Sandra Lou Watts
Dec 10, 2021
SANDRA LOU WATTS Funeral services for Sandra Lou Watts will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Sandra was born April 23, 1951 in Cortez the daughter of Irene Hammond and Ben Pargin Watts Sr. She passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at...
Robert Carleton 'Bob' Mcbride Iv
Dec 8, 2021
Robert Carleton McBride, IV Robert (Bob) Carleton McBride, IV left us December 8, 2021, surrounded by love in his home in Cortez, CO. Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life this coming June. Always in charge of his destiny, Bob wrote this obituary with only minor edits by his wife Diane. Bob was born August 30, 1942, in...
Cortland Gregory 'Greg' Price
Dec 7, 2021
A visitation for Cortez resident Cortland Gregory ‘Greg’ Price will be held from 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, December 17, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Greg was born August 4, 1944 in Denver, CO to Cortlan Schley Price and Reta Jay Swofford Price. He grew up in Lakewood, CO and...
Margaret Carolina Williford
Dec 6, 2021
Graveside services for Cortez resident Margaret Carolina Williford will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 13, 2021 at Cortez Cemetery. Margaret was born on August 5, 1940 at home as the seventh and last child to Floyd Wayne and Clara Ann (Retherford) Bryan. She peacefully passed away at home on Monday, December 6, 2021 at the age of 81....
Gyanne Ruth Cellar
Dec 3, 2021
Gyanne Ruth Cellar was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and servant of Jesus Christ. She went to be with her Heavenly Father Friday, December 3, 2021 in Cortez, Colorado at the age of 75. Gyanne was born December 16, 1945 in Alamosa, Colorado to parents Guy and Anne Shipman. She spent her early years with her parents in Liberia, West...
Dylan Micah Schwindt
Dec 3, 2021
Dylan Micah Schwindt, our beloved son, loving partner, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, and friend-of many, passed away unexpectedly December 3, 2021. He was 42 years old. Dylan was born December 30, 1978 to Don and Jody Schwindt and grew up on the family farm ten miles south of Cortez, Colorado. He loved being outside and spent many hours going with...
Gertrude Ann 'Trudy' Erickson
Dec 2, 2021
Funeral services for long time Cortez resident Gertrude Ann ‘Trudy’ Erickson will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Trudy was born August 17, 1947 in Shiprock, NM to John C. Sells and Angela Taliman Sells. She passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2021 in Grand Junction, CO....
Elsie Marie Sheets
Dec 1, 2021
Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Elsie Marie Sheets will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastors Joe Calloway and Fred Calloway will officiate. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Elsie was born December 29, 1927 in Durango, CO the daughter of Edward Elmer and Frances Mildred (Morgan) Dosher. She passed away...
Velma Mae Carlson
Nov 29, 2021
Velma Mae Carlson was born May 15, 1923 in Gibson, NM the daughter of Arthur and Hattie Viola (Davis) Withers. She passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Vista Mesa in Cortez, CO at the age of 98. Surviving Velma are her sons, Kenneth Carlson of Cortez, CO, and Steven Carlson of Missoula, MT; six grandchildren; and six great...
Jack White
Nov 28, 2021
Funeral services for Dove Creek resident Jack White will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 6, 2021 at Dove Creek 1st Baptist Church. Pastor Gregg Liming will officiate. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Jack passed from this life November 28, 2021 at his home in Dove Creek surrounded by his wife and kids. Jack was born on...
Cynthia Ann Yazzie
Nov 26, 2021
Cynthia Ann Yazzie January 17, 1965 - November 26, 2021 On Friday, November 26, Cynthia Ann Yazzie, loving wife and mother of five children passed away at the age of 56, due to a heart attack. Cynthia was born on January 17, 1965 in Cortez, CO to Dan and Helen Lansing. She was the 2nd youngest of 11 children and...
Brittany Sharon Lynn Meyer-Rosales
Nov 24, 2021
Brittany Sharon Lynn Meyer-Rosales was born April 18, 1985 in Denver, CO, the daughter of Dave Meyer and Karen Louise Watton. She passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at the age of 36. Brittany was known to always be a hard worker, a good friend, and a loving mother to her children. Surviving Brittany are her mother and step-father,...
Anita Louise Bryant
Nov 24, 2021
ANITA LOUISE BRYANT Anita Louise Bryant (aka: Mrs. Bryant) passed away November 24, 2021 in Wheat Ridge, CO after a three year battle with cancer. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, and educator. Mrs. Bryant was born December 30, 1946 in Ottumwa IA. She grew up in an Air Force family and lived in several cities from San Bernardino,...
Johnny Laner
Nov 24, 2021
Funeral services for Towaoc resident Johnny Laner will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 29, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held at the end of the service. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Johnny was born November 27, 1966 in Cortez, CO the son of John and Sarah (Jacket) Laner. He passed away on Wednesday, November...
Fred Charles Torres
Nov 23, 2021
Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Fred Charles Torres will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez, CO. Father Lorenzo Uribe will officiate. A rosary will take place at 9:30 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Fred passed away at home on November 23, 2021; he...
Toney Dale Lopez
Nov 23, 2021
Funeral Mass for Summit Ridge resident Toney Dale Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 3, 2021 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Lorenzo Uribe will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 2, 2021 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Toney was born September 18, 1941...
Ronald Eugene Forseen
Nov 21, 2021
Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Ronald “Ron” Eugene Forseen will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Arriola Bible Church. Pastor Craig Rutherford will officiate. Ron was born December 28, 1940, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Ron died at Southwest Memorial Hospital, in Cortez, Colorado on November 21, 2021. Ron dearly loved singing as an expression...
Lino Alex Espinoza
Nov 17, 2021
Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Lino Alex Espinoza will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 22, 2021 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez, CO. Father Lorenzo Uribe will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 4 – 5 p.m. Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rosary will follow at 5...
Anna Belle Thompson
Nov 16, 2021
Anna Belle Thompson, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at her home in Dolores, CO surrounded by her family. She was born on January 5, 1930 to Walter and Alice (Pullium) Pigg of Eastwood, MO; she was one of seven children. Anna enjoyed going to her sons’ and grandchildren’s sporting events and fishing on the Dolores River...
Layne And Helen Leffel
Nov 15, 2021
Memorial services for Cortez residents Larry Layne Leffel and Helen Angela Leffel will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2021 at the Cortez Elks Lodge #1789, 2100 N. Dolores Rd., Cortez, CO. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A meal will be served after the inurnment back at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Layne,...
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