Carrell Rae Blakely, age 86, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, in Springer, New Mexico.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 28th at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Rev. Billy Rammage officiating. Burial will follow in the Clayton Memorial Cemetery by the Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, New Mexico.

Carrell Rae Blakely was born on July 27, 1936, in Hemingford, Nebraska to Ray and Margorie Stull. She graduated from high school in Startton, Colorado in 1953. Carrell loved learning, going back to school at Trinidad Jr. College to obtain an associates degree and later to the University of New Mexico to complete her bachelor's degree. Carrell enjoyed painting, writing, being involved in the community and was an avid reader. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, Lariat CowBelles, Clayton Arts Council, Board member of the Clayton Housing Authority and Golden Spread. She had two books published and was working on a third. She put her education to use running a business for 23 years and later became the Union County General Hospital administrator in Clayton. Carrell married Virgil Pugh of Stratton in September of 1953 and they moved to California where he was stationed in the Navy. They had two sons, Mickey and Rickey. They moved back to Stratton and later to Raton, New Mexico. They parted in 1966. In 1968, she married Richard Azar of Raton. He had four children from his previous marriage, Richard Jr., Gail, Douglas and Polly and Richard passed away in 1970. In 1972, Carrell married Herbert Blakely from Clayton. He had four children from his previous marriage, Alan, Sherry, Anita and Gaylene. In addition to her parents, Carrell was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Blakely in 2015, by a sister, Jeannie Riggs and by 4 stepchildren, Richard Jr., Doug, Polly and Anita.

SURVIVORS:

2 SONS: Mickey Pugh of Albion, Nebraska and Rickey Pugh of Ute Park, New Mexico.

3 STEP-DAUGHTERS: Gail Porter of Denver, Colorado, Sherry Huddleston of Bogata, Texas and Gaylene Smith of Cuchara, Colorado.

1 STEP-SON: Alan Blakely of La Veta, Colorado.

2 BROTHERS: Kenneth Stull of Hemingford, Nebraska and Tom Stull and his wife Diana of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1 SISTER: Barbara Tschacher and her husband Gary of Wanette, Oklahoma.

Along with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.