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

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 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 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

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...

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...

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...

Sep 20, 2015

JESSE DANIEL "J.D." ROSE Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Jesse Daniel "J.D." Rose, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 26 at Lighthouse Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Bruce Burkett will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. J.D. was born in Big Flat, Ark. on...

Sep 19, 2015

Douglas William Horther July 14, 1950-September 19, 2015 Longtime Durango and Dolores resident Douglas William Horther, 65, died peacefully in the company of his loving wife, Lucy, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Doug was born, the first child of William Conrad and Helen Lucille Horther, in Durango, CO. He graduated from Durango High School...

Sep 19, 2015

ABEDON ROMOLO "ABE" SENA Graveside services for 33 year long resident of Cortez, Abedon Romolo "Abe" Sena will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 26 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jeff McDonnel will officiate. Abe was born on December 20, 1937 in Pecos, N.M. the son of Patricio and Antonia Sena. He passed away at his Cortez residence on...

Sep 19, 2015

JAMES LEWIS FRANTZ James Lewis Frantz was born August 16, 1944 in Denver, Colo. to Marion Grace Lewis and passed away on September 19, 2015 at his home in Mancos, Colo. After the passing of his mother when he was six years old, Jim lived with various family members until finally being adopted by his grandmother, Amy Frantz and living...

Sep 17, 2015

PATRICIA ANN GALLEGOS Memorial services for Patricia Ann Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor James Vaughn will conduct the services. Pat was born January 19, 1947 in Centerville, Ark. the daughter of Coy Lee and Anna Bell (Bowden) Horne. She passed away at her Dolores home on Thursday, September 17,...

Sep 16, 2015

JIMMIE RAY PATTON Memorial services for longtime area resident Jimmie Ray Patton will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church with Reverend Steve Nofel officiating. Jim was born in Pueblo, Colo. on October 10, 1934 to Ernest Everett and Roberta Lenore (Yowell) Patton. He passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Wednesday,...

Sep 15, 2015

MARY LOUISE ELLIOTT Funeral services for longtime area resident Mary Louise Elliott will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Bishop Vaughn Cook will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at...

Sep 15, 2015

CECILIA MERCY ANN SUTTON Funeral services for Cecilia Mercy Ann Sutton will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at Mountain View Community Church (formerly known as First Baptist Church of Oracle), 1175 N. Appleton Drive, Oracle, Ariz. Interment will follow at Oracle Cemetery. Visitation has been set for 10 a.m. Wednesday morning at the church. Cecilia was...

Sep 14, 2015

Memorial Service for Patricia Lee Marez, former Dolores resident, will be held on Saturday, October 24 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private family inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Patricia was born on October 12, 1946 in Dolores, Colo. the daughter of Isaias and Anastasia Martinez. She passed away on September 14, 2015...