Obituaries

JOHN PAUL PACHECO Sep. 8, 1982-July 23, 2013

John Paul Pacheco, 30, a resident of El Guache, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

He was preceded in death by his mother Geraldine Pacheco, maternal grandmother Emma Gurule and uncle Herman Gurule.

John was a mechanic and loved being outdoors, riding dirt bikes, four wheeling and mud bogging. He also enjoyed spending time with his sons at monster trucks and playing and teaching them about cars and taught them to drive the bobcat. John had a big and open heart and showed it through his emotion and big hugs he would give you. 

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NATALIE MCCALL STANHOPE May 12, 1925–July 12, 2013

Natalie McCall Stanhope passed away peacefully July 12, 2013, after a long illness, she was 88. 

She was born in Woodston, Kansas; to Henry and Emma McCall, on May 12, 1925. She met John Stanhope in 1939, they were married on December 24, 1942 in Bremerton, WA, during World War II–Pearl Harbor. They just celebrated their 70th anniversary. They celebrated their honeymoon at Niagara Falls, NY. They moved from Ellsworth, Kansas to Los Alamos, NM 1951, and lived in Los Alamos and White Rock till they moved to Albuquerque in 1995, to be closer to Read More

GERALD EUGENE KOTTMANN July 29, 1965 – July 11, 2013

Gerald Eugene Kottmann passed away suddenly July 11, 2013 in Las Cruces, N.M., at the age of 47.

Gerald was born in Los Alamos, N.M. on July 29^, 1965.  He is survived by his mother Diana  Kottmann, his father John Kottmann, both of Los Alamos, and sisters Carole Zanone (Jon) of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Lisa McPeek-Brannen (Scott) of Farmington, N.M. 

He is also survived by niece Jessica Cordova, nephews Zachary and Austin Zanone, and Kevin McPeek III. He is also survived by maternal grandmother Doris Schonfeld of Lebanon, Read More

JUNE R. JURNEY June 26, 1928–April 25, 2013

June R. Jurney, born Virginia June Ramsdell, died peacefully at home April 25 at the age of 84.

June was raised in Mendota, WI, the youngest child of Martha and Harrison Ramsdell. She outlived her parents, her husband, and all her siblings: Leland, Dorothy, Eleanor, and Irene.

Like her sisters, June became a nurse. In July 1950 she and her sister Irene sailed to Europe to work at the American Hospital of Paris. At the hospital, she befriended the writer Richard Wright, who was a patient. He later introduced June and Irene to a Paris they otherwise never would Read More

MARK DAVID CARRARA April 15, 1974–July 4, 2013

Mark David Carrara, 39, of Los Alamos, passed away suddenly July 4, 2013. He was a loving husband  to his high school sweetheart, Michelle Barcheck Carrara and devoted father to Hannah, 13, Kristen, 11, and Katie, 6.

Mark was born, April 15, 1974, in Roswell, N.M., the youngest of four children.

Mark graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1993 and went on to attend the University of New Mexico with a BS in Physics, Virginia Tech with a MS in Engineering Mechanics and State University of Buffalo where he received a PhD in Aerospace Engineering. Mark Read More

DAVID JOHN HEIMDAHL June 17, 1949-June 24, 2013

David J. Heimdahl, 64, died from a sudden illness on June 24, 2013.

He was born in Havre, Mont., to Finn and Alice Heimdahl. The family moved to St. Louis Park, Minn., in 1952. David graduated from St. Louis Park High School in 1967 and received his Bachelor degree in Business from Moorhead State University in 1971.

After graduating college, David found his true passion working with young people as Youth Director and Director of Camp Cormorant of the YMCA in Fargo, ND.  While on the job, he had a car accident that would change his life forever.

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MARY DELORES CORNELY GRIFFIN Aug. 11, 1931–June 7, 2013

Died June 7, 2013 in the Hillhaven Skilled Nursing Center, Prince Georges County, MD, of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. 

A Memorial service is scheduled at 1 p.m. p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, and a Memorial Mass in St. James Roman Catholic Church, 8320 Brookside Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. All are welcome, and invited to communicate with the family at griffin@physics.umd.edu.

In lieu of flowers, we request that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of donations Read More

SHANE LEE SCHULTZ Feb. 1, 1970–June 19, 2013

Shane Lee Schultz, 43, of Neola, Utah, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Shane served as a Combat Engineer, First Infantry Division, US Army, based at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He served in Afghanistan, was disabled, and received a medical retirement in 2012.

Shane was born February 1, 1970, in Deming, New Mexico, the second of three sons of George R. Schultz and Barbara Knowles Schultz. Shane grew up in Moab, Utah. In 1979 his parents divorced and his father married Diana Webb. Shane attended Grand County High School in Moab. In 1988 he joined the US Coast Read More