Lane Leavell

LANE LEAVELL Funeral services for lifelong resident Lane Leavell will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Jimmy Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Lane was born the son of Kay Leavell and Darlene (Sparks) Leavell on Feb. 8, 1971 in Cortez. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004. Lane was 33 years old. On July 10, 1993 Lane married Amy Sue Risenhoover in Dolores. A heavy equipment mechanic for Nielsons/Skanska, Lane loved his job. He was an active and devoted member of the Lifeway Baptist Church. In his free time, Lane enjoyed building model trucks. He was proud that he was the one trusted annually to haul the Galloping Goose train to Durango to put it on the tracks. Mostly, though, Lane loved his family and cherished those relationships. Surviving Lane are his beloved wife of 10 years, Amy Leavell of Dolores; his children, Garrett Leavell and Madelynn Leavell both of Dolores; his parents, Kay Leavell and Darlene Leavell of Dolores; his parents-in-law, Leon and Saralynn Risenhoover also of Dolores; and his grandmother, Jean Sparks of Henderson, Nev. Three sisters, Penny Thompson and husband, Gene of Mancos, Lisa Balderrama and husband, Rudy of Cortez, and Lori Willbanks and husband, Keenan of Dolores also survive Lane. Preceding Lane in death was an infant daughter, Sarah Leavell; brother, Lynn Leavell; grandmother, Bernice Leavell; and grandfather, Paddy Leavell. Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Lane Leavell with either branch of the Dolores State Bank.