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
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
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
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
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)...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Cecillia Elizabeth Wright
Jun 28, 2010
CECILLIA ELIZABETH WRIGHT Graveside services for Cecillia Elizabeth Wright will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 5 at Goodman Point Cemetery. The infant daughter of William Kord Wright and Autumn Ann Foster, Cecillia was born on May 25, 2010 in Durango, Colo. She passed away on Friday, May 28, 2010 at Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colo. Surviving Cecillia...
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