Obituaries

Verna Baird Percell

Verna Baird Percell

Dec 7, 2009

VERNA BAIRD PERCELL Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Verna Baird Percell will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 11 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Gary Tanner will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9 a.m. to service time at...

Lester Nelson Wilmarth

Lester Nelson Wilmarth

Dec 6, 2009

LESTER NELSON WILMARTH Lester N. Wilmarth, 93, a 42-year resident of Sierra Vista, Ariz. passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009. Les was born July 30, 1916, in Center, Colo., to Sidney S. and Dora V. Wilmarth. Les loved to tinker with his computer and ham radio. He was an avid AZ Diamondback fan and a supporter of U of A...

Robert Archibeque

Robert Archibeque

Dec 6, 2009

RICHARD “ROBERT” ARCHIBEQUE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Archibeque will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 12 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Robert was born on September 15, 1952 in Cortez the son of Mike and Carmelita (Gallegos) Archibeque. He passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at his residence at the age of...

Dorothy Jean Uptain

Dorothy Jean Uptain

Dec 5, 2009

DOROTHY JEAN UPTAIN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dorothy Jean Uptain will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Dorothy passed away on Saturday, December 5 at Southwest Memorial Hospital after...

Dale Lansing Black

Dale Lansing Black

Dec 3, 2009

DALE LANSING BLACK Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Dale Lansing Black will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 7 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Goodman Point Cemetery. Mr. Rob Hall will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 1 to...

Connie Ogden Howell

Connie Ogden Howell

Dec 3, 2009

CONNIE OGDEN HOWELL Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Connie Ogden Howell will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 7 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. A reception will follow the memorial service in Mary Blake Hall located at the church. Connie Ogden Howell, age 84, died on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Southwest Memorial Hospital after a brief...

Edgar Clint Mcnutt

Edgar Clint Mcnutt

Dec 1, 2009

EDGAR CLINT MCNUTT Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Edgar Clint McNutt will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2 at the Church of Christ. Ed was taken home to be with God on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Ed lived most of his life in Colorado. He was born in Cortez on September 29, 1942 to Bonnie Thelma...

Elma Irene Boren

Elma Irene Boren

Dec 1, 2009

ELMA IRENE BOREN Funeral services for Cortez resident Elma Irene Boren will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 4 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Elma was born on August 8, 1909 in Dolores the daughter of Frank and Edith Belden (Stone) Myers. She passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Vista Grande...

Ruth Baird Thorne

Ruth Baird Thorne

Nov 26, 2009

RUTH BAIRD THORNE Ruth Baird Thorne passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at the age of 101. She was born January 6, 1908 in Altona, Penn. the daughter of John Edgar and Anna Pitcairn (Greer) Lingenfelter. Surviving Ruth are her four children, Berton M. Tibbet of Pasadena, Calif., Nancy R. Kohl...

Mildred B. Bignell

Mildred B. Bignell

Nov 22, 2009

MILDRED B. BIGNELL Graveside services for Mancos, Colo. resident Mildred B. Bignell will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2 at Fleming Cemetery in Morse Bluff, Neb. Mildred was born on May 17, 1918 in North Platte, Neb. the daughter of George and Sadie (Tetterton) Star. She passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2009 in Cortez, Colo. at...

Fred William Crouse

Fred William Crouse

Nov 17, 2009

FRED WILLIAM CROUSE Funeral services for Fred William Crouse, formerly of Cortez and currently of Mesa, Ariz. will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 23 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Marvin Graves officiating. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery and Military Honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Fred was born August 20,...

Alwyn Franklin Wall

Alwyn Franklin Wall

Nov 17, 2009

ALWYN FRANKLIN WALL Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Alwyn Franklin Wall will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 21 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Pastor Davis Badback will officiate. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Four Corners Funeral Chapel. Alwyn was born the son of Alfred...

Alfred Martinez

Alfred Martinez

Nov 14, 2009

EMILIANO ALFRED "AL" MARTINEZ Memorial services for longtime Dove Creek resident Emiliano Alfred "Al" Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18 at the Dove Creek Community Center. Al was born Jan. 14, 1947 to Emiliano "Benny" and Loyola Martinez in Cortez. He went to be home with the Lord on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Al grew...

Valentino Valois Vigil

Valentino Valois Vigil

Nov 13, 2009

VALENTINO VALOIS "TINO" VIGIL Memorial services for Valentino Valois "Tino" Vigil will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 18 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Pastor Jeff McDonell will officiate. Tino was born the son of Frankie Tony and Alicia Marie (Garcia) Vigil on August 21, 1952 in Ogden, Utah. He passed away at his Cortez home on...

Delores Audrey Ostiling Judge

Delores Audrey Ostiling Judge

Nov 12, 2009

DELORES AUDREY OSTLING JUDGE Delores Audrey Ostling Judge passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the age of 78. She was born March 22, 1931 in Rapid City, S.D. the daughter of Axel Hugo and Myrtle Ellen (East) Ostling. Prior to moving to the Cortez area over thirty-three years ago, Delores was employed as a...

Faye Vestal

Faye Vestal

Nov 11, 2009

ALICE "FAYE" VESTAL Memorial services for Cortez resident Alice "Faye" Vestal will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Faye was born April 26, 1941 in Huntsville, Ark. the youngest child and only girl of Felix Everette and Reba Leotta (Purdom) McLoud. She passed away at her home in Cortez on Wednesday,...

Ruth Elaine Meyers Darland

Ruth Elaine Meyers Darland

Nov 7, 2009

RUTH ELAINE MEYERS DARLAND Memorial services for Cortez resident Ruth Elaine Meyers Darland will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Montelores Baptist Church. Ruth was born on January 9, 1927 in Rock Springs, Wyo. the daughter of William A. and Velma O. (Anderson) Meyers. She passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Madison House...

Christine Marie Duran "Christy" Sackett

Christine Marie Duran "Christy" Sackett

Nov 7, 2009

CHRISTINE MARIE DURAN "CHRISTY" SACKETT Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Christine Marie Duran "Christy" Sackett will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Christy was born on October 31, 1958 in Salina, Kan. the daughter of Edwin O. and Marlene Marie (Homman) Duran. She left to start her wonderful new life with...

Mae Pitt

Mae Pitt

Nov 6, 2009

VEDA MAY JOHNS PITT Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Veda May Johns Pitt will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 at Arriola Cemetery. Mae, as she was known by her family and friends, was born October 17, 1915 in Lincoln, N.M. the daughter of John Clarkston Johns and Viola (Keisling) Johns. She passed away at Vista Grande...

Chub Speer

Chub Speer

Oct 31, 2009

WILFORD ELROY “CHUB” SPEER A gathering of friends and family will be held for longtime Dolores resident Wilford Elroy “Chub” Speer at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 7 at the Dolores Fire Station. Chub was born on November 22, 1917 in Camp Verde, Ariz. the son of John S. and Velma (Cluff) Speer. He passed away on Saturday, October 31,...

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