Obituaries

Nov 27, 2018

Graveside services for Grants, N.M. resident Dwight Alan Halls will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 7 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Dwight was born August 16, 1976 in Durango, Colo. the son of W. Keith and Peggy (Walton) Halls. He passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his residence at the age of 42. Surviving Dwight are...

Nov 27, 2018

Mary Louise White Snyder, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother returned home to heaven this week. She was 88 years old. She was born June 17, 1930 to Alfonzo Giles White and Sarah Vail Clement White in Duchesne, Utah. She was the second oldest of eight children. She passed away November 27, 2018 in Cortez, Colorado Mary had...

Nov 26, 2018

Graveside services for Donald Eugene “Skeet” Clemensen will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A memorial service will follow from 3 – 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Skeet, 89 died November 26, 2018 at his home in Haviland, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1929 in Haviland. He graduated from Haviland...

Nov 23, 2018

Funeral Services for Towaoc resident Wayne Earl Percillano Adams will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2018 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Terry Knight will officiate. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 – 6 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Wayne was born October...

Nov 23, 2018

Graveside services for Dolores resident Harold Richard Umberger will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Linley Leonard will officiate. Military Honors will be conducted by the Veterans of Montezuma County. Harold was born February 24, 1942 in Garden City, Kansas the son of Dave and Ila Margaret (Ball) Umberger. He passed...

Nov 23, 2018

Nov 23, 2018

Lifelong Yellow Jacket resident Dorothy Hayes Chaffin was born February 5, 1928 in Mancos, Colorado the daughter of Arthur R. and Eva (Rutherford) Hayes. She passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at her residence at the age of 90. Dorothy married Jerry J. Chaffin on January 18, 1948 in Mancos, Colorado. She was a 4-H Leader, and a member...

Nov 21, 2018

Betty J. Hollen died November 21, 2018 at Vista Grande Nursing Home. She was married to Junior Hollen for 61 years. Surviving Betty are her son, Clay Hollen (Pixie) of Pleasant View, CO; her daughter, Tanya Richey (John) of Pleasant View, CO; and her grandchildren, Drew Hollen (Gina), Aaron Hollen and Casey Richey (Karen). She was preceded in death by...

Nov 20, 2018

Gary Allen Donahoo was born January 15, 1948 in Buffalo, Wyoming the son of Harold Martin and Betty Jane (Keller) Donahoo. He passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at his residence at the age of 70. Surviving Gary are his mother, Betty Donahoo of Cortez, CO; his daughter, Lanea Donahoo of Taos, NM; his brother, Dick Donahoo (Paula) of...

Nov 15, 2018

Bobby Lowe Cowan Sr., born to Alex and Vivian (Lowe) Cowan, went home to be with Jesus on November 15, 2018 at the age of 85. Bob was born on September 27, 1933 in Monroe, Louisiana and grew up in Georgetown, Mississippi. He enjoyed spending time with his Grandpa Ira, often working with him in his sawmill. In high school,...

Nov 14, 2018

Memorial Services for Mancos resident Leslie D. Feast will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Mancos Methodist Church. Leslie was born November 7, 1961 in Palm Springs, California the daughter of Cleland Nelson and JoDell (Vance) Feast II. She passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at her residence at the age of 57. Surviving...

Nov 12, 2018

People come and go, and our time on earth is borrowed from a being greater than all of us. We do not have a say on when, how, or why we go because individual time frames have been selected for us that we cannot comprehend. Regardless of the circumstances, we are bound to leave a mark in other people’s worlds...

Nov 11, 2018

Roger Dean Rogers was born May 18, 1962 in Jacksonville, Florida the son of Roger Virgil and Janice (Watkins) Rogers. He passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at his home in Dolores at the age of 56. Surviving Dean are his mother, Janice Rogers of Virginia; his wife, JoAnn Rogers of Dolores, CO; his children, Nina Rogers of Florida,...

Nov 11, 2018

Emily Jean Holder was born February 4, 1948 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Robert Lee and Obretta (Price) Morton. She passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 70. Surviving Emily are her two sons, Damion and Joshua Holder, both of Cortez; her sister, Nanomba Hargrave of New Mexico, four grandchildren...

Nov 9, 2018

JAMES “CHEII” JIM Funeral services for James “Cheii” Jim will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14 at Cahone Mesa Church. Burial will follow at Jim Hataley Family Cemetery. Cheii was born November 22, 1912 in Bluff, Utah the son of Jim Hataley and Susie Nakai dine bitsii. He passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018 at his...

Nov 5, 2018

Funeral services for Cortez resident Jean Gallegos will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 9, 2018 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Visitation will take place at the end of the service. Pastor Jeff McDonell will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Jean Gallegos was born on August 11, 1940 to Eulegio Jose and Sorida Delgado (Montano)...

Nov 4, 2018

Graveside services for Cortez resident Richard Alex Fedishen will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Lewis Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Memorial will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Richard was born June 29, 1956 in Boonton, New Jersey the son of William Basil and Janet (Snelling)...

Nov 4, 2018

Funeral services for Cortez resident Curtis Truemon Ferguson will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 9, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held at the end of the service. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Curtis was born May 21, 1926 in Ellington, Missouri the son of Arthur Vernon and Elva Marie (Goforth) Ferguson. He passed...

Oct 31, 2018

Billy Ray Polston was born December 13, 1932, in Shreveport, Louisiana the son of Vernon Claude Godwin and Lucy Polston. He passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at his residence at the age of 85. Billy married Doris Camp April 7, 2006 in Farmington, New Mexico. He was a longstanding member of ECV, The Ancient and Honorable Order of...

Oct 27, 2018

Kathryn ‘Cathy’ Sue Pinnella was born May 31, 1941 in Long Island, New York, the daughter of Paul and Reina (Goldfish) Davis. She passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 77. Surviving Cathy are her sons, Steven Pinnella of Minnesota, and Michael Pinnella of Florida; and her siblings, Mitchell Davis...