Howard "Dado" M. Hearn

Howard M. "Dado" Hearn, 79, of Vickery Road, Carlsbad, New Mexico, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Landsun Homes. Visitation will be 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. A Graveside Service is scheduled for Friday, October 21, 2011, 10:00 AM, at Carlsbad Cemetery with Pastor Tim Funchess officiating. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Howard Morris Hearn was born on July 5, 1932 in Roxton, Texas to Morris and Oma Viola (Martin) Hearn. He attended Carlsbad Public Schools. Howard married Jessie Bernice Janway on August 21, 1950 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He worked for his step-father, Paul Cain at Cain and Cain Garage, he started working when he was 12 years old. When Howard was 15 years old he started following the wheat harvest with his uncle during the summer. When he was 17 he worked for Bond Ice Company. In 1951 Howard went to work for Hill Lines Trucking Company until 1954 when he went to work for US Potash Company, which later became Mississippi. Later Howard went to work for Teledyne where he worked until he retired as a journeyman mechanic in 1993. Howard loved to hunt and fish and spend time with his family. When his grandchildren came along they started calling him "dado" a name that everyone who knew him called him. When you went to visit him at Landsun if you just said, "I came to see dado" and they knew who you wanted to see. He loved kids from the day they were born until they were adults. He loved to sit and watch them even if he didn't know them. You could never be sad around him, he would do a little twisting move or twist his face all up until he got you to laugh. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jessie Bernice Hearn; son, Robert Kent Hearn; daughter, Wetana Karen Hearn; mother, Oma Viola Cain, step-father, Paul Cain; mother and father-in-law: Jess and Nance Janway. Survivors are his daughter, Kay Roper and husband, Terry of Carlsbad, NM; three grandchildren: Shannon Vallejos and husband, Gabe of Carlsbad, NM, Teresa Messer and husband, Tray of Carlsbad, NM, Angie Vasquez and husband, Jimmy of Malaga, NM; 8 great-grandchildren: Ryan Vasquez, Rocky Beal, Randy Beal, Rayen Bushman, Trystan Messer, Traelyn Messer, Chanlee Vasquez and Jostyn Vasquez; brother, Paul Cain and wife, Dilys of Genoa, NV; sister, Betty Funchess and husband, Edward of Carlsbad, NM and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Vasquez, Tray Messer, Gabe Vallejos, Rocky Beal, Randy Beal and Ryan Vasquez. Memorial contributions may be made to Landsun Homes, Hospice, 1815 Westridge Road, Carlsbad, NM 88220. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.