Oliver Maze Jr.
Dec 20, 2007
OLIVER MAZE JR. Funeral services for Cortez resident Oliver Maze Jr. will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 24 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for one hour prior to the funeral at the church. Oliver was born on May...
Grace Alexander Sinor
Dec 20, 2007
GRACE ALEXANDER SINOR Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Grace Alexander Sinor will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 22 at the Cortez Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Grace was born on February 28, 1921 in Seguin, Tex. the daughter of Alvy Jack and Ethel (Elder) Alexander. She passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the...
Beverly Ruth Wood
Dec 20, 2007
BEVERLY RUTH “BEV” WOOD Funeral services for longtime Egnar, Colo. resident Beverly Ruth “Bev” Wood will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 27 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bev was...
Douglas Neal Martin
Dec 17, 2007
DOUGLAS NEAL MARTIN Funeral services for Cortez resident Douglas Neal Martin will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 21 the Lighthouse Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Douglas was born on February 21, 1980 in Milton, Florida the son of Clyde Haile and Lindell Faith (Stoutamire) Martin. He passed away on Monday, December 17, 2007 at...
Elizabeth Teresa "Betty" Rupslauskas
Dec 17, 2007
ELIZABETH TERESA “BETTY” RUPSLAUSKAS Funeral services for Cortez resident Elizabeth Teresa “Betty” Rupslauskas will be held in Chicago, Ill. later this week. Interment will take place at St. Casimir Cemetery in Chicago. Betty was born on February 23, 1919 in Chicago the daughter of John and Mary (Kuzin) Goodlick. She passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Vista Grande...
Sandra Legail Aulston
Dec 15, 2007
SANDRA LEGAIL “SANDEE” AULSTON Funeral services for lifelong Page, Ariz. resident Sandra LeGail “Sandee” Aulston will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 21 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Cremation will follow the funeral service. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Sandee was...
Madge Laventa Ashcroft Brimhall
Dec 12, 2007
MADGE LaVENTA ASHCROFT BRIMHALL Funeral services for longtime Naturita resident Madge LaVenta Ashcroft Brimhall will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 15 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, M Road Chapel. Interment will follow at Kirtland Community Cemetery in Kirtland, N.M. Bishop Spencer Smith will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday...
John William Warren
Dec 11, 2007
JOHN WILLIAM WARREN Memorial services for Cortez resident John William Warren will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 15 at the Cortez First Assembly of God Church. Pastor Don Henderson will officiate. John was born on March 28, 1936 in Windsor, Missouri the son of Otis and Opal (Hoult) Warren. He passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2007...
Ila Marie Randolph
Dec 7, 2007
ILA MARIE RANDOLPH Funeral services for longtime area resident Ila Marie Randolph will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Don Henderson will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Ila was born on February...
Alexander "Al" Chagnovich
Dec 7, 2007
ALEXANDER “AL” CHAGNOVICH Alexander “Al” Chagnovich was born on December 2, 1922 in Vanhouten, N.M the son of Velo and Helen (Oberle) Chagnovich. He passed away on Friday, December 7, 2007 at Vista Mesa Retirement Center at the age of 85. On April 7, 1945, Al married Lorraine Oswald in Las Vegas, Nev. In his free time, Al enjoyed hunting....
Frederick A. "Freddie" Schaak
Dec 6, 2007
FREDERICK A. “FREDDIE” SCHAAK Funeral services for longtime area resident Frederick A. “Freddie” Schaak will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11 at the Cortez Christian Church with Rick Bender and Charles Story officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Military Honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Freddie was born on April 15,...
Margaret Jean "Peggy" Akin
Dec 3, 2007
MARGARET JEAN “PEGGY” AKIN Memorial services for lifelong area resident Margaret Jean “Peggy” Akin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Peggy was born on August 21, 1921 in Dolores the daughter of William W. and Leota S. (Thompson) Dunlap. She passed away on Monday, December 3,...
Arthur L. Nielson
Dec 2, 2007
ARTHUR L. “ART” NIELSON Funeral services for lifelong Dolores resident Arthur L. “Art” Nielson will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 8 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Art was born on December 17, 1922 in Monticello, Utah the son of Gennies James and...
Wilma Louise Wats-Combs-Macrae
Dec 2, 2007
WILMA LOUISE WATS-COMBS-MACRAE “BILLY” Wilma Louise Wats-Combs-MacRae “Billy” was born on October 10, 1918 in Indianapolis, Ind. the daughter of Frank and Katheran (Marshal) Watz. She passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 89. Billy and her husband Donald worked at numerous trading posts on the Reservation. She was a devoted...
Harold E. Hinton Sr.
Nov 29, 2007
HAROLD E. HINTON SR. Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Harold E. Hinton Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 7 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Harold was born on November 25, 1930 in Cortez the son of Rudy David and Bessie Edith (Stiles) Hinton. He...
Ruth Francis Watkins
Nov 29, 2007
RUTH FRANCIS WATKINS Funeral services for Ruth Francis Watkins will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4 at the Mountain View Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Roy Vinson will officiate. Ruth was born on May 19, 1922 in Crested Butte, Colo. the daughter of John Gerald and Francis Sara (Denny) Powers. She passed away...
Christopher James Southerland
Nov 28, 2007
CHRISTOPHER JAMES “CHRIS” SOUTHERLAND Memorial services for Mancos resident Christopher James “Chris” Southerland will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 30 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Pastor Dana Holman will officiate. Chris was born on January 15, 1974 in Perryton, Tex. the son of Paul Ray and Debra Lynn (Schooling) Southerland. He passed away on Sunday, November...
Nellie L. Kesterson
Nov 27, 2007
NELLIE L. KESTERSON Graveside services for Nellie L. Kesterson, a resident of Salt Lake City and former area resident will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 3 at the Cortez Cemetery. Bill Jenkins will officiate. Nellie was born November 21, 1909 in Beaver, Okla. the daughter of Samuel and Ethel (Whipple) Hull. She passed away in Salt Lake...
Marjorie D. Kelly
Nov 25, 2007
MARJORIE D. KELLY Funeral services for longtime area resident Marjorie D. Kelly will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 29 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Marjorie was born April 28, 1925 in Chicago, Ill., the...
Jim Ray Eddy
Nov 23, 2007
JIM RAY EDDY Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Jim Ray Eddy will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 29 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment following at Cortez Cemetery. Jim was born October 8, 1935 in Amarillo, Texas the son of Clifford Neal and Lillian Matilda (Keeter) Eddy. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Friday, November...
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