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/hF0.2ACIB/638 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal - January 12, 2003 Captain Donald Neal McElroy, 73, a longtime resident of Moriarty, NM passed away Friday January 10, 2003, in Albuquerque, NM. Mr. McElroy was born in Jacksonville, TX on May 9, 1929, to Clarence Albert and Hazel Inez (Stanaland) McElroy. Mr. McElroy married Beverly Ann Shockey August 15, 1958 in Moriarty, NM. Donald N. McElroy Retired from the New Mexico State Police, as a Captain after 28 1/2 years of service. He served as President of the New Mexico Sheriff's & Police Association, he was also a member of the New Mexico State Police Pistol Team for many years. He served as the Cordinator for The Torrance County Emergency Preparedness committee, he also served his Country in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. Mr. McElroy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Moriarty and the Moriarty Rotary Club. Mr. McElroy is survived by his wife of 44 years Beverly Ann Shockey McElroy of Moriarty, NM; one son, Clarence and wife, Sylvia McElroy; three daughters, LaDonna and husband! , Wesley Plew, Denise and husband, Mark Staab, and Kelley and husband, Bill Gardner; one brothers, RV McElroy; three sisters, Merle Dunlap, Willa Lea Doyle, and Esther Womack; 11 grandchildren, Blake Wesley, Shane and Cheyenne Plew, Garrett, Katie Lee, Caleb, Candace and Gideon Staab, Bronson and Hollie McElroy, and Samantha Gardner; a large loving extended family of cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and his State Police Family. Mr. McElroy was preceded in death by his parents, one sister Iris Pankievich, and one brother Robert Dean McElroy. Mr. McElroy will lie in state at the Harris-Hanlon Mortuary Monday January 13, 2003m 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A funeral will be held Tuesday January 14, 2003, 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Moriarty, NM with Dr. Kenneth Long officiating, burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery in Moriarty, NM. Pallbearers will be The New Mexico State Police Honor Guard. Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Staab, Wesley Pl! ew, Bill Gardner, Clarence McElroy, Calvin Davis SR, Jeffrey McElroy, Mitchell McElroy, Donny McElroy, Ronnie Doyle, Floyd Doyle JR, Brent Pankievich, A.E. Stanaland, and former NM Governor Bruce King. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Harris-Hanlon Mortuary in Moriarty, NM 832-6130.