Obituaries

Aug 24, 2018

Kyle Brandon Galyon passed away on Friday August 24, 2018 at the age of 30. He leaves behind his beloved wife and soul mate Amy ReNay along with his energetic and affectionate little girls Kambria Jewel and Kwinn Louise. Born February 12, 1988 to Kent and Cindy Galyon in Durango, Colorado. Kyle was such a good baby; Cindy always said...

Aug 24, 2018

Funeral services for Emily Irene Garchar will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Saint Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek, Colorado. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Emily was born June 21, 1926 in Cedar Point, Utah the daughter of Aldeberto and Margarita (Compagnoni) Semadeni. She passed away...

Aug 23, 2018

Annabell Archuleta, age 81, of Mancos, Colorado passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family in Durango, Colorado on Thursday, August 23, 2018. A rosary will be held at St Rita’s Catholic Church in Mancos on Monday, August 27, 2018 at 7 p.m. A funeral services will be held at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Mancos on Tuesday,...

Aug 23, 2018

George Franklin Salisbury was born February 22, 1933 in Mt. Harris, Colorado, the son of William Barney and Bertha Winnona (Johnson) Salisbury. He passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at his residence at the age of 85. Surviving George are his son, Duane Salisbury (Lynette) of Cortez, CO; his daughter, Georgia Yates (William) of Granite Falls, WA; his siblings,...

Aug 20, 2018

Geneva Ellen Bjorklund was born November 30, 1943 in Sulfur, Oklahoma. She passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 74. Geneva married her husband Bruce, September 18, 1971 in Reno, NV. She is survived by her husband, Bruce Bjorklund of Cortez, CO; her children, Bruce Bjorklund, Wes Hensley, Elisbeth Hild, and Wendy...

Aug 16, 2018

Thomas Howard Blackmer was born on April 4, 1951 to Frank Blackmer and Helen (Wheeler) Blackmer in Cortez, Colorado. He passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at his home in Arriola at the age of 67. Tom, or Tommy as he was always known to Sherrie, lived in Cortez until he was 8 and then he and his family...

Aug 11, 2018

Raymond Sanchez was born July 7, 1975 in Monticello, Utah. He passed away August 11, 2018 in Cortez, Colorado. Memorial mass will be held Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat will officiate. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A rosary will be held Friday, August 17, 2018 from 6-7 pm at the church....

Aug 10, 2018

Funeral services for Floyd “Stevie” Steven Hight will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor James Price Jr. and Rutherford Mills, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Stevie was born August 7, 1976 in Cortez, Colorado. He passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018 at the age of 42....

Aug 8, 2018

Albert English was born April 28, 1933 and passed away on August 8, 2018 at the age of 85. ”Bill” as he was known to everyone, was born in Spur, TX to Delbert and Mary Elva English. He was the second of twelve children, being the oldest son. He grew up in Dexter, NM. Bill married Edith Hinds and they...

Aug 7, 2018

Melisa Lynn Kennedy (Lisa), 52, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at her home in Dolores, Colorado after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was born October 1965 in Gunnison Colorado, the daughter of Morris and Mary Mewbourn. Lisa was raised and educated in Northglenn Colorado. After high school in 1984 she married her husband Phil Kennedy and soon after...

Aug 3, 2018

Henry C. James (Uncle Jim), born January 15, 1938 to Eldon and Thelma James. He was the youngest of five boys, so it did not take long to learn how to move fast and to stay out of the way. Henry enjoyed all sports; baseball, football and trail running. He could move fast when the other four boys were after...

Jul 25, 2018

Funeral services for Cortez resident MiKyon Sonny Nathan Begay will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Sonny was born January 16, 2002 in Cortez. He passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Aurora, CO at the age of 16. Surviving Sonny are his parents, Byron Nathan...

Jul 22, 2018

Jul 20, 2018

Memorial services for Robert Shorty Francis Gilpin will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Cortez Cemetery. Shorty was born April 10, 1934 in Ackman, Colorado the son of Eugene Albert and Grace Marie (Foster) Gilpin. He passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018 at his residence at the age of 84. Surviving Shorty are his...

Jul 19, 2018

Funeral services for lifelong Dove Creek resident David Kaye Allen will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, July 23, 2018 at Dove Creek Methodist Church. Pastor Teresa Adams will officiate. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. David was born November 28, 1923 in Idaho Springs, Colorado the son of Leslie Victor and Grace M. (Krout) Allen. He passed away...

Jul 19, 2018

David Wilson Allen was born May 4, 1936 in Webb City, Missouri to Roy Leslie and Beatrice Irene Wilson Allen. David and his parents moved back to Hotchkiss, Colorado shortly after his birth. He attended Lazear schools and graduated from Hotchkiss High School in 1954. He married Betty Jo Kirk and had two children, Nancy Allen and David Kirk Allen....

Jul 17, 2018

James Jim Edward Gagneaux, was born to Sarah (Boudreaux) and Romain Gagneaux on January 16, 1928 in a happy household and passed away on July 17, 2018 at the age of 90. Jim married Rena Naquin on December 11, 1945 and was blessed with four children. He was drafted into the Army in 1946 after World War II and was...

Jul 14, 2018

Graveside services for Michael Yazzie Begay will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 20, 2018 at Cortez Cemetery. Michael was born February 15, 1966 in Winslow, AZ the son of Mary Susie Billie and Yazzie Begay. He is of the Bitter Water clan, and related to Big Water Clan; His Grandparents Sam and Louise Billie of SebaDalkai, AZ....

Jul 12, 2018

Funeral services for Damion Lee Taylor will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Damion was born August 6, 2000 in Cortez, CO the son of Eileen Rose Hatch and Nathaniel Lee Taylor. He passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Childrens Hospital at the age...

Jul 11, 2018

Mr. Larry Paul Fury, son of the late Paul and Mary Elizabeth Fury was born February 20, 1940 in Cortez, Colorado. He was raised in Dove Creek, Colorado where he graduated from Dove Creek High School in 1958. He attended Mesa College on a football scholarship and then graduated Colorado State University 1962. Larry served his country in the United...