Obituaries

Dec 8, 2017

Roberta Irene Gardner Williams was born January 07, 1944 in Cortez, CO to Robert H. and Marguerite Thomas Gardner. She passed from this life on the morning of December 08, 2017 at her home in rural Cortez. She is survived by her husband: Kenneth E. Williams. Her daughters: Susan L. Pernote (Joel) and Sandra K. Wall (Frank), as well as...

Dec 6, 2017

Dixie Rutherford Sturman passed away December 6, 2017 at Southwest Memorial Hospital, after a long and happy life. Dixie was born at the family home in Lewis, Colorado on June 27, 1924, and was a lifelong resident of Montezuma County, leaving only for nurses training during WW2 (although she graduated just weeks before the war ended), and working four years...

Dec 6, 2017

WALTER CALVIN SITTON Walter Calvin Sitton was born to Clyde and Iva Sitton on February 3, 1934 in Zafra, Oklahoma. He passed away in his home on December 6, 2017. In 1946, when Walter was 12, his parents were baptized in the Church of the First Born and relocated their family to Cortez where the church is located. Walter was...

Nov 28, 2017

JEANETTE EVE SUMMA Funeral services for long time area resident Jeanette Eve Summa will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday December 2, 2017 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Jeanette was born March 28, 1944 in Bacito, N.M. the daughter of Hugh John and Lillie Mae Benally. She passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017...

Nov 21, 2017

Jessica Sutch was born April 18, 1978 to Debby (Sharp) and Tom Sutch in American Fork, Utah. She grew up in Cortez graduating from MCHS. She went on to obtain her Associates Degree in Marine Sciences at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. Jessica lived in Phoenix for several years working with her Uncle Don in the insurance business. After...

Nov 19, 2017

RANDALL DEAN RANDY DAVES Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Randall Dean Randy Daves will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Randy was born April 28, 1956 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Willie Dick and Jeanette Amanda (Carlson) Daves. He passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at...

Nov 17, 2017

BARBARA MAXINE JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime area resident Barbara Maxine Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. Maxine was born March 4, 1928 in Yanush, Okla. the daughter of Hiram Hughston and Nora Alice (Sconce) Long. She passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at...

Nov 14, 2017

Nov 4, 2017

Carmelita Gallegos Archibeque passed away on November 4, 2017 in Cortez, CO at the age of 88. She passed peacefully at her home with family by her side. She was born on December 13, 1928 to Adolfo Gallegos and Eufemia Gurule Gallegos, in Cebolla, New Mexico. Her family moved from Cebolla, NM to Ignacio, CO and then to McPhee, CO...

Nov 3, 2017

Raymond Patterson Fosdick, Jr., 81 years old of Dove Creek, CO, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 3rd, 2017 surrounded by his wife and three children. Ray, respectfully known as Sir to most of the Dove Creek community, liked to drink beer, put his hands in his pockets, stamp his foot, laugh and tell stories. He was a man of...

Nov 2, 2017

Wilson, Larry Lawrence, 76 a resident of Cortez, Colo. and a former longtime resident of Springer, N.M. passed away unexpectedly on November 2, 2017. Larry is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughters, Monica (Steven) Steinberger of Cortez and Deborah (Alex) Romero of Alamogordo, N.M.; sister, Patricia Blotsky of Vale, S.D.; grandson, Michael (Ann) McCarty of Stillwater, Okla.; and granddaughters, Autumn...

Nov 2, 2017

BETTY ETHEL PORTER Betty Ethel Porter passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, November 2, 2017. She was 95 years of age. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Lucy Kelley; her siblings, Luther Kelley, Pete Kelley, Jewell Fenter, Mary Roberts, Gene Masters, and Pauline Hare; her husband, Charlie Porter; and her children, Emily Rose and...

Nov 1, 2017

SHIRLEY ANN KVASNICKA Memorial service and a potluck for lifelong Cortez resident Shirley Ann Kvasnicka will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Shirley was born August 15, 1946 in Cortez, Colo. the daughter of Victor Murdock and Elsie Florence (Wilson) Chaffin. She passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at...

Oct 30, 2017

FRANK JOSEPH SPORE Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Frank Joseph Spore will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service has been scheduled...

Oct 29, 2017

Billy Roy Steele was born October 22, 1984 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Steven Eugene and Lyla Jean (Cox) Steele. He passed away on Sunday, October 29 2017 in Grand Junction, Colorado at the age of 33. Surviving Billy are his wife, Jessa Lynn Olsen of Meeker; his daughter, Alexia Isabelle Steel of Des Moines, Iowa; his mom, Lyla...

Oct 25, 2017

LETITIA LYNELLE PIOCHE Funeral services for Letitia Lynelle Pioche of Farmington N.M will be held at 10:00am Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Letitia was born May 31, 1973 in Cortez, Colo. the daughter of David Johnson Lee and Marita (Benson) Lee. She passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at her residence in Farmington, N.M. at the age...

Oct 21, 2017

John Wing Jr., 79, of Towaoc, died October 20, 2017 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. He was born October 9, 1938. He is Survived by his children, Glynis and Norman Wall, Jana Mills, David Wing and Charlene Benally; and by his sister Carol Jean Wing. John was a burnot ranger for the Ute Mountain Tribe. He was appointed...

Oct 17, 2017

June Iralee Bertram was born on June 16, 1935 at Old Ackman, CO to Robin and Marie Hollen. She passed away at her home in Dolores, CO on October 17, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward H. Burris; her brothers, Howard Hollen and Junior Hollen; her sisters, Roberta Hollen, Jean Hollen, Ruth Dewell, and Waneta Martin;...

Oct 17, 2017

Maria Audilia Lela Martinez went to be with our Lord on October 17, 2017 in Boerne, TX. She was surrounded by loved ones and went peacefully without pain. Maria was born in Ensenada, NM to Manuel Valdez and Josefa Martinez Valdez on 8 July 1926. Maria was one of 10 children. She endured many hardships such as losing her father...

Oct 16, 2017

Jackie Calhoun Nelson Jackie Calhoun Nelson of Bayfield, Co passed away unexpectedly in her home on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the young age of 50. Jackie is survived by her father Clearance Calhoun of Cortez, Co. As well as many siblings. Laurie(Calhoun) Winemiller, Clancy and Charlotte Calhoun of Aztec, NM, Sarah(Calhoun) and Don Miller of Cortez, Co, Jenny(Calhoun) Nichols...