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MERREL EUGENE DEREMO Graveside services for longtime Dove Creek resident Merrel Eugene Deremo will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 13 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Merrell was born August 1, 1927 in Elbert, Colo. the son of Clyde and Eloise (Whitting) Deremo. He passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2009 in Phoenix, Ariz. at the age of 81....
BRET MICHEAL HERRMANN Funeral services for Bret Micheal Herrmann will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 7 at Lewis Arriola Community Center. Interment will take place at Lewis Cemetery. Raymond Boyd and Allen Todd will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bret was born on October...
LAURA LOUISE KENNEDY Graveside services for lifelong area resident Laura Louise Kennedy will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 5 at Fairview Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Pastors Steve and Kim Nofel will officiate the services. Laura was born on December 18, 1929 in Mancos the daughter of Arthur...
ARDITH MAY BARRETT "ARDIE" FIORENZO Ardith "Ardie" Fiorenzo died January 30, 2009 at the home of her sister in Dove Creek. She was born May 9, 1931 in Cortez, Colo. Her parents were A.V. "Buss" Barrett and Opal May (Tracy) Barrett. She was named Ardith May Barrett. This was during the Depression and the family of four moved a lot...
RANDALL GARTH DAVIES Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Randall Garth Davies will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4 at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Ertel Memorial Chapel. Garth was born June 16, 1947 in...
CLARA JANE WHARTON Memorial services for longtime Naturita resident Clara Jane Wharton will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 2 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Farren and Mark Bucher will officiate. Clara Jane Wharton was born December 1, 1912 in Everest, Kans. the daughter of Jesse Louis and Mary Elizabeth (Greer) Mathena. She passed away...
MARGARET SUSAN COOPER JAILLITE Margaret Susan Cooper Jaillite, affectionately called "Deet", the mother of Susan Rose of Durango, Colorado, and Phillip Jaillite of Lawrence, Kansas died in Cortez, Colorado, on Tuesday, January 27, 2009. She was 91. Margaret was born to Mary Guyton Bradley and Willard Cooper in Columbus, Georgia on November 15, 1917. Margaret was the third of four...
MARTIN GRANT "MARTY" GILLESPIE Martin Grant "Marty" Gillespie was born on March 1, 1960 in Holbrook, Ariz. the son of Doyal Jack and Maxine (Martin) Gillespie. He passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at his Dove Creek home at the age of 48. Marty is survived by his mother, Maxine Gillespie of San Manuel, Ariz. At this time, no...
NEDRA E. "KELLY" DILS Friends are invited to a brief celebration of life for Nedra E. "Kelly" Dils at the family home, 27515 Road U.6, Dolores, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 25th. Nedra E. "Kelly" Dils passed away January 21, 2009 at her home outside of Dolores, Colorado. She was born April 30, 1921 in Ohio growing up in...
FEDELINA VALLEJOS Funeral Mass for Fedelina Vallejos, a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 20 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Monday evening at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church beginning at 7 p.m. Fedelina was born the daughter of Sesario and Senida (Manzanares)...
THEODORE HOWARD "TED" FORSBERG Theodore Howard "Ted" Forsberg was born on March 3, 1924 in Malad City, Idaho the son of Theodore Howard and Ida (Vanderwood) Forsberg. He passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at his Dolores home at the age of 84. Ted met Isabel Amos at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah where they were both...
MARY ELIZABETH RAPP Graveside services for Cortez resident Mary Elizabeth Rapp will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2009 at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo. Mary Elizabeth Rapp was born April 30, 1917 in Powell, Wyo. the daughter of Robert Dee and Emma Adaline (Farnsworth) Livingston. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Monday,...
JOHN OLIN SPRADLEY Memorial Mass for Cortez resident John Olin Spradley will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. John was born on July 17, 1927 in Denver, Colo. the son of Henry Grady and Marie (Farrey) Spradley. He passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at his residence at the age...
JOHN RICHARD "RICH" WEATHERLY John Richard "Rich" Weatherly was born June 5, 1931 in Silt, Colo. the son of Guy Elroy and Ezma Annona (Terrell) Weatherly. He passed away at his Cortez home on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the age of 77. Rich was a loving husband, father, granddad, brother and the favorite uncle to all of his nieces...
PETER TURNER CARTER A celebration of life for longtime Rico resident Peter Turner Carter will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14 at the Rico Hotel. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday, January 9th from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at the Rico Community Church. Peter was born June 3, 1947 in Sharon, Conn. the son of Edward...
DIANE PARTNER Funeral services for Diane Partner of Santa Clarita, Calif. and formerly of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery in which Diane will be laid to rest beside her father. Bishop Spencer Smith will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from...
ESTHER WALLACE SHOCKLEY Interment services for Cortez resident Esther Wallace Shockley will take place at 12 noon on Manday, January 12 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Colo. Esther passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at her residence at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 90. Esther Hafermehl was born October 9, 1918 in Lindsborg, Kan. where she...
DONNIE DEAN SMITH Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Donnie Dean Smith will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 10 at Victory World Outreach Church. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate. Donnie was born on August 30, 1963 in Cortez the son of John Robert and Mary Ann (Dennison) Smith. He passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at...
TROY ALLEN KENNEDY Memorial services for longtime Dove Creek resident Troy Allen Kennedy will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 10 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Farren will officiate. A meal will follow the memorial service at the Dove Creek Community Center. Troy was born on November 25, 1970 in Bellflower, Calif. the son of...
DANIEL MARTIN RUGGLES Funeral services for Cortez resident, Daniel Martin Ruggles will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, January 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Barr Chitick officiating. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Daniel was born in Cortez the son of Stanley M. and Connie (Browning) Ruggles on September 23, 1986. He passed away in Grand Junction, Colo....
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