Obituaries

Peggy Ann Roe

Peggy Ann Roe

Apr 20, 2005

PEGGY ANN ROE Funeral services for lifelong area resident Peggy Ann Roe will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jonathan Bland of New Hope Christian Ministries will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Peggy was born the daughter of Lee Curtis and Eva Elizabeth (Stevenson) Duncan on November 24,...

Alvina L. Dresch

Alvina L. Dresch

Apr 18, 2005

ALVINA L. DRESCH Graveside services for former Mancos resident, Alvina L. Dresch will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 25 at the Cortez Cemetery. Alvina was born on February 14, 1908 in Brooklyn, N.Y. the daughter of Christian and Augusta (Burgstaller) Lutz. She passed away on Monday, April 18, 2005 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in West...

George Foster

George Foster

Apr 14, 2005

GEORGE FOSTER Services for Cortez resident, George Foster are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. George was born September 23, 1924 and passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at his home in Cortez at the age of 80.

James Benjamin Presson

James Benjamin Presson

Apr 14, 2005

JAMES BENJAMIN PRESSON Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, James Benjamin Presson will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. A private interment was later held. Jim was born on April 22, 1926 in El Paso, Tex. the son of Harry and Frances (Carsrud) Presson. He passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2005...

Robert Lee Wright Sr.

Robert Lee Wright Sr.

Apr 13, 2005

ROBERT LEE WRIGHT SR. Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Lee “Bob” Wright Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 18 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Jimmy Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military services being provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Bob was born the son of...

Emily Rose Laner Nez

Emily Rose Laner Nez

Apr 13, 2005

EMILY ROSE LANER NEZ Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Emily Rose Laner Nez will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 18 at The Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A wake has been scheduled for Sunday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at 1418 Lafayette Street in Towaoc. Emily was born on July 15, 1950 in...

Judith Sue Smith

Judith Sue Smith

Apr 12, 2005

JUDITH SUE SMITH Funeral services for Judith Sue Smith, originally of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cortez. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Sue passed away on April 12, 2005 at the age of 65 in Marin County, Calif. She was...

Lorene Tobin

Lorene Tobin

Apr 10, 2005

LORENE TOBIN Memorial services for Lorene Tobin, a longtime resident of this area, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Her remains will be buried at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Lorene was born October 12, 1926 in Denver, Colo. to Sylvestus Henry and Marguerite “Ruth” (Patterson) Holtzclaw. She passed away...

Raymond Leo Murphy

Raymond Leo Murphy

Apr 9, 2005

RAYMOND LEO MURPHY Memorial services for Cortez resident, Raymond Leo Murphy will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Both the Ute Mountain Legion Post and Mancos VFW Post will conduct the services. Raymond was born June 18, 1921 at Luton, Iowa to Ruth Bernice (Montgomery) and Lawrence Patrick Murphy....

Preston "Sam" Porter

Preston "Sam" Porter

Apr 7, 2005

PRESTON “SAM” PORTER Preston “Sam” Porter passed away in his Mancos home on Thursday, April 7. Born to O.O. and Lora Mae Porter at Brookaton, Texas on May 13, 1944, Sam was a rodeo rider, an accomplished welder and painter, and worked as a heavy equipment mechanic for CFI in Pueblo for many years. He leaves his wife, Loraleigh of...

Evelyn Juanita Green

Evelyn Juanita Green

Apr 6, 2005

EVELYN JUANITA GREEN Funeral services for lifelong Dolores resident, Evelyn Juanita Green will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at the Dolores Southern Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 3 to 5 p.m. Evelyn was born to Leonard and Grace...

Tracy Gene Lopez

Tracy Gene Lopez

Apr 5, 2005

TRACY GENE LOPEZ Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Tracy Gene Lopez will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 11 at the Boyd Lopez residence located on Highway 491. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake will be held Sunday evening at the Boyd Lopez residence beginning at 6 p.m. Tracy was born the son of Bill...

Edith C. Hinton

Edith C. Hinton

Apr 5, 2005

EDITH C. HINTON Graveside services for longtime Farmington resident, Edith C. Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 8, 2005 at the Cortez Cemetery. Edith was born on January 3, 1912 at Ione, Wash. the daughter of Alva Eddie and Clara Mae (Dennison) Brown. She entered heaven on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at the LifeCare Center of...

Charles Melvin Combs Sr.

Charles Melvin Combs Sr.

Apr 5, 2005

CHARLES MELVIN COMBS SR. Funeral services for Dolores resident, Charles Melvin Combs Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Mountain View Baptist Church located at 16302 Road 30.5 on Summit Ridge. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Roy Venson will officiate. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon at the Ertel...

Mary Magdeline Hite

Mary Magdeline Hite

Apr 4, 2005

MARY MAGDELINE HITE Funeral services for Cortez resident, Mary Magdeline Hite will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Interment services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Hayden Cemetery in Hayden, Colo. Rosary services and visitation will be held Wednesday evening at the...

Samuel George Bland

Samuel George Bland

Apr 3, 2005

SAMUEL GEORGE BLAND Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident, Samuel George Bland will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Jonathan Bland will be officiating. Sam was born on March 27, 1937 in rural Bayfield, Colo. the son of Jack David and Ann (Cooper) Bland. He passed away on Sunday, April 3,...

Pope John Paul Ii

Pope John Paul Ii

Apr 2, 2005

Karol Józef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...

Kenneth Wayne Baxstrom

Kenneth Wayne Baxstrom

Apr 1, 2005

KENNETH WAYNE BAXSTROM Memorial services for Cortez resident, Kenneth Wayne Baxstrom will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military services will be conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Kenny was born on June 4, 1937 at Trail Canyon, Colorado the son of Howard L. and Blanche P. (Ashbaugh) Baxstrom....

Travis Edwin Dewayne Hughes

Travis Edwin Dewayne Hughes

Apr 1, 2005

TRAVIS EDWIN DEWAYNE HUGHES Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Travis Edwin Dewayne Hughes will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military services will be conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Ertel Chapel from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m....

Felton V. Watkins

Felton V. Watkins

Mar 29, 2005

FELTON V. WATKINS Funeral services for Felton V. Watkins, longtime area resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Jeff Foster of the Cortez Church of Christ will officiate. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3 to 5...

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