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In Memory

Lyman Stough

Lyman Stough

Lyman, born on February 28, 1953, passed away on December 31, 2013, from pneumonia.  Services will be held in Alamogordo on January 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

Obituary

Lyman L. Stough

Lyman passed away at age 60 on December 31, 2013 at his Alamogordo residence after a bout with pneumonia.

Lyman was born to Lowell and Edith Stough of Alamogordo. He graduated from Alamogordo High School, where he was honored as an all-state basketball player before playing for Dick Dragmeister at WNMU, where Lyman completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree. He served as a student assistant basketball coach his final two years at WNMU.

After graduation he moved to Cliff, NM where he was Pete Shock’s assistant for five years, including one undefeated season. Lyman’s next promotion was to head coach at Lordsburg where he worked for seven years. After this, he served a six year stint as athletic director at Morenci, AZ. It was in Morenci that Lyman was married for a five year period. While in Morenci, he jumped at the opportunity to run a golf course for a year, since golf was one of his passions. The golf course job was fulfilling, but undercapitalized, so Lyman took on a Child Protective Services program for about eighteen months in Sierra Vista, AZ. His love of sports enticed him to take an Athletic Director position in Chinle, AZ, that lasted a year. From Chinle, Lyman accepted an Assistant Principal position in Globe, AZ where he stayed about four years. He subsequently went back to Chinle for one year as an Assistant Principal before heading to Fort Sumner as a Secondary School Principal. Lyman decided to move back to his home town of Alamogordo, where he worked for a Xerox Company until his passing.

Lyman is survived by a sister, Lynda Scofield and her husband, Bob of Albuquerque and their two children, Jarrod Scofield of Albuquerque and Amanda Scofield and husband Rick of Fort Collins, Colorado. Lyman is also survived by an aunt, Carol McCommon of Parker, AZ and her two children, Shaun McCommon of Tucson and Shannon Beate of Lincoln, NE.

A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 10:00am at the Hamilton-O'Dell Funeral Home Chapel located at 1334 N. Scenic Dr. in Alamogordo. Call 575-434-5253 for more information.

Donations may be made in Lyman’s name to the Otero Masonic Charity Fund of Sacramento Lodge # 24 (of which Lyman was a member) at 1100 Vermont Ave. in Alamogordo.

The family has entrusted their loved one to the care of Alamogordo Funeral Home to direct the arrangements. Cremation has taken place at PCS.

 
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01/18/14 09:46 PM #1    

Gerald Brantley

A Tribute to Lyman Stough and Art Salas

We look upon the graves of two more from our time: Lyman Stough and Art Salas.

So many from our time and place are gone. Vanished as if into thin air.  The light that shone from their eyes forever extinguished. Strong hands, swift feet, forever motionless. Voices forever silenced.

I struggle to remember when these pale shadows in my memory possessed substance, blossoming with the beauty and vitality of youth. I struggle to remember their voices, voices telling stories of an enchanted place and a wondrous time.

I want to tell you their stories. Stories that would be delightful for me to relate and a joy for you to hear.  Stories that would honor those from that time who still live. Stories that would bring to life those already summoned by dark night eternal. But my memory is flawed and my power of expression limited.

I grasp for that which I cannot reach. Our time had no firm foundation. It changed, disappeared. So many who bloomed have perished. The flowers have disappeared, wasted by time, felled by death.

I know enough of their stories to say this: their adversaries respected them; their families and friends loved them; their passing grieves us deeply.

And this I hope: they have gone home.

By Gerald Brantley

 

 

 

 

 


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