Tommy Beecher
Oct 9, 2025
Tommy was born on December 12, 1943 to South and Maggie Beecher. He passed away October 9, 2025 at home with loved one by his side.
A visitation will be held at Ertel Memorial Chapel and has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Tommy was a member of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe.
Gerald (Gary) Glen Chaffin
Oct 3, 2025
Gary Chaffin was born in Cortez, Colorado on February 3rd, 1945. He was one of 9 children for Victor and Elsie Chaffin. Gary passed away on October 3rd, 2025, at the age of 80.
Gary served as a gunner on a Huey helicopter in the US army for 2 years. While he served, he received 3 metals. He was always proud...
Dorthy Ruth Brown
Oct 2, 2025
Dorthy Ruth Brown, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and devoted servant of her faith, passed away peacefully at her home in Dolores, Colorado, on October 2, 2025.
Born on May 28, 1950, Dorthy lived a life filled with grace, creativity, and unwavering devotion to the people she loved and to her Savior. She was the cherished daughter of Dorthy Mozelle Jackson...
Mary Eileen Scott
Oct 2, 2025
Mary Eileen Scott, 84, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2025 just weeks after celebrating her birthday surrounded by her loving family in Mesa Az.
Mary was born and raised in Cortez Colorado, a place she proudly called home for most of her life. She was known for her warm heart and great cooking. She had a love of simple joys...
Edward Duane Sherman
Sep 20, 2025
Edward Duane Sherman of Cortez passed away on September 20, 2025, after battling cancer for just over two years. He was 73 years old.
Born on September 20, 1952, in San Rafael, CA, Duane was the son of Edward and Velma Sherman. The family lived in Southern California until 1980, when they relocated to Brighton, CO. In 2010, Duane moved to...
Stacy Lee Stramel
Sep 16, 2025
A funeral mass will be held for Stacy Lee Marrs Stramel at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 8 at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church in Cortez. A rosary will precede the mass at 9:30.
Stacy Lee Marrs was born on November 16, 1955 in Houston, Texas, the eldest of Shirley and Jack Marrs’ three children. She passed away on September...
Larry Henry Deremo
Sep 16, 2025
Lawrence “Larry” Deremo, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and community leader, passed away peacefully in his home in Dove Creek, Colorado, on September 16, 2025, at the age of 94.
Larry was born on June 6, 1931, in Elbert, Colorado, to Eloise and Clyde Deremo. In 1933, he moved with his parents and older brother Merrel to Egnar, Colorado, where the family...
Bill Eugene Porter
Sep 16, 2025
Bill left this world September 16, 2025, and went to be with the Lord, as he had striven for so many years, to get others to do.
Bill Porter was born May 27, 1941, just a 1/2-mile North of the Parkland Cemetery on the East side of the road, in a little shotgun house where his parents lived while share cropping...
Barbara Ann Garcia
Sep 14, 2025
Barbara Ann (Ainsworth) Garcia, 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado.
Born on January 9, 1941, Barbara was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She was married to Amador Garcia for 32 years and previously to Henry Dale Ainsworth for 39 years, father of her two daughters Dana Ainsworth Weyand...
Gary Dale King
Sep 11, 2025
Gary D. King was born July 22, 1943, the son of Dawn King and Roy King. He passed away September 11, 2025. Surviving Gary are his wife Betty and their son Tony. Gary was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Woody King.
Louisa Sandrina Warren
Sep 10, 2025
Louisa went to be with her beloved George and her Lord on September 10th, after battling dementia for years. She will be remembered by many for her easy smile and her love of children. She was an ordained Bishop having completed seminary at St. Brigid of Kildare, a branch of The New Order of Glastonbury.
She is survived by her sister,...
Mary Lou Tsosie
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral Services for Cortez resident Mary L. Tsosie will be held on September 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Ertel Funeral Home in Cortez, Colorado.
Mary was born on March 22,1950, in To` chi Ni lii, Arizona. She passed away in Shiprock, New Mexico at Northern Navajo Medical Center.
Surviving Mary are her children, Lee C. Tsosie of Cortez, CO. LeAndrea Yazzie...
Luella Doneskey
Sep 8, 2025
Ninety-five-year-old Luella Corrine Doneskey passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025, in Gilbert, Arizona. Luella was born in Ruthven, Iowa on August 6, 1930, to Edwin and Fern Nelson. After Luella graduated from the local high school, she studied at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. After graduation, she married Dr. Paul Doneskey in...
Karlita Ann Knight
Sep 6, 2025
Karlita Ann Knight was born on September 17, 1959 in Cortez, Colorado to Carl Knight and Virginia Root. She passed away with loved ones by her side on September 6, 2025 in Mandan, North Dakota.
A visitation will be held at Ertel Memorial Chapel on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. A funeral service will take place Thursday, September 11,...
Richard Eugene Sharp
Sep 3, 2025
A Celebration of Life will be held for Richard E. (Gene) Sharp Friday September 12th at 11 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military services will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Gene was born September 1, 1929, to Oliver Edison and Edna Alene (McCartney) Sharp at Miners Hospital in Silverton, Colorado. He passed away September 3rd, 2025, at his...
Mindy Jean Rosenbaugh
Aug 26, 2025
Mindy J. Rosenbaugh, of Cortez, Colorado, passed away on August 26, 2025, at Southwest Memorial Hospital.
Mindy Jean Rosenbaugh, beloved mother, wife, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 26, 2025, in her hometown of Cortez, Colorado, at the age of 69. Born on May 14, 1956, to Johnny and Kathy Hargrove (Hatch), Mindy’s life was a vibrant tapestry of...
Robert "Bob" Dale Elder
Aug 24, 2025
Dr. Robert “Bob” Elder passed away peacefully on August 24, 2025 at the age of 93. He is survived by his sons Stephen Elder (Jane) of Colorado Springs, Samuel Elder of Dodgeville, Wisconsin and Scot Elder (Brooke) of Dolores, Colorado; brother James Elder (Mary Ann) of Bernalillo New Mexico; granddaughters Emily Elder, Taylor Moore (Evan), Cameron Elder, Kit Elder, and...
Kenneth "Ken" Edward Geiger
Aug 21, 2025
On August 21st, my stepdad, Ken Geiger, closed his eyes for the last time. He fought valiantly against an unrelenting form of lymphoma that was extremely aggressive. While we are heartbroken, we take solace knowing he has been released from pain.
Ken was brilliant, funny, and generous. In his early career, he worked for Bectin, Dickinson, and Co. where he helped...
Patrick Charles Clark
Aug 19, 2025
Patrick Charles Clark was born July 22, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Kenny and Sally Hartman. He passed away August 19, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado at the age of 74. He was an avid outdoorsman whose favorite saying was "The mountains are calling I must go". He loved spending time in the mountains riding mules,...
Cornelia Deer Cuthair
Aug 15, 2025
Cornelia D. Cuthair, 37 of Towaoc, Colorado, passed away August 15, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on December 25, 1987, in Monticello, Utah; the daughter of Alvida J. Denetsosie Ketchum and Kendall Cuthair.
Cornelia was a loving daughter, mother, sister, family member and friend.
Surviving Cornelia are her fathers Kendall Cuthair and Paul Ketchum, Jr. Her children,...
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