Obituaries

Apr 7, 2017

MARGARET POTTER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Margaret Potter will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Margaret, 102, left this earthly plane on April 7, 2017. She and her husband, George moved to Cortez in 1950 and stayed. She is survived...

Apr 7, 2017

JASPER ARKLUS "ARKIE" BROWNING J.A. Browning went home to be with his loving wife of 69 years, Laura Browning, who passed on October 4, 2013 and his son, James who passed on November 7, 1965. He died peacefully in sleep with his close friend and "granddaughter" Jill Larson by his side. Arkie loved his family, life and trap shooting. He...

Apr 4, 2017

Carol Lynn Majors, longtime resident of Dolores, passed away April 4, 2017 at the age of 78. Carol was the born August 18, 1938 to A.E. and Francis Calhoon in Elkhart, Kan. After graduation from Grand Junction High School, Carol attended Mesa College where she met her husband, Don. Upon Don's graduation from college the couple returned to Don's hometown...

Apr 4, 2017

DONNA LEE (HARRELSON) GRAVES Donna Lee (Harrelson) Graves came into this world on April 20, 1942 in Farmington, N.M. to Floyd and Sadie (Phillips) Harrelson and parted to soon on Monday night, April 3, 2017 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. Donna brightened the lives of everyone she met, she knew no stranger. She was always chatty and loved to...

Apr 2, 2017

Brian Layne Leffel was born to Layne and Helen (Maestas) Leffel on April 1, 1979 in Cortez, Colo. Brian leaves behind his parents, Layne and Helen Leffel; his sister, Denise Sanchez her husband, Shane and their daughter, Sam; and his two very much loved dogs, Simba and MoNo. Also surviving Brian are his two grandmothers, Fern Maestas of Cortez, and...

Apr 2, 2017

Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident Steven Donald Haley will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 7 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Cortez. Inurnment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Steve was born on October 9, 1935 in Durango, the son of Jesse LeRoy and Letitia Ann (Lane) Haley. He passed away on Sunday, April 2,...

Mar 25, 2017

RAMONA SMALL Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Ramona Small will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 at Cortez Cemetery. Ramona was born March 26, 1929 in Buhl, Idaho the daughter of Arthur B. and Bessie Julia (Grimm) Fairchild. She passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at the age of...

Mar 23, 2017

Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Chester Cemore "Chet" Leonard will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29 at Goodman Point Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Chet was born July 21, 1942 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Linley Franklin and Willie Ann (Carver) Leonard. He passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2017 at the Vista Grande...

Mar 23, 2017

Mar 22, 2017

MARY ANN PICKENS Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, Mary Ann Pickens will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary Ann Pickens, age 72, passed away at her home peacefully with family by her side on March 22, 2017 in Mancos, Colorado. Born February 13, 1945, in Magee, Mississippi to James Layvon (Smitty)...

Mar 22, 2017

Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Wilson Hamlin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Wilson Hamlin was born to Joe Hamlin and Eva Mills on May 28, 1942 in Towaoc,...

Mar 20, 2017

HERBERT HOOVER "RED" POOLE Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Herbert Hoover "Red" Poole will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 27 at the Dove Creek First Southern Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Coffey officiating. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday morning beginning at 10 a.m. at the First Southern Baptist...

Mar 18, 2017

CURTIS DEAN "KOJACK" LONEBEAR Funeral services for longtime Towaoc resident Curtis Dean "Kojack" Lonebear will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Armond Accuttoroop will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A wake has been scheduled at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the family home at 332 Chipeta Circle in Towaoc....

Mar 18, 2017

ERICK WAYNE HURLEY Erick Wayne Hurley was born October 17, 1985 in Cortez, Colo. the only child of Stan and Carol Hurley, he was a gift from God. Erick attended Lewis-Arriola Elementary School where he made life-long friends and graduated from M.C.H.S. in 2004. At Mesa State College, Erick earned an electric line worker certificate. Whether he worked as a...

Mar 14, 2017

Leslie Dale Slavens was born to Edward Dale and Viola Elaine (Selbe) Slavens on October 12, 1947 in Johnson Hospital in Cortez. Les is survived by his wife, Sandra A. Slavens of Cortez and daughter, Karla Robson of Dolores, her children, Joshua and Rachel, Crystal and Billy, and her eight grandchildren, of Cortez; and by his sister-in-law, Tammy "T" Helland...

Mar 13, 2017

MARJORIE ANN COPPINGER Funeral services for Marjorie Ann Coppinger will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Bud Rousset will officiate. Visitation has been schedule Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Marjorie was the 3rd child of B and Helen Slade. She...

Mar 8, 2017

HELEN ARLENE DIFFENDAFFER Helen Arlene Diffendaffer was born November, 17 1921 in Pueblo, Colo. the daughter of Harold Hugh Hamilton and Gladys (Fisher) Hamilton. She passed away on March 8, 2017 at Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 95. Surviving Helen are her children, Gary Diffendaffer (Linda) of Cortez, and Gordon Diffendaffer (Nancy) of Chino Valley, Arizona; and...

Mar 5, 2017

ELOISE LYREE JAMES Eloise Lyree James was born March 20, 1938 in Cortez, the daughter of Claud and Jewel (Stanford) Maslen. She passed away on March 5, 2017 at The Valley Inn at the age of 78. A visitation is scheduled for Wednesday March 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Eloise was an excellent cook and...

Mar 4, 2017

MARY JO ROUNDTREE Mary Jo Roundtree was born July 11, 1927 in Marlow, Okla. the daughter of Ernest Montgomery and Lizzy Dell (Rainey) Luttrell. She passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her residence at the age of 89. Surviving Mary Jo are her children, Melvina Sperle of Dolores, Linnie Graves (Don) of Old Town, Idaho, Wesley L. Roundtree...

Mar 3, 2017

PHYLLIS LORRAINE TODD Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Phyllis Lorraine Todd will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7 at Ertel Funeral Home. Interment will take place at the Lewis Cemetery. Mr Raymond Boyd will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Phyllis was born March 15, 1924 in...