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Graveside services for lifelong Yellow Jacket resident Michael Lance ‘Mike’ Reed will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 14, 2019 at Fairview Cemetery in Yellow Jacket. Military Honors will be performed by the Veterans of Montezuma County. Mike was born December 26, 1947 in Cortez, CO the son of Jack Omo and Jeanne Alyce (Duncan) Reed. He passed away...
Memorial Services for long time Dolores resident Gloria Gail Rogers will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Gail was born August 3, 1941 in San Angelo, TX. She married Ernest “Buddy” Rogers in 1964 and lived in Houston, TX for many years before retiring and moving to Colorado...
Funeral services for Cortez resident J D Estep will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Elder Roger Echols will officiate. Visitation will take place after the service. A private interment will follow. J D was born December 13, 1938 in Norwood, CO the son of Manson G. and Gertrude (Brunmet) Estep....
Theodore Peabody ‘Ted’ Weeks was born June 3, 1941 in Towaoc, CO the son of Ralph and Grace (Peabody) Weeks. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at his residence in Towaoc, CO at the age of 77. Surviving Ted are his daughters, Rufina Weeks, Darla Weeks, Mara Weeks, Tracy Weeks and Tonya Weeks, all of Towaoc, CO; his...
Anthony Wayne “Tony” Herrmann was born August 28, 1958 to Bobby Leonard and Della Jean Todd Herrmann. He spent his early life in the Cahone and Pleasant View area. His dad was a farmer and Tony started driving a tractor and working in the field when he was just six years old. As a young man he developed a love...
Donna Mae Werner Petersen passed away on Saturday, 25 May 2019, at the age of 78. She lived in Mancos, CO with husband Raymond J Petersen. Donna was born on 9 March 1941 in Chicago, Illinois to Harry Philip Werner and Eleanor Lucille Gierke Werner. She had one sister, Diane Werner Brouhle. At the age of 7, Donna and her...
Eddie Eugene ‘Ed’ Mathies was born March 15, 1936 in Walsh, CO the son of Don and Dorothy Louise (Dickey) Mathies. He passed away on Monday, May 20, 2019 at his residence in Dolores, CO at the age of 83. Surviving Ed are his siblings, Nellie Mathies of Lewis, CO, Walter Mathies (Carolyn) of Cortez, CO, and Stanley Mathies of...
Chris (Tova) Velasquez passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019. He was born October 5, 1928 to Celestino and Cleofas (Valerio) Valesquez. Chris had many brothers and sisters and one surviving brother, Michael. Chris married Angelica (Lica). Together they had six children, Tony, (Loretta) David, Stella (Larry), Tammy (Mark/Gina), Paul and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Chris loved hunting, fishing, riding...
LOUISE LENA LUCERO 1946-2019 Louise Lena Lucero passed away Friday, May 17, 2019 at age 72 surrounded by family after an arduous battle with cancer. Louise was born December 26, 1946 to David Gonzales and Tillie Gonzales (Anaya) in Durango, Colorado. Louise spent the majority of her adult life in the Durango and Ignacio area but in recent years resided...
Montezuma County resident Robert (Bob) Blackwell passed away May 16, 2019 at his home surrounded by his four living sons, Steve, Glen, Robin and Russell. Bob was born in Wasco, California on July 31, 1927. He was 91 years old. Bob was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mary. Three of his sons live in Cortez and...
Leroy Eugene Johnson was born July 31, 1949 in Pueblo, CO the son of Charles Byron and Leona (Thomason) Johnson. He passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the VA Hospital in Grand Junction, CO at the age of 69. Leroy was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Surviving Leroy are his mother, Leona Oles of Pueblo, CO; his children,...
Phyllis Kay Mollohan was born December 14, 1942 in Herford, TX the daughter of Edward Odell and Winnie Rose (Hughes) Ward. She passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at her residence at the age of 76. Surviving Phyllis are her son, David Epley of Cortez, CO; her grandchildren, Christy Poff of Cortez, CO, Brittony Epley of Aztec, NM, Holly...
Funeral services for Dove Creek resident Charles Lester ‘Chub’ Myers will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2019 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor David Polhamus will officiate. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. at the church preceding the service. Charles Lester (Chub) Myers was born May...
Memorial services for Dolores resident Lloyd Eugene “Buff” Flanagan will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Military Honors will be presented by the Veterans of Montezuma County. Buff was born March 12, 1951 in Cortez, CO the son of Lloyd Edwin and Edith Elaine (Martin) Flanagan. He passed...
Patrick Thomas ‘Pat’ Goddard was born April 28, 1956 in Manhattan, KS the son of Jack Olen and Mary JoAnn (Weirauch) Goddard. He passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019 along with his dog Poodles, his best friend, at his residence in Cortez, CO at the age of 63. Pat loved his dog Poodles, loved to ride his motorcycle and...
William Louis Brockly II was born November 12, 1966 in Durango, CO the son of William Louis and Hulda (Maiden) Brockly. He passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019 in Cortez, CO. Surviving William are his children, Crystina Laffin of Lawton, OK, Brian Brockly of Columbus, OH, Sarah Hart of Lawton, OK; his granddaughter, Penelope Laffin of Lawton, OK; and...
AMANDA “MAE” & CLARENCE “CAL” RICKEL Amanda Mae (Blair) Rickel was born June 22, 1923 in Oklahoma the daughter of Jake Alvie and Mary Sue (Brown) Blair. She passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019 at her residence at the age of 95. Clarence John Rickel was born December 1, 1919 in North Dakota the son of Clarence Earl and...
GEORGE ALBERT OLSEN Funeral services for Farmington, N.M. resident and previous Cortez resident George Albert Olsen will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. George was born July 4, 1930 in Kansas the son of Carl and Elsie (Richardson) Olsen. He passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019...
Georgiann “Jan” Foster, age 70, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2019 at her home in Dove Creek, Colorado. Jan was born on October 7, 1948 in San Diego, California, the daughter of George and Anna Clark. Jan was a loving and devoted wife, daughter, mother and friend. She loved the sun and spent many summers on the Colorado River...
Betty Jane Springmeyer was born February 22, 1930 in Mansfield, OH the daughter of Fred and Bertha Zimmerman. She passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at the Velley Inn in Mancos, CO at the age of 89. Surviving Betty are her daughter, Dawn Wilson (Don) of Dove Creek, CO; her step children; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Betty...
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