Obituaries

Gladys Velez

Gladys Velez

Aug 19, 2023

Gladys Velez will be laid to rest in Augusta, Georgia. Visitation will take place on Thursday, August 31 at Poteet & Sons Funeral Home <https://www.thomaspoteet.com/>. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary’s on the Hill Catholic Church<https://www.stmaryonthehill.org/> on Friday, September 1 at 11am.

Gladys was born July 11, 1934 in Jipijapa, Ecuador. She was the first of nine children...

Kenneth Lee Soper

Kenneth Lee Soper

Aug 19, 2023

Funeral services will be held for “Coach” Kenneth Lee Soper on Friday, August 25, 2023 at the Dove Creek High School gym at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek cemetery where coach Soper will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife, Barbara. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday, August 24, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel,...

Susan Marjorie Paulson

Susan Marjorie Paulson

Aug 15, 2023

Susan Marjorie Paulson was born on October 19, 1955 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the daughter of John Gould Work and Marjorie Jean Stevens. She died at home surrounded by her family on August 15, 2023 at the age of 67.

Susan grew up with her cousins and grandparents on lakes and in the mountains of New Mexico. She moved...

Alex Paul Glover

Alex Paul Glover

Aug 13, 2023

Alex Paul Glover, son of James T Glover (Alice Anderson) and William "Dave" and Linda (Segee) Kotula, passed away unexpectedly on August 13, 2023 in his home in Cortez, Colorado. He is survived by parents and step parents; his two sisters, Amanda Catalano of Tickfaw, LA and Ariel (Josh) Cox of Amite, LA; his brothers Alvin (Mari) Burrows of Austin,...

Jay Armond Eberling

Jay Armond Eberling

Aug 8, 2023

Jay Armond Eberling was born on December 12, 1978, in Murray, Utah to Jim A. and Gloria Annette (Smith) Eberling. Jay passed away on August 8th at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 44.

Surviving Jay are his wife Misty Ward children Keyan Reeves, Zachary, and Noah Ward.; his parents Jim & Gloria Eberling of Monticello,...

Virginia "Ginger" Elizabeth Doerges Graham

Virginia "Ginger" Elizabeth Doerges Graham

Aug 6, 2023

Memorial services for Ginger will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church.

Ginger passed away August 6, 2023 after celebrating her 94th birthday with friends and family. She was born on July 25, 1929 in Cheyenne, Wyoming when her family was living in Hereford, Colorado. Her parents, Robert and Mary...

Careen Dee Porter

Careen Dee Porter

Aug 6, 2023

Careen Dee Porter was born to Kenneth Frederick Carmichael and Josephine Rauzi on June 10, 1938, in Canon City, Colorado. Our mom passed on August 6, 2023, at the age of 85.

Mom was a curly-headed brown-eyed girl named after a Gone with The Wind character. As a child, she had a dog, Bing, whom she loved and named after...

N. Suellen Reichenbach

N. Suellen Reichenbach

Aug 6, 2023

Nelda was born to William and Nelda Reichenbach in Long Island, NY. She and her family moved to Pasadena when she was a little girl. There she attended elementary and junior high school, graduating as homecoming queen from John Muir High School. She then attended UCLA, graduating with a B.A. in English Literature.

Suellen then traveled with a theater group...

Charleen Fay Randolph

Charleen Fay Randolph

Aug 3, 2023

Charleen Fay Randolph (73) of Cortez, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2023 in Cortez, Colorado. She was born September 23, 1949 in Cortez, Colorado, the daughter of Emery Dwain Randolph Jr. and Nettie Fay Randolph Huskey.

Surviving Char are her siblings; Linda Billingsley (John) of Buhl, ID, HD “Tuffy” Randolph (Linda) of Cortez, Erline Wright of Mancos, Rick Randolph...

Scott Albert Weinmaster

Scott Albert Weinmaster

Aug 2, 2023

 

In Loving Memory of Scott Weinmaster

Albert Scott Weinmaster was born in Kailua, Hawaii, on February 23, 1963, to parents Betty Lou Fernandez and Morrison Keith Leavell. He peacefully passed away on August 2, 2023, in Dolores, Colorado, leaving cherished memories in the hearts of those who knew and loved him.

Scott spent his early years in the beautiful...

Johnny Eugene Green

Johnny Eugene Green

Aug 1, 2023

 

  Johnny Eugene Green left this ranch in exchange for greener pastures on August 1, at 2:22 am with his family close. Known as Preach, he wore stark white starched shirts, good hats and boots. He skipped school every Wednesday to attend the Livestock Auction, where he received his true education. His dear Mother phoned the High School Principal...

Charles "Bud" Rumburg

Charles "Bud" Rumburg

Jul 31, 2023

Charles Buddy Rumburg passed away on July 31, 2023 in Cortez, CO following a 10 year battle withAlzeimers at the age of 91. He was the son of Joseph Clyde Rumburg and Grace Elaine (Worrell)and was born December 12, 1931 in Welch, West Virginia. In early 1932 the family moved toMancos, CO where the family ran a sawmill and raised...

John Joseph Listemann

John Joseph Listemann

Jul 31, 2023

John Joseph Listemann passed away on 07/31/2023 at the Beehive Home in Cortez, CO. He moved to Cortez in March of 1998 with his wife Suzanne after he retired from Rocky Flats, and together they enjoyed the out of doors, especially hiking, joining the Archeology Society and Community Concerts of which John served as President for several years. He was a...

Lorraine Ann Nash

Lorraine Ann Nash

Jul 30, 2023

Lorraine Ann Nash was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Raymond Howard and Josephine Ann (Przekopski) Woollett. She passed away on Sunday July 30, 2023 in her home at the age 80.

 

Surviving Lorraine are her beloved husband Bruce Nash; her daughter Wendy Stanik of Manchester, Connecticut; her brother Ernest Woollet (Louise); and one grandchild. Lorraine is preceded...

Ellavern Adcock

Ellavern Adcock

Jul 27, 2023

  Ellavern was born June 23, 1942 in Durango, Colo. to Vernon and EllaMay (Henderson) Cason. She passed away peacefully on July 27th at St Michael’s Hospital in Silverdale, Wash.

  Surviving Ellavern are her loving husband of whom she married on August 27, 1961, Arthur Adcock; her brothers, Mac (Wanda) Cason of Kline, Colo. and Dennis (Gayle) Cason of...

Lewis Leon Wall III

Lewis Leon Wall III

Jul 27, 2023

Graveside services for Dolores resident Lewis Leon Wall III will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday August 3, 2023 at Arriola Cemetery, 14480 County Road 22 Arriola, Colorado.

Lewis was born on June 9, 1957 in Arcata, California the son of Lewis Leon and Eunice Eileen (Hackett) Wall Jr. He passed away on Thursday July 27, 2023 at the age of...

James "Jim" Ross Aiken Jr.

James "Jim" Ross Aiken Jr.

Jul 26, 2023

James “Jim” Ross Aiken, Jr.  was born March 26, 1926 to James Ross Aiken and Marguerite (Sayler) Aiken in Pueblo, Colorado. He passed away peacefully on July 26, 2023 at the age of 97.

Jim grew up in Denver, where his folks owned and operated a drug store on Colfax Avenue. As a kid, he worked behind the soda fountain...

Roselyn Elsie Howe

Roselyn Elsie Howe

Jul 25, 2023

 

Roselyn Elsie Howe, 88 of Cortez, passed away on July 25, 2023 at Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born January 16, 1935 at Two Grey Hills, N.M., the daughter of Eli Dauglechee and Katherine Kee Bia.

Surviving Roselyn are her children, Carolyn Tahy (Harlan) of Cortez, Martha Howe (Gregory Morill) of Cortez, Elvis Howe (Marilyn)...

Beverly Ann Baldwin

Beverly Ann Baldwin

Jul 23, 2023

Beverly Ann Baldwin, age 82, of Cortez, CO, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family.  Beverly was born in Montrose, CO, May 16, 1941, the daughter of Jesse William Baldwin and Mable Edna Leffel.

Beverly was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  Bev was one of 14 children who moved from Montrose, CO to Cortez, CO when she was...

Zachary Scott Strnad

Zachary Scott Strnad

Jul 23, 2023

 

ZACHARY SCOTT STRNAD

 

  Funeral services for Zachary Scott Strnad will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, July 31, 2023 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Bishop Shawn Palmer will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday morning at the church from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please join the family...

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