News from September 2021


Former New Mexico State basketball coach taught players to 'do it your way'

Neil McCarthy, the outspoken former New Mexico State basketball coach, left fond memories and valuable lessons behind for one of his players.


Edith M Sumner

Edith M Sumner - May 29, 1929 - September 23, 2021


Clyde Trafford Treadwell

Clyde Trafford Treadwell - January 9, 1944 ~ September 8, 2021 (age 77)


Shelly Ann Green

Shelly Ann Green - December 12, 1956 ~ September 18, 2021 (age 64)


Stephen Anthony Lonz

Stephen Anthony Lonz - March 9, 1950 ~ September 6, 2021 (age 71)


Kip Myers

Kip Myers - July 8, 1956 ~ September 21, 2021 (age 65)


Charles (Chuck) Eugene Oelsner

Charles (Chuck) Eugene Oelsner - July 27, 1939 ~ September 17, 2021 (age 82)


Edith Sheets

Edith Sheets - February 16, 1924 ~ August 27, 2021 (age 97)


Present-day snakes may have evolved from ancestors of asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs

A new study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things at the end of the Cretaceous.


Quy Thong Bui

Quy Thong Bui - April 1, 1943 ~ September 23, 2021 (age 78)


Jack Mitsuru Shinto

Jack Mitsuru Shinto - August 8, 1926 ~ September 23, 2021 (age 95)


Bernadette Chavez

Bernadette Chavez - January 6, 1968 ~ August 19, 2021 (age 53)


Margaret Clarissa Dean

Margaret Clarissa Dean - October 9, 1928 ~ August 28, 2021 (age 92)


Juan Paul Sanchez

Juan Paul Sanchez - August 13, 1952 ~ September 9, 2021 (age 69)


Kenneth Lee Shrum

Kenneth Lee Shrum - June 13, 1936 ~ September 9, 2021 (age 85)


Daniel M. Swart

Daniel M. Swart - April 8, 1950 ~ September 18, 2021 (age 71)


Marilyn Faye Bacon

Marilyn Faye Bacon - June 1, 1945 ~ September 21, 2021 (age 76)


Joyce Kaser

Joyce Kaser - May 27, 1939 ~ July 25, 2021 (age 82)


Rodolfo G. Salmon

Rodolfo G. Salmon - April 14, 2020


John David Hedges

John David Hedges - June 8, 1927 ~ September 16, 2021 (age 94)