Hatch Daily Digest Sunday, August 16, 2026
Ty's Take
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman and Clarence "Clare" Villemez are gone, and that's the kind of loss that reminds you how small this valley really is. These weren't distant names in a paper, they were people who showed up, worked the land, knew their neighbors by sight. In a town where everybody's connected through family or the chile business or the church or all three at once, you feel it when somebody passes. The obituaries in the Bulletin this week are the real headlines around here, the ones that matter most to the people who have to figure out how to keep going without them.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, a longtime Las Cruces resident and devoted mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in Lovington and raised in Clovis before settling in Las Cruces in 1968, Foreman spent her life supporting her family and community while helping build...
Clarence "Clare" Villemez, a distinguished biochemistry professor who spent 30 years at the University of Wyoming, died peacefully in his sleep on January 9, 2026, in Las Cruces at age 87. After retiring in 2003, Villemez moved to Las Cruces with his wife Barbara, leaving behind a legacy of...
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