Obituaries

Dwight Dean Whiteman

Dwight Dean Whiteman

Nov 5, 2021

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Dwight Dean Whiteman will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 5 – 7 p.m. Monday, November 8, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Dwight was born November 24, 1992 in Cortez, CO the son of Shannon Dean and...

Glen Lloyd Rivas

Glen Lloyd Rivas

Nov 4, 2021

A celebration of life and viewing for Cortez resident Glen Lloyd Rivas will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Glen was born July 8, 1962 in Pagosa Springs, CO, the son of Christopher Lloyd and Fabiola Sally (Rivera) Rivas. He passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021 in Archuleta County, CO at...

Leonard Houston Wright

Leonard Houston Wright

Nov 3, 2021

Funeral services for Mancos resident Leonard Houston Wright will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos, CO. Leonard was born May 24, 1950 in Mancos, CO the son of Harry Ellsworth and Grace Velma (Taylor) Wright. He passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at...

Danny  Raye "Dan" Daves

Danny Raye "Dan" Daves

Nov 2, 2021

Dan was born in Cortez, Colorado on March 6, 1946 to Grover and Mary Lois (Finley) Daves. He passed from this life on November 2, 2021 at the age of 75. Dan married his sweetheart, Brenda Tate Daves, on July 6, 1968. They were blessed with 53 years of which they shared every aspect. They were also blessed with three...

Justin Lynn Massey

Justin Lynn Massey

Nov 2, 2021

Justin Massey was born on November, 16, 1999 and passed away on November 2, 2021. Justin loved the outdoors. He always looked forward to fishing, hiking, and camping with his friends. Justin also had a passion for music, he spent much of his time writing lyrics, finding just the right beat, and playing his guitar. Justin is survived by his...

Helen Marie Rohrbaugh

Helen Marie Rohrbaugh

Nov 1, 2021

Memorial services for longtime Cortez, CO resident Helen Marie Rohrbaugh will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church in Cortez. Rev. Jean Schwien will officiate. The daughter of Paul Lorenzo and Willie Mae (Cotton) Jordan, Helen was born July 24, 1935 as a “blue” baby in a farmhouse without electricity or...

Clifford Todicheene

Clifford Todicheene

Oct 28, 2021

CLIFFORD TODICHEENE Funeral services for Cortez resident Clifford Todicheene will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 3 – 6 p.m. Friday, November 12, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Clifford was born September 1, 1953 in Teec Nos...

Windy Mills Iv

Windy Mills Iv

Oct 26, 2021

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Windy Mills IV will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 1, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Viewing will take place at the end of the service. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Windy was born July 4, 1988 in Shiprock, NM the son of Shirley Ann Deer and Windy Mills Sr. He passed away...

Billy D. "Bill" Hooten

Billy D. "Bill" Hooten

Oct 26, 2021

Funeral services for Billy D. Hooten will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Todd Erlandson will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 - 7 p.m. at the funeral home. A reception will be held at the American Legion after the committal...

Regal Sarin Laner

Regal Sarin Laner

Oct 24, 2021

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Regal Sarin Laner will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 29, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will take place at the end of the service. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Regal was born January 14, 1996 in Cortez, CO the son of Byron Pyle Laner and Melissa Luna KillsSmall. He passed...

Adrian Guy Simpson

Adrian Guy Simpson

Oct 21, 2021

Adrian Guy Simpson led a full and wonderful life and leaves behind family and friends who will remember him always. He was born on February 19, 1941 to Anna (Burke) and Gabriel Marion Simpson. He died on Thursday, October 21, 2021. He was 80 years old. Adrian is remembered for his enjoyment of the outdoors, his enthusiastic love of the...

Alberta Rose Karraker

Alberta Rose Karraker

Oct 20, 2021

Alberta Rose ‘Bert’ Karraker, the youngest of nine children, was born at home in Pleasant Valley, Phillips County, CO to Bertrand Jaycox and Beulah Burl (Beam) Jaycox on July 4, 1935. Bert passed away at home in Cortez, CO with family by her side on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Bert and her siblings were raised on the family farm and...

Mary Benally Summa

Mary Benally Summa

Oct 20, 2021

Mary B. Summa was born on March 7, 1959 to Steven W. Summa and Betty B. Summa. She had eight sisters, four brothers, two children, three grandchildren and two dogs. Mary went to Manaugh school for elementary and during the summer she helped her mother out. She then went to Intermountain where she got her nursing certificate. Mary worked at...

Ann Elaine Miller

Ann Elaine Miller

Oct 17, 2021

A memorial service will be held for Lewis, CO resident Ann Elaine Miller at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 28 E. Montezuma Ave., in Cortez, CO, on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at 2 p.m. Masks will be required. Ann Elaine Miller of Lewis, Colorado, passed away on October 17, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction,...

Carol Jean Odom

Carol Jean Odom

Oct 17, 2021

Carol Jean Odom was born January 16, 1938 in Milwaukee, WI the daughter of Donald and Mary (Miles) Irvin. She passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO at the age of 83. Surviving Carol are her daughter, Linda Kaiser (Eddie) of Mancos, CO; her son, Jay Odom (Minka) of Cortez, CO; her siblings,...

Neil Frank Jones Sr.

Neil Frank Jones Sr.

Oct 14, 2021

Neil Frank Jones, Sr. 1940 – 2021 Neil Frank Jones Sr. was born 15 October 1940 in a log cabin south of Dove Creek, CO to Cecil B. and Virgie Beatrice (Weese) Jones. He went to school in Dove Creek and graduated in 1958. After graduation he moved to Clovis, NM and farmed while attending E.N.M.U in Portales, NM. While...

Ronald Albert 'Ron' Dedrick

Ronald Albert 'Ron' Dedrick

Oct 13, 2021

A celebration of life for Mancos resident Ronald Albert ‘Ron’ Dedrick will be held by the family at a later date. Ron was born March 3, 1947 in Gallup, NM the son of Albert Peter and Mildred Catherine (Wethington) Dedrick. He passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at his home in Cortez, CO at the age of 74. Surviving...

Joseph  "Joe" Konyndyk

Joseph "Joe" Konyndyk

Oct 10, 2021

Memorial services for Mancos resident Joseph “Joe” Konyndyk will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Chaplain David Johnson will conduct the service. Military Honors will be performed by the Veterans of Montezuma County. Joe was born June 23, 1925 in Merian, Michigan, the son of Frank and Martha (Briggs) Konyndyk. He passed away...

Larry Otis Hall

Larry Otis Hall

Oct 9, 2021

Memorial services for Dove Creek resident Larry Otis Hall will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Dove Creek Assembly of God. Mr. Ken Graham will officiate. Larry was born August 28, 1945 in Summit Point, Utah, the son of Albert Leroy and Mary Ann (Gullette) Hall. He passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at...

Mina Lorraine Blanchfield

Mina Lorraine Blanchfield

Oct 9, 2021

Join us at Evangel Assembly of God in Cortez, Colorado on October 18, 2021 at 2PM to celebrate the life of Lorraine Blanchfield born October 3, 1952 and went home to be with her best friend Jesus October 9th, 2021. Mina “Lorraine” Blanchfield, born to Robert Francis and Mina Louise Blanchfield was raised in Grand Junction, Colorado. She attended L.I.F.E....