Obituary

Obituary Memorial services for Billy Owen, 85, of Portales will be held at 2:00 PM, Sat., Aug. 19, 2023 at the Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Brad Morgan officiating.  Those desiring to make memorial contributions in Mr. Owen’s memory may send them to Gideons...

Obituary Funeral services for Charles McAlister, 74, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thurs., June 29, 2023 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Jeff Fox officiating, assisted by Dick Hood.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Chris Duncan,...

Obituary A graveside service for Betty Lou Firestone, 85, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in the Melrose Cemetery with Ken Davis officiating. Betty Lou (Padon) Firestone was born on August 27, 1937, in Callahan, Texas, to the home...

Obituary Richard Schaap, 79, was born in a village called Terkaple, province of Friesland, the Netherlands, to Sjoukje (Shirley) Kleefstra and Ids Sijbe Schaap on March 22, 1944. He passed from this life on the morning of June 20, 2023, in Portales, New Mexico....

Obituary Graveside services for Judy McIntire, 68, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Fri., June 23, 2023 in the Portales Cemetery with her dear friend Kristy Tivis officiating.  The family wishes to express their gratitude to Coronado Health Care for their...

Obituary Funeral services for Lavon Brown, 90, of Portales, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sat., June 24, 2023 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Liz Kirkwood officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with her grandsons and great-grandsons serving as...

Obituary Memorial services for Neal Hale, 89, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Sat., June 24, 2023 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel.  Private interment of his ashes will be in Fort Sumner, NM. Oather Neal Hale, known to family and friends as Neal, was born oct....

Obituary A celebration of life service for Mark Allen Franken, 60, will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 16th in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel in Portales, NM with Dan Greathouse officiating, with a burial being planned at a later date in Tucumcari, NM. In lieu of...

Obituary Funeral services for George Hay, 96, of Portales will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 17, 2023, in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Brad Morgan officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery.  After the service, the Masonic Lodge across...

Obituary Funeral services for Sheila Savitz, 74, formerly of Portales, will be held at 1:00 PM, Sat., June 10, 2023 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with David Bonner officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Tim Baldwin, Gene Rainey, Nate Boudreau,...