Graveside services for Loyd Miller, 78, of Welling, OK, will be held at 2:00 PM, Fri., Dec. 9, 2022 in the Elida Cemetery with Rev. Rick Raney officiating.  Boyd Miller, Stanley Miller, Stephen Miller, Dwayne Miller, Philip Miller, Andy Hudgens, James Foreman and Kyle Rarick will serve as pallbearers.  All of his other family members and friends will serve as honorary pallbearers.  The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 8th from 5 to 7 PM, Loyd...

The Rosary for Dorothy Montoya, 75, of Portales will be recited at 1:00 PM, Wed., Dec. 7, 2022 at St. Helen Catholic Church, followed at 2:00 PM by the Mass of the Resurrection which will be celebrated by Fr. Francisco Carbajal.  At her request, burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with her nine granddaughters serving as her pallbearers. Dorotea Garcia Montoya, known to virtually everyone as Dorothy, was born Oct. 31, 1947 in Encino, NM to the home of Dolores (Madril) and Juan...

A private family memorial observance will be held in memory of Violet Dobbins, 95 of Clovis. Violet Iola Dobbins was born Jan. 3, 1927 at St. Vrain, NM to the home of Nettie Iola (Turner) and John Franklin Depuy, and died on the evening of Dec. 2, 2022 at the home of her son in Clovis.  Mrs. Dobbins attended school at Black Tower, a community that was originally where Cannon Air Force Base is located.  She later attended school in Portales, Clovis and finally in Floyd where she...

The Rosary for Mable Romero, 74, of Portales, will be recited at 7:00 PM, Tues., Dec. 6, 2022 at St. Helen Catholic Church.  Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, Wed., Dec. 7, 2022 at St. Helen Catholic Church by Fr. Francisco Carbajal.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Jordan Baros, Gary Romero, John Rojas, John Baros, Juan Romero and Penny Ortega.  The family would like to thank Plains Regional Cancer Center, Heartland Continuing Care...

No formal services are planned for Marcene Martin, 83, of Portales.  Marcene Julia Martin was born June 23, 1939 in New York City, NY to the home of Irene Olivia (Johnson) and Paul Gail Nolan, and died Nov. 29, 2022 in Portales, NM.  Mrs. Martin's father worked in the ship yards, and moved his family to Hawaii shortly after Marcene was born.  They were living there when the Japanese attack occurred on Dec. 7, 1941.  They left Hawaii and moved to Oakland, CA and then...

An informal gathering at the graveside for Lois Kinkade Floyd, 93, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Fri., Dec. 9, 2022 in the Portales Cemetery with Pastor Wesley McAfee oficiating. Lois R. Floyd of Portales, NM entered into the Pearly Gates on November 28, 2022 in Clovis, NM.  She was born on August 20, 1929 in Mobeetie, TX to Alfred and Alice Baysinger.  She enjoyed spending time with her brother and adoptive family along with her friends.  Lois loved to go shopping...

Funeral services for Twyla Montano, 54, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, December 2, 2022, in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Brad Morgan officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with R.J. Berry, Staniel Bagby, Aidan Berry, Vincent Sanchez, Jesse Sanchez and Joe Sanchez serving as pallbearers.  Noah Parks, Braxton Berry and Adam Cater will be honorary pallbearers.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 P.M. on Thursday at Wheeler...

Funeral services for Charlene Foster, 89, of Portales, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wed., Nov. 30, 2022 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Phillip Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Ross Prokop, Tanner, Foster, Ty Foster, Kip McCall, Trevor McCall and T. J. McCall serving as pallbearers.  The service will be available by livestream at wheelermortuary.net.  In addition it will remain on the website for 90 days. Charlene Faye Foster was...

Funeral services for Dora Tafoya, 78, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Wed., Nov. 30, 2022 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Pete Jaramillo officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Jonathan Garcia, Bryan Tafoya, Estevan Tafoya, Krystian Hale, Ronnie D. Garcia and McKinzie Garcia serving as pallbearers.  All of her other grandchildren and her great-grandchildren will serve as honorary pallbearers.          ...

Visitation for Donita Jean (Welch) Noble, 76, of Friona, TX will be from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM, Wed., Nov. 30, 2022 at Wheeler Mortuary with cremation to follow. Donita Noble was born Oct. 6, 1946 in Turlock, CA, and died very unexpectedly on Nov. 23, 2022 in Wichita Falls, TX while on vacation with her husband.  Donita grew up in Portales.  For several years, she was employed at College Cleaners.  On Dec. 15, 1986, she was married to Anthony Noble in Ruidoso, NM. ...