Obituaries

Oct 30, 2015

LEETTA IRENE REED Funeral services for LeEtta Irene Reed, a lifelong resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. LeEtta, 75, died on October 30, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center, Durango. LeEtta was born on April 24, 1940 in...

Oct 27, 2015

Graveside Inurnment Service for lifelong Dove Creek resident, Irma Donetta Weed, will be held Thursday, November 5 at 10 a.m. at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Mark Coffey will officiate. Donetta, 85, died on October 27, 2015 at Vista Grande Inn, Cortez. Irma Donetta Nelson made her grand appearance to Luther and Gladys Nelson on January 21, 1930 in Denver, Colo....

Oct 26, 2015

Graveside services for 20 year Cortez resident, Dr. Howard R. Beard, will be scheduled at Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Kan. Dr. Howard R. Beard died October 26, 2015 at Vista Grande Nursing Home. Dr. Beard was a chiropractic physician practicing in Topeka, Kan. for 17 years. At the end of that time; at the age of 47 years he sold his...

Oct 26, 2015

Funeral service for Lora Joann Sanchez, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jeff McDonell will officiate. Viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday evening at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lora Joann Sanchez was born April 18,...

Oct 24, 2015

Dani Elaine Miller Green, of Cortez, was born on June 19, 1968 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Walter and Marion Doty Henke. Dani passed away in Cortez at the age of 47. Cremation has been requested with no local services planned at this time.

Oct 20, 2015

James Jesse "Jim" Bernack was born April 17, 1946 in Billings, Mont. the son of Frank John and Elsie Pauline (Baesler) Bernack. He passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at his Cortez residence at the age of 69. On December 7, 1987, Jim married Judy Maxine Coureton in Cortez. Jim served for two years in the United States Army,...

Oct 17, 2015

Graveside services for long-time Cortez resident, Willie Ann (Carver) Leonard, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24 at Cortez Cemetery. Willie, 98, passed away Saturday, October 17 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, Washington. She was born in Esbon, Kansas, on April 18, 1917, to Andrew Jefferson and Florence Elizabeth (Cox) Carver. Willie moved to southwestern Colorado...

Oct 17, 2015

ESTHER DRAPER Memorial services for Esther Draper will be held at a later date in Greeley, Colo. Esther was born June 1, 1910 in Peckham, Colo. the daughter of William and Rosetta (Odell) Carroll. She passed away on October 17, 2015 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 105. Esther Carroll married Edward W....

Oct 16, 2015

Michael Arron Ellis Nelson was born to Michael Jay Nelson and Shelley Merlene Hall Hageman on June 23, 1974 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He passed away in his home in Cortez, Colorado on October 16th, 2015. Arron was preceeded in death by his Grandma Opal and Grandpa Pete Nelson, his Grandma Wanda Penrod and Uncle Gary...

Oct 10, 2015

ELLEN PAQUIN Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Mancos resident Ellen Paquin will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 16 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset and Bishop Del Coppinger will co-officiate. Ellen was born December 31, 1936 in Durango, Colo. the daughter of Voscoe and Myrtle (Fielding) Burnham. She passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at...

Oct 9, 2015

Jerre Alden Frautschy 1932-2015 The son of Ray and Lois Frautschy of Sycamore IL, Jerre was born on June 23, 1932. Jerre has three sisters, Kay (Vernon) Pierce (Johnston, IA), Polly (Dick) Carter (Powers Lake, WI), and Linda (Bob) Sherman (Fontana, WI). As a youngster and teenager, he enjoyed fishing, especially with his grandfather Ollie Brown. He had a deep...

Oct 9, 2015

Inurnment services for Jerre Alden Frautschy will be held at a later date at National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. Jerre was born June 23, 1932 in Dekalb, Ill. the son of Ray Clifford and Lois Kathryn (Brown) Frautschy. He passed away on October 9, 2015 at his daughter's residence in Durango. Jerre married Joan Kathryn Shortt on August 27, 1955...

Oct 8, 2015

DALE DEAN PETERMAN Memorial services for Dale Dean Peterman, 53 year resident of Cortez, will be held on Wednesday, October 14 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 12 from 5 pm until 7 pm at the funeral home. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Dale was born...

Oct 7, 2015

A Celebration of Life for Steven Eugene "Steve" Steele, Cortez resident since 1969, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 11 at Steve and Lyla's residence, 7060 Road 22.6, Cortez. All of Stevie's friends and family are welcome. Steve was born October 11, 1955 in Sherman, Tex., the son of Bill Eugene and Barbara Lynette (Renfroe) Steele. He...

Oct 5, 2015

Oct 3, 2015

Funeral services for Betty Lou Waterman, former area resident, will be held on Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Betty was born on December 2, 1926 in Frederick, Oka. the daughter of William Earl and Orpha Hazel...

Oct 3, 2015

CHRISTINE JOY "CHRIS" TRENTMAN Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez resident Christine Joy "Chris" Trentman will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 16 at Cortez Cemetery. Chris was born July 12, 1944 in Kensington, England the daughter of Malcolm and Dorothy (Bennett) Womack Bennett. She passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at her daughter's residence in San...

Sep 27, 2015

LINDA JOYCE (THORPE) MCWILLIAMS Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident Linda Joyce (Thorpe) McWilliams will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 3 at Cortez Cemetery. Linda was born on August 28, 1952 in Cortez the daughter of Henry and Letta Ellen (Scammahorn) Thorpe. She passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the...

Sep 22, 2015

JEANETTE DAVES Memorial services for Jeanette Daves will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. A reception and celebration of Jeanette's life will follow the service at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Jeanette was born December 16, 1937 in the Lakeview, Colo. community. She was the daughter of Harry and...

Sep 20, 2015

MAUDIE "JEAN" STOLZ Memorial services for Maudie "Jean" Stolz a resident of Dolores will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. An inurnment will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 5 at the Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Kansas. Jean...