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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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...
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,...
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
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
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...
Terry Ray Stanley
Oct 12, 2014
Terry Ray Stanley Funeral services for Terry Ray Stanley will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Goodman Point Cemetery. Terry was born on September 19, 1956 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Harry Ray and Barbara Ruth (Jones) Stanley. He passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014...
Paula Renee Kelly
Oct 11, 2014
PAULA RENEE KELLY Paula Renee Kelly was born on October 25, 1956 in Flagstaff, Ariz., the daughter of Paul Crick and Audrey Dean (York) Baier. Renee passed away on Friday, October 11, 2014 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. She was 57 years old. Surviving Renee are her mother, Audrey Baier of Cortez; her children, Ethelyn Hensely and husband, David, Stacey Adams...
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