Obituaries

Eleanor Marie Bisson-Carter

Eleanor Marie Bisson-Carter

Apr 4, 2020

Eleanor Marie Bisson-Carter was born May 15, 1936 in Towaoc, CO the daughter of Simon Ray and Dolorita (Tapia) Jones. She passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, CO at the age of 83. Eleanor is survived by her children, Scott Barr (Angel) of Cortez, CO, Deanna Barr of Spokane, WA, Cindy...

Iva Carol Miller

Iva Carol Miller

Mar 29, 2020

Iva Carol Miller was born July 3, 1938 in Sylvan, CO. She was granted her wings on March 29, 2020. Her final days were spent with her family by her side. Carol’s interests were sewing, gardening, and being in the mountains on the four wheelers and camping with her family. Iva is preceded in death by her husband of 47...

Lucas Michael Truesdale

Lucas Michael Truesdale

Mar 25, 2020

Lucas Michael Truesdale was born January 11, 2020 to Elijah and Savanah Truesdale. He was 3 lbs. 8 ounces and 18 ¾” long. In his short 10 ½ weeks of life, he touched so many lives and had so many wonderful caregivers. After being in the Durango and Denver hospitals, he got to come home to Cortez February 21st and...

Edna May Parker

Edna May Parker

Mar 24, 2020

Edna May McMillan was born December 12, 1933 in Lebanon Colorado to Virgil and Bertha (Roelfs) McMillan. Edna was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert, and her sisters Betty, Wanita and Bernice McMillan. Her first husband Fred Edwards, and twin grandchildren Earl LeRoy and Charity Dove Edwards also preceded her in death. Edna went to school at...

Oren Darrell Story

Oren Darrell Story

Mar 23, 2020

Disappointment Valley, CO resident Oren Darrell Story was born July 20, 1934 in Mesa, CO the son of William Devern and Jeanette Fern (Roach) Story. He passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at the Valley Inn in Mancos, CO at the age of 85. Surviving Oren are his spouse, Clara Faye (Dude) Story of Redvale, CO; his children, Fawn Bailey...

Maxine Faye Felkins

Maxine Faye Felkins

Mar 22, 2020

Private graveside services for Cortez resident Maxine Faye Felkins will be held at Cahone Cemetery. Due to the current health situation and the mandatory restrictions on public gatherings associated with it, only immediate family will be in attendance. Maxine was born July 17, 1917 in Barnes, KS the daughter of James Albert and Dottie Florence (Cook) Johnson. She passed away...

Marilyn  A. Hall

Marilyn A. Hall

Mar 21, 2020

Marilyn Ann (Balfour) Hall was born April 3, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marcus and Dorothy (Penwell) Balfour. Marilyn passed away on Saturday March 21, 2020 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos, Colorado. Marilyn married R. Neil Hall on November 6, 1954 and to this union they were blessed with three children, Gay B., Michael...

Linda Annette Lanier

Linda Annette Lanier

Mar 20, 2020

Private graveside services will be held for Cortez resident Linda Annette Lanier at Sickles Cemetery in Lookeba, OK. Linda was born May 25, 1949 in Rockwell, IA the daughter of Clarence Willard and Betty Anne (Dickson) Oller. She passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at her residence in Cortez, CO at the age of 70. Surviving Linda are her...

Bob Williams

Bob Williams

Mar 19, 2020

Private graveside services will be held for Sweetwater, AZ resident Bob Williams at Cortez Cemetery. Due to the current health situation and the mandatory restrictions on public gatherings associated with it, only immediate family will be in attendance. Bob was born January 25, 1940 in Sweetwater, AZ the son of Blackgoat and Daisy Badoni. He passed away on Thursday, March...

Colton James Eldredge

Colton James Eldredge

Mar 19, 2020

Colton James Eldredge, 31 years of age, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at his home in Cortez, Colorado. Colton was born June 3, 1988 in Durango, Colorado to Stephen and Cynthia Kelley. Cynthia later married Brad Eldredge and together they raised Colton James, his older brother, Casen Shea and his younger sister, Liberty Berlin. Colton grew up in...

Florence A. Teece

Florence A. Teece

Mar 19, 2020

Memorial services for Mancos resident Florence A. Teece will be held later this spring in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Florence was born April 13, 1920 in Milwaukee, WI the daughter of Frank E. and Adeliade (Meyer) Anderson. She passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Vista Mesa in Cortez, CO at the age of 99. Surviving Florence are her children,...

Margaret Budge Haycock

Margaret Budge Haycock

Mar 18, 2020

Margaret Budge Haycock was born on March 18, 1939 in Montpelier, ID to Taft Passey and Jean Price Budge. She was raised in Paris, ID and graduated from Fielding High School in 1957. Upon graduation, she decided to go to nursing school at Ricks College in Rexburg, ID. That decision carried her successfully through the next 45 years. Margaret married...

William Ellisworth Griffin

William Ellisworth Griffin

Mar 17, 2020

William Ellisworth Griffin was born September 4, 1928 in Butte, MT the son of Edward and Edna (Hand) Griffin. He passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Mercy Hospice House in Durango, CO at the age of 91. Surviving William are his children, Billy Dean Griffin of Cortez, CO, Bud Burton Griffin of Lewis, CO, Danny Lee Griffin of...

Mary C. Garcia

Mary C. Garcia

Mar 16, 2020

Mary C. Garcia of Cortez, Colorado, died peacefully at home Monday, March 16, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Del Norte, Colorado, on September 26, 1940, to Louis and Florence Chacon, she was the eldest of six daughters. Mary grew up in Colorado, Nevada, and later moved to Utah where she met the love of her life, Alfredo...

Clyde Charles Goodall

Clyde Charles Goodall

Mar 16, 2020

A private family graveside service for Dolores resident Clyde Charles Goodall will be held at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Due to the current health situation and the mandatory restrictions on public gatherings associated with it, the family will hold a Celebration of Life for the community to attend at a later date. Clyde was born September 8, 1942 in Cortez, CO...

Dale  Oliver Noyes

Dale Oliver Noyes

Mar 16, 2020

Dale “Oliver” Noyes was born September 4, 1945 in route to the hospital in Clayton, N.M. to Marvin Emerald and Louella June (Eldridge) Noyes. He passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020 at his home in Cortez, CO surrounded by his family on the eve of his 55th wedding anniversary at the age of 74. During Oliver’s childhood his family...

Louise A. Burke

Louise A. Burke

Mar 16, 2020

Funeral services will be held for Montezuma Creek, UT resident Louise A. Burke at noon, Saturday March 21, 2020 at the Diiwozhiibikooh Full Gospel Church in Hatch, UT. Pastor Rondale Anderson will officiate. Interment will follow at Navajo Canyon Cemetery. Louise was born December 10, 1936 in Sunrise, AZ the daughter of Dan and Marie (Yazzie) Lynch. She passed away...

Charles Louis Hill

Charles Louis Hill

Mar 14, 2020

Private graveside services will be held for Cortez resident Charles Louis Hill at Cortez Cemetery. Due to the current health situation and the mandatory restrictions on public gatherings associated with it, only immediate family will be in attendance. Charles was born September 27, 1932 in Dallas, TX the son of Leland Napoleon and Hinton Herrice (Smith) Hill. He passed away...

Jerry Charles Scrivner

Jerry Charles Scrivner

Mar 13, 2020

Jerry Charles Scrivner was born April 28, 1932 in Tempe, AZ the son of J.B. and Beaulah (Davis) Scrivner. He passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 in Dolores, CO at the age of 87. Jerry was a veteran of the Navy who served in the Korean War. He married Jeanne Charmaine Beasley on November 16, 1958 in Phoexix, AZ....

Cecil House Price

Cecil House Price

Mar 12, 2020

Graveside services for Towaoc resident Cecil House Price will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2020. Ms. Linda Price will officiate. Cecil was born May 20, 1972 in Cortez, CO the son of Melvin and Dorothy Jean (House) Price. He passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, CO at the age of...

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