Kolean "Granny" Smith
Jan 10, 2012
KOLEAN "GRANNY" SMITH Graveside services for longtime Mancos resident Kolean "Granny" Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 13 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Glen Randol will officiate. A dinner will follow at Mancos Baptist Church. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mady Kolean Smith better known...
Roy Lee Mitchell
Jan 8, 2012
ROY LEE MITCHELL Roy Lee Mitchell was born on June 3, 1945 in Burns, Colo. to Luther M. and Rosella Blanch (Claycomb) Mitchell. He passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 66. Roy worked for Rathjen Construction for several years, as well as C & J Gravel in Durango, Colo. In his...
Halina Lucyna Robinson
Jan 6, 2012
HALINA LUCYNA ROBINSON Memorial services for Cortez resident, Halina Lucyna Robinson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 13 at the Anglican Church in Cortez. Halina was born June 30, 1952 in Kalvaria, Poland to Eugeniusz and Maria (Kazio) Drozdziak. She passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of...
Nona Masters
Jan 6, 2012
NONA MASTERS Funeral services for Nona Masters, 95, and longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Shelby Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. She was born Mary CeNona...
Billie Gay Goforth
Jan 4, 2012
BILLIE GAY GOFORTH Graveside services for Naturita, Colo. resident Billie Gay Goforth will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Peel Cemetery in rural Dove Creek. Billie was born on December 13, 1930 in Egnar, Colo. to Gay Newman and Lydia Merial (Hicks) Goforth. He passed away on January 4, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in...
Lawrence S. "Larry" Douglas
Jan 3, 2012
LAWRENCE "LARRY" S. DOUGLAS Lawrence (Larry) S. Douglas passed January 3, 2012 at age 59 from colon cancer in Cortez, Colo. Larry lived, played and loved in Cortez, Durango, Colo., Lake Havasu, Ariz., Sedona, Ariz., and Petoskey, Mich. He loved being a firefighter, fire department Fire Captain, EMT and contractor and was an avid outdoorsman. He is survived by his...
Dorothy Rita Faught
Jan 3, 2012
DOROTHY RITA FAUGHT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dorothy Rita Faught will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Dorothy was born January 27, 1924...
Shirley Mae King
Jan 3, 2012
Shirley King 1930-2011 Shirley Gibson King, a long-time resident of Durango, died at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Residence in Cortez, Colorado on January 3, 2012. She was born October 2, 1930, in Joliet, Montana to the late Lowell and Vera Grewell Gibson. She grew up on a ranch in Carbon County, Montana and graduated from Colorado Women's College in Denver,...
Nancy Sue Jackson
Jan 3, 2012
NANCY SUE JACKSON Memorial services for Nancy Sue Jackson, 76 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cortez. Nancy Sue Jackson passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango after a brief illness. She was born the daughter of Ruth and LeRoy Coffenberry on...
Jim Becher
Jan 2, 2012
JIM "SONNY" BECHER A Celebration of Life for lifelong Cortez resident Jim "Sonny" Becher will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Mrs. Leah Bedker will officiate. Jim was born on December 23, 1942 in Cortez to James Harmon and Frances Mae (Carlson) Becher. He passed away on January 2, 2012 in...
Frankie Ted Lopez
Jan 1, 2012
FRANKIE TED LOPEZ Funeral Mass for lifelong area resident Frankie Ted Lopez will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Burial will take place at Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held on Friday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Frankie was born...
Raymond N. Samora
Dec 31, 2011
RAYMOND NONATO SAMORA Memorial Mass will be held for Raymond N. Samora, a lifelong resident of Cortez, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Pat Valdez, C.R. officiating. Rosary services will be held Wednesday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Raymond was born one of seven children to Jose...
Betty Pauline Lassley
Dec 30, 2011
BETTY PAULINE LASSLEY Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Betty Pauline Lassley will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 2, 2012 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mark Baker will officiate. Betty was born March 9, 1925 in Wamego, Kan. the daughter of Carl Earl and Stella (Rion) Kiefer. She passed away on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Southwest...
Vera Hoard Olson
Dec 30, 2011
VERA HOARD OLSON Graveside services for former long-time Cortez resident and current Taylorsville, Utah resident, Vera Hoard Olson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 6 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vera Olson is dancing with her husband, Bob again. She passed away...
Lorraine Vogel
Dec 24, 2011
LORRAINE VOGEL Lorraine Vogel, longtime resident and business owner, passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at the age of 81. She was born July 18, 1930 in Grand Junction, Colo. to Lawrence and Ruth S. (Kerstetter) Learned. Lorraine and her husband, John, came to the Cortez area in 1958. They built and operated...
Joe Edgar Blackmer
Dec 23, 2011
JOE EDGAR BLACKMER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Joe Edgar Blackmer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joe was born June 6, 1926 in Cortez to Charles...
Hazel Marie Hill
Dec 21, 2011
HAZEL MARIE HILL Private graveside services were held for Cortez resident, Hazel Marie Hill on Wednesday, December 28 at Cortez Cemetery. Hazel was born June 29, 1921 in Checotah, Okla. to Herman and Lavonia Elizabeth (McCoy) Fritts. She passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez. Hazel was 90 years old. Hazel leaves behind her loving...
Marvin Emerald Noyes
Dec 21, 2011
MARVIN EMERALD NOYES Funeral services for longtime area resident Marvin Emerald Noyes will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home. Marvin Emerald Noyes passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at the...
Edwin Wayne Campbell Jr.
Dec 19, 2011
EDWIN WAYNE CAMPBELL JR. Edwin Wayne "Corky" Campbell Jr. was born in Alamosa, Colo. on September 18, 1932 to Edwin Wayne Campbell and Eva Belle (Nixon) Campbell. He passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 79. Corky was in the Army from 1949 to 1952 and served in the Korean War. He...
Karl Robert Mcgee
Dec 15, 2011
KARL ROBERT McGEE Memorial services for Dolores resident Karl Robert McGee will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastors Barr Chittick and David Dahl will officiate. Karl was born the son of Thomas Leo and Pauline Elanora (Dunn) McGee on March 30, 1966 in Tribune, Kans. Karl passed away on Thursday, December 15,...
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