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Obituary for Floersheim


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday March 26, 2000

Milton Floersheim Jr., age 81, died on March 21, 2000 at Miners Colfax Medical Center. He was born on January 28, 1919 in Trinidad, the son of the late Milton and Fanny (Abenheimer) Floersheim of Roy, NM. He graduated from Roy High School in 1936 and from UNM in 1940 and St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1943. He served in the US Navy in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1946. He married Dorothy Hefferman on April 28, 1944 in Buffalo, New York. He practiced medicine in Roy, NM until he began his practice in Raton on June 14, 1948. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Ballut Abyad Shrine, Royal Order of Jesters, and was a life member of the Raton Elks Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Floersheim of the family home in Raton; daughter, Linda Stafford and husband, Bill of Marietta, GA; sons, Ray Floersheim and wife, Jane of Raton, Milton Floersheim III and wife, Cathy of Farmington; sister-in-law, Phyllis of Roy and Lynn and husband, Carl of Albuquerque; brother-in-law, Donald Hefferman and wife, Pat of Fayetteville, NC; grandchildren, Shannon Stafford, Kara Brumley and husband, Scott, Ryan, Ross, Tyson, Summer and Kevin Floersheim. At Dr. Floersheim's request, cremation has taken place and no services will be held. Contributions may be made to the Bab-B-L Shrine Club, Children's Hospital Transportation Fund, P.O. Box 8410, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87198. Arrangements for Milton Floersheim Jr. are by the Alderette-Pomeroy Funeral Home, Raton, NM.