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IN MEMORIAM
Thomas James Thomas Sept. 25, 1939 – Jan. 6, 2021
Thomas James Thomas, 81, of Edgewood, NM, passed away Wednesday January 6, 2021 at his home. Thomas was born September 25, 1939, in Tucumcari, NM, to Larry and Irene (Barnes) Thomas. Thomas was very involved with racing horses and was a member of the Jockey Club and Herman and Sons. He is preceded in death by his parents and a baby sister. Thomas proudly served his country in the US Navy.
Thomas is survived by his wife, Clara Moore- Thomas of Edgewood, NM; three sons, Jeffrey
W. Grimley of Atoka, OK, John A. Grimley and his wife Robin of Paris, TX, and Thomas James Thomas Jr of Cleveland, TN; one daughter, Wood- rena Hegwood and her husband Tony of Lafayette, GA; three brothers Richard Dunlap, Jimmy (Jim) Dunlap and Harold Thomas; three sisters Peggy Melott, Jenell Diedrich and Karen Boyer.
Stan Sigman
Mar. 31, 1947 – Dec. 21, 2020
Horseman Stan Sigman died December 21, 2020. The racing breeder and owner was a partner and the chairman of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.
Sigman grew up in the Texas Panhandle, and rose to the top of the business world as the CEO and president of Cingular Wireless and AT&T and is regarded as a visionary in the wireless technology field, among count- less other business accomplishments.
In 2017, Sigman was part of the owner- ship group that purchased Ruidoso Downs in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and he has served as its chairman.
Kenneth Lee Corazza 1942 – 2020
Much-loved brother, uncle, and friend
Respected pharmacist, horseman, and community leader
Kenneth Corazza died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 of natural causes.
Ken was the owner of The Medicine
Chest Pharmacy and a member of the New Mexico State Racing Commission. Those two achievements demonstrate his dual passions: he practiced pharmacy in his beloved north valley for 57 years after graduating from the UNM College of Pharmacy; and he loved, owned, bred, and raced Thoroughbred horses.
His work in many ways was his life, and pharmacy gave him the gift of compassion for the plight of the people who passed through his doors over the years. He was rewarded, in turn, with many friendships and opportunities to see and do things he would otherwise not have experienced.
As a businessman he was one of the founding members of The Regent Drug Group of New Mexico, a statewide advertising and buying group for independent pharmacies; his community outreach included serving on a hospice board,
the New Futures School Board for ten years, community health fairs, and the New Mexico Poison Control Board, among many others. He received numerous awards and was especially proud of the UNM College of Pharmacy Outstanding Alumni Award, as well as his service as a Captain in the New Mexico Air National Guard.
He believed that his community was not only his pharmacy, but his city and state, and that no life is lived without a series of debts to parents and mentors encountered along the path. He tried in his own way through service and through quite remarkable care and kindness to countless people to repay those debts. New Mexico has lost one of its most faithful sons.
He is survived by two sisters, Carol Bass (Clarence) and Cheryl Castonguay; nephew, Matthew Bass; and niece, Renae Castonguay Duran; his Medicine Chest family, and a host
of dear friends and colleagues such as the Cathe Collard family, the Chris Harlacker family, the Matthew Rounseville family, the Pat Birmingham family, the Leonard family, the Steve Fidel family, customers, and people whose lives he touched and who loved him. He will be missed.
Nannette M. Lane
August 12, 1949 - February 1, 2021
Nannette M. Lane, age 71, a resident of Bosque NM, passed away on February 1, 2021. She was a member of the Catholic Church, the New Mexico Horse Breeders Association, the American Quarter Horse Association and the Jockey Club Association.
Nannette was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Vera Fagan of Belen; brother, Larry Fagan of Socorro. She is survived by her husband, Terrence Lane; children, Veronica Lane, Shalen and Scott Taylor, Mellanie and Howard Muzingo, and Colleen Croy; grandchildren, Whitney and Austin Spohn, Colby Skidmore, Kayle Skidmore, Kyler Skidmore, Zane and Rylee Muller, Addy Trimmell, Jayden Jones and Zaxx Muzingo; great-grandchildren, Mason and Doughtry Sphon; and close family friend, Ceazar Perez.
Burial will take place at Santa Fe National Cemetery (Date to be confirmed soon.) Please sign Nannette’s online tribute at www. romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.
Remember, you can start the NMHBA registration process the day your foal is born! You DO NOT need to wait until
you receive the QH or TB certificates. But remember
the horse is not an official
New Mexico Bred until the certificates have been finalized.
4836 Hardware Dr. NE Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87109 Tel:505.262.0224 Fax:505.265.8009 Executive Director: Mary Barber (mary@nmhorsebreeders.com) Registrar: Ernestine Aragon (ernestine@nmhorsebreeders.com) Admin. Assistant: Paulette Taylor (paulette@nmhorsebreeders.com)
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