Franklin Delano (FD) Wilkins, of Boulder, CO, and Raton, New Mexico passed peacefully at the age of 89 on March 19th. FD was born January 14th, 1935 to Loyd Wilkins and Grace Taylor in Grenville, New Mexico. In his early years, FD was put to work at his father’s lumberyard,…
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Sean William Walsh passed away on March 11, 2024, at his home in Raton, New Mexico. He was born on October 3, 1963 in Casper, Wyoming to Marcia E. Walsh and Michael H. Walsh, joining a large family that would grow to include five siblings. While Sean lived in Casper,…
Bennie Floyd Ketchum, Jr. (born in 1953), the son of Bennie Floyd Ketchum, Sr., and Charlotte “Pat” Ketchum. Passed away Tuesday, April 9th, in Trinidad, Colorado. He was predeceased by his wife, Dianne Fayland Ketchum (born in 1956), daughter of Isidore and Anne Fayland, who passed away in Ponchatoula, Louisiana…
Clara M Torres passed on March 16, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. She was born in Trinidad Colorado on March 29, 1952. Clara attended school at Primero High and later graduated from Trinidad State Junior College with her LPN degree. She worked over 20 years at hospitals in…
Anne Cenaida (Aragon) Cardenas, 81 of Cimarron, New Mexico passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 surrounded by her loving family at the San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad, Colorado. Anne was born February 5, 1943 in Las Canales at the family ranch in Roy, NM to Frank and Catalina…
Shirley Ann Shanks was born at home in Ash Flat, Arkansas on September 26, 1939, to parents Joe Shanks and Frieda Hall. She was saved and Baptized in a creek in Arkansas. Eventually, the family moved to Wichita, Kansas when Shirley was a young child. After finishing High School, she…
Robert Whitnell Gillespie, age 87, passed away on March 27, 2024, at Touchmark Memory Care in Prescott, AZ due to complications from Heart Failure. Robert (Bob) was a lifelong resident of Colfax County until moving in 2018 after retiring from ranching east of Springer at Gillespie Livestock CO. Bob was…
Donald Eugene Vance, age 84, passed away on April 3rd, 2024 at his home in Santa Fe, NM. He is survived by his wife Barbara, to whom he was married for 56 years, his son Matthew Vance and wife Lisa Schatz-Vance, grandson Rowan Vance, his daughter Tracy Archuleta, and granddaughter Alexandra…
Barbara Ann Seidel ( June 3, 1940 – March 31, 2024 ) Barbara Ann Seidel passed away at her home on Easter Sunday, March 3, 2024. She was born in Jansen, Colorado to Antoinette and Robert Deeks. Barbara was a retired bank officer, but although having a career she always…
Kristie Cordova ( February 28, 1982 – March 2, 2024 ) Kristie L. Cordova, age 42 of Raton, New Mexico passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 2, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born on February 28, 1982, in Raton New Mexico. Kristie was a beloved…