This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/odZ.2ACIB/545 Message Board Post: Journal North, New Mexico, February 7, 2004 ALBERT "CHIEF" GONZALES, 78, of Las Vegas, N.M., died Thursday at St. Vincent Hospital after a long illness. He served in the U.S. Navy. He was an employee of the Melton Ranch from 1960 until 2003, when he retired as ranch manager and continued to live at his home on the ranch. He enjoyed being with his family and friends and playing cards with his grandchildren. A lifelong Catholic, he was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bonafacio and Sofia Gonzales; wife, Augustina Gonzales; sisters and brothers, Frances Maese, Efren G. Pena, Ramona G. Duran, Pedro Gonzales, Juan Bautista Gonzales, Jose Maurilio Gonzales, Eloisa G. Lovato and Balbina G. Maldonado. He is survived by his children, Primitivo J. Gonzales and wife Cruzita of Albuquerque, Antonio Gonzales and wife Annabelle, Marie Dolores Ortiz, Julia Gonzales and Ruben Parra, Albert Gonzales Jr., Jennie Lou Vigil and Estevan Gonzales and friend Annette, all of Las Vegas, N.M., and Anna Ortiz and husband Isaias of Ft. Collins, Colo.; six grandchildren; sister, Agueda G. Lujan of Las Vegas, N.M., his dear pet, Ringo; and many other relatives and friends. A funeral service will be held at 9 a.m. today at Our Lady of Sorrows Church with burial to follow at the San Jose Cemetery. Rogers Mortuary, (505) 425-3511.