Obituaries

SEVERO GONZALES July 2, 1929 – Jan. 31, 2023

Severo “Slim” Gonzales, 93, Española, passed away on January 31, 2023, of natural causes.

He was born in Española, NM on July 2, 1929. The Son of Bences Gonzales and Ernestina Romero Gonzales. He is preceded by: Donald (son), Victor and Raymond (Brothers), and Lauren Noell (sister).

Severo is survived by his Wife of 67 years, Aurora, two Sons, Glenn (Espanola) and David (Boston MA), Sisters, Stephanie Cruz (Boulder CO), Theresa McClendon (Newton, KS). Grandchildren, Andrea and Kristen (Loveland, CO), Elias, Elena and Bryan (Espanola) and Amanda Read More

NANCY L. HOLDERMAN WARNES Dec. 11, 1933 – Feb. 1, 2023

Nancy L. Holderman Warnes passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at La Vida Llena Life Care Retirement Community in Albuquerque, NM.

Nancy was born Dec. 11, 1933, in Mishawaka, IN. She married her high school sweetheart, Dick Warnes, June 11, 1955. They raised their two children, Bill Warnes and Linda Penaloza, in Los Alamos, where they lived until moving to Albuquerque in 2004.

Nancy retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Budget Division.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick and infant daughter, Annette Rose. She was blessed Read More

RICHARD C. SWENSON Feb. 3, 1934 – Jan. 27, 2023

Richard Charles Swenson, of Los Alamos, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 27, 2023, after a long battle following a stroke. He was a week short of his 89th birthday.

Richard was born on February 3, 1934, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to John and Elenor (Anderson) Swenson. He attended a one-room country school with one teacher and 9 students (grades 1-8). He went on to an Agricultural High School designed for children of farmers to attend school only 6 months out of a year with very limited academic education.

After high school, Richard Read More

EDWIN PHILLIP CHAMBERLIN Jan. 7, 1941 – Feb. 2, 2023

Edwin Phillip Chamberlin, age 82, of White Rock, NM, passed away on February 2, 2023, after a brief illness.

Phil was born on January 7, 1941, to Edwin and Gertrude Chamberlin in Glasgow, KY. After graduating from Ball High School in Galveston, TX, Phil went on to receive his PhD in Nuclear Physics at Texas A&M University.

In 1958, Phil met Mary Jo Watts and they wed in 1960, going on to have two sons, Edwin Phillip, Jr. and John William.

Phil joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1975, retiring in 1998 after considerable contributions to the Read More

CARL A. THORNTON Feb. 3, 1938 – Jan. 24, 2023

Mr. Carl A. Thornton passed away peacefully Jan. 24, 2023, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, at the age of 84 years old.

Carl is survived by his daughter Jennie Lois Thornton of Corrales, New Mexico, his son Carl Adam Thornton of Corrales, NM, and by his daughter in law Tamela Thornton of Corrales, NM, grandchildren, Josie Lois Dean, Brody Thornton Dean, Carson Adam Thornton, Chase Addison Thornton, Caroline Laura Joy Thornton.

Carl is preceded in death by his wife Lois Jerilyn Thornton, his brother Earl Thornton, and by his brother Glen Thornton. 

Carl was born Read More

MARY FULTON SANDSTROM April 1939 – January 2023

Mary Fulton Sandstrom was born in April of 1939 in Alton, Illinois.

She died peacefully in Louisville, Colorado, in January of 2023 of complications associated with autoimmune disease.

Mary’s father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and so she moved a lot as a child. Some places she hardly remembered but she always felt safest at her grandmother’s house in Alton, Illinois, where she played with numerous cousins from the Mather extended family.

She graduated high school in Fairborn, Ohio, and attended McMurry College in Jacksonville, Read More

MARJORIE ARLENE BEACH MCINROY Nov. 2, 1931 – Jan. 7, 2023

Marjorie (Marge) McInroy, 91, of Rio Rancho, NM, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on the morning of January 7, 2023.

Marge was born on November 2, 1931, to Floyd and Bertha (Louise) Beach in Mansfield, PA. She was the youngest of their three children, following brother Earl and sister Marie.

On September 5, 1953, she married the love of her life, Jim McInroy. Their marriage of 69 years served as an example of love and commitment. Over the years their love grew as did their family. They welcomed five children, Barbara, Robert, Read More

JOHN BARADA RAMSAY 1929 – Dec. 29, 2022

John Barada Ramsay (93) passed away at his home Dec. 29, 2022, one day after his 93rd birthday.

He was born in 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona to John Arthur and Helen Grace (Hernan) Ramsay. At a young age, he moved to El Paso, Texas to live with his Aunt Laura and Uncle John (Jack) Barada.

After graduation, he enrolled at Texas Western College (University of Texas El Paso today) where he found his groove in academia and really began to flourish. He graduated from Texas Western College in 1950 with a BS in Mining. He then pursued and received his Ph.D. (1954) in Analytical Read More

MARJORIE DELORES GALLIMORE Dec. 19, 1931 – Dec. 11, 2022

Marjorie Delores Gallimore, age 90, dedicated mother, friend and loved by all, was called home to her eternal resting place Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Marjorie entered this world Dec. 19, 1931, in Middlesex, NJ. There she grew up and graduated from Bound Brook High School.

Over the years Marjorie loved working for Pan Am World Services, NASA and the Department of Energy while living in Melbourne, Florida, Las Vegas, NV and Los Alamos, NM.

She and her husband John Gallimore enjoyed their retirement years living in Angel Fire and then Albuquerque Read More

BEVERLY ANN MARKHAM Jan. 22, 1959 – Jan. 4, 2023

Beverly Ann Markham Warner, 63, of Chimayo, New Mexico, joined the Lord on January 4, 2023 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. 

Beverly was born in Manchester, Connecticut to Jack and Catherine Markham on January 22, 1959. Beverly moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico in the mid-1960s where she grew up and attended elementary, junior high and high school. Beverly graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1977.

Beverly is proceeded in death by her husband Sam Warner and father Jack Markham Sr. Beverly married her best, best friend Sam in 2004. Beverly Read More