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Allen -- Betty Ruth Allen, age 87, and an Albuquerque resident passed away at sea November 10, 2002. Betty was born in New York City on October 24, 1915 to the late Alexander and Beckie Allen. Survivors include her daughters, Tara Sue Allen of Albuquerque, NM, and Gail R. Springer and husband, Peter of Santa Fe, NM; grandchildren, Dr. Alexander Granok and wife, April of Manchester, NH, Dr. Howard Granok of St. Louis, MO, and Jillian Rae Springer of Santa Fe; great-grandchild, Eadric Granok; also many nieces and nephews. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Allen. She was a member of Congregation B'Nai Israel since 1951 and a life member of Hadassah and B'Nai Brith women, and a member of the sisterhood. Betty enjoyed playing bridge, fishing for trout in Northern NM and traveling. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be missed dearly by her family and friends. Graveside Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, 2002 at Fairview Memorial Park 700 Yale Blvd SE with Rabbi Arthur Flicker and Cantor Michael Dzubin officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the public library of your choice. Strong-Thorne Mortuary, 1100 Coal Ave. SE, is entrusted to Betty's care.
        Published on: Sat November 16, 2002

Allen -- Betty Ruth Allen, age 87, and an Albuquerque resident passed away at sea November 10, 2002. Betty was born in New York City on October 24, 1915 to the late Alexander and Beckie Allen. Survivors include her daughters, Tara Sue Allen of Albuquerque, NM, and Gail R. Springer and husband, Peter of Santa Fe, NM; grandchildren, Dr. Alexander Granok and wife, April of St. Louis, MO, Dr. Howard Granok of St. Louis, MO, and Jillian Rae Springer of Santa Fe; great-grandchild, Eadric Granok; also many nieces and nephews. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Allen. She was a member of Congregation B'Nai Israel since 1951 and a life member of Hadassah and B?Nai Brith women, and a member of the sisterhood. Betty enjoyed playing bridge, fishing for trout in Northern NM and traveling. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be missed dearly by her family and friends. Graveside Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, 2002 at Fairview Memorial Park 700 Yale Blvd SE with Rabbi Arthur Flicker and Cantor Michael Dzubin officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the public library of your choice. Strong-Thorne Mortuary, 1100 Coal Ave. SE, is entrusted to Betty's care.
        Published on: Fri November 15, 2002

Solano -- Ramona Solano, 70, a resident of Albuquerque since 1958, died Saturday, November 9, 2002.�She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Milnor Solano of the family home; son, Manuel Solano; daughters, Yolanda Castillo and husband, Anthony and Karen Apodaca and husband, Victor; grandsons, Adam Salas and Dominic Apodaca; granddaughters, Victoria Apodaca and Stephanie Castillo; great-granddaughter, Anabel Salas, all of Albuquerque; and brothers and sisters, Vicente Gomez of Los Lunas, Mary Sisneros of Santa Rosa, NM, Ralph Gomez of Amarillo, Texas, Dolores Ortiz of Pico Rivera, California, Frances Lopez of Springer, New Mexico and Sostenes Gomez Jr. of Amarillo, Texas. Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, 5415 Fortuna Rd. NW., with Father Gene Gries, O. Praem, Celebrant.�Interment will take place at 1:30 p.m., at Santa Fe National Cemetery.�Pallbearers will be Anthony Castillo, Victor Apodaca, Dominic Apodaca, Adam Salas, Ralph Gomez, and Sostenes Gomez Jr.� Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of New Mexico, P.O. Box 14238, 87191.�French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
        Published on: Wed November 13, 2002

Solano -- Ramona Solano, 70, a resident of Albuquerque since 1958, died Saturday, November 9, 2002.�She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Milnor Solano of the family home; son, Manuel Solano; daughters, Yolanda Castillo and husband, Anthony and Karen Apodaca and husband, Victor; grandsons, Adam Salas and Dominic Apodaca; granddaughters, Victoria Apodaca and Stephanie Castillo; great-granddaughter, Anabel Salas, all of Albuquerque; and brothers and sisters, Vicente Gomez of Los Lunas, Mary Sisneros of Santa Rosa, NM, Ralph Gomez of Amarillo, Texas, Dolores Ortiz of Pico Rivera, California, Frances Lopez of Springer, New Mexico and Sostenes Gomez Jr. of Amarillo, Texas.�Rosary will be recited Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, 5415 Fortuna Rd. NW, with Gabriella Nieto reciting. Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, with Father Gene Gries, O. Praem, Celebrant.�Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m., at Santa Fe National Cemetery.�Pallbearers will be Anthony Castillo, Victor Apodaca, Dominic Apodaca, Adam Salas, Ralph Gomez, and Sostenes Gomez Jr.� Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of New Mexico, P.O. Box 14238, 87191.�French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
        Published on: Tue November 12, 2002

Cazzola -- Harry M. Cazzola, a resident of Albuquerque since 1967, died this weekend. He grew up in Deming, NM graduated from NMSU with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He headed several CCC camps in New Mexico. He began a hardware and lumber store in Cimarron, NM until World War II, when he was called up to the Pacific Theater as a Lieutenant Colonel for the Air Force. After the war, he began again in lumber and hardware in Springer, NM running the Shollenbarger and Cazzola Lumber Co. until 1967 when he moved the Aspen Air Manufacturing Co. to Albuquerque. Harry was a loving family man who enjoyed being outdoors and his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Cazzola, of Albuquerque; sons, Edward B. Cazzola of Albuquerque, and Harry J. Cazzola of Amarillo, TX; grandchildren, Rachel Cazzola of Albuquerque, Laura Cazzola of Marietta, OK, Daniel Cazzola of Flower Mound, TX and Phillip Cazzola of Denver, CO; and three great-grandchildren. A Rosary and Mass will be held at Queen of Heaven Church on Thursday evening. Burial will take place in Logan, NM. Memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Heaven School.
        Published on: Fri November 01, 2002

Cazzola -- Harry M. Cazzola, a resident of Albuquerque since 1967, died this weekend. He grew up in Deming, NM graduated from NMSU with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He headed several CCC camps in New Mexico. He began a hardware and lumber store in Cimarron, NM until World War II, when he was called up to the Pacific Theater as a Lieutenant Colonel for the Air Force. After the war, he began again in lumber and hardware in Springer, NM running the Shollenbarger and Cazzola Lumber Co. until 1967 when he moved the Aspen Air Manufacturing Co. to Albuquerque. Harry was a loving family man who enjoyed being outdoors and his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Cazzola, of Albuquerque; sons, Edward B. Cazzola of Albuquerque, and Harry J. Cazzola of Amarillo, TX; grandchildren, Rachel Cazzola of Albuquerque, Laura Cazzola of Marietta, OK, Daniel Cazzola of Flower Mound, TX and Phillip Cazzola of Denver, CO; and three great-grandchildren. A Rosary and Mass will be held at Queen of Heaven Church on Thursday evening. Burial will take place in Logan, NM. Memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Heaven School.
        Published on: Thu October 31, 2002

Cazzola -- Harry M. Cazzola, a resident of Albuquerque since 1967, died this weekend. He grew up in Deming, NM graduated from NMSU with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He headed several CCC camps in New Mexico. He began a hardware and lumber store in Cimarron, NM until World War II, when he was called up to the Pacific Theater as a Lieutenant Colonel for the Air Force. After the war, he began again in lumber and hardware in Springer, NM running the Shollenbarger and Cazzola Lumber Co. until 1967 when he moved the Aspen Air Manufacturing Co. to Albuquerque. Harry was a loving family man who enjoyed being outdoors and his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Cazzola, of Albuquerque; sons, Edward B. Cazzola of Albuquerque, and Harry J. Cazzola of Amarillo, TX; grandchildren, Rachel Cazzola of Albuquerque, Laura Cazzola of Marietta, OK, Daniel Cazzola of Flower Mound, TX and Phillip Cazzola of Denver, CO; and three great-grandchildren. A Rosary and Mass will be held at Queen of Heaven Church on Thursday evening. Burial will take place in Logan, NM. Memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Heaven School.
        Published on: Wed October 30, 2002

Cazzola -- Harry M. Cazzola, a resident of Albuquerque since 1967, died this weekend. He grew up in Deming, NM graduated from NMSU with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He headed several CCC camps in New Mexico. He began a hardware and lumber store in Cimarron, NM until World War II, when he was called up to the Pacific Theater as a Lieutenant Colonel for the Air Force. After the war, he began again in lumber and hardware in Springer, NM running the Shollenbarger and Cazzola Lumber Co. until 1967 when he moved the Aspen Air Manufacturing Co. to Albuquerque. Harry was a loving family man who enjoyed being outdoors and his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Cazzola, of Albuquerque; sons, Edward B. Cazzola of Albuquerque, and Harry J. Cazzola of Amarillo, TX; grandchildren, Rachel Cazzola of Albuquerque, Laura Cazzola of Marietta, OK, Daniel Cazzola of Flower Mound, TX and Phillip Cazzola of Denver, CO; and three great-grandchildren. A Rosary and Mass will be held at Queen of Heaven Church on Thursday evening. Burial will take place in Logan, NM. Memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Heaven School.
        Published on: Tue October 29, 2002

Romero -- Dorothy F. Romero, a resident of Albuquerque, passed away on October 20, 2002. Dorothy was born on November 8, 1949 to Jose Timoteo and Pat Salazar Martinez in Springer, NM. Dorothy graduated with honors with a masters degree in education from the University of New Mexico. She was an elementary school teacher and spent most of her time teaching at Dolores Gonzales Elementary, Carlos Rey Elementary, and her last teaching years with her precious physically impaired students at Mark Twain Elementary School. She loved volunteering and worked with the South Broadway Cultural Center and the North Valley Community Center. Dorothy was very active in the Hispanic community and enjoyed helping the less fortunate and provided education and translation services for them. Dorothy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Alameda. Her precious sons were the passion of her life. Dorothy will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her father, Jose Martinez; and her sister, Abelina Irene Martinez. Dorothy is survived by her beloved sons, Timothy James Romero and his wife, Maria Elena of Rio Rancho, Thomas Matthew Romero of Albuquerque; mother, Pat Martinez of Springer, NM; sister, Nancy Paulich of Raton, NM; brother, Timoteo Martinez and his wife, Anita of Wagon Mound, NM; granddaughter, Savannah Jade Romero; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and a host of cherished friends and former students. A visitation will be held for Dorothy on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Springer, NM. Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. also at the church. Interment will take place at the Sweetwater Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Rio Grande Chapter, 2021 Girard Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. Services are under the care of Sunrise Funeral Options (505) 891-9192.
        Published on: Tue October 22, 2002

Hazen -- Arthur G. Hazen, Jr. died at his home in Escondido, California on June 26, 2002. He was born in Mosquero, New Mexico on September 21, 1922 to Arthur G. Hazen Sr., and Cora Moore Hazen. He attended school there until his graduation from high school in 1941. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Leone Hazen Seidel of Springer, NM and Glenna Hazen Green of Springer, NM and also two sisters, Cora Shirley Hazen and Patsy Jo Hazen who died in early childhood during a measles epidemic. After high school, he worked for the Farm Credit in Wichita, Kansas, and also enjoyed being a rodeo bull rider. His attendance at UNM in Albuquerque on a basketball scholarship was interrupted when he enlisted in the Army during World War II. Initially, he served in the African-Middle Eastern campaign, and then went into France with the Normandy invasion. The itinerary of his AAA Group with VII Corps shows that from a foxhole on Utah Beach on D-Day, until V-E Day, that the unit marched 1359 miles across France, Belgium and Germany. He suffered serious medical problems while wintering at the Battle of the Bulge. However, he then was attached to any Army Unit that continued into Germany and were initial liberators of two concentration camps. After the war, he married Doris Roberts and settled in Albuquerque to rear their six children. He pursued a career in sales, eventually moving to California in 1968. In California, he became a cattle rancher and horse trainer. He also became an avid square dancer, and it was at a dance in 1974 that he met his current wife, Patricia, of Escondido. He spent 17 years as a Park Ranger at Dixon Lake for the City of Escondido. During that time, he and his wife, Patricia took in 126 foster children."Grandpa" always tried to instill positive virtues and good behavior in his foster kids, realizing that he might be their most important family at that time. He was a devoted father to his own children, and a loving grandfather to 30 natural grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He enjoyed sharing treasures from his desk with the young ones, teaching of his life. He will be best remembered for his depression-era love of all small possessions and the World War II-era value he placed on each and every day of life. If you would like to attend service call 505-281-2452
        Published on: Tue August 06, 2002