Pete Esteban Montano
Apr 29, 2015
PETE ESTEBAN MONTAO Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Pete Esteban Montao will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening at 6 p.m. at the church. A Rosary Service will begin at 7...
Ruby Lee Dennison
Apr 27, 2015
RUBY LEE DENNISON Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Ruby Lee Dennison, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 1 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday from Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Ruby was born to Charles Eugene and Mattie Ella (Wisdom) Cantrell on April 12,...
Freida C. Caloway
Apr 26, 2015
FREIDA C. CALOWAY Memorial services for Dolores resident, Freida C. Caloway will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 29 at the Baptist Chapel. Pastor Mark Baker will officiate the services. Freida was born July 11, 1937 in Ashville, N.C. to Veray Austin and Gladys (Hayes) Cogburn. She passed away at her home on Sunday, April 26, 2015. She...
Rick Verdell Johnson
Apr 23, 2015
RICK VERDELL JOHNSON Rick Verdell Johnson of Dolores, Colo. passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2015, after a courageous and gracious battle with cancer. His mother named him Rickey, after the character in the "I Love Lucy" TV show. Rick was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 30, 1951. He lived in Salt Lake until moving to...
Chris Olen Marion
Apr 23, 2015
CHRIS OLEN MARION Chris Olen Marion passed away in the early morning hours on Thursday, April 23, 2015. He was 60 years old. Chris passed away in his home surrounded by loved ones. Chris was born to Fronia Inez and Cris Raymond Marion on March 22, 1955 in Dove Creek, Colo. He spent his early years growing up in Cortez...
Stanley Douglas Hindmarsh
Apr 22, 2015
STANLEY D. "POPS" HINDMARSH Stanley Hindmarsh passed away on April 22, 2015 after a lengthy stay in the Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home under great care. He was born in Cortez, Colo. to Doug and Arlene Hindmarsh on August 7, 1933. Stanley graduated from MCHS in 1951. In July of 1966 he married Mary Shackelford and they spent the next...
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Radzinski
Apr 21, 2015
MARGARET ANN "PEGGY" RADZINSKI Margaret Ann "Peggy" Radzinski, 62 of Mancos, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 1 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A potluck will follow. Peggy, as she was known to family and...
Virginia Louise Smith
Apr 20, 2015
VIRGINIA LOUISE SMITH Virginia Louise Smith was born October 13, 1931 in Pueblo, Colo. to Willie Ed and Ellen Marie (Wikland) Griggs. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on Monday, April 20, 2015. Virginia was 83. Surviving Virginia are her son, Eugene Kennedy and wife, Peggy, of Hotchkiss, Colo.; daughter, Tammy Kennedy of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three...
Sterling Whiskers Dutchie
Apr 18, 2015
STERLING WHISKERS DUTCHIE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Sterling Whiskers Dutchie will be held at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel on Friday, April 24. Burial will follow at Blanding City Cemetery. Sterling was born February 6, 1960 the son of Paul Lang Dutchie Sr. and Lolita Whiskers Dutchie. He passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at his...
Mabel Elizabeth Thomas
Apr 17, 2015
MABEL ELIZABETH THOMAS Mabel Elizabeth Thomas, 84, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. She was born the daughter of James Wiley and Erma Alice (Cochran) Sheek in Mancos on September 24, 1930. On February 14, 1953, Mabel married James Henry Thomas. For many years Mabel performed clerical duties for Occidental Chemical, First Second...
Frances Venable Marotta
Apr 15, 2015
FRANCES VENABLE MAROTTA Frances Venable Marotta was born May 11, 1920 in Rockbridge County, Va., the daughter of Venable Watkins and Marie Calhoun (Martin) Brooks. She passed away at her Dolores home on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Frances was 94 years old. During World War II, Frances was enlisted with the U.S. Army. She was a map specialist working with...
Larry Dean Hare
Apr 14, 2015
LARRY DEAN HARE An informal gathering to remember and celebrate Larry Dean Hare will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military honors, conducted by Montezuma County VFW Post #5231, will open up the gathering at 2 p.m. Larry was born November 8, 1944 in Independence, Iowa to Frank Junior Hare...
Wesely Wallace
Apr 14, 2015
Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Wesley Wallace, will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 19 at the Dolores Community Center. Wesley was born October 4, 1936 in Cortez. He passed away in Maxwell, N.M. on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the age of 78.
Audrey Bernice Ozborn
Apr 10, 2015
AUDREY BERNICE OZBORN Funeral services for Audrey Bernice Ozborn will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. The burial will be private. Audrey Bernice Ozborn (Olson) was born on June 19, 1919, in Burlington, Colo. Audrey died peacefully of old age on April 10, 2015 in Ft Collins, Colo. Most of you will remember...
Ronald William Carter
Apr 10, 2015
Ronald William Carter Nov. 1, 1948 to April 10, 2015 Ronald William Carter, 66, ascended to his heavenly home on April 10, 2015. He was born on November 1, 1948 in Russell, Kansas, the son of Merit and Inez Carter. Ron attended school in Kansas, Utah, and Colorado, and graduated high school at Montezuma Cortez High School in 1968. He...
Jonathon Leroy Vallejos
Apr 7, 2015
JONATHON LEROY VALLEJOS Funeral services for Jonathon Leroy Vallejos will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 17 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Jonathon was born February 7, 1993 in Cortez to Johnny Joe Vallejos and Katie Butt. He passed away on Tuesday,...
Gloria Mary Rosenberger Case
Apr 3, 2015
GLORIA MARY ROSENBERGER CASE Gloria Mary Rosenberger Case passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 3, 2014 at the age of 92. She was born June 5, 1922 to Dorothea Leola (Betts) and Harold Beck Rosenberger in Fostoria, Ohio. Both parents are deceased; as is one sister, Joanne; and a grandson, Aaron. Gloria was married to the love...
Richard Ernest Edwards
Mar 27, 2015
RICHARD ERNEST EDWARDS Memorial services for longtime area resident Richard Ernest "Dick" Edwards will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 4 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Dick was born January 6, 1926 in Milwaukie, Oreg. the son of Arthur Leon and Lillie Maude (Morgan) Edwards. He passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at his home in Cortez...
Flora Fay Harrison
Mar 27, 2015
FLORA FAY HARRISON Memorial services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Flora Fay Harrison will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Rutherford Mills will be conducting. Flora was born on December 27, 1964 the daughter of Achillis Eugene and Rose Marie (Bancroft)Root . She passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at San...
Alfred Tony Vallejos
Mar 27, 2015
ALFRED TONY VALLEJOS It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Alfred Vallejos, 86 who passed away peacefully surrounded by his family March 27, 2015 at Vista Grande Nursing Home. Alfred was born at Mylers corner to Fermen and Fedelina Vallejos. He was a loving brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather who...