Obituaries

Glenna Jean Harris

Glenna Jean Harris

Feb 1, 2010

GLENNA JEAN HARRIS Services for lifelong area resident Glenna Jean Harris will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, February 19 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Glenna was born on August 9, 1935 in Cortez the daughter of Roy J. and Lillian H. (Tracy) Retherford. She passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Waldey Harris "Mike" Mikkelson

Waldey Harris "Mike" Mikkelson

Jan 31, 2010

WALDEY HARRIS MIKKELSON “MIKE” Memorial services or Waldey Harris Mikkelson “Mike” will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 4 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Gravesite Dedication services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cortez Cemetery. Waldey Harris Mikkelson “Mike”, a devoted and valiant servant to our Lord and Savior,...

Leona Eva Lewis

Leona Eva Lewis

Jan 31, 2010

LEONA EVA LEWIS Funeral Mass for Leona Eva Lewis will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church and a Rosary service will follow at 7 p.m. Leona was born the daughter of Henry...

Raymond Parker Lang

Raymond Parker Lang

Jan 30, 2010

RAYMOND PARKER LANG Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Raymond Parker Lang will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Raymond was born the son of Alfred Parker Lang and Helen (Eyetoo) Wells...

Curtis Chester Baker

Curtis Chester Baker

Jan 30, 2010

CURTIS CHESTER BAKER Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Curtis Chester Baker will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8 at Mancos First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Curtis was born on February 23, 1929 in Tulsa, Okla. the son of Chester Arthur and Esther Nevada (Warren) Baker. He...

Henry Leslie Lameman

Henry Leslie Lameman

Jan 30, 2010

HENRY LESLIE LAMEMAN Funeral services for Shonto, Ariz. resident Henry Leslie Lameman will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 4 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the church. Henry was born on July 20,...

Dympna Geraldine O'Connor

Dympna Geraldine O'Connor

Jan 29, 2010

DYMPNA GERALDINE O’CONNOR Dympna Geraldine O’Connor was born on September 18, 1954 in Dublin, Ireland the daughter of Rory and Teresa (McLaughlin) O’Connor. She passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at her Mancos home at the age of 55. Dympna is survived by her husband Mark Seville of Mancos; her children, Clare of Durango and Stephen of Mancos; and...

John Clifton Whitaker Sr.

John Clifton Whitaker Sr.

Jan 29, 2010

JOHN CLIFTON WHITAKER SR. Graveside services for Cortez resident John Clifton Whitaker Sr. will be held at Resthaven Cemetery in Glendale, Ariz. John was born on October 13, 1920 in Roswell, N.M. the son of John Clifton and Bertha Evelyn (Johnston) Whitaker. He passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at his residence at the age of 89. On May...

Marcia Sherill Price

Marcia Sherill Price

Jan 27, 2010

MARCIA SHERILL PRICE Memorial services for Mancos resident Marcia Sherill Price will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Pastor Craig Paschal will officiate. Marcia, also known by family and friends as Marquie, was born October 10, 1954 in Belen, N.M. the daughter of Jack G. and Roy Annzanetta (Owen) Price. She passed...

Patrick Michael Doyle

Patrick Michael Doyle

Jan 27, 2010

PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLE Memorial services for Patrick Michael Doyle, 21 of Cortez, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Patrick was born the son of Michael Patrick and Ruby Elaine (Jantzen) Doyle in Durango, Colo. on May 24, 1988. He passed away at his Cortez home on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. During his...

Mary Jacqulene "Jackie" Back

Mary Jacqulene "Jackie" Back

Jan 22, 2010

MARY JACQULENE “JACKIE” BACK Funeral services for Cortez resident Mary Jacqulene “Jackie” Back will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Jackie was born October 17, 1932 in Mt. Vernon, Mo. the daughter of Walter Edward and Loma Inez (Berry) Owens. She...

Raymond Rabbit Casey

Raymond Rabbit Casey

Jan 21, 2010

RAYMOND RABBIT CASEY Funeral services for Towaoc resident Raymond Rabbit Casey will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 27 at the White Mesa Recreation Center in White Mesa, Utah. Visitation has been set for Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Raymond was born March 22, 1953 in Cortez to Jay I. Casey and...

Lawrence Frank Hamilton

Lawrence Frank Hamilton

Jan 20, 2010

LAWRENCE FRANK HAMILTON Lawrence Frank Hamilton was born on January 4, 1941 in Cortez the son of Everett Lawrence and Mary Aileen (McKibben) Hamilton. He passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango at the age of 69. Surviving Frank are his mother, Aileen Hamilton of Cortez; and his brother, Phil Hamilton and wife,...

Art Simmons

Art Simmons

Jan 20, 2010

ARTHUR ANTHONY “ART” SIMMONS Arthur Anthony “Art” Simmons was born on May 3, 1937 in Lewis the son of Loyal Anthony and Dovie LaNelle (Russell) Simmons. He passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 72. A rancher at heart, Art enjoyed saddle making and barebronc riding. Art loved life and a good...

Kathleen Rose Macshane Hudson

Kathleen Rose Macshane Hudson

Jan 18, 2010

KATHLEEN ROSE MACSHANE “KATE” HUDSON Memorial Mass for Cortez resident Kathleen Rose MacShane “Kate” Hudson will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 25 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Kate was born on February 11, 1927 in Hammond, Ind. the daughter of James Henry and Mary Ann (English) MacShane. She passed away on Monday, January 18, 2010 at...

Roy Lee Sr.

Roy Lee Sr.

Jan 17, 2010

ROY LEE SR. Funeral services for longtime Aneth, Utah resident Roy Lee Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 22 at Aneth Terebinth Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Roy was born on March 15, 1930 in Sweetwater, Ariz. the son of John and Maggie (Tsosie) Lee. He passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at...

Don Gallegos

Don Gallegos

Jan 16, 2010

DON GALLEGOS Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Don Gallegos will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Rosary services will be held Tuesday evening at...

Norma Leota Dennison

Norma Leota Dennison

Jan 14, 2010

NORMA LEOTA DENNISON Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Norma Leota Dennison will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Norma was born to Jack and Lucille (Veach) Meadows in Cortez on March 13, 1928. She passed away at Vista Mesa Retirement Center on Thursday, January 14, 2009...

Melvin Lloyd Jarrett

Melvin Lloyd Jarrett

Jan 12, 2010

MELVIN LLOYD JARRETT Melvin Lloyd Jarrett a lifelong resident of Cortez passed away at his home on Tuesday January 12, 2010 at the age of 53 with his wife by his side. Melvin was born January 25th, 1956 to Archie and Vera (Waldorf) Jarrett. Melvin was an extremely hard worker and a passionate electrician whom in the late 80's began...

Nedra Louise Finley Wilmarth

Nedra Louise Finley Wilmarth

Jan 12, 2010

NEDRA LOUISE FINLEY WILMARTH Graveside inurnment services for former Cortez resident Nedra Louise Finley Wilmarth will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Nedra was born on March 1, 1917 in Paris, Tex. the daughter of Roy D. and Liza Jane (Henson) Finley and she passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 in Fruita, Colo....

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