Obituaries

Lynn M. Halls

Lynn M. Halls

Aug 5, 2010

LYNN M. HALLS Funeral services for Lynn M. Halls will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lynn M. Halls passed from this life at his home in Taylorsville, Utah on August 5,...

Elvin James Vavra

Elvin James Vavra

Aug 3, 2010

ELVIN JAMES VAVRA Graveside services for longtime Dolores resident Elvin James Vavra will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 7 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Elvin was born January 21, 1930 in Caldwell, Kans. the son of James Anton and Libbie Emma (Subera) Vavra....

Eleanor Patricia Huey  "Pat" Murrell

Eleanor Patricia Huey "Pat" Murrell

Jul 31, 2010

ELEANOR PATRICIA HUEY (PAT) MURRELL Eleanor Patricia Huey (Pat) Murrell passed away in Cortez, Colorado on July 31, after a two year battle with kidney cancer. She was 71 years old. Pat was born in Casper, Wyoming July 28, 1939 to Rex R. and June Beck Huey. With the exception of one year in Rye, New York when she was...

Ivan Clint Montgomery

Ivan Clint Montgomery

Jul 31, 2010

IVAN CLINT MONTGOMERY Memorial services for lifelong Egnar resident Ivan Clint Montgomery will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 7 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Ivan was born on February 21, 1952 in Monticello, Utah the son of Jonnie Pal and Sarah Celesta (Miller) Montgomery. He passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at his home...

Patricia Jane Mcalister

Patricia Jane Mcalister

Jul 30, 2010

PATRICIA JANE MCALISTER Graveside services for Dolores resident Patricia Jane McAlister will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mike Schrogg will officiate. Pat was born April 18, 1937 in Prescott, Ariz. the daughter of Alva Merritt and Perry Inez (Frost) Sims. She passed away on Friday, July 30, 2010 at Southwest Memorial...

Edna Marie Ball

Edna Marie Ball

Jul 28, 2010

EDNA MARIE BALL Graveside services for longtime area resident Edna Marie Ball will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 2 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday morning at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 9 to 10 a.m. Marie was born December 6, 1931 in Kit Carson, Colo. the daughter of Herbert H. and Mabel Clair (Leonard)...

Sheila Kay Wilber

Sheila Kay Wilber

Jul 25, 2010

SHEILA KAY WILBER Sheila Kay Wilber, longtime area resident, was born December 1, 1952 in Canastota, N.Y. the daughter of Harry David and Elizabeth Mae (Miller) Sampson. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the age of 57. Sheila married Gary Paul Wilber on May 1, 1976 in Durango, Colo.; sharing 34...

James Elton Kidd

James Elton Kidd

Jul 25, 2010

JAMES ELTON KIDD Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, James Elton Kidd will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 29 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening at Ertel Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Jim was born the son of Elton James and Jessie (Malone) Kidd on March...

Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen

Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen

Jul 22, 2010

JUANITA BECHER "JOHNNY" FREDRIKSEN Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28 at the 1st Baptist Church in Dolores. Cremation will follow the funeral service. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday morning from 9 to service time at the church. Johnny was born on September 23, 1927...

Lillian C. Gawthrop

Lillian C. Gawthrop

Jul 18, 2010

LILLIAN C. GAWTHROP Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Lillian C. Gawthrop will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24 at Ertel Funeral Home with Rev. Bud Rousset officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Lillian was born the daughter of Rapp Wallace and Lillian (Wilson) Crook on August 28, 1919 in Yazoo City, Miss. She passed away...

Helen Bertha Perkins

Helen Bertha Perkins

Jul 17, 2010

HELEN BERTHA PERKINS Graveside services for Helen Bertha Perkins a longtime Dove Creek resident will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 22 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Barr Chittick will officiate. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Helen was born in Hanover, Kans. on May 4, 1918 to Otto...

Marguerite Madeleine Levesque

Marguerite Madeleine Levesque

Jul 17, 2010

MARGUERITE MADELEINE LEVESQUE A celebration of life was held in Fairview, Utah for Marguerite Madeleine Levesque on July 24, 2010. Maggie was born on January 14, 1996 in Cortez to David Levesque and Cindi Levesque, she passed away on July 17, 2010 in Fairview, Utah. Maggie attended Kemper and Downey Elementary schools. She also attended Cortez Middle school before she...

Jerry Lee Collins

Jerry Lee Collins

Jul 15, 2010

JERRY LEE COLLINS A celebration of life for Cortez resident Jerry Lee Collins will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 26 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Jerry was born October 19, 1949 in Boise, Ida. the son of Clyde Harvey and Faye Lorene (Phillips) Collins. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, July 15, 2010...

Winnie Rose Hughes Ward

Winnie Rose Hughes Ward

Jul 10, 2010

WINNIE ROSE HUGHES WARD Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Winnie Rose Hughes Ward will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 19 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Winnie passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of...

Annie Norine Hinton

Annie Norine Hinton

Jul 8, 2010

ANNIE NORINE HINTON Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Annie Norine Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 13 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Relief Society Room at the L.D.S. Church. Annie Norine Hermance...

Marcia M. Dukeminier

Marcia M. Dukeminier

Jul 7, 2010

MARCIA M. DUKEMINIER Marcia M. Dukeminier passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at the age of 78. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on November 10, 1931 the daughter of Solomon and Yetta (Levy) Gottlieb. On December 16, 1979 Marcia married John W. Dukeminier in Albuquerque, N.M. A truly amazing woman, Marcia brought...

Myrtle Mae Pendley

Myrtle Mae Pendley

Jul 6, 2010

MYRTLE MAE PENDLEY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Myrtle Mae Pendley will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, July 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment following at Cortez Cemetery. Myrtle was born September 26, 1916 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. the daughter of C.B. and Clara Fern (Rank) Tackett Berry. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Tuesday,...

Carol A. Ouellet

Carol A. Ouellet

Jul 4, 2010

CAROL A. (ROSE) OUELLET Carol A. (Rose) Ouellet, age 59, passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2010, in Cortez. Carol was born Jan. 20, 1951, in Wickenburg, Ariz., to Robert E. Rose and Loris V. (Heath) Rose. She was preceded in death by her father when she was 3 years old. Carol is survived by her children, Cheryl (John) Stone...

Kenneth Robert Johnson

Kenneth Robert Johnson

Jun 30, 2010

KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Kenneth Robert Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A reception will be held at the Cortez Recreation Center following the committal service and everyone is welcomed. Kenneth Robert Johnson passed away at his home in Cortez...

David Lee Stonesifer

David Lee Stonesifer

Jun 30, 2010

DAVID LEE "STONEY" STONESIFER Graveside inurnment services for Dolores resident David Lee "Stoney" Stonesifer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 6 at the Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. David was born on September 2, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland the son of Stanley Maynard and Bessie (Vipperman) Stonesifer....

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