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Las Cruces Daily Digest Thursday, May 14, 2026

Ty McDuffey

14 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Clare Villemez ran a life the way you're supposed to run one in a place like this—showed up, did the work, helped the neighbors who needed helping, and didn't make a fuss about any of it. The Bulletin's notice doesn't tell you much, which is how Clare probably would've wanted it, but it tells you enough: another person who held down a corner of Doña Ana County and made it a little more solid just by being here. You notice those kinds of losses most when the everyday work they did—the steady presence, the small kindnesses—suddenly stops showing up. The valley's smaller today.

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Clarence “Clare” Villemez

Clarence Villemez, 87, passed away peacefully in Las Cruces on January 9, 2026. The biochemistry professor spent three decades teaching at the University of Wyoming before retiring in 2003 and moving to New Mexico with his wife Barbara. He is survived by his spouse, two adult children from a...

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