Obituaries

ORCINA MOTA TORREZ Oct. 20, 1935 – June 30, 2022

Orcina Mota Torrez was born on October 20, 1935 in Ajo, Arizona.

She passed away after an extended hospital stay on June 30, 2022. She was 86 years old.

Orcina is survived by her daughter, Nicole Torrez (boyfriend Justin Peruzzi); son Wayne Torrez and grandson Jacob Torrez. She is also survived by her brothers and sister; Edumundo “Mickey” Mota, Horacio Mota (Hortencia Mota) and Roberta Moore (Donald Moore). Orcina had many nieces, nephews, and godchildren who were very special to her.

Orcina was a loving and caring Mother who was involved in all aspects Read More

JOHN JOSEPH GUENETTE Dec. 3, 1929 – July 4, 2022

John Joseph Guenette was born in Medford, MA, Dec. 3, 1929, and died in Los Alamos, NM, July 4, 2022, at the age of 92.

He was a gentle and loving man with great integrity, and will be missed by all.

John was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Margaret (Toth) Guenette; his parents, Clarence Edward and Emily Gladys (Pickard) Guenette; his infant son, John Peter; and his siblings, Doris Roberts, Louise Marshall, Alfred Guenette, and Eugenie Marie Guenette.

The first forty-one years of John’s life were spent in the Boston area where he established Read More

DOROTHY MARIE BATY Feb. 15, 1933 − July 3, 2022

Dorothy Marie Baty (aged 89) of Salt Lake City, Utah died peacefully on July 3, 2022, after a long illness.

She was born in Cameron, Texas on February 15, 1933, to Thomas Watson Batey and Annie Floyd Day. She graduated from Yoe High School of Cameron and later received her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in Elementary Education.

She married Roy Samuel Baty, Jr. on July 30th, 1955, at the University Methodist Church in Austin, and celebrated 66 years of marriage with him. In her early adult life, Dorothy was an elementary school teacher before Read More

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DONALD FRANCIS KENDALL Oct. 4, 2020

Donald Francis Kendall passed away peacefully in Los Alamos, New Mexico on Oct. 4, 2020, shy of his 86th birthday. He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather. He and his wife of 63 years, Frances, raised 5 children in the SF Bay Area, first in Oakland, then in Concord, CA.

In 2007 they moved away from their home of many decades in the Bay Area to Los Alamos, NM to retire and be near their son and oldest child, Gregory.

Donald was born the oldest child, and only son, to Ellen and Donald Kendall Sr. in Ross, CA in Marin County, CA near Sausalito, but grew up traveling Read More

MARJORIE FLO BUTLER June 19, 2022

Marjorie Flo Butler, 91, of Fort Collins, Colorado, died June 19, 2022.

She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in Tulsa, earning a Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Education in Oklahoma, and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver.

She married Harold S. Butler in 1954 in Tulsa, and they celebrated 56 years of marriage before his death in 2010.

Flo and Hal lived in Palo Alto, California, while he was a graduate student at Stanford University and where their daughter, Nanette, was born. Then the Read More

Sam Kendricks July 6, 2022

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.” ~Khalil Gibran

It breaks my heart to have to share this news. This morning, July 6, 2022, my husband, Sam Kendricks, departed this realm of existence for the next. He did not wish to leave us so soon, but his body grew weary.

Sam was lighthearted and fun unless the situation required seriousness. He specifically asked that he not have a traditional funeral.

While I don’t have any plans for a service yet, I will be organizing a celebration Read More

MARY LOUISE FILIP Sept. 17, 1923 – June 11, 2022

It is with sad hearts that we share the passing of Marie Louise Filip. Marie died Saturday, June 11, 2022, at GrandView Care Lodge in Grand Junction, CO; she was 98 years old.

She is survived by her sons Jan Janecka and Fred Filip, daughter Marie [Filip] Bledsoe, son-in-law Scott Bledsoe, grand-son Skyler Bledsoe, many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews, plus extended family, and friends. All of whom she loved.

What do you say about a life well lived where each moment was important, and every relationship was precious?

Marie was born Read More

ROBERT MCCORMICK July 5, 1935 – June 23, 2022

Robert McCormick, born on July 5, 1935, died peacefully at home on June 23, 2022.

He was the son of Joe and Louise McCormick and grew up in the mining town of Santa Rita, NM, before joining the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict.

He then graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1961 with a degree in mechanical engineering and moved to Los Alamos to work at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory until his retirement in 1991.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Freda; his son, Patrick (JoAnn Lysne); his sister, Mary Jo Tillman; and extended Read More

STELLA CHÁVEZ USNER Nov. 25, 1922 – June 24, 2022

Stella Chávez Usner passed away on June 24, 2022. She was born Maria Estela Chávez on November 25, 1922, to Abedón Chávez and Benigna Ortega in Durango, Colorado.

In 1928, “Stella” moved with her parents and new little brother, Leo, to Chimayó, where her parents were originally from. She entered the John Hyson mission school, where she was one of the few second-graders fluent and literate in both Spanish and English. Ever precocious, Stella left Chimayó when she was only 12—soon after her second brother, Robert, was born—to attend the Allison James Read More