Edwin Wing
Jun 10, 2012
EDWIN WING Graveside services for lifelong Towaoc resident Edwin Wing will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 15 at the Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Edwin was born December 12, 1954 in Cortez the son of Sam Wing Sr. and Jennie Jacket. He passed away...
Mary Green
Jun 9, 2012
MARY GREEN Funeral services for long-time Durango resident Mary Green will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13 at the Mancos First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at the Methodist Church in Breckenridge, Tex. at 10 a.m. on Saturday June 16, 2012. Mary died at her home in...
Robert Leroy Johnson
Jun 9, 2012
ROBERT LEROY JOHNSON Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Robert Leroy Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 at the General Assembly and Church of the First Born. Burial will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Bob was born July 2, 1936 in Dove Creek...
Lydia Dusek Rice
Jun 8, 2012
LYDIA DUSEK RICE Funeral services for Cortez resident Lydia Dusek Rice will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverends Shelby Bailey, Tom Towns and Suzanne Listeman will be officiating. Lydia was born on August 4, 1921 in Hingham, Mont. to Fred and Pauline (Rypol)...
Willie Taylor Coker
Jun 4, 2012
WILLIE TAYLOR COKER, JR. Graveside services for former Dove Creek resident and current Glenpool, Okla. resident Willie Taylor Coker will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 11 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Willie Coker, our Dad and granddad was born August 12, 1918 in Hubbard City, Texas. He passed away on June 4, 2012 in Glenpool, Okla. at the...
William Earl "Bill" Gibson
Jun 3, 2012
WILLIAM EARL GIBSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident William Earl "Bill" Gibson will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 7 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Bill was born in Fayetteville, Ark. on April 18, 1935 to Earl Bryant and Lillian Ethel (Gaskill) Gibson. He passed away at his Cortez home on Sunday,...
Charles Albert "Chuck" Denton
Jun 1, 2012
CHARLES ALBERT DENTON Chuck was born in Cortez at Southwest Memorial Hospital on August 25, 1970. He passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez on Friday, June 1, 2012. Chuck is survived by his wife, Cindy and son, Fred; mother, Carol Denton; brother, David Denton and wife, Samantha and his brother, Bobby Goff; his grandfather, Charles Goff; numerous...
Wilford "Willie" Uptain
Jun 1, 2012
WILFORD EDWARD UPTAIN A lifelong Lewis, Colo. resident Wilford "Willie" Uptain passed away at his home on Friday, June 1, 2012. Wilford or 'Willie' was born on March 25, 1923, in a home on the outskirts of Lewis, and except for time spent in the United States Navy permanently resided in the Lewis/Cortez area. His travels in the Navy took...
William Franklin Bridgewater
May 28, 2012
WILLIAM FRANKLIN "BILL" BRIDGEWATER Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident William Franklin "Bill" Bridgewater will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 1 at Cortez Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Bill was born the son of Bonnie Franklin and Laura (Treece) Bridgewater on February 10, 1928 in Cortez. He passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012 at his...
Janette Marian Hester
May 19, 2012
JANETTE MARIAN HESTER Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Janette Marian Hester will be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver. Janette was born on October 29, 1945 in Littleton, Colo. to Enos Floyd and Melba Lee (Page) Garner. She passed away on May 19, 2012 at the Vista Grande Inn...
Krystina Monica Robsion
May 18, 2012
KRYSTINA MONICA ROBSION Funeral services for Krystina Monica Robsion will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Saturday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Krystina was born November 6, 1989 in Durango, Colo. She passed away in LaPlata County...
Michael Wesley Lyons
May 18, 2012
MICHAEL WESLEY LYONS Michael Wesley Lyons, 53, of Cortez, Colo., died Friday evening, May 18th, at St Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. He was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in southwest Colorado. Hospice was involved at the time of his death. He was born June 12, 1958, to Dr. and Mrs. Dan Lyons, at Pioneer General Hospital, in Fort Collins,...
Betty Jean Cox
May 17, 2012
BETTY JEAN ROBB COX Funeral services for Betty J. Cox will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mancos on Tuesday May 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. with burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery south of Mancos. Following internment there will be a luncheon and a celebration of her life at the Mancos Fire and Rescue...
Rebecca Ann Rankin Brooks
May 15, 2012
REBECCA ANN RANKIN BROOKS Born: August 8, 1922, Egnar, CO Died: May 15, 2012, Cortez, CO Rebecca was known as Billie to all her friends and relatives. Oldest of three daughters of William and Ida Rankin, she grew up in Denver and Victor, Colorado. She served her country in the US Navy between 1944 and 1946 as a member of...
Lester James Hancock
May 15, 2012
LESTER JAMES HANCOCK Funeral services for former Dove Creek resident Lester James Hancock will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 21 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lester was born August 23, 1933...
Helen Real
May 14, 2012
HELEN REAL Helen Real passed away on May 14, 2012. She was born in Vienna, Austria in October 1919, and crossed the ocean with her parents as a child to settle in the United States. In two years she had learned English well enough to skip a grade in school. She spent her girlhood in Pasadena, California. Helen was a...
Betty Arlene Bettencourt Pinder
May 14, 2012
BETTY ARLENE BETTENCOURT PINDER Memorial services for longtime area resident Betty Arlene Bettencourt Pinder will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16 at Arriola Bible Church with Pastor Kent Slyter officiating. Betty was born September 3, 1939 in Acushnet, Mass. the daughter of Albert and Mary Arlene (Bailey) Bettencourt. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home in...
J.G. "Jay" Pults
May 10, 2012
J. G. "JAY" PULTS Funeral services for Cortez resident J.G. "Jay" Pults will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military Honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Cremation will take place following the services. Jay was born June 9, 1932 in Jacksboro, Texas the son of Jim and...
Ira Rachel Dean
May 4, 2012
IRA RACHEL DEAN Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Ira Rachel Dean will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington, N.M. Ira was born on October 12, 1928 in Farmington, N.M. the daughter of Ira and Rachel (Locke) Hatch. She passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at San Juan Regional Medical Center...
Charles Paul Hartanov
May 4, 2012
CHARLES PAUL HARTANOV Charles Paul Hartanov passed away May 4, 2012 at his home in Mancos, Colorado. He was 62. He is survived by his only child, Dr. Ciela Hartanov and the dog he loved so much, Lieutenant. He was the youngest child of Andrew and Phyllis Hartanov and leaves behind his three siblings: Tammie Coronado, Natalie Haughton and Drew...
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