Obituaries

Joe Wallace Aulston

Joe Wallace Aulston

Jun 10, 2009

JOE WALLACE AULSTON Graveside services for Joe Wallace Aulston, former Yellow Jacket resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20 at Fairview Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Joe was born November 14, 1917 in Randlette, Okla. the youngest of nine children of Luther and Effie (Knowles) Aulston. He passed away...

Cynthia Sue Silas

Cynthia Sue Silas

Jun 8, 2009

CYNTHIA SUE SILAS Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Cynthia Sue Silas will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 12 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Cynthia was born on July 26, 1962 in Cortez the daughter of Herbert...

Junior Hollen

Junior Hollen

Jun 4, 2009

JUNIOR HOLLEN Funeral services for lifelong area resident Junior Hollen will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9 at Montelores Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Pastor Greg Schneck will officiate. Junior was born on April 16, 1924 in Tribune, Kan. the son of Robin R. Hollen Sr. and Marie (Houghland) Hollen. He passed away on...

Timothy Wayne Thompson

Timothy Wayne Thompson

Jun 4, 2009

TIMOTHY WAYNE "TIM" THOMPSON Funeral services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Timothy Wayne Thompson will be held on Wednesday, June 10 at 1 p.m. at the Dove Creek High School football field, weather permitting. In the case of inclement weather, services will be held at the Dove Creek High School Gymnasium. Jerry Martin will officiate. Tim was born on October...

Joanne Marie Belcher

Joanne Marie Belcher

Jun 3, 2009

JOANNE MARIE BELCHER Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez resident Joanne Marie Belcher will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 5 at Cortez Cemetery. Joanne was born December 14, 1928 in Cortez the daughter of Frank and Leona (Truelson) Humphreys. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the age of 80. Joanne married...

Bertha Lucero

Bertha Lucero

Jun 1, 2009

BERTHA LUCERO Funeral mass for Bertha Lucero, a lifelong Dolores resident will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 8 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Interment will follow at The Peoples Cemetery (also known as Old Dolores Cemetery.) Visitation has been set for Sunday evening at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church with the...

Edward G. Merritt

Edward G. Merritt

May 30, 2009

EDWARD G. MERRITT Memorial services for longtime area resident Edward G. Merritt will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 6 at the First United Methodist Church in Cortez. Ed passed away at his home on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the age of 87 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Dayton, Ohio to Edward and Louise...

Dorothy Idaho Roatcap

Dorothy Idaho Roatcap

May 29, 2009

DOROTHY IDAHO ROATCAP Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Dorothy Idaho Roatcap will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 2 at Arriola Bible Church with Pastor Kent Slyter officiating. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Dorothy was born August 29, 1909 in Montana...

Karolina Szczechowicz

Karolina Szczechowicz

May 29, 2009

KAROLINA SZCZECHOWICZ Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Karolina Szczechowicz will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place in Poland. Karolina was born on May 9, 1932 in Gronkow, Poland the daughter of Stanley and Angela (Potoczak) Lesnicki. She passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...

Karolina Szczechowicz

Karolina Szczechowicz

May 29, 2009

KAROLINA SZCZECHOWICZ Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Karolina Szczechowicz will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place in Poland. Karolina was born on May 9, 1932 in Gronkow, Poland the daughter of Stanley and Angela (Potoczak) Lesnicki. She passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...

Judith Irene Smith

Judith Irene Smith

May 29, 2009

JUDITH IRENE SMITH Memorial services for Cortez resident Judith Irene Smith will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 4 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Judith Irene Burley was born February 4, 1933 in Los Angeles, Calif. the only child of Paul and Irene Burley. She passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 29, 2009 at her residence at the...

Mary B. Reyelts

Mary B. Reyelts

May 28, 2009

MARY B. REYELTS Inurnment services for Mary B. Reyelts, 94 of Cortez, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 4 at Sandia Memory Gardens in Albuquerque, N.M. Mary was born July 25, 1914 in Benzie, Mich. the daughter of Louis and Magdalena (Ivancik) Bazany. She passed away at her Cortez home on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Mary received her...

Ralph O'Neil Wilderson

Ralph O'Neil Wilderson

May 25, 2009

RALPH O'NEIL WILDERSON Ralph O'Neil Wilderson was born on February 22, 1937 in Dolores the son of Rufus Albert and Ruth Edna (Holliday) Wilderson. He passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Ralph enjoyed time spent outdoors camping, hunting, and prospecting. Surviving Ralph are his children, Karen Harbuck of Alaska, Sharon...

Inga Lou Rippetoe

Inga Lou Rippetoe

May 21, 2009

INGA LOU (DAY) RIPPETOE Memorial services for Summit Ridge resident Inga Lou (Day) Rippetoe will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inga was born on December 21, 1939 in Eager, Ariz. the daughter of Loran and Nellie Pearl (McDaniel) Day. She passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at her home at the...

Dwight Jeffrey Warren

Dwight Jeffrey Warren

May 18, 2009

DWIGHT JEFFREY WARREN Dwight Jeffrey Warren was born on January 6, 1955 in Middletown, N.Y. the son of Harry and Joyce E. (Mayfield) Warren. He passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009 at his Dolores home at the age of 54. As a child, Dwight attended school in the Minisink Central School District in Slate Hill, N.Y. He then went...

Jim Norman Mathies

Jim Norman Mathies

May 16, 2009

JIM NORMAN MATHIES Jim Norman Mathies passed away at his home on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the age of 71 after a long struggle with skin cancer. Jim was born on September 2, 1937 in Baca County, Colo. He was the second son of Don Mathies and Dorothy Dickey Mathies. The family moved to their farm in Lewis in...

William Raymond King

William Raymond King

May 16, 2009

WILLIAM RAYMOND “BILL” KING Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident William Raymond “Bill” King will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with Military Honors and Masonic Rites being observed. Bill passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 at his home due to cancer. He was born in Culver...

Mickey Gonzales

Mickey Gonzales

May 13, 2009

MICHAEL JOSEPH "MICKEY" GONZALES Memorial services for Cortez resident Michael Joseph "Mickey" Gonzales will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 22 at the Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 Dolores Road. Mickey was born on January 25, 1955 in Pueblo, Colo. the son of Frank and Ruby (Vigil) Gonzales. He passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at the age...

Emma Marie Cuthair

Emma Marie Cuthair

May 12, 2009

EMMA MARIE CUTHAIR Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Emma Marie Cuthair will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Visitation has been set from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel. Emma was born on January 15, 1922 in Towaoc...

Sherae Dawn  House

Sherae Dawn House

May 11, 2009

SHERAE DAWN HOUSE Funeral services for Cortez resident Sherae Dawn House will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Sherae was born on April 23, 1999 in Cortez the daughter of Sheldon R. and Victoria (Yazzie) House. She passed away on Monday, May 11, 2009 at St. Mary's...

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