Orlando Briscoe, a resident of Loco Hills for 64 years, passed away Thursday, Nov. 8, after a fall at his home. 11/8/2001
His wishes were to be cremated and there was to be no services.
Briscoe was a veteran of World War II, serving as a merchant marine in the Pacific. He always said he had the best education a young man could have in the CCC camps, fighting forest fires in northern California in the 1930s.
He came to New Mexico after living in Illinois and Oklahoma and in 1938, he married Faye McIlhaney of Artesia. He worked 42 years in oil field production and took pride in knowing the animals and plants of the surrounding desert. As a young father in the 1950s, he taught many of the Loco Hills kids how to swim in the cattle water tanks.
More recently, he enjoyed sharing his vegetable garden and visiting with his friends.
Survivors include: his wife of 64 years, Faye Briscoe; son and daughter-in-law, John and Joyce Briscoe of Albuquerque; one brother, Keller, near Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by 11 of his 12 sisters and brothers.

Orlando Briscoe, a resident of Loco Hills for 64 years, passed away Thursday, Nov. 8, after a fall at his home. 11/8/2001
His wishes were to be cremated and there was to be no services.
Briscoe was a veteran of World War II, serving as a merchant marine in the Pacific. He always said he had the best education a young man could have in the CCC camps, fighting forest fires in northern California in the 1930s.
He came to New Mexico after living in Illinois and Oklahoma and in 1938, he married Faye McIlhaney of Artesia. He worked 42 years in oil field production and took pride in knowing the animals and plants of the surrounding desert. As a young father in the 1950s, he taught many of the Loco Hills kids how to swim in the cattle water tanks.
More recently, he enjoyed sharing his vegetable garden and visiting with his friends.
Survivors include: his wife of 64 years, Faye Briscoe; son and daughter-in-law, John and Joyce Briscoe of Albuquerque; one brother, Keller, near Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by 11 of his 12 sisters and brothers.