Obituaries

Neldamae Holder

Neldamae Holder

Sep 19, 2008

NELDAMAE HOLDER Funeral services for Cortez resident Neldamae Holder will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place at Missoula Cemetery in Missoula, Mont. Reverend Al Strauss will officiate. Neldamae was born on September 8, 1920 in Sexton, Iowa the daughter of Gustav and Frances (Stratton) Norte. She passed away on...

William Merle Coppinger

William Merle Coppinger

Sep 18, 2008

WILLIAM MERLE "BILL" COPPINGER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident William Merle "Bill" Coppinger will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 23 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church with Pastor Andrew Reed officiating. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery with Military Honors provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to...

Evan Roy Jay

Evan Roy Jay

Sep 16, 2008

EVAN ROY JAY Funeral services for Cahone Mesa, Utah resident Evan Roy Jay were held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 19, 2008 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment followed at Cortez Cemetery. Evan was born April 15, 1942 in Aneth, Utah the son of Jim and Mary (Bitsilly) Jay. He passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at...

Gene Franklin Hall

Gene Franklin Hall

Sep 16, 2008

GENE FRANKLIN HALL Graveside services for Cortez resident Gene Franklin Hall will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 20 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Gene was born the son of Charles Elmer and Lillian Etta (Franklin) Hall on January 22, 1926 in Cherokee, Okla. He passed away with...

Joyce Lanelle Eades

Joyce Lanelle Eades

Sep 11, 2008

JOYCE LANELLE EADES Funeral services for Cortez resident Joyce Lanelle Eades will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, September 15 at the Church of Christ in Walsenburg, Colo. with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Interment will follow at Huerfano Masonic Cemetery in Walsenburg. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joyce was...

Barbara Lois Dunn

Barbara Lois Dunn

Sep 10, 2008

BARBARA LOIS DUNN Memorial services for Barbara Lois Dunn, 80 of Cortez will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, September 19 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with Reverend Erika Meyer officiating. Barbara was born April 27, 1928 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Nelson B. and Lois G. (Robinson) Berggren. She passed away at her Cortez home on Wednesday, September...

Jeanne Elizabeth Miller

Jeanne Elizabeth Miller

Sep 7, 2008

JEANNE ELIZABETH MILLER Memorial services for Cortez resident Jeanne Elizabeth Miller will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 1 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Jeanne was born on August 23, 1933 in Kansas City, Mo. She passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at Vista Grande Rehabilitation Facility in Cortez at the age of 75. Two weeks after Jeanne was...

Wilma Mae Payne

Wilma Mae Payne

Sep 5, 2008

WILMA MAE PAYNE Private interment services for longtime Cortez resident Wilma Mae Payne have taken place at the Cortez Cemetery. Mae was born on November 11, 1930 in Sayre, Okla. the daughter of Ed and Faye (Hussey) Nichols. She passed away on Friday, September 5, 2008 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 77. On June 4, 1968, Mae...

Virginia Eleanor Mosher

Virginia Eleanor Mosher

Sep 5, 2008

VIRGINIA ELEANOR MOSHER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Virginia Eleanor Mosher will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Vic Powell will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. The oldest child born to John...

Susan Joan Hofherr Goff

Susan Joan Hofherr Goff

Sep 1, 2008

SUSAN JOAN HOFHERR GOFF Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Susan Joan Hofherr Goff will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Brother Don Smith of Towaoc will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Susan was born...

Juanita Eline Gray

Juanita Eline Gray

Aug 31, 2008

JUANITA ELINE GRAY Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Juanita Eline Gray will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 5 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. A Wake will be held at the home of Kathy Smith, 9554 Road 29, Cortez following the interment service. Juanita was born on...

Lewis Edwin Price

Lewis Edwin Price

Aug 27, 2008

LEWIS EDWIN PRICE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Lewis Edwin Price will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lewis was born on December 3, 1957 in Denver, Colo. the...

Eugenia Pearl Fosnot

Eugenia Pearl Fosnot

Aug 24, 2008

EUGENIA PEARL FOSNOT Graveside services for lifelong area resident Eugenia Pearl Fosnot will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 29 at Cortez Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Eugenia was born on October 6, 1911 in Greenleaf, Kan. the daughter of Eugene...

Waldo Emerson "Whitey" Whitener

Waldo Emerson "Whitey" Whitener

Aug 23, 2008

WALDO EMERSON "WHITEY" WHITENER Memorial services for Cortez resident Waldo Emerson "Whitey" Whitener will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 30 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Pastors Steve and Kim Nofel will officiate. Whitey was born December 20, 1924 in Rush Springs, Okla. the son of George W. and Anne Belle (Posey) Whitener. He passed away at his Cortez...

Corrinia Gurule

Corrinia Gurule

Aug 23, 2008

CORRINIA GURULE Funeral services for Cortez resident and former Durango resident Corrinia Gurule will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Cremation will follow. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 12 Noon to 4 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Corrinia was born July 30, 1967 in Cortez the...

Jo Ann Alderman

Jo Ann Alderman

Aug 22, 2008

JO ANN ALDERMAN Funeral services for Mancos resident Jo Ann Alderman will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Jo Ann was born on March 23, 1927 in Brownsburg, Ind. the...

Edna Helen Swanson

Edna Helen Swanson

Aug 21, 2008

EDNA HELEN SWANSON Graveside services for Cortez resident Edna Helen Swanson will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 23 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Edna was born on November 21, 1910 in Seattle, Wash. the daughter...

Susan Mahew Blair

Susan Mahew Blair

Aug 21, 2008

SUSAN MAHEW BLAIR Memorial services for Mancos resident Susan Mahew Blair will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. The daughter of Donald and Mary Mahew (Smith) Blair, Susan was born on November 20, 1955 in Victor, N.Y. She passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Southwest Memorial...

Mary Marie Godfrey

Mary Marie Godfrey

Aug 21, 2008

MARY M. GODFREY Funeral services for Cortez resident Mary M. Godfrey will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Mary was born February 1, 1929. She passed away at her Cortez home on...

Carl Alvin Knight

Carl Alvin Knight

Aug 15, 2008

CARL ALVIN KNIGHT Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident and former Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council member Carl Alvin Knight will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20 at the home of Carl Knight, 2282 Sunrise Drive, Towaoc. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Boyd Lopez and Terry Knight will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute...

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