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Bennie S. Archuleta

Posted 2008-01-21 by Judy Wight Branson
Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Bennie S. Archuleta Jr. passed away Jan. 12, 2008, in the company of loved ones. He was born Feb. 9, 1949, in Las Vegas, N.M., and grew up in Denver and Las Vegas.

Bennie received a master’s degree from Highlands University and his medical degree from the University of New Mexico, specializing in cardiology. Bennie performed his internship and residency at Emmanuel Hospital in Portland, Ore. He was an associate with Albuquerque Cardiac Associates, Cardiology Associates of New Mexico, Desert Cardiology in Tucson and Arizona Heart Institute in Prescott. His associates remember the excellent, professional care and respect he gave to all his patients and those he treated were always grateful to have Bennie as their doctor. He was serving on the Board of Directors for Jet Trucks, was on the Institutional Review Board and was a research investigator for Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and served on the Khatali Alumni Board, UNM School of Medicine.

Bennie retired in 2003.

Bennie is survived by his parents, Bennie and Eva Archuleta of Las Vegas, N.M.; brother Toby and wife Anita of Alaska; brother Ruben and wife Theresa of Rio Rancho, N.M.

Services will be Jan. 18, 2008, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Las Vegas, N.M. A rosary will begin at 1 p.m. followed by a funeral mass at 2 p.m. A celebration of life will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Elks Club, 2305 Collins Drive, Las Vegas, N.M. Private internment will be at the San Ignacio Cemetery.

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