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DENNIS TSOSIE Funeral services for Dennis Tsosie, a lifelong resident of Sweetwater, Ariz. will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, October 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Dennis was born the son of Boyd and Dora W. (Lee) Denetsosie on...
DONALD DRUMMOND Graveside services for longtime Dove Creek area resident will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 25 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Don was born on August 17, 1926 in Midland, Mich., one of eight children born to George and Opal Drummond....
BOBBY RAY GOFORTH Graveside services for lifelong area resident Bobby Ray Goforth will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 25 at Peel Cemetery. Pastor Travis Randolph will officiate. Bobby was born on March 3, 1934 in Dove Creek, Colo. the son of Gay Newman and Lydia Merial (Hicks) Goforth. He passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008 at...
JOHN FREDERICK NEWMAN JR. Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident John Frederick Newman Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Silverton, Colo. Reverend Sunny Bossenmaier will officiate. A visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. John was...
SHIRLEY MAE FOWLER Shirley Mae Fowler was born on December 20, 1925 in Glendale, Calif. the daughter of Elmer George and Edna Mae (Stiles) Casey. She passed away on Monday, October 13, 2008 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 82. Shirley was married to James Clyde Buck. Shirley and James had two sons, Lee Allan Buck...
VANCE C. MCCABE Graveside services for lifelong area resident Vance C. McCabe will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 17 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Vance was born on February 15, 1922 in Dolores the son of William R. and Lola Irene (Morrison) McCabe. He passed away...
CATHERINE ELIZABETH "LIZ" BECHER Funeral Mass for lifelong area resident, Catherine Elizabeth "Liz" Becher will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 18 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Cremation will follow the Mass. A Rosary has been scheduled for Friday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Liz was born on March 16, 1924 in...
YOLANDA MARIE MARTINEZ Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Yolanda Marie Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 13 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 12 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. The daughter of Antonio Valdez and Mary Clotilde...
JULIA JEAN SHIFFLET HANEY Funeral services for Cortez resident Julia Jean Shifflet Haney will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Spencer Smith will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Jean was born on August 14, 1923 in...
WILLIAM JOHN "BILL" RICE William John "Bill" Rice was born on November 9, 1935 in Redvale, Colo. the son of Arthur James and Margaret Pearl (Cofield) Rice. Bill passed away on Friday, October 3, 2008 at his Dolores home at the age of 72. On December 4, 1984, Bill married Mary Ackerman in Las Vegas, Nev. Bill devoted 25 years...
MARY SHAKESPEARE STEVENS Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident Mary Shakespeare Stevens will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Al Strauss will officiate. Mary was born on May 18, 1928 in Monte Vista, Colo. the daughter of Donald D. and Verna (Mueller) Shakespeare. She passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at...
BEVERLY JEAN KELLY Beverly Jean Kelly was born on March 3, 1943 in Gunnison, Colo. the daughter of L.R. and Odessa McGraw. She passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 65. Beverly graduated from Gunnison High School in 1961. While attending Western State College she met and married William B. Hallam. Kimberly...
JENNIFER JO IMM VAVRA DALABA Graveside services for Mancos resident Jennifer Jo Imm Vavra Dalaba will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 3 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Jenny was born on February 26, 1951 in Cortez the daughter of Karl Max and Violet Ellen (Dennison) Imm. She passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital...
ARLINE JEAN CRAIG Arline Jean Craig was born on April 11, 1932 in Alpha, Mich. the daughter of Reid and Lillian (Alquist) Trevarthen. She passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 76. Jean was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She was also a member of Trinity Lutheran...
DOLLY IRENE RIGGOTT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dolly Irene Riggott will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Adrian Garcia will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Dolly was born on August 8,...
LEONARD LOUIS WESOLOWSKI Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Leonard Louis Wesolowski will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 4 at Lebanon Cemetery. Leonard was born on January 7, 1933 in Lemont, Ill. the son of Joseph and Catherine (Jelinski) Wesolowski. He passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Four Corners Nursing Home in Durango at the...
SOPHIE PRUKOP Funeral mass for lifelong Cortez resident Sophie Prukop will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service will...
MARTHA LOIS LAWRENCE Martha Lois Lawrence was born on January 8, 1951 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Vernon L. and Barbara Lois (Berggren) Dunn. She passed away on Monday, September 22, 2008 at her Cortez home at the age of 57. Martha was an avid reader and she was a gifted writer. She had a novel in progress at...
ERNEST JOE VALDEZ Funeral Mass for former area resident and current Thornton, Colo. resident Ernest Joe Valdez will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 25 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A Rosary service has been scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church. Ernest was...
GIP ELMO HUDSON Gip Elmo Hudson was born on March 6, 1952 in Dimmitt, Tex. the son of Ira Gip and Frankie Mae (Phillips) Hudson. He passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at his daughter's home in Mancos at the age of 56. Gip was a teacher at the Vo-Tech for three years, he taught in the heating and...
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