Obituaries

Jun 30, 2004

WILLIAM THOMAS “TOM” HILL Funeral services for William Thomas Hill a resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Jonathan Bland of the New Hope Ministries will officiate. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel....

Jun 29, 2004

HOMER SELLARD Services for longtime Cortez resident, Homer Sellard will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. Military graveside services will be conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Saturday morning at the Ertel Chapel from 9 a.m. until...

Jun 23, 2004

ANDERSON ODEM WHITENER It is August 25, 1919, as the small town of Harrisburg, Okla. and George and Annie Whitener welcome into this world a son. For the rest of his lie the world will know him as Anderson Odem Whitener – we call him daddy. When Andy was around eight years old, the Whitener family, including two sisters, Reta...

Jun 22, 2004

RUTHELLEN POLLAN Memorial services for Blanding, Utah resident, Ruthellen Pollan will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 28 at the Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding. Ruthellen was born on January 9, 1941 in Bronx, N.Y. to Robert and Harriet (Morganstein) Pollan. She passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home in...

Jun 19, 2004

HELEN HARVEY TSO Funeral services for lifelong Aneth resident, Helen Harvey Tso will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2004 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Helen was born on October 25, 1922 in Lukachukai, Ariz. the daughter of Navajo and Mary (Jay) Jack. She passed away...

Jun 18, 2004

ROBERT M. 'BOBBY' MYERS Services for lifelong Cortez resident, Robert M. 'Bobby' Myers will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23 at the Arriola Community Center. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Interment is to follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Bobby was born on May 28, 1962 in Longmont, Colo. to Robert Berton and Shirley (Bertron) Myers. He passed...

Jun 18, 2004

REBECCA GERTRUDE DAVIS Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Rebecca Gertrude Davis will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24 at Out Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Father Derrek Scott will officiate. Interement will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services have been set for Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Rebecca,...

Jun 14, 2004

JAMES ROY ROBERTS Memorial services for lifelong area resident, James Roy Roberts will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 17 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Hunt Zumwalt will officiate. Jim was born in Mancos on May 3, 1934, the son of Edwin Amos and Florence (Hightchew) Roberts. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday,...

Jun 13, 2004

HOWARD VAN PELT Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident, Howard Van Pelt will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Howard was born on October 7, 1923 in Calistoga, Calif. the son of Harrison M. and Dora F. (Maxfield) Van Pelt. He passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2004 at the Heart Hospital...

Jun 12, 2004

BOBBY JACK BATES, SR. Funeral services for Mancos resident, Bobby Jack Bates, Sr. will be held in Texas. A Memorial services will be held in Mancos at a later date. Bobby was born on March 12, 2004 the son of Albert J. and Meady M. (Grounds) Bates. He passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at the Mercy Medical Center...

Jun 12, 2004

PHILIP ANDREW BALMFORTH Memorial services for Cortez resident, Philip Andrew Balmforth will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 21 at the First Baptist Church in Cortez. The church has generously offered to host a lunch immediately following the service. Philip was born on November 12, 1957 in Oxnard, Calif. the son of Stanford Cleworth and Barbara (Deigst) Balmforth....

Jun 9, 2004

EDITH MARY LEE ENGLISH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Edith Mary Lee English will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Gary Fowler will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Edith was born on March 11, 1933 in Webber Falls, Oklahoma the daughter of Jim and Ida Mae...

Jun 8, 2004

DONALD ROBERT TURNER Memorial services for Cortez resident, Donald Robert Turner will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Donald was born on August 25, 1987 in Tooele, Utah the son of Kenneth Lee and Cheryl Lynn (Whiteley) Turner. He passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in...

Jun 6, 2004

FALLE ROHDE JENSEN Falle Rohde Jensen was born on December 27, 1919 in Svinninge, Denmark the son of Lars Peter and Caroline Rohde (Pedersen) Jensen. He passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2004 at his daughter's home in Cortez at the age of 84. Falle is survived by his three children, Sussie Valles of Copenhagen, Denmark, Jeanna Jensen of Cortez,...

Jun 2, 2004

May 28, 2004

BEVERLY ELIZABETH HODSON STORY Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident, Beverly Elizabeth Hodson Story will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday beginning at 12 noon until service time at the First Baptist Church. Beverly...

May 23, 2004

AARON MICHAEL PHELPS Funeral services for Aaron Michael Phelps, 19, of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 28 at the Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Pastor Kent Slyter will officiate. Aaron was born the son of Carl Bruce Phelps and Debra Lynn (Bowers) Phelps in Cortez on Sept. 7, 1984. He...

May 22, 2004

JACEE ROSEMARY BUTT Graveside services for Jacee Rosemary Butt, infant daughter of Vernon and Dewilla Butt of rural Monticello, Utah, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 28 at the Piute Springs Cemetery at Ucolo, Colo. Jacee Rosemary Butt was born January 20, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vernon and Dewilla (Mason) Butt. She went to...

May 20, 2004

ALLEN EUGENE HANCOCK Services for former area resident, Allen Eugene Hancock will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 27 at the Cortez Christian Church. Pastor Charles Story will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Allen was born on April 22, 1923...

May 17, 2004

GRETA CLEVER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Greta Clever will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 21 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Sylvan Cemetery. Reverend Father Matthew S. Mayes will be officiating. Greta was born on December 14, 1911 in Elk City, Okla. the daughter of Henry Thomas and Jessie Lee (Smith)...