Louis Michael Quarrell, born May 9, 1932 in the Little Florida Mountains of Luna County, New Mexico, entered into eternal peace June 30, 2015 in Las Cruces.
Visitation will begin Sunday afternoon July 5, 2015 at 4 o'clock at Baca's Funeral Chapel with the prayer vigil to follow at 5 o'clock. Mass of the Christian Burial will be Monday July 6, 2015 at 2 o'clock at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Fr. Manuel Ibarra officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A reception will follow at St. Ann's Parish Hall.
Louis moved to Deming in the early 1940's. He was the grandson of Michele and Gatrudas Tarazon Quarello and Hilario and Teresa Munoz Lucero and Alejandro Estrada and the son of Michael (Chapo) and Apolonia (Pola ) Quarrell. Louis attended school in Lewis Flats, Smith Elementary and Deming Jr. And Sr. High School, where he played junior varsity football. At 12 Louis worked with Don Pasqual Pacheco making adobe bricks and at 13 he drove a supply truck for the mine at Cooks Peak for his father. During summer breaks he worked his first full time job at the Deming Army Air Base during WW II. Louis also worked in the Carlton mines with his grandfather improving springs and water tanks and driving employees to work at age 14. In 1947 Skeeter Williams gave Louis a job at the Deming Meat Packing Company. Louis enjoyed his school art classes where he met Maria (Mary) Gonzalez who would become his wife on November 2, 1950. In the mid 1950's Louis played in the Minor Baseball League for the Deming Merchants traveling to play teams from the Southwest NM and adjacent Mexican cities. In 1966 Louis and Mary purchased 4 acres of land and built a home for their family of twelve. Louise also worked part time at the Country Club and Yucca Cafe. After 30 years with D-Pac Louis went to work for Reynolds Electrical and Engineering in Nevada at the Tonopah Test Range working specifically on the secret F-117A Stealth Fighter Program as General Foreman of Roads and Grounds.
Louis enjoyed camping, hiking, hunting shooting archery and metal detecting with his family in the surrounding mountains with a special interest in local history and archeology. He was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Cubs. His favorite city is Deming, favorite place the Forks in Gila National Forest and his best friends have been his children. He loved making breakfast at the crack of dawn for his family and would patiently wait for everyone to join him in the kitchen for the first cup of coffee. He loved to play bingo in Las Vegas and during family gatherings at home. He was a master at creating wood carvings which he made for his family. He loved collecting cans and giving the proceeds to the needy. He supported the local animal shelter out of his love and compassion for them. He enjoyed watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune nightly with family. He was a master at completing word puzzles. He considered his greatest accomplishments owning the home they lived in and the annual family reunions on Thanksgiving. Louis will best be remembered for his lively sense of humor and being an exceptionally devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Their children include, Mary Ramirez, the late Virginia Quarrell, Margo (Terry) Lamuraglia, Louie Quarrell Jr., Bobby Joe Quarrell, John (Barb) Quarrell and daughter-in-law, Jamie Quarrell, the late Steve Quarrell, Julie (Stephan) Saia, Lilly Quarrell and Michelle Burnside; brothers, Barney (Bertha) Quarrell, Mike (Marlene) Quarrell, James (Kathy) Quarrell, Frank (Mary) Quarrell and Charlie (JoAnn) Quarrell; sister Paulette Quarrell; grandchildren, Amber, Angie, Ben, Celeste, Charlie, Christan, Cody, David, Ed, Emma, Grace, Helena, Isabella, Johnathon, Josh, Lori, Michele, Nick and Sarah as well as 25 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years Mary Gonzalez Quarrell.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial contributions be made in his memory to the American Lung Association and local Deming Animal Shelter.