Obituaries for the San Juan County & McKinley County in New Mexico Area

Nov 21, 2022

On November 21, 2022, Maurice "Mo" Edward Sherriffee, age 83, passed away quietly and unexpectedly at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup, New Mexico surrounded by family and friends who will forever cherish memories of "Mo."

Maurice was born on May 15, 1939, in Mason City, Iowa. After graduating from Mason City High School, he relocated to...

Nov 21, 2022

Paul David Marez was born October 1, 1967 in Grants, New Mexico and entered eternal rest on November 21, 2022 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico. He was 55 years of age. Mr. Marez was born and raised in Grants, New Mexico and lived there all his life. He loved baseball, softball, playing golf and...

Nov 16, 2022

1924 – 2022

BECAUSE THE LORD Is My Shepard, I have Everything I Need!

Sophia left this earth to join her Lord and Savior on November, 16th. There to greet her in her Heavenly Home is her parents, husband, all of her siblings, and many other relatives and friends. They're all rejoicing now.

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Nov 13, 2022

Jimmie Lester Bailey (81) passed away Sunday, November 13th 2022. He was born in Tucumcari, NM on March 4th, 1941 to Ernest and Bertha Bailey. He had three brothers and three sisters. He later moved to San Juan County area and had three daughters. In 1979 he opened Kirtland Pawn, which he ran for the next 40 years. He...

Nov 12, 2022

Judy Sue Cathey passed away at the age of 70 years old on 11/12/2022 in Farmington, NM. She was born to Fred Edwards and Mary Lou Edwards in Farmington on 7/21/1952.  She grew up on the Navajo Reservation and graduated from Shiprock High School in 1970. After high school she completed an administrative assistant training program from San Juan...

Nov 11, 2022

November 11, 2022 Betty Brown went home to be with the Lord. Betty was 93 years old. She was married to William R. (Bill) Brown of Aztec NM for 67 years. Bill preceded her in death in 2016.

Betty was a member of the Aztec Church of Nazarene for over 60 years. Her career spanned many years...

Nov 1, 2022

A funeral service will be held for on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at Navajo Mission Church Ojo Encino at 11am officiated by Ben Sam. The interment will follow upon conclusion of the service at Cuba Community Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Erik Ignacio, Marcus Ignacio, Jerick Ignacio, Dexter Ignacio, and Ray Ignacio.

Honorary Pallbearers will be...

Oct 28, 2022

Josephine V. Graves passed away at Cibola General Hospital in Grants on Friday October 28, 2022, she was 89. Graves was born in Grants, New Mexico to Jose and Elvira Sanchez on May 27, 1933.

Born in Grants she eventually moved to Springer, New Mexico then Raton. Ms. Graves moved back to Grants in 1986 where she...

Oct 24, 2022

ERIK WAYNE BENTLEY

“Bentley”

Erik Wayne Bentley (“Bentley”), 37, sadly passed unexpectedly while returning home from watching his beloved 49ers, on October 24th, 2022.

Bentley was born August 2, 1985, in Gallup, NM to Roger W. Bentley (Delta, CO) and Cecilia R. Bentley (San Tan Valley, AZ). He attended elementary, middle/jr high school...

Oct 7, 2022

Eloven Acasio Pohl, 89 of Grants, NM passed away on October 7, 2022. He was born on January 3, 1933 in Chilili, NM to Gregorita and Leon Pohl.

In 3rd grade he went to work in the carrot fields to help support his family. From there, began a lifelong journey of hard work. While...