Las Cruces Daily Digest Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Ty's Take
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman and Clarence Villemez were the kind of people who made this valley run without ever needing a spotlight, and this week we're saying goodbye to both of them. You see their fingerprints everywhere in Las Cruces if you know where to look, the quiet work of building community that doesn't make the evening news but shows up in who remembers you at the grocery store and what gets passed on to the next generation. There's something worth holding onto in that, especially when you're watching a place grow as fast as this one is, when the old landmarks get paved over and the new faces don't know the history yet. The real estate changes, the strip malls multiply, but people like these two remind us what stays constant: showing up, doing the work, caring enough to do it right. That's worth remembering when you're thinking about what this town was and what it's becoming.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, a longtime Las Cruces resident and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in Lovington, New Mexico, she graduated from Clovis High School in 1956 and went on to marry Harold W. "Chub" Foreman in Clovis in 1958, with...
Clarence "Clare" Villemez, age 87, died peacefully on January 9, 2026, in Las Cruces after a distinguished 30-year career as a professor and biochemistry scientist at the University of Wyoming. He retired in 2003 and relocated to Las Cruces with his wife, Barbara, leaving behind his spouse and two...
Twin passions: jewelry and golf
Johanna Jo Contreras, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Mesilla Valley Christian School, credits the Sonoma Elementary Kids Can Program with teaching her about money management and sparking her entrepreneurial drive. The young entrepreneur has pursued her dual interests in jewelry making and golf...
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