Orvetta Millicent Clayton
Dec 13, 2011
ORVETTA MILLICENT CLAYTON Memorial services for Cortez resident Orvetta Millicent Clayton will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Orvetta was born one of eight children to Samuel Earl and Cora Bell (Cotton) West on October 21, 1914 in Leslie, Ark. She passed away at Madison...
Patricia Murphy
Dec 13, 2011
PATRICIA "PAT" MURPHY A Memorial Mass will be offered for Patricia "Pat" Murphy at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Pat died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 as a result of injuries received in a traffic accident. Patricia "Pat" Murphy was born on October 20, 1954 in Grand...
John L. Heffner
Dec 13, 2011
JOHN L. "JACK" HEFFNER John L. "Jack" Heffner was born September 30, 1939 in Silverton, Colo. the son of Lewis William and Kathryne (Weaver) Heffner. He passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Surviving Jack are his children, Mark Heffner and wife, Renee of Littleton, Colo. and Tammy Beanland of Dove...
Jerral Wayne Baxstrom
Dec 8, 2011
JERRAL WAYNE BAXSTROM Memorial services will be held on Monday morning August 13 at 9:00 at the Cortez Cemetery for Jerral Wayne Baxstrom who passed away on December 8, 2011 in Flagstaff, Ariz. at the age of 65. He was born March 25, 1946 in Cortez, Colo. to Mervin and Charlotte Baxstrom. Jerry is survived by his mother, Charlotte Baxstrom...
John L. Gallegos Jr.
Dec 4, 2011
JOHN L. "JOHNNY" GALLEGOS JR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident John L. "Johnny" Gallegos Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 at the old gym at Mancos High School. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. Cremation will follow the funeral. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel....
Burt Duane Swank
Dec 3, 2011
BURT DUANE SWANK Funeral services for Cortez resident Burt Duane Swank will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Burt was born on August 14, 1958 in Cortez to Howart Duane and Betty Jean (Wood) Swank. He passed away at his home on December 3, 2011 at the...
Mildred Lorraine Johnson
Dec 3, 2011
MILDRED LORRIANE JOHNSON Mildred Lorraine Johnson, 90, passed away December 3, 2011 at the Valley Inn in Mancos, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Johnson, in April 2011. Millie was born in Yuma, Colo. on January 11, 1921 to John and Catherine (Heise) Strong. She grew up on the family farm with her younger sister, Aileen...
William Mathew "Mick" Simmons
Dec 2, 2011
WILLIAM MATHEW "MICK" SIMMONS Graveside services for Cortez resident William Mathew "Mick" Simmons will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 9 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mick was born March 15, 1937 in Longmont, Colo. the son of Claude and Maydne (Phipps) Simmons....
Kirby Allen Taylor
Dec 2, 2011
KIRBY ALLEN TAYLOR Kirby Allen Taylor passed away on Friday, December 2, at St. Mary`s Hospital in Grand Junction, after having gall bladder surgery in Monticello. Kirby was 26. He was born the son of Mary Ann Taylor and Brent Knuckles at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, on April 14, 1985. He lived in Dove Creek his entire life, and...
Paul Arthur Pedersen
Nov 30, 2011
Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Paul "Pete" Arthur Pedersen will be held at 2 pm on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pete was born on September 9, 1925 in Malta, Mont. to Peter Morris and Inger (Jensen) Pedersen. He passed away on November 30, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 86. On...
Wilma Lanora Leonard
Nov 28, 2011
WILMA LANORA (MOORE) LEONARD Funeral services for Cheyenne, Wyo. resident and former area resident Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard, 79, died Monday, November 28 at Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colo., after a short illness. Mrs. Leonard...
Philip Lytle Stock Iii
Nov 27, 2011
PHILIP LYTLE STOCK III Philip Lytle Stock III was born on May 5, 1943 in Pueblo, Colo. to Philip L. Stock, Jr. and Rosalie A. (Thomas) Stock and was raised in Bayfield, Colo. He passed away at his Cortez home on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the age of 68. Philip was a retired Major of the United States Air...
Margaret Ethel Diffendaffer
Nov 25, 2011
MARGARET ETHEL DIFFENDAFFER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Margaret Ethel Diffendaffer will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Paul Houston will officiate. Cremation will take place following the services. Margaret was born April 1, 1918 in Lebanon, Colo. the daughter of Percy M. and Ethel E. (Carmean) Chappell. She passed...
James Taylor Wilkerson Jr.
Nov 25, 2011
JAMES TAYLOR "J.T." WILKERSON JR. Memorial services for lifelong area resident James Taylor "J.T." Wilkerson Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, M Road Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. James Taylor Wilkerson Jr., better known as "J.T." by his family and friends, was...
Kenneth Richard Whited
Nov 24, 2011
KENNETH RICHARD WHITED Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Kenneth Richard Whited will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29 at Cortez First United Methodist Church. Reverends Tom Towns and Suzanne Listemann will officiate. A potluck lunch will follow the services in Hampton Hall at the Methodist Church. Kenneth was born September 19, 1946 in Cortez the son...
David Talk
Nov 23, 2011
DAVID TALK Funeral services for David Talk, a lifelong resident of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. David, or "Big Dave" as his friends called him, was born August...
Bobby Joe Kimmel
Nov 23, 2011
BOBBY JOE KIMMEL Funeral services for Palisade, Colo. resident and former area resident Bobby Joe Kimmel will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. A dinner will be held following the commital service. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial...
Ernest Junior Lassley
Nov 21, 2011
ERNEST JUNIOR LASSLEY Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Ernest Junior Lassley will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 25 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mark Baker of the Baptist Chapel will officiate. Ernie was born on December 4, 1924 in Robinson, Kans. the son of Ernest Leroy and Lillie (Thompson) Lassley. He passed away at Madison House...
Jerry Charles Harkins
Nov 18, 2011
JERRY CHARLES HARKINS Jerry Charles Harkins was born April 30, 1929 in Superior, Neb. the son of Charles Patrick and Clementine (Good) Harkins. He passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center at the age of 82. Surviving Jerry are his beloved wife, Gloria Harkins of Cortez; and his friend, Jim Bridgewater of Cortez. Jerry...
Lynn Chipman
Nov 16, 2011
LYNN CHIPMAN Lynn Chipman was born April 23, 1946 in Passaic, N.J. the daughter of William and Adeline (Steinberg) Turko. She passed away at her Cortez home on November 16, 2011 at the age of 65. Lynn married Frank Albert Chipman on June 22, 1965 in Elkton, Maryland, sharing 44 years of marriage before Frank's death. The couple came to...
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