Obituary

The Mass of the Resurrection for Carmen R. Castillo, 79, of Portales, will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M., Sat., Aug. 11, 2018 at St. Helen Catholic Church by Fr. Charles Ugochukwu. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Honorio Castillo, Homero Castillo,...

Funeral services for Isabel L. Ornelas, 82, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Mon., June 25, 2018 at Foundations of Faith Church in Portales with Pastor Raul Ornelas officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Manuel Gonzalez, Jr., Cesar Ornelas,...

Funeral services for Evelyn Cater, 95, of Elida, will be held at 10:00 AM, Fri, June 22, 2018 in the Elida United Methodist Church with Pastor Beth Anthony officiating. Burial will follow in the Elida Cemetery with Ray Martin, Joe Gilmore, Buddy Taylor, Darwin...

Funeral services for Emilio Salazar, 95, of Plainview, TX, will be at 2:30 PM, Fri, June 22, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with his son-in-law, Chet Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Ray Paiz, Pete Paiz, Larry Paiz, Chris...

Memorial services for Gail Crozier, 67, of Portales will be held at 10:00 AM, Sat., June 23, 2018 at the Melrose Church of Christ with Sam Billingsley officiating. Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to the New Mexico Christian Children's Home,...

Funeral services for Mike Bustamante, 26, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Wed., June 20, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Camilo Navarrete, Senovio Chavez, Izzy Rodriguez, Joe Bustamante III, Jaime Sotelo and...

Graveside services for Ama McDermid, 64, of Portales, will be held at 2:00 PM, Tues., June 19, 2018 in the Portales Cemetery with Don Thomas officiating, assisted by her husband, Rod McDermid. Doug Dugan, Calvin Evans, Hugh Parman, Danny Justus and Greg Senn along...

Funeral services for Billy "Keith" Melton, 66, of Portales, will be at 2:00 PM, Sat., June 16, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Todd Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the Floyd Cemetery with Billy Melton, Colton Melton, Timothy Melton, Michale...

Funeral services for Geraldine “Gerry” Fay Harris, 83, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Fri., June 15, 2018, at the University Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Kyle Harris, Jeff Harris, Nathan Walker,...

A come and go celebration of the life of Charlotte Strong, 85, of Portales, will be held at the home of her son, 918 E. Canadian in Portales on Sat., June 23, 2018 from 6 until 10 PM. Interment will follow in the Mountainair Cemetery at 11 AM on July 28, 2018. Mrs....