Obituaries

Cubazell Cassaday

Cubazell Cassaday

Dec 29, 2022

CUBAZELL CASSADAY

Memorial services for Cubazell Cassaday will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel.

Cubazell Cassaday was born on her family’s farm in Pleasant View, CO to her parents Leon Edward and Flossie Edna Cassaday. She had a half sister named Mamie Lee Routt. She leaves behind her oldest son Jeff Wilmarth and his...

Yvonne  Marie Doerfer

Yvonne Marie Doerfer

Dec 26, 2022

Yvonne Marie Doerfer passed away peacefully in her own home under Montezuma Hospice Care, surrounded by her family on December 26, 2022 in Mancos, Colorado.

Yvonne is the daughter of Ray and Elva Bates, and was born November 8,1934, in Hugaton, Kansas.

She has one sister, Mary Maxine Bates Walters, 92, residing in Phoenix, Arizona.

She is survived by her husband, Pete E....

Peggy Joyce Ayers

Peggy Joyce Ayers

Dec 23, 2022

Peggy Joyce (Carter) Ayers 91 passed away on December 23, 2022 at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah.

She was born July 3, 1931 in Brooking, SD to Alonzo Elsworth Carter and Lillie May (Howe) Carter. She was married to David Wesley Ayers on December 12, 1949 in Florence, AZ. For 73 years they always had kids around, either their own...

Naomi June Grist

Naomi June Grist

Dec 22, 2022

Naomi June Grist was born May 18, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas to Valma and Arden Pond. She passed away peacefully at Vista Grande Skilled Nursing in Cortez, Colorado on December 22, 2022. June, Juney or Junebug, as others referred to her, was 97 years old. She will be remembered for her love of the Lord and devotion to her family,...

Logan Boyde Birch

Logan Boyde Birch

Dec 15, 2022

LOGAN BOYDE BIRCH

Funeral services for Logan Boyde Birch will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2022 at Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery.

Logan was born March 24, 2002 in Cortez the son of Juston Bradley and Cristy Aleigh (Comisky) Birch. He passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand...

Larry Neil Haynie

Larry Neil Haynie

Dec 13, 2022

Larry Neil Haynie was born September 16, 1945 in Corsicana, Texas to Rossi Wayne “Mutt” Haynie and Mary Emma “Marie” Quinn Haynie. He was the second of three, with an older brother, Ronnie and a younger sister, Sharon. He graduated from Kerens High School in 1963. He was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and served in Vietnam....

Helen  Ruth  Stuckman

Helen Ruth Stuckman

Dec 11, 2022

Helen Ruth Stuckman was born April 13, 1946 in Vernon, Texas, the daughter of Charles Daniel and Eva Rena (Cross) Shipman. She passed away on December 11, 2022 at Junction Creek Health & Rehabilitation Center in Durango at the age of 76.

Surviving Helen are her children, Vicki Lynn Cundiff, Cindy Lee Stuckman, James W. Stuckman (Georgia Ward), and Evalena May...

John Keith Hart

John Keith Hart

Dec 11, 2022

JOHN KEITH HART

Funeral services for John Keith Hart will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at Ertel Chapel from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

John was born September 20, 1988 in Shiprock, N.M. the son of Nancy Ann (Whiteman) and Phillip...

Philip Alan Weiser

Philip Alan Weiser

Dec 8, 2022

PHILIP ALAN WEISER

Philip Alan Weiser was born April 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minn. the son of Philip and Marilyn (Madlin) Weiser. He passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Beehive Assisted Living Center in Cortez at the age of 73.

Surviving Philip are his longtime partner, Hilde Norton of Cortez; his mother and step-father, Marilyn and Eldin Johnson of Watford...

Teodoro Malca Ramirez

Teodoro Malca Ramirez

Dec 6, 2022

Funeral Services for Cortez resident Teodoro Malca Ramirez will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment to follow at Webber Cemetery in Mancos, Colorado.

Teodoro was born April 1, 1937 in Lima, Peru the son of Justiniano Malca Suarez and Santo Irene Ramirez. He passed away...

Kern Douglas Washington

Kern Douglas Washington

Nov 26, 2022

Memorial services for Towaoc resident Kern Douglas Washington will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Rick Wells will officiate.

Kern Washington was born February 17, 1964 in Cortez, Colorado the son of Kern Edward Washington Sr. and Rose Mary Mills. He passed away on Saturday, November...

Donald Miller Steerman

Donald Miller Steerman

Nov 26, 2022

Donald was born October 16th, 1937, at the Johnson Clinic in Cortez, CO to Helen Francis Miller Steerman and Gorham Fredric Steerman. He was the second child of three, older sister, Janelle and younger sister, Beverly. Don spent his first 17 years on the family farm in the Lakeview Community. He attended grades 1 thru 8 at Lake View Elementary...

Dalton "Bubba" Robert Janz

Dalton "Bubba" Robert Janz

Nov 24, 2022

Dalton Robert Janz of Mancos, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly on November 24, 2022 at his home at the age of 22. Dalton was loved by everyone he came in contact with. His goofy, sweet demeanor could make anyone smile. Dalton was born in Durango, Colorado on December 17, 1999.

If you knew Dalton you knew he loved his dog, his Ford,...

Michael Joe Grilliett

Michael Joe Grilliett

Nov 20, 2022

A celebration of life for Cortez resident Michael Joe Grilliett will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2022 at the Dolores Community Center.

Michael was born July 23, 1957 in Oakridge, OR the son of L.E. and Beverly Jean (Johnson) Grilliett. He passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Mercy Hospital at the age of 65.

Michael was...

Robin Diane Haggard

Robin Diane Haggard

Nov 18, 2022

Robin Diane Haggard was born August 8th, 1961 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to her mother, Jerry Sue Smith and her father, Olan Stanley Smith. She is the younger sibling of David Smith. She attended school in Paramount, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.

After school Robin became a bartender and studied to get her CDL as a hazmat driver for Flying J...

Dorothy June Head

Dorothy June Head

Nov 18, 2022

Dorothy June Head age 93, passed away on November 18, 2022. She was born in Cortez, Colorado, the first child of Dorothy Bernadine Dunning and Clarence Ray Smith. Her brother, Richard Ray “Dick” Smith was born in Cortez in 1934 and passed away in 1999. June’s childhood during the depression and the Second World War was spent at home with...

Wilma Nadine Flowers

Wilma Nadine Flowers

Nov 16, 2022

WILMA NADINE FLOWERS

On a homestead north of Narraguinip Lake in Lewis, Colorado. Wilma Nadine Cothern was born March 13, 1933. To Loyd and Nannie Cothern. Wilma was the 2nd child of 6 born to this union. The only daughter along with 5 brothers. Rendal, Jack, Eldred, Joe and Dean. All born at the Homestead. Wilma grew up helping the family...

Kevin Hatch

Kevin Hatch

Nov 15, 2022

KEVIN HATCH

Funeral service for Kevin Hatch will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5:30-7:30p.m.at Ertel Memorial Chapel.

Kevin was born May 16, 1966 in Cortez the son of Kathleen Ann (Tobias) and Louis Truman Hatch. He passed...

David Fabian

David Fabian

Nov 15, 2022

DAVID FABIAN

David Fabian was born November 2, 1947 in California the son of Edna Mae (Carbo) and George Fabian. He passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 75.

Surviving David are his longtime companion, Susan Keyes of Rico; his son, Robert Fabian (Melissa) of Redlands, Calif.; his grandson, Xander Fabian; and by his...

Darris Edmund Greer

Darris Edmund Greer

Nov 14, 2022

DARRIS EDMUND GREER

Darris Edmund Greer was born December 12, 1955 in Durango, Colo. the son of Paul and Lucy (Garcia) Greer. He passed away on Monday, November 14, 2022 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 66.

Surviving Darris are his loving wife, Lorrie Greer of Cortez; his mother, Lucy Greer of Hesperus, Colo.; his children, Becky Greer, Jared Greer,...

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