Joe Beletso

JOE BELETSO Funeral services for lifelong Montezuma Creek, Utah resident, Joe Beletso will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Calvary Baptist Church of Montezuma Creek. Pastor Kenneth Norton will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Hot Springs Family Cemetery near Montezuma Creek. Joe was born on November 14, 1910 in Montezuma Creek to Nakai Hosteen and Ason (Yazzie) Hosteen. He passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos at the age of 93. Hunting, ranching, and breaking horses were favorite pastimes of Joe’s. He also enjoyed being around stock. Joe was a well known and respected rancher throughout the area as well as at the Cortez Livestock Auction. Surviving Joe are his children, Stanley Joe Beletso and wife, Emma Jean of Cahone Mesa, Bessie Beletso of Cortez, Marie Beletso of Montezuma Creek, and Nelson Beletso and wife, Marie of Montezuma Creek; as well as numerous grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Minnie (Nakia) Beletso; his daughter, Marene Begay; and his two sons, Ramond Joe Beletso, and Henry Joe Beletso. Memorial contributions can be made in Joe’s memory at Citizen’s State Bank in Cortez.