Emma Eileen Van Pelt
Jan 7, 2015
EMMA EILEEN VAN PELT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Emma Eileen Van Pelt will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Emma was born on July...
Virginia Marie Bailey
Jan 3, 2015
VIRGINIA MARIE BAILEY Private services for Virginia Marie Bailey will be held. Virginia was born on August 15, 1933 in Kansas City, Mo. the daughter of Hugh Arthur and Helen Marie (McDowell) Northington. She passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Vista Grande Inn in Cortez at the age of 81. A rescuer of antiques, Virginia owned and...
William "Bill" Ortiz
Jan 3, 2015
WILLIAM "BILL" ORTIZ William (Bill) Ortiz was born on March 23, 1919 on the Dolores River at the Stapleton Siding. His parents were Agapito (Pete) and Martina Laureana (Romero) Ortiz. They had purchased a small ranch at that location in 1916, and moved lumber and a house in on the railroad from Glencoe. It was here that Bill was born...
Darlene Ellen Jones
Jan 3, 2015
DARLENE ELLEN JONES Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Darlene Ellen Jones will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 8 at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday morning at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Darlene Ellen Jones passed away on January 3, 2015...
Luther Clyde Shields
Jan 2, 2015
LUTHER CLYDE SHIELDS A Remembrance Message for lifelong Cortez resident, Luther Clyde Shields will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 9 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Neely Lewis will be speaking. Private Interment Services will follow. A visitation is scheduled for Friday morning from 10 a.m. until service time. Luther Clyde Shields passed from this life to...
Herman Mitchell
Jan 1, 2015
HERMAN MITCHELL Funeral services for Aneth resident, Herman Mitchell will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday morning at the Ertel Chapel beginning at 9 a.m. Herman was born on October 29, 1950 in Chinle, Ariz. the son of...
Edwin Ray Stoner
Dec 31, 2014
EDWIN RAY STONER Memorial services for Cortez resident, Edwin Ray Stoner will be held at a later date. Eddie was born on March 19, 1954 in Glendale, Calif. the son of Floyd Eugene and Betty Ann (Lantzer) Stoner. He passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 60. "Fast Eddie" as he...
Starling J.T. Proffit
Dec 31, 2014
STARLING J.T. PROFFIT Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Starling J.T. Proffit will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Star was born on August 22, 1927 in Camargo, Okla. the son of David B. and Beulah I. (Brown) Proffit. He passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Mercy Regional Medical Center...
Earl Oris Hutchinson
Dec 30, 2014
EARL ORIS HUTCHINSON Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Earl Oris Hutchinson will be held at a later date. Earl was born on September 6, 1920 in Lakeview, Colo. the son of Howard Arthur and Flossie (Walton) Hutchinson. He passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 94. Earl was an Army...
David Charles Yelinek, Sr.
Dec 29, 2014
DAVID CHARLES YELINEK, SR. Private memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, David Charles Yelinek, Sr. will be held. David was born on September 16, 1928 in Phoenix, Ariz. the son of Charles Frank and Chloe (Choate) Yelinek. He passed away on Monday, December 29, 2014 at the Valley Inn. David was 86 years old. David was a United States Air...
Betty Grace Alexander
Dec 29, 2014
BETTY GRACE ALEXANDER Betty Grace Beers Alexander, 90, passed away on December 29, 2014 in Cortez. She was born on May 23, 1924 in Mancos, to Clarence Roy Beers and Hattie Ann Lucas Beers. Betty grew up in Mancos where she graduated from Mancos High School in 1942. After high school, she attended Colorado Woman's College in Denver, Colo. where...
Jeanne Marlene Knapp
Dec 25, 2014
JEANNE MARLENE KNAPP Memorial services for Jeanne Marlene Knapp will be held at a later date. Jeanne was born June 24, 1932 in Muscatine, Iowa the daughter of Jay and Edith Christensen. She passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 82.
William Ronald Lanier
Dec 23, 2014
WILLIAM RONALD LANIER William Ronald (Ron) Lanier, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, in Durango, Colo., with his family by his side. Ron was born in Hinton, Okla. on October 10, 1940 to parents, Orville (Buck) and Bertha (Armstrong) Lanier. He was the middle child of two other brothers, Gerald and Steve Lanier, and was a graduate...
Jean Olive Clark
Dec 21, 2014
JEAN OLIVE CLARK Private Celebration of life services for Cortez resident, Jean Olive Clark will be held at a later date. Jean was born on April 8, 1933 in New Castle, Colo. the daughter of Floyd and Vonda (McNeece) Yandell. She passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Madison House Assisted Living at the age of 81. Surviving Jean...
Nelda Ruth Wallace
Dec 21, 2014
NELDA RUTH WALLACE Nelda Ruth Wallace was born on December 17, 1919 in Gunnison, Colo. the daughter of Harry and Margaret (Mendenhall) Dunn. She passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Vista Grande Inn. Nelda was 95 years old. After graduating from Western State College with her teaching degree, Nelda became a Second Grade Teacher. She taught for 10...
Mary Jane Millard
Dec 21, 2014
MARY JANE MILLARD Graveside services for lifelong Stoner resident, Mary Jane Millard will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 26 at The People's Cemetery in Dolores. Following Interment services a Celebration of Life Service and gathering will be held at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Mary Jane was born on December 21, 1922 at the Millard family Ranch...
Eric Von Fish Gray
Dec 18, 2014
ERIC VON FISH GRAY Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Eric Von Fish Gray will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Jeff McDonell will be officiating. Eric was born on November 20, 1980 in Cortez, the son of Vergil Elmer and Myrtle Lorraine (Fish)...
Cal Rickel
Dec 15, 2014
CLARENCE JOHN RICKEL Memorial services for Clarence John "Cal" Rickel will be held at a later date. Cal was born on December 1, 1919 in Mandan, N.D. the son of Clarence Earl and Otilia Clarenca (Strand) Rickel. He passed away at his home in Cortez on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 95. Working primarily in the construction...
Randon Archibeque
Dec 12, 2014
RANDON ARCHIBEQUE Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Randon Archibeque will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 22 at Rock Springs Community Church. Pastor David Ramsey will be officiating. Private interment services will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Randon was born on May 20, 1980 in Durango the son of Bobby Gene and Vicki Dianne (Baskett) Archibeque. He passed...
