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...
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,...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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...
Diane Sue Kennell
Mar 12, 2020
Funeral services for Cortez resident Diane Sue Kennell will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the Church of Christ. Mr. Jim Beaver will officiate. Diane was born September 3, 1942 in Wichita, KS the daughter of Cleland and Letha (Chamness) Buchanan. She passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 at her residence at the age of 77....
Aleene Maude Neely
Mar 7, 2020
Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Aleene Maude Neely will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2020 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Raymond Boyd will officiate. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. Aleene was born August 1, 1931 in Egnar, CO the daughter of Frank Pepper and Elsie Maude (Knuckles) Buffington. She passed away on Saturday, March 7,...
Corie Leanne Mcwilliams
Mar 3, 2020
Corie McWilliams was born in Bakersfield, California on August 31, 1979 and passed away March 11, 2020 in Cortez CO. Corie loved to ride her bicycle, spend time with her cat Molly, and play Uno. She took pride in her ability to keep her house and loved to work in the yard. She occasionally spent time volunteering at the animal...
Lavena Ethel 'Eny' Saunders
Mar 3, 2020
Funeral services for Cortez resident Lavena Ethel ‘Eny’ Saunders will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2020 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Will Morris will officiate. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Eny was born July 21, 1926 in the Arriola community, the third daughter born to George S. and Jewell Lenore (Short) Gardner. Nola K. and Mona...
Jerry J. Chaffin
Feb 28, 2020
Jerry J. Chaffin left this world on the morning of February 28, 2020 at the age of 94 after a very brief stay at Hospice House in Durango, Colorado. Jerry was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Dorothy Hayes Chaffin; his parents, William and Emma Chaffin; his brothers and their wives Victor and Elsie Chaffin, William and...
Lena G. Cordova
Feb 26, 2020
Funeral mass for Mancos resident Lena G. Cordova will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2020 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez, CO. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos, CO. A Rosary will take place from 7 – 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2020 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Lena was born...
William Wayne Kenyon
Feb 26, 2020
William Wayne Kenyon of Cortez, CO passed away at his home February 26, 2020 at the age of 91. Wayne was born August 19, 1928 in La Jara, CO to William K. and Lucile (Albrecht) Kenyon. When he was one, the family moved to South Texas and a few years later in 1933 they moved to Cortez, CO. This would...
Alzina Jean Moss
Feb 26, 2020
Memorial services for Cortez resident Alzina Jean Moss will be held at a later date. Jean was born September 16, 1942 in Del Norte, CO the daughter of Fred Willis and Nellie Maude (Shereve) Birdsey. She passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Mercy Hospice House in Durango CO at the age of 77. Surviving Jean are her spouse,...
