Robert Tellez

Robert Tellez

Mar 31, 2014

A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel for Robert Frank Tellez, 70, who passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 in Roswell. Roswell Veterans Honor Guard will conduct military services. Robert was born February 11, 1944 in Roswell, NM to Frank Tellez and Lala Arias Tellez. Both preceded him in death....

James Lawrence

James Lawrence

Mar 28, 2014

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 am, Monday, March 31, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for James C. Lawrence, 81, of Roswell who passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014. Raymond Flores, elder of the Rio Pecos Spanishspeaking congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses will officiate with interment to follow at South Park Cemetery. James was born on December 8, 1931...

Felicita Barreras

Felicita Barreras

Mar 26, 2014

A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Monday, March 31, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for Felicita Barreras, 90, who passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 surrounded by her loved ones. A funeral mass is scheduled for 1 pm, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at St. Peters Catholic Church with Father Charlie Martinez officiating. Burial will follow at South...

Arthur Mcquiddy

Arthur Mcquiddy

Mar 25, 2014

Graveside services will be held Friday, April 11 at 3:30pm at South Park Cemetery for Arthur Robert McQuiddy, age 95 who died March 25th at Pecos Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, of heart failure. Reverend Dale Plummer of St. Andrews Episcopal Church will officiate. Born August 22, 1918 in Sedalia, Missouri, Mr. McQuiddy, the son of Jesse Harris and Helen Nicholson...