Obituaries

Stephanie Ann Morris

Stephanie Ann Morris

Apr 7, 2010

STEPHANIE ANN MORRIS Stephanie Ann Morris was born June 6, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio the daughter of John A. and Martha J. (Walls) Morris. She passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at the age of 41. Surviving Stephanie are her parents, John and Martha Morris of Mesa, Ariz.; three children, Elizabeth Ann Apao-Hepa and husband, John of Winston-Salem, N.C.,...

Meda E. Pierce

Meda E. Pierce

Apr 6, 2010

MEDA E. PIERCE Graveside services for Cortez resident Meda E. Pierce will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14 at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Meda was born on January 29, 1917 in Gering, Neb. the daughter of Evan I. and Ethel Mae...

Patricia Jean Clark Huskey

Patricia Jean Clark Huskey

Apr 5, 2010

PATRICIA JEAN CLARK "PAT" HUSKEY Funeral services for Dove Creek resident Patricia Jean Clark "Pat" Huskey will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 9 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pat was born on November 2, 1942 in Meeker, Colo. the daughter of Jack LeRoy and Zona (Harvey) Clark. She passed...

Robert Richard Deragowski

Robert Richard Deragowski

Apr 3, 2010

ROBERT RICHARD "BOB" DERAGOWSKI Funeral mass for Cortez resident Robert Richard "Bob" Deragowski will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 9 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, Kans. Father Warren Stecklein will officiate. Following the services, Bob will be laid to rest next to his wife at Scott County Cemetery. A rosary is planned for Thursday evening...

Roberta Sturdevant

Roberta Sturdevant

Mar 31, 2010

ROBERTA STURDEVANT On March 31, 2010, long-time area resident, Roberta Sturdevant, reached the end of this life's journey. She passed away quietly in the Denver-area home of her son, John Sturdevant, Jr. Roberta's daughter, Teresa, and daughter-in-law, Stephanie, were with her at the time of her passing. A celebration of Roberta's life and memorial of her passing is planned for...

Sandra Alice Watkins

Sandra Alice Watkins

Mar 31, 2010

SANDRA ALICE "SANDI" WATKINS Sandra Alice "Sandi" Watkins was born on April 8, 1942 in Cortez in the old Johnson Hospital. She was the daughter of Frank Albert and Beulah Roberta (Veach) Sagrillo. She passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at her Dolores home at the age of 67. Sandi was raised in the Montezuma County area, where she...

George Tanner Conger

George Tanner Conger

Mar 29, 2010

GEORGE TANNER CONGER George Tanner Conger was born on August 1, 1927 in Akron, Ohio the son of Sidney Barnett and Emma Marjorie (Tanner) Conger. He passed away at his Cortez home on Monday, March 29, 2010 at the age of 82. Surviving George are his wife, Jeanette Conger of Cortez; his daughters, Anne Tomlinson and husband, Richard of Chicago,...

Cora Jackman Keetch

Cora Jackman Keetch

Mar 25, 2010

CORA JACKMAN KEETCH Graveside services for Cortez resident, Cora Jackman Keetch will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 at Memory Gardens of Farmington, 6917 E. Main Street, Farmington, N.M. Cora was born the daughter of William Lester and Ina Mae Jackman on December 20, 1919 in Levan, Utah. She passed away at Madison House in Cortez on Thursday,...

James E. Harkendorff

James E. Harkendorff

Mar 23, 2010

JAMES E. HARKENDORFF Funeral services for James E. Harkendorff, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 26 at Rock Springs Community Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation and viewing has been set from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. before the services. Jim was born March 16, 1948 in Falls City, Neb. to Erwin...

Genevieve Elizabeth Fury

Genevieve Elizabeth Fury

Mar 21, 2010

GENEVIEVE ELIZABETH FURY Funeral mass for former Dove Creek resident and current Valley Inn Nursing Home resident Genevieve Elizabeth Fury will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 25 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24 at St. Jude...

Virginia Kathleen Smith

Virginia Kathleen Smith

Mar 18, 2010

VIRGINIA KATHLEEN SMITH Funeral services for 20 year resident of Cortez, Virginia Kathleen Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 23 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Virginia was born on May 31, 1924 in Black Diamond, Wash. to become the middle daughter of Paul and Isabel Besso. She passed away on Thursday,...

Joe Harold Hearne

Joe Harold Hearne

Mar 17, 2010

JOE HAROLD HEARNE Graveside inurnment services for area resident Joe Harold Hearne will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 27 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. The family requests you bring your own chair to the service. Joe was born on September 11, 1920 in Cashion, Ariz....

Erika Doris Martin

Erika Doris Martin

Mar 17, 2010

ERIKA DORIS MARTIN Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Erika Doris Martin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A reception will follow the memorial service at Erika’s residence, 334 S. Maple Street in Cortez. Erika was born on November 9, 1926 in Mulhausen, Germany the daughter of Heinrich and Minna (Hause) Schmidt....

Ozzy Grayson Ryker Wells

Ozzy Grayson Ryker Wells

Mar 14, 2010

OZZY GRAYSON RYKER WELLS Funeral services for Ozzy Grayson Ryker Wells of Towaoc will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the services. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Ozzy was born the son of Orelan and Alvina (Yellow) Wells on April 4,...

Robert Earl Murrish

Robert Earl Murrish

Mar 8, 2010

ROBERT EARL "BOB" MURRISH Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Earl "Bob" Murrish will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Spencer Smith will conduct. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bob was born on January 31, 1922 in Twin Falls, Idaho the son...

Opal Marcella Bennett

Opal Marcella Bennett

Mar 8, 2010

OPAL MARCELLA BENNETT Opal Marcella Bennett was born on October 13, 1913 in Eugene, Ore. the daughter of William and Martha (Thomas) Gower. She passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010 at Golden Years Retirement Home in Cortez at the age of 96. Opal was a member of the Secret Pal Club and she was very active in various churches....

Ina Marie Knoblock Johnson

Ina Marie Knoblock Johnson

Mar 8, 2010

INA MARIE KNOBLOCK JOHNSON Memorial services for Summit Ridge resident Ina Marie Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 24 at Dolores Community Center. Ina Marie Knoblock Johnson was born on December 30, 1925 in Farmington, N.M. to Albert F. and Effie Ella (White) Knoblock. She passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010 at her home on...

Elizabeth Boyd

Elizabeth Boyd

Mar 4, 2010

ELIZABETH BOYD Graveside services for longtime area resident, Elizabeth Boyd will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 8 at Cortez Cemetery. Born July 30, 1929 in Cubbage, Ky., Elizabeth was the only daughter of Toliver and Cornie Pittman. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the age of 80. Elizabeth married V.T...

Robert A. Swank

Robert A. Swank

Mar 4, 2010

E. ROBERT A. “BOB” SWANK E. Robert A. “Bob” Swank was born on May 24, 1942 in Ligonier, Penn. the son of Edward A. and Virginia (Smalley) Swank. He passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah at the age of 67. Bob’s love of the outdoors brought him to Dove Creek, Colo. He...

Lucy Ben Sleepy

Lucy Ben Sleepy

Mar 3, 2010

LUCY BEN SLEEPY Funeral services for lifelong Hatch, Utah resident Lucy Ben Sleepy will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Lucy was born on October 10, 1927 at Navajo White Mesa, Utah and she passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the...

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