Vivian Delores Wells
Oct 10, 2014
VIVIAN DELORES WELLS Memorial services for Vivian Delores Wells will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vivian was born on February 24, 1934 in Alexandria, Va. She passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 80. In Alexandria, Va. in 1953 Vivian married Raymond N....
Miles Blackbear Pino
Oct 8, 2014
MILES BLACKBEAR PINO Funeral services for Miles Blackbear Pino will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Miles was born on March 27, 1988 in Cortez the son of Darlene Pino and John Wesley Harwell. He passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at Montrose Memorial Hospital. Miles...
Mary Agnes Mccabe
Oct 8, 2014
MARY A. McCABE Memorial services for Mary Agnes McCabe will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mary was born on October 19, 1928 in Cortez the oldest child of William George and Orpha Agnes (Adams) Partridge. She passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2014...
Franklin Leroy Gore
Oct 8, 2014
LeRoy GORE Funeral services for Franklin LeRoy Gore will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 10 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Farren will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled Friday morning from 10 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Franklin...
Joan Kathryn Frautschy
Oct 8, 2014
JOAN KATHRYN FRAUTSCHY Joan K. Frautschy (nee Shortt) beloved wife of Jerre A. Frautschy of Cortez, Colo., passed away peacefully the morning of Wednesday, October 8th. Joan is survived by her husband of 59 years, Jerre; and her children, Henry G. Frautschy (Brenda), Kathrene M. Frautschy, Jerre A. Frautschy, Jr., and Simone M. Crouchelli (Michael); as well as her grandchildren,...
Teri Lynn Sinclair
Oct 4, 2014
TERI LYNN SINCLAIR Memorial services for Teri Lynn Sinclair will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14 at the Open Door Fellowship Church in Denver. Pastor Andy Cannon will be officiating. Her family is planning a gathering of friends at a later date. Teri was born on March 5, 1964 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. to...
Joyce Edna Turner
Oct 4, 2014
JOYCE EDNA TURNER Joyce Edna Turner (March 10, 1943 - October 4, 2014) resident of Madison House in Cortez, passed from this earth on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Joyce was born in Grand Junction, Colo. and spent most of her life in the Monticello, Utah, Dove Creek, and Cortez areas. She graduated from Dolores County High School in Dove Creek...
John Papoff Jr.
Oct 4, 2014
JOHN PAPOFF JR. Graveside services for Aztec, N.M. resident John Papoff Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7 at Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Scott Hartle will be officiating. John was born to Tina and John Papoff on May 1, 1929. John grew up in Bakersfield, Calif. where he attended school and graduated from Bakersfield High School in...
James Robert Saunders
Sep 29, 2014
JAMES ROBERT SAUNDERS Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez resident, James Robert Saunders will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 6 at Cortez Cemetery. James Robert Saunders was born December 23, 1949 in Bronte, Tex. to Margarett (Hanna) and J.W. "Pete" Saunders. He passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014 at his Cortez residence at the age of...
Randy Ray Winter
Sep 28, 2014
RANDY RAY WINTER Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Randy Ray Winter will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 4 at the First Baptist Church. Chaplain Marvin Graves will be officiating. Randy was born on November 2, 1954 in Denver, Colo. the son of Wilbert and Jeanette (Graham) Winter. He passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at...
Zachariah Tobias Preuit
Sep 27, 2014
ZACHARIAH TOBIAS PREUIT Funeral services for Zachariah Tobias Preuit will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 3, 2014 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Zachariah was born on September 9, 2014 in Grand Junction, Colo. He passed away on Saturday, September...
Jackie Elaine Wallace
Sep 25, 2014
Jackie Elaine Wallace Memorial services for Mancos resident, Jackie Elaine Wallace will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 29 at the Dolores Community Center. Inurnment will follow at the Wallace Family Cemetery. Johnny and Frank Green will be officiating. Jackie was born on February 16, 1932 in Cortez, the daughter of Jack T. and Jennie Lucille (Veach) Meadows....
Montgomery Ray Coyote
Sep 23, 2014
MONTGOMERY RAY "MONTY" COYOTE Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Montgomery Ray "Monty" Coyote will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 26 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Pastor Anthony Maes will be officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Monty was born on February 21, 1957 in Cortez to McDougal Coyote Sr. and Betty Ann Dinae....
Teresa Lynn Perkins
Sep 18, 2014
TERESA LYNN PERKINS Teresa Lynn Perkins was born on April 18, 1961 in Lancaster, Calif. She passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M. Teresa was 53 years old. Teresa was a Paralegal for six years, working in both Bishop, Calif. and Mammoth Lakes, Calif. She loved shopping. Teresa enjoyed collecting a...
Vernon Lee Trask
Sep 14, 2014
VERNON LEE TRASK January 28, 1941 September 14, 2014 Vernon Lee Trask passed away unexpectedly at his Monticello, Utah home, Sunday, September 14, 2014. Vernon was born to Vernon R. and Evelyn D. Trask January 28, 1941 in Milford, Utah. Vernon grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah where he graduated from Highland High School and Westminster College. He volunteered...
Clara Marie Candelaria
Sep 14, 2014
CLARA MARIE CANDELARIA Memorial services for Cortez resident, Clara Marie Candelaria were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Brett Dunstan officiated. Clara was born on January 6, 1928 in Glenco, Colo. to Remigio and Lucy (Romero) Chavez. She passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at...
Donald Richard Schlotfelt
Sep 13, 2014
DONALD RICHARD SCHLOTFELT Funeral services for Cortez resident, Donald Richard Schlotfelt will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 19 at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Barr Chittick will be officiating. Cremation will follow. Visitation will be held Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Born on August 10, 1932 in a farmhouse in...
Raymond Phildale Eyetoo
Sep 12, 2014
RAYMOND PHILDALE EYETOO Funeral services for Raymond Phildale Eyetoo will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Raymond was born on October 12, 2013 in Cortez the son of Drake Xavier Eyetoo and Mechelle Rose Clark. He passed away at...
Robert Neil Cruzan
Sep 11, 2014
ROBERT NEIL CRUZAN Memorial services for Cortez resident, Robert Neil Cruzan will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 18 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Chaplain Marvin Graves will be officiating. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Robert Neil Cruzan was born on October 6, 1939 in Borger, Tex. the son of...
Carl Jacob Dutton
Sep 10, 2014
CARL J. DUTTON Carl J. Dutton was born February 29, 1929 in The Hatcher Boarding House in Pagosa Springs, Colo. and passed away from ALS complications (Lou Gherigs Disease) on September 10, 2014. He was born to Perry Albert (Pat) Dutton and Byrel Bramwell. Carl was born into two pioneer families the Dutton's and Bramwell's. Both families homesteaded land in...
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