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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...
DAVID MARSHALL DENTON David Marshall Denton was born I Neosho, Mo. on July 3, 1917. He passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos on August 10, 2004. Marshall was the only child of David L. Denton and Stella Marshall Denton. When he was nine months old, the family left Neosho and came to Bayfield, Colo., where they...
LUPITA SOPHIA SANDERS LUPITA SOPHIA SANDERS Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Lupita Sophia Sanders will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 13 at the Jehovah Witness Church. Lupita was born on March 25, 1920 in Breen, Colo., the daughter of Bidal and Lena May (Smith) Candelaria. She passed away on Monday, August 9, 2004 at her home...
ROY JOHN TIBBETS Memorial services for lifelong Mancos resident, Roy John Tibbets will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 14 at the V.F.W. in Mancos. A meal and reception will follow the service. Roy was born on August 9, 1918 in Cortez, the son of John Cloud and Ann (Elliot) Tibbets. He passed away on Sunday, August 8,...
SHIRLEY ALICE FOSTER Graveside services for Cortez resident, Shirley Alice Foster will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 13 at the Cortez Cemetery. Shirley was born on December 26, 1925 in Berkeley, Calif. the daughter of Allen and Helen May (Douglas) McGahan. She passed away on Friday, August 6, 2004 at Aspen Gardens Assisted Living. She was 78...
FRANCES ESTHER YOUNG Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Frances Esther Young will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11 at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Duane Block of the Arriola Bible Church will be officiating. Frances was born on January 2, 1912 in LaPorte, Colo. the daughter of Reverend J. Morton and Constance (Grainger) Young. She went to...
LAWRENCE EDMUND LEROY, JR. Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident, Lawrence Edmund LeRoy, Jr., will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Larry was born on June 17, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Lawrence Edmund and Leona (Streithoff) LeRoy, Sr. He passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2004 at his home in Dolores...
CHARLES MATHIAS GOLDSMITH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Charles Mathias Goldsmith will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 7 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor David Ramsey will be officiating. A reception for family and friends has been planned following the service at the Rock Springs Community Church in Cortez. Military graveside services will be held at...
CHARLES M. MALCOLM Graveside memorial services for Charles M. Malcolm will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 8 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Charles was born the son of Ollie and Thelma (Sherman) Malcolm on Dec. 19, 1920 at Ponca City, Okla. He passed away at his home on Summit Ridge on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004. Charles was...
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