Obituary

Funeral services for Eleuterio T. Chavez, 53 of Portales, will be at 11:00 AM, Tues., Mar. 6, 2018 at the Foundations of Faith Church, 1301 N. Main, in Portales, with Pastor Raul Ornelas and Pastor Arturo Villa officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery...

Wheeler Mortuary will be handling the services on Friday, March 9th. at 2:00 pm at The First United Methodist Church in Portales, NM. A full obituary will be posted later.

Mary Ann Vidlar was born Jan. 9, 1931 in Zabcikville, TX to the home of Ollie Belle (Locke) and Edmund “Ed” Bigler, and died at her home in Floyd on Feb. 28, 2018. The family moved to Anton, TX when she was a small child. She was an outstanding athlete in school, and...

Graveside services for Barry Franks, 56, of Portales, NM will be at 2:00 PM, Mon, Mar 5, 2018 in the Portales Cemetery with Rev. Brad Morgan officiating. All his friends will be honorary pallbearers. Barry Dean Franks was born April 5, 1961 in Galerburg, IL to the...

Funeral services for Katherine Caywood, 69, of Capitan, NM will be at 2:00 PM, Sat., Mar. 3, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. David Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Sean Chappell, Rick Ledbetter, Jayson Lang, Trapper...

A graveside memorial service for Pamela Jo Burrow will be held at 11:00 AM, Sat., Feb. 24, 2018 in the Portales Cemetery where Pam will be interred beside her father. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made in Pam’s honor to the American Diabetes...

Memorial services will be arranged at a later time for Sarah E. Miles, 99, formerly of Tucumcari, NM. Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to the ENMU Foundation, for the J. Wade and Sarah E. Miles Rodeo Scholarship. Sarah Ellen Miles was born...

Funeral services for Sue Johnston Gray, 69, of Portales will be at 10:00 AM, Thurs., Feb. 22, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Leonard Stanton and Kendall Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with the men she worked the sales with...

Funeral services for Nicolasa Burciaga, 89, of Portales, will be at 10:00 A.M., Tues., Feb. 20, 2018 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Jesus Espinoza officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Ernie Aguirre, Nathan Burciaga, Caleb Burciaga,...