El Defensor Chieftain

Dolores Gavi Griego, 78, passed away at her home on December 14, 2023. She was born in Carrizozo, New Mexico to Isabel Carbajal on April 8, 1945. Dolores was a lifelong educator working throughout the state of New Mexico. She...

Manuela (Mela) Garcia passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023, Surrounded by her family. Manuela was born in Socorro, NM on December 8, 1950, to Felicita Fajardo Montoya and Hipolito Montoya. She is preceded in death by her...

Karen S. Farr was born on January 1, 1934, in Bemidji, Minn. She rode at home on the Farr Cattle Company Ranch on October 29, 2023. Memorial Service will be on December 2, 2023 at 1 p.m. at Datil Community Center 14 Rodeo Dr....

Geneva Christine (Archuleta) Escarsega, 39, was called home Friday November 10, 2023. Born to Leopoldo Archuleta and Darlene Lorraine (Turrietta) Archuleta on October 1, 1984, in Socorro, New Mexico. She was the second born of...

Elizabeth (Betsy) Forehand Smith passed away on the morning of November 4, 2023, in Sun City, Ariz. surrounded by her loving family after a brief battle with cancer. Betsy was born January 13, 1939, to Roy and Masie Forehand in...

Jacklyn Ann McDaniel, 87, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2023, at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Jackye was born June 29, 1936, in Wheeler, Texas, to Hazel D. Crowder and Dorris Mary Tolliver. Jackye...