Obituaries

Helen Charlieen Patton

Helen Charlieen Patton

Sep 4, 2017

HELEN CHARLIEEN PATTON Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Helen Charlieen Patton will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 9 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Charlieen was born November 6, 1931 in Cortez the daughter of Stephen Charlie and Myrtle Irene (Wright) Griffith. She passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at...

Helen Dolores Knight

Helen Dolores Knight

Sep 2, 2017

Dolores worked as a ranch wife and loved animals from childhood. She raised horses, cattle, sheep and chickens, loved her garden and flowers and raised many orphan animals. She also opened her hand and heart to anyone in need of a place to stay or advice. In her home, there was never a shortage of food at the table, whether...

Nancy  Ann Wiltgen

Nancy Ann Wiltgen

Sep 2, 2017

Nancy Ann Wiltgen was born on August 11, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois to Benjamin and Charlotte Michna. She passed away peacefully at home on Saturday September 2, 2017 at the age of 78. While living in Mundelein, Illinois she met her future husband Jerry and they were married September 9, 1961 and started their family by welcoming daughters Kathleen and...

Shirley Jean Fairbanks

Shirley Jean Fairbanks

Sep 2, 2017

SHIRLEY JEAN FAIRBANKS A memorial service for longtime Cortez resident, Shirley Jean Fairbanks will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Shirley was born April 23, 1935 in Tuskegee, Okla. the daughter of Elen and Opal Marcella (Gower) Cullum. She passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at her...

Orland Gene Hatch

Orland Gene Hatch

Sep 1, 2017

ORLAND GENE HATCH Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Orland Gene Hatch will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Orland was born December 3, 1959 in Cortez the son of Lewis Truman Hatch and...

Lindy Max Dicken

Lindy Max Dicken

Aug 26, 2017

Lindy Max Dicken was born December 6, 1929 in Oklahoma, the son of Clara (Bill) and John Paul Dicken. He passed away on August 26, 2017 at his residence in Dove Creek, Colorado at the age of 87. Surviving Max are his children Linda Tope (Jerry) of Dove Creek and Janelle Conklin (Ed) of Greeley, Colorado; and his granddaughter Selene...

Roberta Caroleen Whatley

Roberta Caroleen Whatley

Aug 26, 2017

Funeral services for Roberta Caroleen Whatley will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 1 at First Assembly of God Church. Pastor David M. Compton will officiate. Roberta was born September 28, 1940 in Lawrence, Utah the daughter of Vernon Bryan Nichols and Ocie Alma (Maurer) Nichols. She passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center...

Richard Emery Walter

Richard Emery Walter

Aug 18, 2017

Richard Emery Walter passed away at his home in Dolores on Friday August 18, 2017 at the age of 80. He leaves behind his beloved wife and soul mate of 61 years, Judith Anne (Gass) Walter. Born June 21, 1937 in Durango Colorado to Charles Walter and Carrie (Hunt) Walter. Richard was a lifelong resident in Southwestern Colorado living in...

Byron Kent Lively

Byron Kent Lively

Aug 15, 2017

Byron Kent Lively was born April 11, 1956 in Oregon the son of Dwaine and Marie (Witaker) Lively. He passed away on August 15, 2017 at his residence in Dolores, CO at the age of 61. Cremation has taken place and a service is pending. For further information please call Ertel Funeral Home at 565-3468 or log on to www.ertelfuneralhome.com...

Robert Dean Green

Robert Dean Green

Aug 14, 2017

Robert Dean Green was born on March 16, 1933 in Dolores, Co. to John Thurman and Roberta Green. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday August 14, 2017 at the age of 84. Robert graduated from MCHS as secretary of his class & a member of National Honor Society. Upon graduation he met and fell in love with...

William Bruce White

William Bruce White

Aug 13, 2017

William Bill Bruce White passed away peacefully at the Vista Grande Care facility in Cortez on August 13, 2017. Bill was born September 26, 1951, in Casper, Wyoming to Eli Clinton White and Louise Ann (Ort) White. After moving to Durango as a child, Bill completed all of his primary education in Durango graduating from Durango High School. After completing...

Jennie Hight Kuebler

Jennie Hight Kuebler

Aug 12, 2017

Jennie Hight Kuebler was born August 29, 1947 in Cortez, CO the daughter of Melissa (Leauders) and Jack Hight. She passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at St. Marys Hospital in Grand Junction, CO at the age of 69. Jennie is survived by her daughter, Norine Kuebler of Towaoc; grandchildren, Basil Silas Jr., Gabriel Silas, Ashley Silas, Judith Silas,...

Athena (Renee) Opal Rose (Annette) Sevon (Gallion)

Athena (Renee) Opal Rose (Annette) Sevon (Gallion)

Aug 12, 2017

Athena Opal Rose Sevon (Renee Annette Gallion), 56, of Dove Creek Colorado passed away on Saturday August 12, 2017. She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Jeffrey Sevon, two children, Zarah and Zakotah Sevon, her parents Lloyd and Bonnie Gallion, sister Barbara Burdick and brother Gary Gallion. A celebration of her life will be held on August 26th...

Richard Leo Gallavan Jr.

Richard Leo Gallavan Jr.

Aug 7, 2017

Richard Leo Gallavan passed away at his home in Egnar on Monday August 7, 2017 at the age of 83. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 47 years, Hazel (Davis) Gallavan. Born and raised in Durango Colorado, the son of Richard and Regina Gallavan. Richard was a lifelong resident in Southwestern Colorado living in Durango, Pagosa, Cortez and Egnar....

Genevieve Genny Wells

Genevieve Genny Wells

Jul 31, 2017

Our mother, Genevieve Ardis Wells left us on July 31, 2017 to rejoin our dad, her parents, brothers and sisters and many others she loved during her long life. She was born in Shawano, WI on October 3rd 1927 to John and Elba Hafferman. She spent her early childhood in Shawano but later moved to a dairy farm near Bowler,...

Anthony Lee Martinez

Anthony Lee Martinez

Jul 25, 2017

ANTHONY LEE MARTINEZ (TONY) Anthony Lee Martinez was born October 17, 1972 in Benton, AR, the son of Richard and Ann (Haile) Martinez. He passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 44. Surviving Tony are his father, Richard Martinez and step-mother, Merrilyn Martinez of Cortez; and his two sisters, Leann (Tom) Curtis...

Ben Pargin Watts Jr.

Ben Pargin Watts Jr.

Jul 23, 2017

BEN PARGIN WATTS JR. Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Ben Pargin Watts Jr., will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Ben was born the son of Ben Pargin Watts Sr. and...

Edith Lynne Jarmon

Edith Lynne Jarmon

Jul 14, 2017

EDITH LYNNE JARMON Memorial services for Edith Lynne Jarmon, 59 of Mancos will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 20 at Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 North Dolores Road, Cortez. Edith was born December 24, 1957 in Apple Valley, Calif., the daughter of Richard T. and Betty Marie (Wilson) Fogarty. She passed away at her home in Mancos on...

Rayola Eiman

Rayola Eiman

Jul 13, 2017

RAYOLA EIMAN Rayola Eiman was born May 15, 1931 in Shelley, Ida. the daughter of Samuel Ray Larsen and Lamar Jenny (Thompson) Eiman. She passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at her home in Cortez at the age of 86. On July 23, 1949 Rayola married Robert Harvey Eiman in Idaho. Later the couple moved to Cortez in 1970....

Vicki Lorriane Cugler

Vicki Lorriane Cugler

Jul 8, 2017

Vicki Lorraine Cugler, 70, passed away Saturday, July 08, 2017 at her home in Mancos CO. Vicki was born on April 19, 1947 in Salisbury, Maryland to the late John Clinton Niblet and Jane Outten Niblet. She married Walter G. Cugler on December 21, 1965. During her lifetime, she ran A furniture store and she was a care giver to...

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