Della Jean Herrmann

DELLA JEAN TODD HERRMANN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Della Jean Todd Herrmann will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 31 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. Clifford Capps will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. The daughter of Emory and Fannie Francis (Retherford) Todd, Della Jean was born on August 6, 1936 in Pleasant View. She passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at her home at the age of 69. On November 29, 1957, Della Jean married Bobby Leonard Herrmann at the Pleasant View grade school gymnasium. She was a very active member of her church who was very devoted to Christ. Della Jean had many talents and hobbies, she was a wonderful gardener who could grow beautiful flowers. She also was a gifted quilter, seamstress and cook. She took great pride in taking care of those she loved. Surviving Della Jean are her husband, Bobby of Cortez; and her children, Tony Herrmann and wife, Terri and Royce Herrmann and wife, Roxanna all of Pleasant View, Devie Jacquez and husband, Don of Grand Junction, Colo., Darla Sanders of Tulsa, Okla., Tuffy Sanders of Catoosa, Okla., Angela Malcolm and husband, Alan of Delta, Colo., and Aaron Herrmann and friend, Steven Mann of Cortez. She also leaves behind her siblings, Lois Smart and husband, Clinton of Arriola, Venita Wells of Cortez, Kenneth Todd and wife, Phyllis of Arriola, Dale Todd and wife, Evelyn of the Philippines, and Berta Boyd and husband, Raymond of Pleasant View; as well as 16 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. Preceding Della Jean in death were her parents; and her brothers, Vernon Todd and Bob Todd. Memorial contributions may be made in Della Jean’s memory at the Dolores State Bank.