RAYMOND CLARE GERLACH Funeral services for longtime area resident, Raymond Clare Gerlach, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Clare, as he was known to family and friends, was born in Johnson County, Kans. on February 9, 1918...
William Stewart Waschke Funeral services for William Stewart Waschke will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 13 at the Dove Creek First Southern Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. William "Willie" Stewart Waschke left this life on December 8, 2014, in Monticello, Utah, at age of 84. Willie was born in Colorado Springs, Colo....
SHERRI GAY YATES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Sherri Gay Yates will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 12 at the Arriola Bible Church. Mr. Joel Jarrett will be officiating. Sherri was born on January 31, 1947 in Lexington, Ky. the daughter of Carl Elwood and Hazel (Ellis) Lytle. She passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014...
JOHNNIE LEE COULON Johnnie Lee Coulon was born December 15, 1949 in Sweetwater, Texas and lost her battle with cancer December 8, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado surrounded by her adoring husband and children. She will be laid to rest in Cuthbert, Texas, where her heart has always been, on Saturday December 13, 2014. Johnnie's happy and joyful...
EDDIE JOE GILLILAND Graveside Inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident, Eddie Joe Gilliland will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 12 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Eddie Joe was born on October 3, 1933 in Mancos the son of Edward Martin and Mary Elizabeth (Aulston) Gilliland. He passed away on Friday, December 5, 2014 at Southwest Memorial Hospital...
ROBERT LEWIS MAYNES Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Robert "Bob" Lewis Maynes will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Barr Chittick will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Bob was born on February 23, 1926 in Oxford, Colo. the son of Ernest Lewis and Hazel (Eley) Maynes. He...
ETTA LAVERNE CALHOUN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Etta LaVerne Calhoun will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 6 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Road M Chapel. Bishop Vaughn Cook will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled before the service from 9 a.m. until...
MARILYN IRENE BEECHER HOUSE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Marilyn Irene Beecher House will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Marilyn was born on May 14,...
TIMOTHY JOHN McGLYNN Memorial services for Timothy John McGlynn will be held at a later date in Boston, N.Y. Timothy was born on August 1, 1960 in Buffalo, N.Y. the son of John Raymond and Lois Louise (Smith) McGlynn. He passed away on Friday, November 28, 2014 while staying in Cortez at the Days Inn Hotel. Timothy was 54 years...
LORRAINE BEAGLES Memorial services for Lorraine Beagles will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 6 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Reverend Suzanne Listemann and Reverend Tom Towns will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Born April 10, 1920 in Helper, Utah, the daughter of Lon Lewis and Pearl Eliza (Maxey) Stephens. She passed...
KENDALL CHESTER MALINOWSKI Memorial Mass services for longtime Dolores resident, Kendall Chester Malinowski will be held at 10 a.m. On Saturday, December 13 at the Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will be officiating. Kendall Chester Malinowski was born on August 28, 1940 in Trenton, N.J. the son of Chester Anthony and Eva Monica...
WAYNE JAY WILLIFORD Funeral services for Cortez resident Wayne Jay Williford will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday December 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Wayne was born in Salmon, Idaho on December 15, 1936 to Willard DeWitt and Fanny Eva...
JEANETTE SIDNEY LEIGHTON Memorial services for Cortez resident, Jeanette Sidney Leighton will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 29 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Pastor Linda Talbert will be officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery at a later date. Jeanette was born on January 9, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Okla. the daughter of Orville and...
JODY MARIE HOOKER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Jody Marie Hooker will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. There...
JACK HERMAN OTT Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, Jack Herman Ott will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 24 at the Mancos First United Methodist Church. Pastor Craig Paschal will be officiating. Of all of Jack Ott's wonderful accomplishments, we are most grateful for his stewardship of our land on Mancos Hill land and for marrying our...
JOHNNY LEE MILLER Johnny Lee Miller was born on October 7, 1933 in Elk City, Okla. the son of John Wesly and Frances Lorene (Lansdown) Miller. He passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at his home in Dolores at the age of 81. On January 21, 1956 at the Little Brown Church in North Hollywood, Calif. John married Iris...
DOROTHY PAULINE PHILLIPS Funeral services for Mancos resident, Dorothy Pauline Phillips will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 21 at the Church of the First Born. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will be officiating. Pauline was born on October 31, 1939 in Octavia, Okla. to George and Mary N. (Dean) Brown. She passed...
VESTER MESSINGER Vester Messinger was born on August 25, 1938 in Gila, Ariz. the son of Miles and Esther Irene (Foutz) Messinger. He passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 at his home in Cortez at the age of 76. Vester worked as a truck driver and was a member of the national guard. He enjoyed hunting and working on...
EUGENE WILLIAM OSTER Services for Cortez resident, Eugene "Gene" William will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 13 at the Cortez Cemetery. Gene was born on October 24, 1926 in Gilcrest, Colo. the son of Jacob and Katie (Blum) Oster. He passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 88. On...
VONDA LEAN SMITH MAY Graveside services for Vonda Lean Smith May will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos. Pastor Kent Slyter will be officiating. Visitation has been scheduled Wednesday evening from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vonda was born on June 11, 1939 in Magee, Miss. the...