Obituaries

Barbara Fern Alsobrook

Barbara Fern Alsobrook

Aug 9, 2012

BARBARA FERN ALSOBROOK Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Barbara "Fern" Alsobrook will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 13 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Fern will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Cedar Grove Cemetery following the services. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 3...

David Lee Wells

David Lee Wells

Aug 9, 2012

DAVID LEE WELLS Graveside services for David Lee Wells, 64 of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14 at Cortez Cemetery. David was born August 19, 1947 in Durango the son of Sydney Wells and Helen Eyetoo. He passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2012. David frequently took part in Bear Dance and a variety of...

Robert Elton Pullen

Robert Elton Pullen

Aug 7, 2012

ROBERT ELTON PULLEN Robert Elton Pullen was born May 16, 1935 in San Pedro, Calif. the son of William Arthur and Leilani (Kailihala) Pullen. He passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 77. Robert enlisted with the United States Navy in 1952. He served his country until he was honorably discharged...

Karen Marie Whyte Mills

Karen Marie Whyte Mills

Aug 6, 2012

KAREN MARIE WHYTE MILLS Funeral services for Towaoc resident Karen Marie Whyte Mills will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 9 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rosary will follow at 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Karen was...

Farrell Lee Mccomb

Farrell Lee Mccomb

Aug 3, 2012

FARRELL LEE McCOMB Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez resident Farrell Lee McComb will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 10 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by Montezuma County V.F.W. Post 5231. Born June 11, 1928 in Del Norte, Colo., Farrell was the son of James William and Ora Eva (Bray) McComb. He passed...

Azereth Kaleb Yazzie

Azereth Kaleb Yazzie

Jul 31, 2012

AZERETH KALEB YAZZIE Funeral services for Azereth Kaleb Yazzie, 22 of Midvale, Utah will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 4 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Bishop Terry Cook will conduct. Interment will take place on Monday in Midvale, Utah. Kaleb, as he was known to family and friends, was born...

Dorothy Naomi Randolph

Dorothy Naomi Randolph

Jul 25, 2012

DOROTHY NAOMI RANDOLPH Graveside services for longtime Dove Creek resident Dorothy Naomi Randolph will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 28 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Sam Thompson will officiate. Dorothy was born the daughter of William Oscar and Mary (Onick) Hancock in Richards, Colo. on December 16, 1928. She passed away at her Dove Creek home on Wednesday,...

Richard Valentino Cordova

Richard Valentino Cordova

Jul 25, 2012

RICHARD VALENTINO CORDOVA Funeral Mass for Mancos, Colo. resident Richard Valentino Cordova will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 28 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez, Colo. Interment will take place at Santa Rosa Memorial Park in Santa Rosa, Calif. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening at 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rosary services...

Gary Marshall Crouse

Gary Marshall Crouse

Jul 24, 2012

GARY MARSHALL CROUSE Funeral services for Gary Marshall Crouse will be held on Friday, August 3 at the First United Methodist Church of Cortez, 515 North Park, at 2 p.m. with Reverend Thomas Towns officiating. Burial will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military honors being conducted at the cemetery. A reception will follow the services at the Methodist Church's...

Ruth Clara Bowen Fleming

Ruth Clara Bowen Fleming

Jul 23, 2012

RUTH CLARA BOWEN FLEMING Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Ruth Clara Bowen Fleming will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 26 at the Assembly of God Church in Dove Creek. Pastor Buddy Bishop will officiate. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Ruth was born on August 13, 1930 in Wheeler County, Tex. to Wallace and...

Donald Dean Sanderson

Donald Dean Sanderson

Jul 22, 2012

DONALD DEAN SANDERSON Memorial services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Donald Dean Sanderson will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25 at Dove Creek Cemetery. He passed away at his home in Cortez on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the age of 77 with his family by his side. Donald Dean was born September 12, 1934 to James...

Joy Frazier

Joy Frazier

Jul 20, 2012

HELEN JOISAPHENE "JOY" FRAZIER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Helen Joisaphene "Joy" Frazier will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 30 at Riverside Park in Dolores. A celebration of Joy's life will take place Monday evening at 6 p.m. at her residence, 200 W. Riverside Avenue. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at...

Jim Carl Lee

Jim Carl Lee

Jul 13, 2012

JIM CARL LEE Graveside inurnment services for Cortez, Colo. resident Jim Carl Lee will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 3 at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix. Jim was born on January 30, 1927 in Ft. Sumner, N.M. to Charles Henderson and Callie (McAdams) Lee. He passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012 at his...

Maynard Darrow Peck

Maynard Darrow Peck

Jul 9, 2012

MAYNARD DARROW PECK Maynard Darrow Peck was born February 5, 1923 in Rose, Kan. the son of Maynard Riley and Hazel Irene (Martin) Peck. He passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 89. Darrow served his country during World War II. He was in the 853rd Aviation Engineers building runways in Africa...

Theola Jean Mcgahuey

Theola Jean Mcgahuey

Jul 9, 2012

THEOLA JEAN MCGAHUEY Theola Jean McGahuey was born on April 10, 1928 in Wichita, Kan. to Clifford D. and Thelma K.M. (Gray) Lynch. She passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at her Cortez residence at the age of 84. On March 30, 1947 Theola married Jack Orville McGahuey. She worked for nearly 20 years as an Environmental Controlist at...

Stanley J. Brewer

Stanley J. Brewer

Jul 8, 2012

STANLEY J. BREWER A Celebration of Life and potluck for Cortez resident Stanley J. Brewer will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 14 at Parque de Vida Pavilion in Cortez. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Stanley was born on August 30, 1926 in Wilcox, Ariz. to...

Mary Elizabeth Zummach

Mary Elizabeth Zummach

Jul 7, 2012

MARY ELIZABETH ZUMMACH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Mary Elizabeth Zummach will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mary was born June 22, 1967 in Albuquerque, N.M. the daughter of August George and Lela LaKay (Kinsell) Stanley. She passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at...

Opal Marie Wright Blakey

Opal Marie Wright Blakey

Jul 6, 2012

OPAL MARIE WRIGHT BLAKEY Memorial services for Dolores resident Opal Marie Wright Blakey will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 7 at the Church of Christ. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Opal was born October 1, 1917 in Pottawatomie County, Okla. the daughter of Rueben Dexter and...

Francis James "Jim" Pilon

Francis James "Jim" Pilon

Jul 4, 2012

FRANCIS JAMES "JIM" PILON Funeral Mass for longtime Dove Creek resident Francis James "Jim" Pilon will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jim was born October...

Ruth Hollen Dewell

Ruth Hollen Dewell

Jul 2, 2012

RUTH HOLLEN DEWELL Funeral services for Ruth Hollen Dewell, 74 of Dolores, will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 9 at Montelores Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Ruth Hollen Dewell was born October 2, 1937 to Robin and Marie Hollen of Pleasant View, Colo. She was the last of nine children born to the Hollens....

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