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ALICE LOUISE LYON Funeral services for former longtime Cortez resident, Alice Louise Lyon will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 23 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Louise was born on December 15, 1919 in Viola, Kansas. She passed away on Friday, September 17, 2004 in Broomfield, Colo. at the age of...
GENEVIEVE DICKERSON A celebration of life for longtime Mancos resident, Genevieve Dickerson will be held from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 16 at Gene’s resident at Summit Lake. The address is 35933 Road P.5. Everyone is welcome to attend and spend time with the family. Gene was born on July 12, 1916 in Hollywood, Calif. the daughter...
IDAH MARIE GRAVES Funeral services for Idah Marie Graves a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Interment is to follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Marie, as she was known to family and friends was born Sept. 21, 1913 in Cortez to John...
BONNIE 'BETTY' LOYCE DAVIS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Bonnie 'Betty' Loyce Davis will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Betty was born on Aug. 13, 1944 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. the daughter of Carlton and Iva Eloise (Coen) Miller. She passed away on...
JOSEPH BARRY SIGWARTH Cortez resident Joseph Barry Sigwarth was born on May 5, 1929 in Albany, N.Y. the son of Charles and Amelia (Levy) Sigwarth. He passed away on Friday, September 10, 2004 in Durango. Joe was 75 years old. Surviving Joe are his wife, Frances F. Sigwarth of Cortez; his two sons, Timothy Barry Sigwarth of Golden, Colo., and...
DOLORTIA TAPIA JONES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dolorita Tapia Jones will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Monsignor Dan Huber of St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Ignacio will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A prayer vigil will be held Sunday evening at 7 p.m. at the...
MARTHA LOUISE GIRDNER Funeral services for Cortez resident, Martha Louise Girdner will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. Kyle Todd and Mike Boyd will officiate. Louise was born on May 8, 1943 in Welling, Okla. to Perry Paul and Sarah Emma (Watson) Moore. She passed...
CLIFFORD REED HALLS Graveside services for Clifford Reed Halls a lifelong resident of this area will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Military graveside services will be conducted at the gravesite. A visitation will be held Monday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cliff was born March...
LONNIE EARL ELLIOTT Funeral services for lifelong Montezuma County resident, Lonnie Earl Elliott will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lonnie was...
GWENDOLYN KAY JOHNSON Funeral services for Cortez resident Gwendolyn Kay Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 27 at the Friendship Assembly of God Church in Dolores. Pastor Gilbert Archuleta will officiate. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Gwen was born May 1, 1950 in Alamosa, Colo. the daughter of Jack O. Morrison and Edith...
ALMA KOPPENHAFER Funeral services for former longtime Montezuma County resident, Alma Koppenhafer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 27 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday, morning at the Ertel Chapel from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Alma was...
RUTHMARY “PEGGY” CHAMP Services for Cortez resident, Ruthmary “Peggy” Champ are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. She was born on July 24, 1916 in Kalamazoo, MI the daughter of Edward and Ruth (Renick) Junker. She passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2004 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living. Peggy was 88 years old.
CARL HAMPTON MASSEY Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, Carl Hampton Massey will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Luther Shields will be officiating. Carl was born on March 10, 1924 in Antlers, Okla. the son of James and Eva Elizabeth (Vaughn) Massey. He passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2004...
JOSEF GAWDUN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Josef Gawdun will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 24 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. A prayer vigil has been scheduled for Monday night beginning at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Josef was...
FRANCES HEATH Funeral services fro longtime Mancos resident Frances Heath will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday at noon at the St. Barnabas Church. Reverend Erika Meyer will be officiating. Following Interment services there will...
ELIZABETH IRENE 'LIZ' ESTEP Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Elizabeth Irene 'Liz' Estep will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Steven Schwarz of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Liz was born the daughter of Charles and Myrtle (Williams) Whelchel on Oct....
ATHA LAURENA WILCOX Graveside interment services for Atha Laurena Wilcox, 90 of Dove Creek, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 20 at the Cedar Cemetery in Montrose, Colo. Atha was born at Wiley, Colo. on June 19, 1914, the daughter of Charles Atlas and Mary Elizabeth (Nodine) Davis. She passed away at her Dove Creek home on...
JACK GLENN SCHMITTEL Memorial services for longtime Durango resident, Jack Glenn Schmittel will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Larry Chappell will be officiating. Jack was born on November 30, 1925 in Center, Colo. the son of Orville A. and Minnie Frances (Hartman) Schmittel. He passed away on Thursday, August 12,...
PHILLIP WARREN KELLY Phillip Warren Kelly was born on March 6, 1928 in Charleston, W.V. the son of Hubert and Elizabeth (Whitmore) Kelly. He passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 76. Phil was a military veteran having served in the U.S. Marines. He was a member of the B.P.O.E....
MINNIE MAE ERNST Memorial services for lifelong Dove Creek resident, Minnie Mae Ernst will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 12 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Jerry Martin will officiate. Minnie was born on December 31, 1904 in Nebraska to Mr. and Mrs. Cardwell. She passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at the Vista Grande...
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