It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Barbara Jane Melendrez Biel-Telles (Las Cruces, New Mexico), who passed away at the age of 88, on October 21, 2023. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her parents, Ralph Melendrez and Manuelita Calles; her siblings, Ralph Melendrez, Carlos Melendrez, Richard Padilla, Margaret Padilla (Margie), Norma Sloane and Robert Padilla; her grandson Ryan Rodriguez; her husband Ray Telles; her children, George Biel Jr., Gary Biel, Ron Biel (MaryHelen), Carol Rodriguez (Carlos) and Michelle Biel-Tether (Russell); her grandchildren, Barbara Biel, Stephanie Almendarez, James Wilmoth, Whitney Blickem, Brooke Biel, Brittany Young, Eric Musshorn, Victoria Trujillo, Oriana Biel, Katalina Biel, Melanie Cortez, Nathaniel Rodriguez, Sarah Aguirre, Jessica Aguirre and Christopher Aguirre; and her great grandchildren, Cameron Tankersley, Macy Almendarez, Celeste Almendarez, Liam Blickem, Conor Blickem, Blair Young and Landon Young.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to Mesilla Valley Hospice.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Getz Funeral Home