Gordon Rex Orton
Jul 27, 2009
GORDON REX ORTON Funeral services for Dolores resident Gordon Rex Orton will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will take place at Panguitch Community Cemetery in Panguitch, Utah on Saturday, August 1 at 6 p.m. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from...
Twila Jean Slough
Jul 24, 2009
TWILA JEAN SLOUGH A celebration of the life of Twila Jean Slough will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor David Dahl officiating. Interment services are to be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 27 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Twila was born October 7, 1939 in Maude, Okla. the daughter of Olen S....
Genevieve Espinoza
Jul 24, 2009
GENEVIEVE ESPINOZA Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Genevieve Espinoza will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service will take place Friday evening at 7 p.m....
Josephine Katie Mills
Jul 15, 2009
JOSEPHINE KATIE MILLS Funeral services for Josephine Katie Mills, 22 of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 20 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Josephine Mills...
Jimmy O'Brien Kennedy
Jul 13, 2009
REVEREND JIMMY KENNEDY Funeral services for Jimmy Kennedy, 74, of Bledsoe, Tex. and formerly of Cortez will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 18, at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Summit Ridge Cemetery in Dolores, Colo. Jimmy O'Brien Kennedy was born May 6, 1935 near Lamesa, Tex. to Velma and John Kennedy, and died at his...
Rita Warren Van Tassel Johnson
Jul 12, 2009
RITA WARREN JOHNSON Memorial services for Dolores resident Rita Warren Johnson will be held at 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 14 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 110 W. North St., Cortez. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Rita died at her home near Dolores, on July 12, 2009 at the age of 69 after a 12 year struggle with ovarian cancer. Her...
Richard Marvin Leonard
Jul 11, 2009
RICHARD MARVIN LEONARD Funeral services for Richard Marvin Leonard a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery. Elder Les Pfister of the Church of The First Born will officiate. Richard was born on February 9, 1912, to Curnel Ceemore Leonard and Frances Rebekah (Rossiter)...
Rosemarie Pilegard
Jul 7, 2009
ROSEMARIE PILEGARD Funeral services for Rosemarie Pilegard will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Rosemarie was born April 18, 1929 in Bronx, N.Y. to Francis and Madeline (Gornie) Mastrobuno. She passed away...
Leona G. Crouse
Jul 6, 2009
LEONA G. CROUSE Funeral services for former Cortez resident Leona G. Crouse will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. A reception will follow the interment service at the Cortez Recreation Center in the Mesa Room from 1 to 3 p.m. Visitation...
Raymond Garcia
Jul 2, 2009
RAYMOND GARCIA Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Raymond Garcia will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8 at Mancos Church of Christ. Viewing has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Raymond was born on September 3, 1951 in Cebolla, N.M. the son of Herman and Genevieve (Trujillo) Garcia. He...
James Frederick Lyons
Jun 30, 2009
JAMES FREDERICK LYONS James Frederick Lyons, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away on June 30, 2009, at the age of ninety-two. James moved to Cortez in 2003 from Fort Collins, Colorado, where he and his wife of fifty-eight years, Christine Sims Lyons, had lived for many years. He was a skilled artisan and created many lovely pieces of furniture...
Charles E. Brubaker
Jun 30, 2009
CHARLES E. BRUBAKER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Charles E. "Bru" Brubaker will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Rob Bruendl of Johnson Memorial Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery with Military Honors being conducted. Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at...
Richard Dennis Stanfield
Jun 28, 2009
RICHARD DENNIS STANFIELD A celebration of life ice cream social will be held for Dolores resident Richard Dennis Stanfield at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 3 at the Stanfield residence. Richard was born October 7, 1943 in Calexico, Calif. the son of Allen Richard and Hester Lorianne (Daley) Stanfield. He passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...
Guadalupe Esqueda "Lonnie" Norris
Jun 26, 2009
GUADALUPE ESQUEDA "LONNIE" NORRIS Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Guadalupe Esqueda "Lonnie" Norris will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel with Rosary services beginning at 6 p.m. Lonnie was born...
Francis E. "Frank" Daly
Jun 23, 2009
FRANCIS E. “FRANK” DALY Francis E. “Frank” Daly was born on March 14, 1919 to John and Laura (Warlaumont) Daly in Casper Wyo. at the family home. He passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 90. When Frank was 14, he began working the family ranch, Casper Creek Sheep Company. After graduating...
Wanda Elsie Loyd
Jun 20, 2009
WANDA ELSIE LOYD Funeral services for lifelong area resident Wanda Elsie Loyd will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Wanda was born on August 17, 1931...
Mignon Kirkpatrick
Jun 19, 2009
MIGNON KIRKPATRICK Memorial services for Cortez, Colo. resident Mignon Kirkpatrick will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 24 at St. Barnabas of the Valley Episcopal Church, 110 W. North Street, Cortez with The Reverend Erika Meyer officiating. Mignon was born to Norris "Doc" and Dorothy Hirsch in Goodland, Kans. on December 30, 1934. She died at her residence in...
Leonard Odell Culver
Jun 14, 2009
LEONARD ODELL CULVER Graveside inurnment services for longtime area resident Leonard Odell Culver will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 20 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 will provide military honors. A memorial service will follow at the Culver Family Farm at 3 p.m. Leonard was born on March 14, 1929 in Springer, N.M....
Phillip Laner Sr.
Jun 12, 2009
PHILLIP LANER SR. Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Phillip Laner Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place at Towaoc Cemetery. Phillip was born on June 27, 1949 in Navajo Springs, Colo. the son of Frank Pyle Laner and Pearl Root. He passed away on Friday, June 12,...
Marjorie Lay
Jun 12, 2009
MARJORIE LAY Graveside interment services for longtime Cortez resident Marjorie Lay were held at 8 a.m. Monday, June 15 at Cortez Cemetery. Marjorie was born November 12, 1912 in Searights, Penn. the daughter of George and Bertha (Telapunich) Walshinsky. She passed away at The Valley Inn in Mancos on Friday, June 12, 2009 at the age of 96. Marjorie is...
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