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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Victor Gallegos
Mar 29, 2005
VICTOR GALLEGOS Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Victor Gallegos will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Derrick D. Scott will be officiating. A prayer vigil has been scheduled at 7 p.m. on Thursday evening at the Catholic Church. Victor was born on February 6, 1934 in Cebolla, N.M. the...
Dean Edgar Saylor
Mar 28, 2005
DEAN EDGAR SAYLOR Egnar resident, Dean Edgar Saylor was born on October 3, 1947 in Bakersfield, Calif. the son of Clyde Edgar and AnnaDean (Decker) Saylor. He passed away on Monday, March 28, 2005 at his residence, in Egnar at the age of 57. Dean was a Chemical Engineer and served on a Chemical Emergency team for several years. He...
Helen Faye Risenhoover
Mar 27, 2005
HELEN FAYE RISENHOOVER Funeral services for Helen Faye Risenhoover, longtime Egnar resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30 at the Cahone Community Church with interment following at the Cahone Cemetery. Pastor Matt Segebartt of the Dove Creek Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Visitation has been set for Wednesday from noon until service time at the...
Julius Waymund Bond
Mar 27, 2005
JULIUS WAYMUND BOND Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Julius Waymund Bond will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 31 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Ron Horne of the First Baptist Church will be officiating. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3 to 5...
Sue Kaiser
Mar 26, 2005
SUE KAISER A gathering of family and friends of Sue Kaiser will be held on Sunday, April 3 at the family home located at 2232 Highway 160, Cortez. The family invites people to come by at any time during the day. Sue passed away at her home outside of Cortez on Saturday, March 26, 2005 at the age of 67....
Alyne Eakins
Mar 26, 2005
ALYNE EAKINS A celebration of the life of Alyne Eakins, a longtime resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 1 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Alyne was born October 19, 1924 at Celina, Texas the daughter of Roy Edgar and Alla Tommie (Raper) Rucker. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, March 26,...
Nancy Marie Griffin
Mar 26, 2005
NANCY MARIE GRIFFIN Nancy Marie Griffin was born September 5, 1944 in Denver, Colo. to Clarence Clifford and Margaret Carolyn (Wanasek) Reiff. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, March 26, 2005 at the age of 60. On September 4, 1979, Nancy married William Ellisworth Griffin in Cortez. She loved to read and enjoyed riding in the mountains...
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