Obituaries

Raymond Leroy Mirabal

Raymond Leroy Mirabal

Raymond Leroy Mirabal

Raymond Leroy Mirabal peacefully passed away on March 9, 2022, of natural causes at the age of 75. He was born to the late Vidal and Clorinda (McBride) Mirabal in Grants, NM on May 4, 1946.
Laura Mary Young

Laura Mary Young

Laura Mary Young

Laura Mary Young, age 84 of York, NE, died Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in York. She was born on October 25, 1937 to Marion and Burnice (Moore) Roberts in Paxton Springs, New Mexico, she always said ‘under a tree.’ She graduated from Grants, New Mexico High School in 1956.
Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on March 10, 2022 after a brief illness. Pablo grew up in Cibola County, New Mexico and after graduating from St. Teresa Catholic School and Grants High School, went on to graduate from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
James Elbert Knott

James Elbert Knott

James Elbert Knott

James Elbert Knott was born to Tommy and Marie Roberson Knott on June 22, 1943 in Carlsbad, NM. James passed away Friday, March 18, 2022 in Roswell, NM. Funeral services were held in Carlsbad, NM on Monday, March 28, 2022 with interment at Carlsbad Cemetery and Military Honors by the U.S.
Perry E.J. Johnson

Perry E.J. Johnson

Perry E.J. Johnson

Perry E.J. Johnson, retired LCDR in the US Navy and SLAC Supervisor, died at home surrounded by loving family on 28 Jan 2022 in Los Altos, CA at the age of 93. He was born on 16 Nov 1928 in Dolores, Colorado. He graduated from Grants Union High School in 1947 and joined the US Navy that same year.

Blaine Jerome Anderson

Blaine Jerome Anderson, 88, of Grants, New Mexico passed away on March 24, surrounded by loved ones, at the end of a hard-fought health battle. The funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 29 at 10 A.M. at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Grants, NM, followed by a luncheon to celebrate Blaine’s life.
Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia

Pablo Antonio Valdivia, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on March 10, 2022 after a brief illness. Pablo grew up in Cibola County, New Mexico and after graduating from St. Teresa Catholic School and Grants High School, went on to graduate from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Cecelia “CeCe” Diane (Siebert) Wheeler

Cecelia “CeCe” Diane (Siebert) Wheeler

Cecelia “CeCe” Diane (Siebert) Wheeler

Cecelia “CeCe” Diane (Siebert) Wheeler, 69, of Grants, NM passed away on March 9, 2022 at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. Born on May 8, 1952, in Leavenworth, Kansas. CeCe retired her 44-year nursing career from Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in 2016.
Minnie Marie Gonzales

Minnie Marie Gonzales

Minnie Marie Gonzales

Minnie Marie Gonzales passed away on March 16, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she was 70 years of age. She was born on March 10, 1952 in Vadito, New Mexico. Mrs. Gonzales was a devoted member of St. Vivian’s Catholic Church.
James Dennis Gregory

James Dennis Gregory

James Dennis Gregory

James Dennis Gregory passed away at home at the age of 69 on February 23, 2022. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 20, 1952.