On May 23, 2022 at age 45, he was born on January 10, 1977. Aaron Dustin Dean lost his courageous battle to cancer joining his Lord and preceding love ones in Heaven.

Services are Thursday at 11:00 A.M at Compassion Mortuary in Grants N.M. Burial services will follow at Grants Cemetery. Agnes Molina was born December 7, 1941 and was granted her Angel wings on June 11, 2022. Her parents Carasolo and Julia Davis Molina. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Agnes had touched throughout her time on earth.

Nelda Rae McPhaul, passed away, Friday, June 3, 2022 in Fence Lake, New Mexico. She was born April 22, 1950 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Cecil Duane Berryhill and Nelda Louise Elkins. She went by many names, but was best known as granny; a rancher’s wife who spent many days in the saddle.

Eleanor B Shirley passed away on March 13, 2022 at the age of 81 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by loved ones who will continue to honor her legacy by living their lives to the fullest.

Gilbert Allen Montoya, Sr. passed away peacefully on Friday, May 6, 2022 in Albuquerque, N.M.

EAST CARBON, UT.-Our loving brother, Wilson Duwayne McCormick Jr, age 65, passed away on June 4, 2022 due to cancer. Duwayne was born on June 29, 1956 in Montrose, Colorado, to Duwayne and Laura McCormick.

Raymond Anthony Romero, 78, lifelong resident of Cibola County, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Ray was born on Thursday, July 22, 1943, to Antonio and Sofia (Chavez) Romero in Moquino, NM, and grew up on the Seboyeta Land Grant. Ray retired after 30+ years with the NM State Highway Department. He was known for his caring nature and his love for family, friends, and music.

If we could visit Heaven, even for a day, maybe for a moment, the pain would go away. I would my arms around you and whisper words so true. That living life without, is the hardest thing to do. No matter how we spend our days no matter what we do, no mornings, dawns or evenings fall when we don’t think of you. Missing you today and every day.

Rosemary True was born in St Louis and lived there until she was 10. Her family moved to Temple, Texas, when her father, an electrical engineer, began working for the city power plant.

On Tuesday, May 10, 2020, Heaven received an angel, Mary Lou (Baca) Griego. Mary Lou was born on August 13, 1930, in Grants, NM to Eduardo and Nicanora Baca. It was there that she met the love of her life Steve Griego who she married on April 18, 1953. Mary Lou was devoted to her husband Steve to whom she was married for 47 years, thirty-two of those years, she became his primary caregiver as a result of paralysis he sustained in a mining accident. She is survived by 6 children, Steve Jr. (Dianne), Mary Lou Gottlieb, Daniel, Kathleen, Diana Chavez (Leon), and Rebecca Griego. Mary Lou had 8 grandsons: Kyle (Tanna), Steven (LeAnn), Eric (Amie), Jason, Joel, Karl (Kassia), Joshua (Chris), Gregory (Sydnie); and 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she had 3 brothers and one sister who also predeceased her, Efren (Delene), Eddie (Margo), and Alex (Carol) and Luella Baca; and she is also survived by her sister, Rosita Chavez (Eloy).