Elene Mulkey Means

Elene Mulkey Means, 81, was born January 6, 1937, on the family homestead near Progresso, NM. After lengthy medical conditions, she went to be with Jesus in our Heavenly Home on Monday, August 20, 2018. A Funeral Service will be held at First Baptist Church, Corona, NM, on Monday, August 27, 2018, 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at Corona Cemetery. Celebrate Elene’s life by visiting www.andersonbethany.com to offer a memory or expression of sympathy for her family. Elene was the eldest of three children born to Effie and Albert Mulkey. The family moved off the farm into Corona in the 1940’s. She attended the Corona Schools. Elene took piano lessons and attended the Corona Baptist Church, where she saw a need for something more in her life and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. After graduating high school, she went to Albuquerque, where she began working as a cosmetologist. Elene married Harvey Robertson and together they had two children. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, she felt the need to return back to Corona. She eventually became a bookkeeper and later married Kenneth Means and they had a son together. Elena moved to Roswell, NM, in the mid-sixties and was a bookkeeper for Durham Lincoln Mercury. She also worked for the Human Services Welfare Department before she went to college, where she pursued and received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Art. After graduating ENMU, Elene moved to Texas, where she lived over twenty years. Elene loved to play the piano and sing, she always sang in the choir at church. She also took art classes in college and found that she enjoyed painting and drawing, which she did quite well. Those left to cherish Elene’s memory are her children, Alan Robertson and Adis Robertson; grandson, Joshua Means; two brothers, Frank Mulkey and wife Mary, and their children: Diane Rust, Darryl Mulkey; and Danny Mulkey, Lee Mulkey and wife Patsy and their children: Scott Mulkey, Steve Mulkey, and Tom Mulkey; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews that she really enjoyed. Preceding Elene in death were her youngest son, Kenneth Means Jr. (July of 2017); parents, Albert and Effie Mulkey; grandparents: Ada and Sam Harris and Bell and Glenn Mulkey; as well as both ex-husbands, Harvey Robertson and Kenneth Means Sr. whom she kept contact with over the years. The family of Elene would like to thank Comfort Keepers of Roswell, NM, St. Anthony’s Care Home in Clovis, NM, for the wonderful love and care given in her last years. Those chosen as Honorary Pallbearers are: Frank Mulkey, Lee Mulkey, Charles McMath and Cliff Perrin. Pallbearers will be: Steve Mulkey, Joshua Means, Darryl Mulkey, Steven Mulkey, Tom Mulkey and Dean Vickery. Elene’s tribute was lovingly written in her honor by her family.

Elene Mulkey Means

January 6, 1937 - August 20, 2018