The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 2, 1999
VALENZUELA, PAULINA
Services are scheduled for November 3, at Our Lady of Grace
Catholic Church in Artesia, for Paulina E. Valenzuela of 608 N.
14th street.  Valenzuela, 76, died October 31 at her home.  Burial
will be at San Marcos Cemetery in Artesia.  She was born 
June 22, 1923, in Redford, Tex., to Jorge Valenzuela and Josefa
Estrada Valenzuela.  She married Blas Valenzuela on
December 22, 1942 in Mulato, Mexico.  He preceded her in death in 
1964.  She was a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church.
Survivors include sons, Ruben Valenzuela, Benito Valenzuela and
Amador Valenzuela, all of Artesia; daughter, Blanca Catano of
Redford; brothers, Alejo Valenzuela of Artesia and Sotero
Valenzuela of Morton, Texas; sister, Alejandra Reyes of Odessa, Tex.;
eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.  She was
preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son Pilar
Valenzuela, a brother and a sister.  (Photo shown)
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The following excerpts were taken from page 10 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - December 17, 1999
VALENZUELA, RUBEN
Services are December 20, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church 
for Ruben V. Valenzuela of 608 N. 14th.  Valenzuela, 55, died
on December 14 at his home.  Interment will be at San Marcos
Cemetery in Artesia.  He was born on July 27, 1944, in Mulato,
Ojinaga, Mexico, to Blas Valenzuela and Paulina (Estrada) 
Valenzuela.  He was never married.  He was a Catholic.  He is
survived by brothers Benito Valenzuela and Amador Valenzuela
both of Artesia; and sister Blanca Catano of Redford, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Pilar
Valenzuela.  (Photo shown)
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The following excerpts were taken from Page 5 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - February 16, 2000
VANCUREN
Services were today at the Friendship Baptist Church in
Springdale, Ark., for John Frank VanCuren of Springdale.  VanCuren, 55,
died February 12 at the Northwest Medical Center of Springdale.
Interment was to follow at Bluff Cemetery.  He was born June 10, 1944,
at Flushing, Ohio, to James Ferman and Marjorie Triplett VanCuren.
He married Judy Kathryn Phipps on March 14, 1963.  Survivors include
his wife of the home; sons James VanCuren, wife Janie, and John 
VanCuren, wife Debbie, all of Springdale; adopted son Shane Griffin
of Springdale; daughters Kellie Alyacoub, husband Ahmad, and Jamie
Trammell, husband Tony, all of Springdale; brothers Clifford
VanCuren and Rusty VanCuren, both of Artesia; sisters Bonnie VanCuren
of Artesia, Rosie Atkins of Phoenix, Sharon Bettencourt of Carlsbad
and Elizabeth Capito of Cama, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 of The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - September 8, 1999
VAUGHN
Services were held Monday, September 6, at Grants Mortuary Chapel
for WILLIAM D. VAUGHN of Prewitt, NM. Vaughn, 54, died on 
September 1 at his home.  He was born on June 16, 1945, in
Wewoka, OK, to William Clifford Vaughn and Dorothy Wallace
Vaughn.  Among his survivors are a son, Rowdy Vaughn, of Long
Beach, CA who is a former Artesia resident and graduate.
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