Obituaries

Gary Lyle Leonard

Gary Lyle Leonard

Dec 4, 2013

GARY LYLE LEONARD Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Gary Lyle Leonard will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11 at Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel with Bishop Douglas Pace officiating. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday from 9-9:45 a.m. at the church. Gary was born...

Joshua James Everin

Joshua James Everin

Dec 3, 2013

JOSHUA JAMES EVERIN Funeral services for Dolores resident, Joshua James Everin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 14 at Dolores High School gymnasium. Military honors will follow on the Dolores Bears football field. Josh was born December 6, 1991 in Durango, Colo. the son of James Francis and Michelle (Martin) Everin. He passed away on December 3,...

Kathy Ann Miller

Kathy Ann Miller

Dec 3, 2013

KATHY ANN MILLER Kathy Ann Miller was born March 1, 1960 in Waseca, Minn. the daughter of Jack Harold and Bette Lou (Carlson) Karsten. She passed away at her Cortez home on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the age of 53. Enjoying beautiful scenery, Kathy loved spending time outdoors. She had a very kind heart and her grandchildren were very...

Louise Juanita Eaton

Louise Juanita Eaton

Dec 2, 2013

LOUISE JUANITA EATON Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Louise Juanita Eaton will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 6 at the Dove Creek High School Gym. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Louise was born June 17, 1920 to Emery and Grace (Landers) Randolph. She passed away at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah on...

George John Grubbs

George John Grubbs

Dec 1, 2013

GEORGE JOHN GRUBBS George John Grubbs was born December 29, 1938 in Sheridan, Wyo. the son of Votaw Allison and Julia (Coster) Grubbs. He passed away at his Dolores home on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the age of 74. George proudly served in the United States Air Force. Surviving George are his wife, Cecilia Grubbs of Dolores; four children,...

Joseph Peabody Sr.

Joseph Peabody Sr.

Nov 29, 2013

JOSEPH PEABODY SR. Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Joseph Peabody Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Ouray Cemetery in Ignacio, Colo. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday from 4-6 p.m. at the chapel. On April 1, 1926 in Towaoc, Joe was born the son of Ike...

Patricia E. Grant

Patricia E. Grant

Nov 26, 2013

PATRICIA E. GRANT Funeral services for Patricia E. Grant will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pat was born to William and Ethel Grant on March 12, 1921. She was one of the most extraordinary women you will ever meet. She dominated women's golf in Oklahoma during...

Mary Ruth Rice

Mary Ruth Rice

Nov 25, 2013

MARY RUTH RICE Mary Ruth Rice was born October 31, 1945 in Belmont, Ariz. the daughter of Lloyd Garfield and Alta Marie (Medley) Ackerman. She passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 at her Dolores residence at the age of 68. Surviving Mary are her children, Carol Coleman and husband, William of Dolores, and Richard Clark Jr. and wife, Angie...

Bennie D. "Ben" Cummings

Bennie D. "Ben" Cummings

Nov 24, 2013

BENNIE D. "BEN" CUMMINGS Bennie D. "Ben" Cummings passed from this life on November 24, 2013 at the age of 94. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, two sisters, and one granddaughter. He is survived by two daughters, Linda Pruitt of Farmington, N. M. and Connie Pruitt of Farmington, N.M.; one sister, Mickey Baker of Cortez, Colo.;...

Peggy Jo Rutherford

Peggy Jo Rutherford

Nov 22, 2013

PEGGY JO RUTHERFORD A celebration of life for Peggy Jo Rutherford will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Peggy Jo Rutherford was born in Lewis, Colo. to Roxie Elizabeth and William Griffith Rutherford on May 26, 1927. She passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 in Fort Lupton, Colo. at the...

Galen Eugene Friend

Galen Eugene Friend

Nov 20, 2013

GALEN EUGENE FRIEND Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Galen Eugene Friend will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27 at Ertel Funeral Home. Military Honors will be provided by Montezuma County VFW Post #5231. Galen was born September 26, 1949 in Grand Junction, Colo. the son of George Perry and Vivian Eileen (Sanders) Friend. He passed away...

Lois Emma Mcinnes

Lois Emma Mcinnes

Nov 18, 2013

LOIS EMMA MCINNES Lois Emma McInnes was born on February 4, 1940 to Martin and Frances Landreth in Bayfield, Colo. Lois was the youngest of four children and grew up in Bayfield, where she graduated high school in 1958. She married the love of her life, Lewis Ray McInnes Sr., on December 28, 1958. Two years later, they welcomed a...

Charles William Hinton

Charles William Hinton

Nov 14, 2013

CHARLES WILLIAM HINTON Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Charles William Hinton will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 21 at Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for 10 a.m. at the church. Charles William Hinton was born September 17, 1918, a native...

Marshall Lemar Campbell

Marshall Lemar Campbell

Nov 14, 2013

MARSHALL LEMAR CAMPBELL Marshall LeMar Campbell passed away at age 94 on November 14, 2013, after a courageous battle with pneumonia. He was at home under Hospice care with his two daughters and family by his side. LeMar was born on February 12, 1919, in Bement, Ill., to Cassius Melroy and Bessie Pearl Campbell, and spent his childhood in Decatur...

Barbara Alice Sapp

Barbara Alice Sapp

Nov 8, 2013

BARBARA ALICE PARKS SAPP Memorial Mass for Barbara Alice Sapp will be held Saturday, November 23 at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church followed immediately by a potluck dinner at the parish annex. Rosary services will be held Friday, November 22 at 6 p.m., also at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Barbara Alice ("Bobby") Parks was born September...

Dessie Lee Carter

Dessie Lee Carter

Nov 7, 2013

DESSIE LEE CARTER Graveside services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Dessie Lee Carter will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Rick Carpenter of the First United Methodist Church of Dove Creek will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday, November 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 5-7 p.m. Dessie was born the...

John Dinae Sr.

John Dinae Sr.

Nov 3, 2013

JOHN DINAE SR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident, John Dinae Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 7 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment following at Cortez Cemetery. John was born on December 25, 1928 in Red Valley, Ariz. the son of Nakaidinae Litsoii Biye and Mary Begay. He passed away at his home on Sunday,...

Iva Jean Hobbs

Iva Jean Hobbs

Nov 2, 2013

IVA JEAN HOBBS Iva Jean Hobbs a recent resident of Vista Grande Inn in Cortez passed peacefully away on November 2, 2013. Memorial services will be held on at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9 at The Event Center, 1441 Blanco Blvd, Bloomfield, N.M. Benny Cogburn of the Kingdom Connection will officiate the services. Iva Jean Hobbs was born August...

Lawrence Wayne "Larry" Pleasant

Lawrence Wayne "Larry" Pleasant

Nov 2, 2013

LAWRENCE WAYNE PLEASANT Military services for Lawrence Wayne Pleasant will be held at the Summit Ridge Cemetery, also known as Sunset Memorial Gardens, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 9. Everyone is welcome to attend the services. Lawrence Wayne Pleasant, often called either L.W. or Larry, passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 2, 2013. Larry was the former...

Glenn Woltz Watson

Glenn Woltz Watson

Nov 1, 2013

GLENN WOLTZ WATSON Memorial services for Dove Creek resident Glenn Woltz Watson will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5 at Eastland, Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Glenn Woltz Watson, the son of Raymond and Marjo Electra (Waite) Watson, was born July 25, 1945 in Abilene, Tex. He passed away at his Dove Creek...