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Tony Sandoval, 77, of North San Ysidro, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2020 in Pecos. Rosary will be held at San Ysidro Labrador Church in North San Ysidro (referred to as El Norte), N.M., on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 9 a.m. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Both are limited to 25 people inside with face masks. Burial will immediately follow the service. Attendees must wear a face mask. Arrangements are by Berardinelli Funeral Home. Tony was born in El Norte to Jacobo and Angelina...

Billie Marie Jones was born October 4, 1930, to Jessie Lee Key Jones and Jeff Davis Jones in San Marcos TX. She had an older sister, Peggy, 14 months her senior, who pre-deceased her. In June 1941 her family moved to Corpus Christi TX. She graduated from high school in Corpus Christi in 1947 and entered Baylor University in Waco TX that same year. During her senior year in Baylor she met David B. Morris, a ministerial student, and they were married on Sept. 2, 1950. After receiving her BA...

Doris Clara Prochnow passed away peacefully on July 3 at the Kingston Retirement Center in Santa Fe, NM at age 102.  A lifelong resident of Ft Wayne, IN she moved to Santa Fe, NM in 2012 to be with family.  Born July 6, 1917 to Walter & Clara Mertz in Corunna, IN she was preceded in death by her husband, Lutheran school teacher, Adrian Prochnow; her sisters Norma Hartman and Anna Jamison and brother Benjamin Mertz.  She is survived by her daughters Diane (Tom) Anderson of...

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Stephen Romero. He died on June 27th, age 64, from complications due to an ulcer. However his family suspects that, being tired of the year 2020, he decided to reincarnate to another, much better year far in the future where he can finally have a flying car. He was the son of Adolf and Tesse, one of two boys in a family of seven. He is preceded in death by his parents, his older brother Gene, his nephew Mario, and his greatest love,...

John David Bachicha John David Bachicha passed away on June 26, 2020. He was born and raised in Encino, New Mexico.  He attended St. Michaels High School and the college of Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  He met his loving wife of 64 years, Cresenciana R. Bachicha. They were blessed with a beautiful family which he cherished.  He retired from the state government after 40 years.  He enjoyed camping, fishing and the great outdoors with his family. As a young boy he...

Lillian was born January 5, 1930 in New York, New York. She attended college at Hofstra University and got a Bachelor’s degree in social Work. She married Robert Martin and they drove out West to New Mexico and on to California. Shortly after that they had 2 children and he joined the Army. They were stationed in Tehran, Iran for 2 years. Then Lillian and the children lived in Albuquerque while he served in Vietnam. After that they moved to Germany. Lillian later divorced and she and...

In a long career in law enforcement and civil service, William D. Norris, Sr., was known to always do what was right, champion the underdog, and for asking: “How about those Cowboys?” a refence to his favorite football team. Bill died suddenly at his Santa Fe home on Monday, June 22, 2020. He had spent the previous day, Father’s Day, enjoying his favorite food, laughing and celebrating his family. He was always a man with a smile and a joke. He was 85. Bill was the fourth...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Martin Paul Saiz, age 49, passed away at his home in Las Cruces, NM on Sunday, June 21, 2020.  Paul was born in Santa Fe, NM on March 7, 1971.  He is survived by his children, daughter, Nicoy Saiz-Alaniz, son, Jonathon P. Saiz, former wife, Sona Alaniz; his parents, Judy and Mike Lujan; his father, Leonard Saiz; sisters, Nancy Abruzzo, Laura Gutierrez, and Jennifer Garcia; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.  Paul was preceded in death by...

Peter Carleton Shumway was born on April 22, 1939, in Buffalo, NY, to Warren Davis Shumway and Marion Mcllroy Shumway.  He died at his home in Santa Fe on June 20, 2020, from complications due to Parkinson’s disease.  Peter attended East Aurora High School and Vermont Academy, and he received a BA from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT.  Peter received his MA from Smith College in Northampton, MA, where he met his wife, the love of his life, Elizabeth Shartel...