Obituary

Informal graveside committal services for Randell "Randy" Obenhaus, 64, of Portales, will be at 2:00 PM, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in the Portales Cemetery. Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to their favorite charity or church organization....

  Funeral services for Wilma Patterson, 80, of Ruidoso, NM will be at 3:00 PM, Sat., Sept. 8, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Floyd Cemetery with Jeremy DeShazo, William Morris, Paul Maes and Erik...

  Graveside services for Charlotte L. Hill, formerly of Portales, NM will be held Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:00 PM in the Portales Cemetery. This will be a gathering of family and friends. Charlotte Hill was born July 23, 1931 in Fresno, CA to Alberta and...

The Rosary for Pedro "Pete" Dominguez, 91, of Portales will be recited at 7:00 PM, Tues, Sept. 4, 2018 at the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Wed., Sept. 5, 2018 in the Twin Oaks Cemetery in Artesia, NM with Fr. B. J. Roju...

Memorial services for Jackson Swift, 16, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Fri, Sept. 7, 2018 at Third and Kilgore Church of Christ with Dee Teel officiating. Jackson Independence House Swift was born July 10, 2002 in Clovis. He was currently a Sophomore at Portales...

Graveside services for Pedro "Pete" Dominguez, 91, will be held on Wed., Sept. 5, 2018 in the Twin Oaks Cemetery in Artesia, NM. Pedro M. Dominguez, known to many as Pete, was born Aug. 1, 1929 in Grandfalls, TX to the home of Julia (Mendoza) and Seferino Dominguez,...

Funeral services for Gary E. "Slats" Armitage, 59, will be at 10:00 AM, Tues., Sept. 4, 2018 at the Kenna Community Church, Kenna, NM with Steve Friskup officiating. Burial will follow in the Kenna Cemetery with Rocky Tivis, J.D. Kibbe, Mike Leatherwood, Mark Bryant,...

Johannes Jacobus Van Ruiten, 79 passed away Monday, August 27, 2018. Services will be Saturday, September 1, at 2:00 PM in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel, with Pastor Pete Jaramillo officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Gardens in Clovis, with Riley Van Ruiten,...

Robert Porter “Bob” Strong, 76, of Portales passed away peacefully Monday morning, in Fort Worth, Tx after a brief battle with cancer. There will be a Rosary at St. Helens Church in Portales, NM at 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 30. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at...

Graveside services for Betty Jo Coleman, 90, a longtime resident of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Mon., Aug. 27, 2018 in the Portales Cemetery with Rev. Ron Fox officiating. Betty Jo Coleman was born July 22, 1928 in Stillwell, OK to the home of Mattie Melvina...