Preston Ray Scott
Mar 19, 2013
PRESTON RAY SCOTT Funeral services for Durango resident and former Cortez resident Preston Ray Scott will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Preston passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at his home. He was 45. Preston was born to Tex and Mary Scott on December 3,...
Matilda Marie Reisbeck Deering
Mar 17, 2013
MATILDA MARIE REISBECK DEERING Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Matilda Marie Reisbeck Deering will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Longtime resident Matilda Marie Reisbeck deering passed away Sunday, March 17,...
William Eugene Baker
Mar 14, 2013
WILLIAM EUGENE "BILL" BAKER Graveside inurnment services for lifelong area resident William Eugene "Bill" Baker will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 21 at Cortez Cemetery. Bill was born October 6, 1930 in Mancos to Hiram Ensley and Easter Hazel (Nelson) Baker. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the age of...
Jessie Eva Cassio
Mar 11, 2013
JESSIE EVA CASSIO Mass for Mancos resident Jessie Eva Cassio will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 at John Paul II Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs. A Vigil will be held Friday evening at 6 p.m. at the church. Jessie was born August 31, 1922 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Hobart V. and Margaret E. (Maupin)...
Ruth Sell
Mar 11, 2013
RUTH SELL Funeral services for Ruth Sell, a former resident of Nucla, Colo. will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Nucla Cemetery at 2 p.m. Ruth was born July 3, 1917 in Hays County, Tex. the daughter of Leander T. and Virginia Carolina (Adare) Hill. She passed away on...
David Allen Jowell
Mar 10, 2013
DAVID ALLEN JOWELL A Celebration of Life will be held for Lewis resident David Allen Jowell at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. David was born May 26, 1959 in Rifle, Colo. the son of Arthur J. and Connie Lee...
Audie Moore
Mar 8, 2013
AUDIE MOORE Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Audie Moore will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Audie was born November 22, 1924 in Rose, Okla. the son of Ellis James and Jennie Well (Sisco) Moore. He passed away on Friday,...
Robert "Duane" Lanier
Mar 5, 2013
ROBERT "DUANE" LANIER Funeral Services for Robert Duane Lanier, 78, of Pleasant View, Colo. will be held Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints Empire Chapel, 1700 E. Empire in Cortez with Tim Lanier conducting. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery in Pleasant View, CO. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from...
Dennis Robert Seibel
Mar 5, 2013
DENNIS ROBERT SEIBEL A celebration of life gathering for Cortez resident Dennis Robert Seibel will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Dennis was born on May 26, 1947 in Bozeman, Mont. Dennis' life boasts many personal and professional accomplishments and together with his depth of intelligence, amazing sense of humor, wonderful...
Lincoln Wilton Black
Feb 28, 2013
LINCOLN WILTON BLACK Graveside services for Lincoln Wilton Black were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington, N.M. Lincoln was born September 1, 1913 in Kirksville, Mo. the son of Edena Maude Messimer Black, D.O. and Albert Lincoln Black, D.O. Lincoln passed away, Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home in Cortez...
Ronald Gilbert Smith
Feb 26, 2013
RONALD GILBERT SMITH Ronald Gilbert Smith was born September 22, 1931 in Colorado Springs, Colo. the son of Orlo Jared and Ella Celia (Franklin) Smith. He passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at his Cortez residence at the age of 81. On December 29, 1950, Ron married Peggy Jo Barton in Taos, N.M. The couple lived in Alamosa, Colo....
Eva Gawdun
Feb 24, 2013
EVA GAWDUN Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Eva Gawdun will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Viewing has been scheduled for Sunday, March 3 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Following will be a Rosary...
Johnney Junior Burris
Feb 24, 2013
JOHNNEY JUNIOR BURRIS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Johnney Junior Burris will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. A reception will follow the funeral service at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 in Cortez. Johnney was born November 10, 1930...
Roger David Conn
Feb 23, 2013
ROGER DAVID CONN Cortez resident Roger David Conn died at his home on Saturday, February 23, 2013 from melanoma cancer. He was 65. Roger was born to Donald and Bernice (Jenson) Conn in Albert Lea, Minn. Most of his childhood was spent in Loveland, Colo. graduating from Loveland High School in 1966. He went on to earn an Associates degree...
Robert Eugene Mathis
Feb 22, 2013
ROBERT EUGENE MATHIS Robert Eugene Mathis passed away at his home in Mancos on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the age of 73. He was born the son of James and Clara (Engle) Mathis on September 6, 1939 in Port Angeles, Wash. Bob married Ruth Mary Vercimak on April 5, 1969 in Seattle, Wash. Bob was a Master Carpenter and...
Patricia Jean "Pat" Spandrio
Feb 21, 2013
PATRICIA JEAN "PAT" SPANDRIO Graveside services for Patricia Jean "Pat" Spandrio will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 28 at Ivy Lawn Cemetery, Ventura, Calif. Pat was born June 19, 1923 in Oxnard, Calif. the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Evelyn Miller (Wiltfong) Hyde. She passed away in Cortez on February 21, 2013 at the age of 89....
Trenton Parker Lang
Feb 20, 2013
TRENTON PARKER "TRENT" LANG Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Trenton Parker "Trent" Lang will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 23 at the White Mesa Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Blanding City Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Trent was born January 11, 1993 in...
Elsie Frazier
Feb 17, 2013
ELSIE FRAZIER Elsie Frazier was born on Oct. 31, 1920, in Denver, Colo., the daughter of George Washington and Bertha Wagner. She passed away at home on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at the age of 92. She married Lynn J. Frazier on May 10, 1942. The couple lived in Denver until 1944, after which they moved to California and opened...
Margaret Ann Garrett
Feb 17, 2013
MARGARET ANN GARRETT Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Margaret Ann Garrett will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 21 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Marge passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013 surrounded by her family at her home. Marge was born on August 6, 1919 in Omaha, Neb. She moved to Kansas City, Mo. with...
Ronald J. Cameron
Feb 16, 2013
RONALD J. CAMERON Ronald J. Cameron was born on March 10, 1961, in Whittier, Calif., to Les and Jane Cameron. He went home to his Savior on Feb. 16, 2013, at the age of 51. Ron married Michelle on Nov. 14, 1981. The couple set up home in Anaheim, Calif., where they lived until September 1997. They were blessed with...
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