Obituaries

Lealon Dewhitt "Dee" Montgomery

Lealon Dewhitt "Dee" Montgomery

Mar 10, 2012

LEALON DEWHITT MONTGOMERY Graveside services for lifelong area resident Lealon DeWhitt "Dee" Montgomery will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at Burns Cemetery. Pastor Travis Randolph will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lealon DeWhitt Montgomery was born in Pleasant View, Colo. November 6, 1940 to...

Mary Lois Daves

Mary Lois Daves

Mar 10, 2012

MARY LOIS DAVES Memorial services for lifelong area resident Mary Lois Daves will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Rob Hall will officiate. Mary was born in Summer, Texas on February 29, 1924 the daughter of Royal D. and Eliza Jane (Henson) Finley. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn...

Dennis Irvin Brumley

Dennis Irvin Brumley

Mar 9, 2012

DENNIS IRVIN BRUMLEY A celebration of Dennis Brumley's life will be held on Wednesday, March 14 at 4 p.m. at the Dolores Community Center. Pastor Dave Dahl will officiate. Dennis Irvin Brumley was born on July 1, 1952 in Cortez, Colo. and passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012 at his childhood home in Dolores. Dennis attended the Dolores schools...

Frankie Lea Courtney

Frankie Lea Courtney

Mar 8, 2012

FRANKIE LEA COURTNEY Memorial services for Cortez resident Frankie Lea Courtney will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Frankie was born August 12, 1930 in Ness City, Kans. the daughter of Thomas Franklin and Maude Elizabeth (Thompson) Courtney. She passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Carol Sue Fieldson

Carol Sue Fieldson

Mar 7, 2012

CAROL SUE FIELDSON Memorial services for Dolores resident Carol Sue Fieldson will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 12 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Carol was born March 9, 1952 in San Bernardino, Calif. the daughter of Walter H. and Jocklyn (Atkin) Fieldson. She passed away at Southwest Memorial...

Anthony Valois "Ants" Espinoza

Anthony Valois "Ants" Espinoza

Mar 7, 2012

ANTHONY VALOIS "ANTS" ESPINOZA Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Anthony Valois "Ants" Espinoza will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Anthony was born January 13, 1972 in Cortez the son of Valois John and Sylvia Dora (Vigil) Espinoza. He passed away on Wednesday, March...

David Alan Breternitz

David Alan Breternitz

Mar 5, 2012

DAVID ALAN BRETERNITZ Arrangements for longtime Dove Creek resident David Alan Breternitz are pending with Ertel Funeral Home. David was born November 12, 1929 in Fremont, Neb. the son of Louis Alexander and Gretchen Frances (Yost) Breternitz. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the age of 82.

David Alan Breternitz

David Alan Breternitz

Mar 5, 2012

DAVID ALAN BRETERNITZ A celebration of life service for Dove Creek resident David Alan Breternitz will be held on Friday, June 1 at 3:00 p.m. at the Dove Creek High School Gymnasium. Dave was born November 12, 1929 in Fremont, Neb. to Louis A. and Gretchen F. Breternitz. He passed away in Cortez, Colo. on March 5, 2012 at the...

William  Hartley

William Hartley

Mar 3, 2012

WILLIAM R. "Bill" Hartley William R. "Bill" Hartley, age 83, a 7-year resident of Bullhead City, Ariz., passed away at home on Saturday, March 3, 2012. He was born December 16, 1928, in Olathe, Colo. Bill was a retired E-8 Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a Marine through and through. He is preceded in death by...

Jeremiah Raymond Berry

Jeremiah Raymond Berry

Mar 2, 2012

JEREMIAH RAYMOND BERRY Funeral services for Cortez resident Jeremiah Raymond Berry will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Jeremiah was born August 8, 1987 in Silver City, N.M. and he passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012 at his home at the age of 24. Jeremiah took...

John Albert Garchar

John Albert Garchar

Feb 28, 2012

JOHN ALBERT GARCHAR Funeral Mass for lifelong Dove Creek resident John Albert Garchar will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 3 at St. Jude Catholic Church with Rev. Pat Valdez C.R. officiating. John will be laid to rest at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. with Rosary Services to...

Virginia Faye   "Gina" Phillips

Virginia Faye "Gina" Phillips

Feb 26, 2012

VIRGINIA "GINA" FAYE PHILLIPS Funeral Mass for Virginia "Gina" Faye Phillips will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 28 E. Montezuma Avenue in Cortez. Funeral processions will then carry her to Lebanon Cemetery in Cortez where she will be laid in her final resting place. Visitation for Gina will be held...

Robert Warner

Robert Warner

Feb 26, 2012

ROBERT WARNER Robert Warner passed away at home on Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born April 4, 1936 at Redvale, Colo. to Ted and Mae Warner. Robert served four years active and four years inactive in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1962. After his service time he went to Durango where he started his job with the Division...

Eva Knuckles

Eva Knuckles

Feb 25, 2012

EVA KNUCKLES Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Eva Knuckles will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 29 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Pastor Mark Coffey will officiate. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Eva was born March 10,...

Edward Albert  Levesque

Edward Albert Levesque

Feb 24, 2012

EDWARD ALBERT LEVESQUE The war is over, the battle bravely fought. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez for Edward "Ed" Levesque. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. A Rosary will be held on Thursday, March 8 at 6 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church....

William John  Till

William John Till

Feb 24, 2012

WILLIAM JOHN "BILL" TILL William John "Bill" Till was born July 9, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of William F. and Josephine (Flowers) Till. He passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home after an extended battle with cancer. Bill proudly served his country with the United States Army from 1946 to 1948. After...

John  Ray Kindred

John Ray Kindred

Feb 23, 2012

JOHN RAY KINDRED John Ray Kindred was born on December 20, 1947 to John Ross and Neva Faye (George) Kindred. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the age of 64. John served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam War veteran. He loved is grandchildren and enjoyed taking walks. Surviving John...

Raymond Eugene Kowalchuk

Raymond Eugene Kowalchuk

Feb 23, 2012

RAYMOND EUGENE KOWALCHUK Raymond Eugene Kowalchuk was born on October 23, 1934 in Hamtramck, Michigan. He was the youngest son of Metro (Matt) and Eugenia (Jennie) Kowalchuk. Ray passed away on February 23, 2012 at Vista Grande Nursing home after a long fight with emphysema. He was 77 years old. Ray served his country as an airman in the US...

John Ray Kindred

John Ray Kindred

Feb 23, 2012

JOHN RAY KINDRED John Ray Kindred was born on December 20, 1947 to John Ross and Neva Faye (George) Kindred. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the age of 64. John served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam War veteran. He worked as a carpet layer. John loved his grandchildren...

Pearl Root Laner

Pearl Root Laner

Feb 22, 2012

PEARL ROOT LANER Graveside services for lifelong Towaoc resident Pearl Root Laner will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 at the Towaoc Cemetery. Manuel Heart will officiate. A wake will be held Friday afternoon at Pearl's residence, 129 Beadsturn Street beginning at 5:00 p.m. Pearl was born April 1, 1929 in Towaoc the daughter of James Root...

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