Obituaries

Dorothy Mae Palmer

Dorothy Mae Palmer

May 20, 2006

DOROTHY MAE PALMER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dorothy Mae Palmer will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverends Don Henderson and Sam Jamison will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Dorothy...

Patsy Irene "Pat" Speer

Patsy Irene "Pat" Speer

May 17, 2006

PATSY IRENE “PAT” SPEER Patsy Irene “Pat” Speer was born on October 23, 1922 in Brentwood, Calif., the daughter of Carl and Jo (Pattilo) Miller. She passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 83. Pat enjoyed quality time spent at home with her family. She and her husband, Chub shared 62...

Thomas Asa Lynard "Abba" Tom

Thomas Asa Lynard "Abba" Tom

May 12, 2006

THOMAS ASA LYNARD “ABBA” TOM Funeral service for Towaoc resident Thomas Asa Lynard “Abba” Tom will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16 at The Chapel. Sister Lois Wooten will officiate. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Abba was born...

Lavona P. Luce

Lavona P. Luce

May 9, 2006

LAVONA P. LUCE Interment services for Lavona P. Luce, former area resident, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 19, 2006 in Sunnyside Cemetery in Lewis, Colorado. Lavona P. Luce, 93, and a resident of Copalis Crossing, Wash. died on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at her home. She was born on October 31, 1912 in Agra, Oklahoma to Alva...

Stephen Gary "Steve" Dean

Stephen Gary "Steve" Dean

May 7, 2006

STEPHEN GARY “STEVE” DEAN Graveside inurnment services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington, N.M. Steve was born on March 15, 1929 in Clovis, N.M., the son of Irvin and Lita (McClain) Dean. He passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2006 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of...

Josephine Dora "Jo" Greenlee

Josephine Dora "Jo" Greenlee

May 7, 2006

JOSEPHINE DORA “JO” GREENLEE Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Josephine Dora “Jo” Greenlee will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Matthew Segebartt will officiate. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Jo was...

Charles Lewis Mitchell

Charles Lewis Mitchell

May 4, 2006

CHARLES LEWIS “CHARLIE” MITCHELL Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Charles Lewis “Charlie” Mitchell will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 15 at at the Mancos High School Gymnasium. Charlie was born on September 26, 1935 in Springer, N.M., the son of Harry and Ynaith Mable (Williams) Siel. He passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2006 at the Valley...

Adonais Gallegos

Adonais Gallegos

Apr 22, 2006

ADONAIS “ED” GALLEGOS Funeral services for Adonais “Ed” Gallegos, a longtime Cortez resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 27 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Joseph Gallegos. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 3 to 5 p.m. Rosary...

Ellen Beatrice Butt

Ellen Beatrice Butt

Apr 22, 2006

ELLEN BEATRICE BUTT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Ellen Beatrice Butt will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Brother Dean Kirk will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. at the church....

Francis Orville Buhr

Francis Orville Buhr

Apr 21, 2006

FRANCIS ORVILLE BUHR Memorial services for Dolores resident Francis Orville Buhr will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Thomas Buhr will officiate. The son of Orville Henry and Ebba Mildred (Sallman) Buhr, Francis was born on December 21, 1929 in Scandia, Kan. He passed away on Friday, April 21, 2006 at his...

Betty Jean Gordon

Betty Jean Gordon

Apr 19, 2006

BETTY JEAN GORDON Betty Jean Gordon was born on March 10, 1919 in Elkhart, In., the daughter of Bernard L. and Gertrude E. (Doering) Acton. She passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at Four Corners Regional Care in Blanding. She was 87 years old. Betty attended high school in Roundup, Mont. and then went on to business school in...

Earlene Mae Roper

Earlene Mae Roper

Apr 12, 2006

EARLENE MAE ROPER Memorial services for Earlene Mae Roper, 70 of Cortez, and a former longtime Dove Creek resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Mike Farren and Rev. Bud Rousset will officiate. Earlene was born May 26, 1935 in Bristow, Okla., the daughter of Marshall and Sarah Elizabeth (Dotson) Shackelford....

Ann Elizabeth Winstel Morrow

Ann Elizabeth Winstel Morrow

Apr 9, 2006

ANN ELIZABETH WINSTEL MORROW Memorial services for Cortez resident Ann Elizabeth Winstel Morrow will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Reverends Kim Nofel and Erika Meyer will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Ann was born December 19,...

Larry Eugene Smith

Larry Eugene Smith

Apr 8, 2006

LARRY EUGENE SMITH Memorial services for former Cortez resident Larry Eugene Smith will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19 at the Victory World Outreach Church. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate. The son of John R. and Mary Ann (Dennison) Smith, Larry was born on January 4, 1954 in Cortez. He passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2006...

Elton Stephen Exum

Elton Stephen Exum

Apr 8, 2006

ELTON STEPHEN “STEVE” EXUM Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Elton Stephen “Steve” Exum will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Ron Exum and Dale Gifford will officiate. Steve was born on June...

Opal Rebecca Redshaw

Opal Rebecca Redshaw

Apr 6, 2006

OPAL REBECCA REDSHAW Funeral services for Opal Rebecca Redshaw, formerly of Ucolo, Utah will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 12 at the Dove Creek First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery at Eastland, Utah. Opal was born on October 16, 1930 in Safford, Ariz. to Floyd Rex Kuykendall and Velma Amelia (Kelly) Kuykendall. She...

Homer Tom

Homer Tom

Apr 6, 2006

HOMER TOM Funeral services for Homer Tom, a lifelong resident of Towaoc will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 11 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake service will be held Monday evening at 5 p.m. at 1401 Lafayette in Towaoc. Homer was born to Harry Tom and Jane Browning on January...

Elizabeth May Stewart

Elizabeth May Stewart

Apr 5, 2006

ELIZABETH MAY “BETSY” STEWART Memorial services for Cortez resident Elizabeth May “Betsy” Stewart will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 7 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Brad Ramsey will officiate. Betsy was born on February 6, 1956 in Hartford, Conn., the daughter of Lee Wendle Sarty Jr. and Joyce (deGoey) Sarty. She passed away on Wednesday, April...

Florence Rose Clark

Florence Rose Clark

Mar 30, 2006

FLORENCE ROSE CLARK Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Florence Rose Clark will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Terry Knight Sr. will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday morning from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Florence was born on...

Opal C. Phillips

Opal C. Phillips

Mar 30, 2006

OPAL C. PHILLIPS Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Opal C. Phillips will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Opal was born on January 9, 1911 in Mena, Ark., the daughter of Lawrence Buell and Nellie (Long) Richmond. She passed away on Thursday, March...

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