Richard Dean Mcclellan
May 29, 2015
RICHARD DEAN MCCLELLAN Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Richard Dean McClellan will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3 at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided. Dean was born February 1, 1927 in Cortez to Morris Ray and Io (Vance) McClellan. He passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...
Rhuel Roscoe Smith
May 24, 2015
RHUEL ROSCOE SMITH Rhuel Roscoe Smith was born in Alba, Mich. on September 18, 1951 to Jett Lavern and Lorina Elizabeth (North) Smith. He passed away at his Lewis home on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the age of 63. Raised in Alba, Rhuel graduated from Alba High School. His employment included 24 years as millwright superintendant for TIC and...
Bonnie Jean Black
May 23, 2015
BONNIE JEAN BLACK Memorial services for Bonnie Jean Black, 57 of Lewis, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bonnie was born July 17, 1957. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, May 23, 2015. On May 14, 2000, Bonnie married Darrell Leon Black in Dolores. She worked both at City...
Ben Arthur Frans
May 22, 2015
BEN A. FRANS Today we are reminded of the fragility of life and the importance of cherishing each moment we're given. The loss of Ben came as a shock and left most of us longing for a chance to say good-bye, tell him we love him and hear his voice one last time. Such a sudden, tragic departure is difficult...
James Richard "Dick" Loucks
May 22, 2015
JAMES RICHARD "DICK" LOUCKS Funeral services for James Richard "Dick" Loucks, a longtime Mancos resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Flowers are welcome and can be sent to Ertel Funeral Home in Cortez. Ltc. James Richard "Dick" Loucks was born June 2, 1937...
John Ernest Bertoglio
May 21, 2015
JOHN ERNEST BERTOGLIO John Ernest Bertoglio passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. He was born the son of Batt John Bertoglio and Mildred Violet (Reiss) Bertoglio on December 27, 1927 in Los Angeles, Calif. A 1946 graduate from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, John served in the U.S. Army...
Ray & Jane Goss
May 20, 2015
On May 20, 2015, two blessed servants of God, Ray Wilson Goss and Mary Jane Goss of Dolores, Colorado, went home to be with their Lord. Born April 22, 1935, Ray was the son of the late John P. Goss and Emma S. Shuttlesworth Goss. He was preceded in death by his older brother, P. Richard (Dick) Goss of Lewistown,...
Larry Kautz
May 17, 2015
ROBERT LARRY KAUTZ Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Larry Kautz will be held 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 6 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Larry, as he was known to family and friends, was born September 30, 1935 in McGrew, Neb., the son of Conrad Kautz II and Katharine (Ramig) Kautz. He passed away at his...
Donna Lea Ragland
May 17, 2015
DONNA LEA RAGLAND Memorial services for longtime area resident Donna Lea Ragland will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 at Mountain View Baptist Church. Donna was born August 11, 1934 in Copper Spur, Colo. She passed away at her family home on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Donna Ragland with...
Gean Leo Sligar
May 16, 2015
GEAN LEO SLIGAR Funeral services for Gean Leo Sligar, former Cortez resident and current Monte Vista, Colo. resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Visitation has been set to begin at 1 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Gean was born July 14,...
Janice Kay Stone
May 15, 2015
JANICE KAY STONE Memorial services for lifelong area resident, Janice Kay Stone, will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. A luncheon will follow the services in the Fellowship Hall. Janice Kay Stone was born April 16, 1935 in Lewis, Colorado on her grandfather's homestead on the Dolores River Rim. She passed...
Cheryl Jean Ward
May 13, 2015
CHERYL JEAN WARD Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Cheryl Jean Ward will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate the services. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Cheryl J. Ward was born October 8, 1946 in Killeen, TX to Tuffy and Louise Overton, the 3rd of 5 children....
Eva Thrailkill
May 11, 2015
EVA THRAILKILL Eva Thrailkill of Cortez, Colo. passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015. She was born Eva Hunn on October 11, 1929 in Linton, N.D. to Rosina and Thomas Hunn. Eva graduated from Linton High School in 1947 and attended Ellendale Teachers College in North Dakota. Once she graduated from Ellendale, she taught several different grade levels at a...
Janie Lee Davenport
May 10, 2015
JANIE LEE DAVENPORT Janie Lee Davenport passed away at her Cortez home on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at the age of 72. She was born August 11, 1942 in Sundown, Tex. to William T. and Rena Belle (Lee) Richardson. Surviving Janie are her husband of 46 years, James J. Davenport of Cortez; children, Evan Powell of San Antonio, Tex., Rhonda...
Michael Lloyd "Mike" Gurule'
May 9, 2015
MICHAEL LLOYD "MIKE" GURULE' Michael "Mike" Lloyd Gurule' passed away peacefully Saturday, May 9, 2015 in Redlands, CA at the age of 82. He was born on June 25, 1932 in Durango, CO. He married Phyllis Marie Archuleta in December 1953 in Sacramento, CA and the couple had four children. Angelina Gurule'(Kraft), Ayran Gurule' (McIntosh), Audie Gurule' and Allan Gurule'....
Darold Eugene Jansen
May 7, 2015
DAROLD EUGENE JANSEN Memorial services for Darold Eugene Jansen, 85 of Dolores, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 1 at the Dolores Community Center. Darold was born in Lena, Wisc. on April 28, 1930 to Gilbert and Lucille (Adams) Jansen. He passed away at his Dolores home on Thursday, May 7, 2015. On July 25, 1978 Darold...
Brandon James Neely
May 4, 2015
BRANDON JAMES NEELY Memorial services for Brandon James Neely, 32 of Cahone, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Brandon was born in Durango, Colo. on August 13, 1982 to Dan Earl Neely and Marilyn Kay Doyel. He passed away at his home on Monday, May 4, 2015. Brandon was quite a welder...
Delouris C. Tozer
May 3, 2015
DELOURIS C. TOZER Funeral services for DeLouris C. Tozer, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. DeLouris was born the daughter of Thomas Walter and Maude Etna (Rathbun) Cox in Lincoln, Neb. on December 24, 1927. She...
Reyes Michael Mckensley
May 3, 2015
REYES MICHAEL McKENSLEY Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Reyes Michael McKensley, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Reyes was born on June 4, 1988 in Shiprock, N.M. to Neilson McKensley and Shelley R. Eyetoo. He passed away at his Towaoc home...
Tommy Eugene Randolph
May 3, 2015
TOMMY EUGENE RANDOLPH Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident, Tommy Eugene Randolph will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 8 at Memorial Hall in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Tommy was born June 4, 1939 in Disappointment Valley,...