Tunney Francis Waterman

TUNNEY FRANCIS WATERMAN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Tunney Francis Waterman will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Tunney was born on October 5, 1922 in Decatorville, Mo. the son of Mark and Rhoda Pearl (Webster) Waterman. He passed away on Monday, February 21, 2005 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 82. On April 28, 1945 in Cortez, Tunney married Betty Lou Harris. Tunney enjoyed collecting antiques, and fishing. One of his favorite pastimes was watching very old western movies. Surviving Tunney are his wife, Betty Lou Waterman; his children, Arie David Waterman and wife, Lucille of Cortez, Ernest Mark Waterman and wife, Andrea of Upland, Calif., Aleta Marie Huck and husband, Robert of Clayton, Calif., Vera Mae Walker of Edmonton, Canada, Greta Lou Meyer and husband, Gary of Jerome, Ida., and Janet Lee Stanko and husband, Steve of Grand Junction, Colo.; his 15 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren; and his brother and sister, Joseph Alfred Waterman of Sunnyside, Wash., and Martha Mary Ball of Lebanon, Mo. Preceding him in death were his parents. Memorial contributions can be made in Tunney’s name at First National Bank.