Jimmy Lemuel Mcdonald
Jul 7, 2018
Funeral services for Jimmy Lemuel McDonald will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Jimmy was born November 26, 1962 in Cortez, Colorado, the son of Joe Joy and Uel Faith (Carver) McDonald. He passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the age of 55. Jimmy...
Adrian House Price
Jul 7, 2018
Funeral services for Adrian House Price will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Linda Lopez will officiate. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Adrian was born on June 15, 1974 in Cortez, Colorado, the son of Dorothy (House) and Melvin Price. He passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital...
Laurna Gray
Jul 6, 2018
Laurna Gray was born on March 20, 1946 in Magna, UT to Cleo (Dalton) and James David Buck. Laurna passed away July 6, 2018 at her residence in Montezuma County at the age of 72. Laurna enjoyed camping, cooking crocheting and needlework. Her children and grandchildren were her pride and joy. And now she is with the love of her...
Louise Bedini
Jul 4, 2018
Louise Bedini was born on September 29, 1921 in Highwood, Illinois to Jeanette (Dare) and Antone Bedini. Louise passed away July 4, 2018 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez, CO at the age of 96. Louise was a longtime member of the Bahai faith. She was an avid artist who enjoyed painting and also had a beautiful voice. Louise loved...
James Holden Phillips, Jr.
Jun 23, 2018
James Holden Phillips, Jr., 91, a remarkable man, found his peace in God and entered heaven on June 23, 2018 from his Bandon, OR home. Jim (to his friends) was born to First Lieutenant James Holden, Sr., and Mary Ethel on December 16, 1926, at the home of his maternal grandmother in Colorado Springs, CO. He was appointed to West...
Kenneth Eugene Williams
Jun 17, 2018
Kenneth Eugene Williams was born to Minnie Estelle Jones Williams and William Garland Williams on March 23, 1942 in Snowcamp, NC. He was one of 10 children. As a child Kenny ran with his six brothers, doing the usual boy stuff, skipping school and getting into trouble, sneaking off to swim, fish or hunt squirrels; when they were supposed to...
Judith Faye Leavell
Jun 16, 2018
Judith Faye (Braun) Leavell, age 68 of Cortez, passed away unexpectedly on June 16, 2018 at Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez, Colorado. Judith was born on August 7, 1949 in Dickinson, North Dakota. Judith is one of six children. Judith is survived by her husband Donnie Leavell; her brother Kenneth Braun (and his wife Denise); sisters Audrey Smith (and...
Harriet Lucille Cox
Jun 15, 2018
Harriet Lucille (Longenbaugh) Cox, age 80 of North Logan, passed away unexpectedly on June 15, 2018 in Logan, Utah. Born on June 8, 1938 in Durango, Colorado, Harriet is predeceased by her parents Frances M. and Harry L. Longenbaugh and her husband Ernest Hoot E. Cox. She is survived by her brother Robert L. Longenbaugh (and his wife Lale), daughter...
Eugene Victor Small
Jun 13, 2018
Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Eugene Victor Small will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 16 at Cortez Cemetery. Eugene was born January 30, 1922 in Dolores, Colorado the son of Benjamin Franklin and Luyza (Tibbits) Small. He passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at the age of 96. Surviving...
Gustava Loteena "Gussie" Gift
Jun 13, 2018
Gustava Loteena Stanford Gift was born the 9th child to Tom Stanford and Ida Simmons Stanford. She was born on her mothers birthday, July 27, 1923 in Oklahoma where she lived her first five years. Her family moved to Colorado in the spring of 1929. She started school in Arriola and then later moved to Cahone and attended high school...
Sami Katelyn Sparks
Jun 8, 2018
Memorial Mass for Lewis resident Sami Katelyn Sparks will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 15 at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church. A Rosary will be held on Thursday, June 14th at the church from 6 - 7 p.m. Cremation will follow the Rosary. Sami passed away June 8, 2018 at the age of 18 in Cortez. Sami...
Jackson Johnson Lee Sr
Jun 7, 2018
Memorial services for Cortez resident Jackson Johnson Lee Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Jackson passed away on June 7, 2018 at the age of 70 in Montezuma County. Jackson was born in Rico, Colorado on February 11, 1948 to parents Jack Sr. and Evelyn...
Mariea Ann Rivera
Jun 7, 2018
Mariea Ann Rivera was born September 2nd 1962 to Achilles Eugene Root and Rose Marie Bancroft. The oldest of her siblings she spent the earliest years of her life with her biological parents before being adopted by Sophie Stevenson, the woman who she would call Mom for the rest of her life. She grew up in Mancos, Colorado, in a...
Jessie Nolan Carter
Jun 7, 2018
Graveside services with Military Honors for Cortez resident Jessie Nolan Carter will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 11 at Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jessie passed away June 7, 2018 at his residence in Cortez at the age of 101. Jessie was...
Leslie Marcel (Jake) Jacobsen
Jun 6, 2018
Memorial services for Cortez resident Leslie Marcel Jake Jacobsen will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jake passed away June 6, 2018 at his residence in Cortez at the age of 71. Jake was born in St. George, UT on October 13, 1946 to parents Marcel and Irene (Farnsworth) Jacobsen. Jake is survived...
Ross Elbert Wright
Jun 5, 2018
Ross Elbert Wright, 94, of Cortez, Colorado, passed away June 5, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital with his wife, Donna, and daughter, Alicia, by his side. Ross was born in McPherson, KS on January 19, 1924 to Ray and Grace Wright. After graduating from McPherson High, Ross was hired on a sheetrocking crew in Parsons, Kansas where he met his...
John Howard Glazner
Jun 4, 2018
West of Cahone, Colorado existed a small homestead, home of Fletch and Winnie Glazner. It was a site of hard work, clearing ground and farming dryland pinto beans and wheat. Three children already formed this precious family, but November 28, 1931, there was the birth of a special child. His name was John but was known affectionately as Johnny to...
Harriet Johnson Durand
Jun 2, 2018
Harriet Viola Durand was born May 31, 1928 in Buffalo, WY and passed away June 2, 2018 at Madison House Assisted Living in Cortez, CO. Harriet passed away two days after her 90th birthday. Harriet is preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Nettie Johnson; her brother, Charles; her dear friend, Pat Durand; her son, Lee; and two grandsons,...
Larry Lynn Larsen
May 30, 2018
Larry Lynn Larsen, a resident of Cortez since 1988, passed away Wednesday, May 30, at 12:15 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Durango where he was an I.C.U. patient for about one week. He died from multiple internal organ failure, after removal of life support systems, as was his wish. Larry led a very complex and satisfying life. Born in...
Donna Hare Hyatt
May 29, 2018
Donna Hare Hyatt, 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. She was born in Santa Ana, Calif. to Marquise and Fountell Hara (deceased) on November 19, 1934. Donna retired from White Sands Missile Range in Las Cruces, N.M. She spent 27 years in the Atmospheric Science Laboratory. Donna started her career in Tooele County Utah at Dugway Proving...
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