Obituaries

Alec Richard Taber

Alec Richard Taber

Mar 22, 2014

ALEC TABER Funeral services for Alec Taber will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 28 at the Dove Creek High School gym. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Alec was born November 13, 2001 and passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 at his Dove Creek home. Alec was 12. Alec was given the task of picking a family...

Roy Eugene Koppenhafer

Roy Eugene Koppenhafer

Mar 22, 2014

ROY EUGENE KOPPENHAFER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Roy Eugene Koppenhafer will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Roy was born March 22, 1932 in Cortez the son of William G. and Emma...

Rose  Marie Dickson

Rose Marie Dickson

Mar 21, 2014

ROSE MARIE DICKSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Rose Marie Dickson will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 27 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Rose Marie was born March 15, 1931 in Chandler, Okla. the daughter of Clay Franklin and Juanita Dortha (Jackson) Watson. She passed away at her...

Bettie Jo Jacques

Bettie Jo Jacques

Mar 20, 2014

BETTIE JO JACQUES Funeral Mass for Bettie Jo Jacques will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday, March 23 from 6-7 p.m. at the church. A Rosary will follow at 7 p.m. Bettie Jo Jacques passed away at Crossroads...

Hazel Irene Mason

Hazel Irene Mason

Mar 20, 2014

HAZEL IRENE (MORTON) MASON Hazel Irene (Morton) Mason was born September 3, 1934 in St. Joseph, Mo. the daughter of Louis Joseph and Stella Irene (Blakley) Morton. She passed away in Monticello, Utah on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the age of 79. Not one to sit idle, Hazel enjoyed cooking, embroidery, reading, and playing Scrabble. She loved to iron....

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles

Mar 16, 2014

NORMA JEAN "JEANIE" TELLES Graveside services for longtime area resident Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 22 at the Calliham Family Cemetery in Ucolo, Utah. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jeanie was born September 14, 1956 in Monticello, Utah the daughter of...

Helen Randall

Helen Randall

Mar 14, 2014

HELEN RANDALL Funeral mass for Cortez resident Helen Randall will be held at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos on Thursday, March 20 at 10 a.m. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Helen went to be with our Lord. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 83. She...

Sharon Elaine Meadows

Sharon Elaine Meadows

Mar 13, 2014

SHARON ELAINE MEADOWS Sharon Elaine Meadows was born September 17, 1937 in Gervais, Ore. to Alva Ellis and Violet Myrtle (Lakey) Heath. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the age of 76. On December 10, 1957, Sharon enlisted in the Air Force and served our country as an Airman Third Class until her...

Raymond Gerald Gray

Raymond Gerald Gray

Mar 12, 2014

RAYMOND GERALD GRAY Graveside services for Raymond Gerald Gray will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. David Sitton will officiate. Raymond was born November 24, 1996 in Cortez the son of Carl Dean and Carol Ann (Carver) Gray. He passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Raymond was 17....

Conrad  Ira "Coke" Halls

Conrad Ira "Coke" Halls

Mar 11, 2014

CONRAD IRA "COKE" HALLS Conrad Ira "Coke" Halls was born April 16, 1947 in Farmington, N.M. the son of Ralph and Betty Zane (Hatch) Halls. He passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colo. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the age of 66. On July 21, 1973 in Mancos, Coke married Debra Laurel Fitzgerald. They shared 40 years...

Lawrence Victor "Larry" Monninger

Lawrence Victor "Larry" Monninger

Mar 9, 2014

LAWRENCE V. MONNINGER Lawrence V. Monninger, a month short of 91 years old, passed away March 9, 2014 after breaking a hip. He is survived by his three children, Mary Ranney of Dolores, Louise Thomas of Denver, Colo. and Chuck Monninger of Bellevue, Wash. Larry held a Master's Degree in Forestry from CSU and spent his life fishing, sailing, loving...

Rob Yates

Rob Yates

Mar 5, 2014

ROB YATES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Rob Yates will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21 at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. The Yates family invites everyone to share a meal and time of fellowship with them following the funeral service. Rob was born in Grants, N.M. January 1, 1967, to Bob & Sherri Yates. The family...

Shirley Ann Dennison

Shirley Ann Dennison

Mar 4, 2014

SHIRLEY ANN (THOMPSON) DENNISON Memorial services and a celebration of her life will be held for Shirley Ann (Thompson) Dennison at the Dolores Community Center on Saturday, April 12 at 3 p.m. Dinner will be served after the memorial service followed by a dance to celebrate Shirley's love of music and dancing. Shirley was born a twin October 5, 1946...

Bob Vernon Olson

Bob Vernon Olson

Mar 3, 2014

BOB VERNON OLSON Bob Vernon Olson was born December 30, 1929 in Junction City, Kan. the son of Ralph Lawrence and Emma Louise (Vohs) Olson. He passed away at his Dolores home on Monday, March 3, 2014 at the age of 84. You could always count on finding Bob with a new home improvement project or tinkering with something in...

William Edward "Eddie" De Groff

William Edward "Eddie" De Groff

Mar 3, 2014

WILLIAM EDWARD "EDDIE" DE GROFF William Edward "Eddie" De Groff was born January 7, 1977 in Miami, Fla. the son of Robert Frederick De Groff Jr. and Carol Jean (Carrasco) De Groff. He passed away at his Cahone home on Monday, March 3, 2014 at the age of 37. Surviving Eddie are his parents, Robert De Groff Jr. and Carol...

William Edward "Eddie" De Groff

William Edward "Eddie" De Groff

Mar 3, 2014

WILLIAM EDWARD "EDDIE" DE GROFF William Edward "Eddie" De Groff was born January 7, 1977 in Miami, Fla. the son of Robert Frederick De Groff Jr. and Carol Jean (Carrasco) De Groff. He passed away at his Cahone home on Monday, March 3, 2014 at the age of 37. Surviving Eddie are his parents, Robert De Groff Jr. and Carol...

Darlene Mona Clark

Darlene Mona Clark

Mar 3, 2014

DARLENE MONA (BETH) CLARK Memorial services for Cortez resident Darlene Mona (Beth) Clark will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 10 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church. Pastor Andrew Reed will officiate. Darlene was born February 17, 1933 in Hulbert, Okla. the daughter of Charley Homer and Della Ruth (Gable) Beth. She passed went home to be with our...

Avalon Gay "Abbie" Davis-Parcel

Avalon Gay "Abbie" Davis-Parcel

Mar 2, 2014

AVALON GAY (ABBIE) DAVIS-PARCEL Avalon Gay (Abbie) Davis-Parcel was born in Meeker, Colo. on May 24, 1936 to Jim and Ruth Wells. Abbie spent her youth in northern Colorado. She and her parents lived in Rifle, Craig and Rangely. Abbie graduated high school from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyo. in 1954. During high school, she participated in swimming,...

Albert  Leroy Hall

Albert Leroy Hall

Mar 2, 2014

ALBERT LEROY HALL Funeral services for Farmington, N.M. and longtime Dove Creek, Colo. resident Albert Leroy Hall will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 7 at the Dove Creek First Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Albert was born November 14, 1915 in Stillwater, Okla. the son of Cecil Ezra and Grace Roberta...

Earl Madison Mccutcheon

Earl Madison Mccutcheon

Feb 24, 2014

EARL MADISON McCUTCHEON Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Earl Madison McCutcheon will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 27 at Cortez Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Another WWII veteran has fallen. Earl Madison McCutcheon, born May 15, 1922 in Benton, Ark., to John Cleveland McCutcheon and Georgia Bradshaw McCutcheon,...