Obituaries

Kendall Chester Malinowski

Kendall Chester Malinowski

Nov 26, 2014

KENDALL CHESTER MALINOWSKI Memorial Mass services for longtime Dolores resident, Kendall Chester Malinowski will be held at 10 a.m. On Saturday, December 13 at the Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will be officiating. Kendall Chester Malinowski was born on August 28, 1940 in Trenton, N.J. the son of Chester Anthony and Eva Monica...

Jeanette Sidney Leighton

Jeanette Sidney Leighton

Nov 22, 2014

JEANETTE SIDNEY LEIGHTON Memorial services for Cortez resident, Jeanette Sidney Leighton will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 29 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Pastor Linda Talbert will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery at a later date. Jeanette was born on January 9, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Okla. the daughter of Orville and...

Jody Marie Hooker

Jody Marie Hooker

Nov 21, 2014

JODY MARIE HOOKER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Jody Marie Hooker will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. There...

Jack Herman Ott

Jack Herman Ott

Nov 18, 2014

JACK HERMAN OTT Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, Jack Herman Ott will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 24 at the Mancos First United Methodist Church. Pastor Craig Paschal will be officiating. Of all of Jack Ott's wonderful accomplishments, we are most grateful for his stewardship of our land on Mancos Hill land and for marrying our...

Johnny Lee Miller

Johnny Lee Miller

Nov 17, 2014

JOHNNY LEE MILLER Johnny Lee Miller was born on October 7, 1933 in Elk City, Okla. the son of John Wesly and Frances Lorene (Lansdown) Miller. He passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at his home in Dolores at the age of 81. On January 21, 1956 at the Little Brown Church in North Hollywood, Calif. John married Iris...

Pauline Phillips

Pauline Phillips

Nov 15, 2014

DOROTHY PAULINE PHILLIPS Funeral services for Mancos resident, Dorothy Pauline Phillips will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 21 at the Church of the First Born. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will be officiating. Pauline was born on October 31, 1939 in Octavia, Okla. to George and Mary N. (Dean) Brown. She passed...

Vester Messinger

Vester Messinger

Nov 14, 2014

VESTER MESSINGER Vester Messinger was born on August 25, 1938 in Gila, Ariz. the son of Miles and Esther Irene (Foutz) Messinger. He passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 at his home in Cortez at the age of 76. Vester worked as a truck driver and was a member of the national guard. He enjoyed hunting and working on...

Vonda Lean Smith May

Vonda Lean Smith May

Nov 11, 2014

VONDA LEAN SMITH MAY Graveside services for Vonda Lean Smith May will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos. Pastor Kent Slyter will be officiating. Visitation has been scheduled Wednesday evening from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vonda was born on June 11, 1939 in Magee, Miss. the...

Eugene Oster

Eugene Oster

Nov 11, 2014

EUGENE WILLIAM OSTER Services for Cortez resident, Eugene "Gene" William will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 13 at the Cortez Cemetery. Gene was born on October 24, 1926 in Gilcrest, Colo. the son of Jacob and Katie (Blum) Oster. He passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 88. On...

Leonard A. Maez

Leonard A. Maez

Nov 10, 2014

LEONARD A. MAEZ A visitation for longtime Dolores resident, Leonard A. Maez has been scheduled from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, November 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Leonard was born on November 16, 1933 in Lewis, Colo. the son of Edward and Perfilia (Lobato) Maez. He passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014 at his home in...

Euvell "Red" Oldham

Euvell "Red" Oldham

Nov 9, 2014

EUVELL "RED" OLDHAM Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident, Euvell Oldham will be later in June at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo. Euvell was born on December 8, 1923 in Margaret, Texas the son of Marvin Bishop and Susan Pearl (Dial) Oldham. He died on Sunday, November 9, 2014 surrounded by family at his home in Cortez at...

Ralph Leroy Frans

Ralph Leroy Frans

Nov 3, 2014

RALPH LEROY FRANS Beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather Graveside Inurnment services for Cortez resident, Ralph Leroy Frans will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 14 at the Frans Family Cemetery at Urado-Bug Point, Utah. Military Honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Ralph was born March 1, 1949 in a small community in the San...

Ricky Royce Neely

Ricky Royce Neely

Oct 30, 2014

RICKY ROYCE NEELY Memorial services with full military honors will be held for longtime Cahone and Yellow Jacket resident, Ricky Royce Neely at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 8 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. There is a potluck dinner scheduled for family and friends immediately following the service. Ricky Royce Neely was born May 10, 1958 in Cortez, the...

Marcia Lynne Johnston Chase

Marcia Lynne Johnston Chase

Oct 29, 2014

Marcia (Marci) returned to her heavenly Father on October 29, 2014 in Cortez, Colo. She was born on April 21, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clyde and Patricia Christensen. Marci grew up in Monticello and graduated from Monticello High school. She participated in student government, cheerleading and volleyball. She was a beautiful spirit always putting others before herself,...

Irene Dollah Decker Hampton

Irene Dollah Decker Hampton

Oct 28, 2014

IRENE DOLLAH HAMPTON Funeral services for area resident, Irene Dollah Hampton will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Irene was born on November 2, 1924 in Big Flat, Ark. the daughter of Simpson and Fannie Jane (Smith) Curtis. She passed away on Tuesday, October 28,...

Josefita Mable Thomas

Josefita Mable Thomas

Oct 21, 2014

JOSEFITA MABLE THOMAS Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Josefita Mable Thomas will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 24 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Pastor Rob Hall will officiate. Josefita was born on January 4, 1931 in McPhee, Colo. the daughter of Jose Daniel Martinez and Vencinta (Herrera) Garcia. She passed away on Tuesday, October 21,...

Leslie Ann Chenard

Leslie Ann Chenard

Oct 21, 2014

LESLIE ANN CHENARD Leslie Ann Chenard was born on February 9, 1960 in Apple Valley, Calif. to Wayne A. and Phyllis (Glass) Sanders. She passed away on October 21, 2014 at her home in Cortez at the age of 54. On February 16, 1980 in Victorville, Calif. Leslie married Michael James Chenard. She worked as an EA Enrolled Tax Agent...

Kathy Sue Chaffin

Kathy Sue Chaffin

Oct 20, 2014

Funeral services for Kathy Chaffin will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 24 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Yellow Jacket. A dinner and fellowship will be held for family and friends following the services at the Community Center. Kathy was born August 28, 1948 in Cortez to Jack and Wanda...

Jack Lee Miller

Jack Lee Miller

Oct 15, 2014

JACK LEE MILLER Funeral services for Jack Lee Miller will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 20 at the Montelores Baptist Church located at 18735 Road 23.5 (across from Narraguinnep Reservoir). Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos. Jack Lee Miller, 71 of Cortez, passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his family...

Evelyn Julia Lee

Evelyn Julia Lee

Oct 13, 2014

EVELYN JULIA LEE Funeral services for Cortez resident Evelyn Julia Lee will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Evelyn was born on August 25, 1926 in Shiprock, N.M. the daughter of Nelson...

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