Obituaries

Matilda Kohlerschmidt

Matilda Kohlerschmidt

Sep 3, 2013

MATILDA KOHLERSCHMIDT Matilda Kohlerschmidt was born August 22, 1919 in Hanau, Germany the daughter of Edward and Katherine (Frischkorn) Volk. She passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the age of 94. In September 1946, Matilda married Eric August Kohlerschmidt in Brooklyn, N.Y. Matilda lived in Ocala, Fla. for many years before moving to Colorado soon after the passing...

Sally May Wayman

Sally May Wayman

Sep 3, 2013

SALLY MAY WAYMAN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Sally May Wayman will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bishop Tim Lanier will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Sally was born September 22, 1937 in Blanding, Utah the daughter of John and Irean (Black) Voelter. She passed away at Vista Grande...

Ivy Elizabeth "Paddy" Rosser

Ivy Elizabeth "Paddy" Rosser

Aug 31, 2013

IVY ELIZABETH "PADDY" ROSSER Ivy Elizabeth "Paddy" Rosser, 97, died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Frances Rosser Taylor and David Taylor in Mancos, Colo. on August 31, 2013. Paddy was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England November 19, 1915 to Robin and Marie Towler. She enlisted in the WAAF, the women's auxiliary to the Royal Air Force, and...

Florence Archibeque

Florence Archibeque

Aug 28, 2013

FLORENCE ARCHIBEQUE Funeral Mass for lifelong area resident Florence Archibeque will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Rev. Pat Valdez C.R. officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Monday evening at 6 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Beloved child of God, wife, and...

Keith Colin Hurst

Keith Colin Hurst

Aug 26, 2013

KEITH COLIN HURST Graveside services for lifelong Mancos resident Keith Colin Hurst will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2013 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Keith was born October 26, 1968 in Cortez the son of Jerry Carl and Leona Mae (Taylor) Hurst. He passed away on Monday, August 26, 2013 at the age of 44. On November...

Wilma Mae Hartley

Wilma Mae Hartley

Aug 26, 2013

WILMA MAE HARTLEY Funeral services for Wilma Mae Hartley will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Wilma Mae (Exon) Hartley, 77, of Cortez, passed away Monday, August 26, 2013. Wilma was born at her family ranch near Mancos, Colo. on March 30, 1936 to the late Henry and Myrtle (Saltiel) Exon, the...

Raymond Edgar Thompson Sr.

Raymond Edgar Thompson Sr.

Aug 26, 2013

RAYMOND EDGAR "RAY" THOMPSON SR. Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Raymond Edgar "Ray" Thompson Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will officiate. Ray was born June 17, 1940 in Atkins, Ark., the son of Clyde and Delta Uleta (Faucet) Thompson....

Betty Kathrin South

Betty Kathrin South

Aug 22, 2013

BETTY KATHRIN SOUTH Memorial services for Dolores resident Betty Kathrin South will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Elder Kerr will officiate. Inurnment will take place at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Betty was born December 14, 1941 the daughter of William Herman and Ecnella Viola (Wilde) Schwertfeger in Milwaukee, Wis. She...

Richard K. "Ink" Bowling Sr.

Richard K. "Ink" Bowling Sr.

Aug 21, 2013

RICHARD KILE BOWLING SR. "INK" Graveside services for lifelong area resident Richard K. "Ink" Bowling Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 26 at Arriola Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Ink was born in Mancos, Colo. on April 28th 1926 to Lawson Day Bowling and Ethel Marie (Heath)...

Derwin Boyd Green

Derwin Boyd Green

Aug 15, 2013

DERWIN BOYD GREEN Private inurnment services for life-long Cortez resident Derwin Boyd Green will be held at Spanish Valley Cemetery in Moab, Utah. Boyd will be laid to rest with his wife and daughter. Boyd was born April 17, 1959 in Cortez the son of Denny Clark and Mary Lozene (Knuckles) Green. He passed away at his home in Cortez...

Barbara Jean Wait

Barbara Jean Wait

Aug 15, 2013

BARBARA JEAN WAIT Barbara Jean Wait was born October 23, 1950 in Duluth, Minn. the daughter of Robert and Lucille (Cody) Lesch. She passed away at her Cortez home on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the age of 62. Barbara was interested in all things Native American including their artifacts and spiritual beliefs. She was very adventurous and loved being...

Robert Melvin "Bob" Knoll

Robert Melvin "Bob" Knoll

Aug 14, 2013

ROBERT MELVIN "BOB" KNOLL Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Robert Melvin "Bob" Knoll will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Military honors will be conducted. Robert had just celebrated his 88th birthday prior to his passing on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Robert was born in Delta, Colo. one...

Lena Bea Graf

Lena Bea Graf

Aug 12, 2013

LENA BEA GRAF Funeral services for Mancos resident Lena Bea Graf will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 15 at Mesa Trails Cowboy Church, 221 W. Menefee, Mancos. Interment will follow at Webber Cemetery. Lena Bea (Mize) Graf was born in Clovis, N.M. on September 3, 1921 to William H. and Nancy (Stone) Mize. She went to be...

Donald Boyd Jordan

Donald Boyd Jordan

Aug 12, 2013

DONALD BOYD JORDAN A Celebration of Life service will be held for longtime Mancos resident Don Jordan at 2:00 p.m. at the Mancos VFW on Saturday, August 17, 2013. Don was born on February 18, 1931, the son of William Boyd Jordan and Lena Fern (Winegar) Jordan Nipper. He passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013 surrounded by his loving...

Danny Jay Mccuistion

Danny Jay Mccuistion

Aug 11, 2013

DANNY JAY MCCUISTION Danny J. McCuistion (Mac) 63 passed away peacefully on August 11, 2013. A memorial service celebrating Danny's life will be held at the American Legion, 320 N. Harrison Street, Cortez on August 24, 2013 at 2 p.m. Danny was born January 12, 1950 in Denver, Colorado at Mercy Hospital to John and Edna McCuistion. He is survived...

Dorothy House Price

Dorothy House Price

Aug 10, 2013

DOROTHY HOUSE PRICE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Dorothy House Price will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Dorothy was born May 26, 1945 in Ignacio, Colo. to Asa House and Stella Wall Root. She passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Albuquerque, N.M. at...

Brad Ramsey

Brad Ramsey

Aug 8, 2013

HESTER BRADFORD "BRAD" RAMSEY JR. Celebration of life services for longtime Cortez resident Brad Ramsey will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 12 at Rock Springs Community Church. Brad was born July 9, 1938 in Houston, Tex. the son of Hester Bradford Ramsey Sr. and Georgia Laverne (Brown) Ramsey. He passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at...

Charles Oliver "Charlie" Goff

Charles Oliver "Charlie" Goff

Aug 5, 2013

CHARLES OLIVER GOFF Graveside services for lifelong Mancos resident Charles Oliver Goff will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 9 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Charlie, as he was known to family and friends, was born July 6, 1917 in Cortez the son of John and Dora (Dugan) Goff. He passed away at the Valley Inn in Mancos on...

Vaughn Wayne Hougland

Vaughn Wayne Hougland

Aug 3, 2013

VAUGHN WAYNE HOUGLAND Vaughn Wayne Hougland was born April 18, 1962 in Monticello, Utah. He passed away on August 3, 2013 at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz. He was 51. Growing up in Cortez as a young boy, Vaughn loved to go fishing with his grandfather. The fish stories they came home with were pretty unbelievable! He enjoyed...

Martha Ann Serfoss

Martha Ann Serfoss

Aug 3, 2013

MARTHA ANN SERFOSS Martha Ann Serfoss was born on February 10, 1933. The eldest daughter of the late Irene and Manuel Schmalz, Marti passed away with her family by her side on August 3, 2013 at Hope West Hospice in Grand Junction, CO. She was raised in Delta CO and was the eldest of 14 children. She married the love...