HFSNM Bids Sad Goodbye to Veteran Floyd Ryan
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of one of our Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico veterans. Floyd George Ryan, 98. A longtime Deming resident, Ryan passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces. Known to us as “Slim,” HFSNM was honored to have him on our Mission 9 flight in 2016. We also had the privilege of seeing Slim honored at the Operation “We Care” event in Deming on March 30th. Secretary of the New M
Honor Flight Veteran Delmar Sanders Passes
Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico extends our deepest sympathy to the family of Delmar Sanders. Delmar A. Sanders, a native of Detroit, Michigan, died at the age of 90 on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. He moved to Truth or Consequences as a child. After leaving high school to join the US Marine Corps during WWII he was sent to the South Pacific where he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the Japanese surrender he served in China repatriating Japanese troops. In 1949 he was recal
