Obituaries

Joseph Valois Espinoza

Joseph Valois Espinoza

Sep 14, 2005

JOSEPH VALOIS ESPINOZA Funeral services for Joseph Valois Espinoza, 25 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20 at Parque de Vida with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Seating is limited at the gazebo so guests are asked to bring a chair. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Monday evening...

Leonard Walter Ward

Leonard Walter Ward

Sep 11, 2005

LEONARD WALTER WARD Memorial services for former longtime, Cortez resident, Leonard Walter Ward will be held at 11 a.m. on Wedensday, September 21 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Leonard was born on November 7, 1932 in Cortez the son of Glen Leroy and Sylvia May (Baysinger) Ward. He passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at his home in Roseburg,...

Jessie Ann Bitsilly

Jessie Ann Bitsilly

Sep 10, 2005

JESSIE ANN BITSILLY Funeral services for lifelong Aneth, Utah resident, Jessie Ann Bitsilly will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Jessie was born on August 28, 1922 in Aneth the daughter of Hosteen Bitsilly and Mary Lansing. She passed away on Saturday, September 10 at...

Christmas T. Parr

Christmas T. Parr

Sep 10, 2005

CHRISTMAS T. “CHRIS” PARR Funeral services for Cortez resident, Christmas T. “Chris” Parr will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will be held at a later date. Reverend Lyn Evans will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at the Ertel Chapel from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m....

Glee Dora Smith

Glee Dora Smith

Sep 10, 2005

GLEE DORA SMITH Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Glee Dora Smith will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16, 2005 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Glee was born on August 15, 1912 in Hammond, Okla. the daughter of Charlie D. and Vivian G. (Marrow) Farni. She passed away on...

Generva Thomasien Omo

Generva Thomasien Omo

Aug 29, 2005

GENEVRA THOMASIEN OMO Memorial services for lifelong resident, Genevra Thomasien Omo will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Reverend Erika Meyer will be officiating. Thomas Howard Omo delivered a baby girl on July 25, 1911 at his home on Montezuma Avenue. That baby girl was Genevra. She lived in that same...

Leon Bryan "Hoot" Walker, Jr.

Leon Bryan "Hoot" Walker, Jr.

Aug 28, 2005

LEON BRYAN 'HOOT' WALKER JR. Services for Dolores resident, Leon Bryan 'Hoot' Walker, Jr. will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, September 2, 2005 at the family residence located at 24601 County Road U. Hoot was born on June 9, 1925 in Gulf Port, Miss., the son of Leon Bryan Walker, Sr. and Gertrude Violet (Cook) Walker. He passed away...

Charles A. Jeter

Charles A. Jeter

Aug 28, 2005

CHARLES A. JETER Memorial services for Farmington resident, Charles A. Jeter will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 2, 2005 at the Cortez Evangel Assembly Church. Pastor Steven Marcus will be officiating. Charles was born on August 3, 1962 in Cortez, the son of Tommy and Delvina (Sutherland) Jeter. He passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2005 in...

Ladorna Mae Torrence

Ladorna Mae Torrence

Aug 26, 2005

LADORNA MAE TORRENCE Graveside service for longtime Cortez resident, LaDorna Mae Torrence will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at the Goodman Point Cemetery. Pastor Jimmie Kennedy will be officiating. Mae was born on January 21, 1911 in Enumclaw, Wash., the daughter of William Edgar and Kate LaDorna (Lent) Searcy. She passed away on Friday, August...

Ann Margaret Ferando

Ann Margaret Ferando

Aug 24, 2005

ANN MARGARET FERANDO Services for Albuquerque resident, Ann Margaret Ferando will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. A reception will follow the service at the funeral home. Ann was born on November 26, 1918 in Rico, Colo., the daughter of Andrew and Ena (James) Hiedt. She passed away on Wednesday, August 24,...

Patricia Ann "Pattye" Pennington

Patricia Ann "Pattye" Pennington

Aug 23, 2005

PATRICIA ANN “PATTYE” PENNINGTON Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Patricia Ann “Pattye” Pennington will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 27 at the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. Reverend Vickie Richards-Street will be officiating. Pattye was born on June 8, 1940 in Flagler, Colo. the daughter of John Archie and Dorra Elizabeth (Laurant) Verhoeff. She passed away...

Lillian Roena Clemensen

Lillian Roena Clemensen

Aug 23, 2005

LILLIAN ROENA CLEMENSEN Funeral services for lifelong Dolores resident, Lillian Roena Clemensen will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 27 at the Johnson Memorial Methodist Church in Dolores. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Vickie Richards-Street will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening at the Ertel Chapel from 5 p.m. until...

Nancy Conrad Erwin

Nancy Conrad Erwin

Aug 14, 2005

NANCY CONRAD ERWIN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Nancy Conrad Erwin will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Chandler Chaffin will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled at the Ertel Chapel on Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Nancy...

Pearlie Belle Bishop

Pearlie Belle Bishop

Aug 12, 2005

PEARLIE BELLE BISHOP Pearlie Belle Bishop was born to Lonnie and Rosie (Gilliland) Aulston July 31, 1922, in Addington, Okla. She died Friday, August 12, 2005 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 83. At the age of eight, Pearl moved with her family to Yellow Jacket where she spent her childhood years. On May 19, 1941, Pearl...

Carroll Forest Johnson

Carroll Forest Johnson

Aug 9, 2005

CARROLL FOREST JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Carroll Forest Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2005 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Cortez on Empire Street. Interment will follow at the Monticello Cemetery. Carroll was born on March 24, 1945 in Monticello, Utah the son of Forest A. and...

Easter Hazel Baker

Easter Hazel Baker

Aug 6, 2005

EASTER HAZEL BAKER Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Easter Hazel Baker will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2005 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rev. Lynn Evans will be officiating. Interment will follow the funeral at the Cortez Cemetery. Easter was born on April 1, 1907 in Tolago, Okla. the daughter of George and Alice (Collins)...

Jewell Walter "J.W." Chapman

Jewell Walter "J.W." Chapman

Aug 5, 2005

JEWELL WALTER 'J.W.' CHAPMAN Jewell Walter 'J.W.' Chapman was born in Carol County, Missouri on February 26, 1920 to Walter B. and Fanny Lee (Johnson) Chapman. He passed away on August 5, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango at the age of 85. J.W. was a Veteran of WWII and was a resident of Cortez since 1963. J.W. is...

Eunice M.  "Peggy" Halls

Eunice M. "Peggy" Halls

Aug 4, 2005

EUNICE M. “PEGGY” HALLS Services for lifelong Mancos resident, Eunice M. “Peggy” Halls are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Peggy was born on May 22, 1952. She passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at the New Mexico Heart Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. at the age of 53.

Eunice Margaret "Peggy" Halls

Eunice Margaret "Peggy" Halls

Aug 4, 2005

EUNICE MARGARET “PEGGY” HALLS Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Eunice Margaret “Peggy” Halls will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mancos. Interment will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Peggy was born on May 22, 1952 in Cortez the daughter of Harley E. and Marcheta...

Larry Dean Richmond

Larry Dean Richmond

Aug 3, 2005

LARRY D. RICHMOND A Memorial Mass for Larry D. Richmond was celebrated on Friday, August 5, 2005 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Reverend Derrek D. Scott officiated. Larry was born in Fort Collins, Colo., October 4, 1950. He died at his home on August 3, 2005. Larry was 54 years old. On September 1, 2001, Larry married Marie Ray...

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