Obituaries

Jean Goodhue

Jean Goodhue

Apr 25, 2014

JEAN GOODHUE Memorial services for Cortez resident Jean Goodhue will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 28 at the Cortez Christian Church. Minister Charles Story will officiate. Jean Goodhue was born on a kitchen table at her families homestead in Scranton, N.D. on June 3, 1927 to Alma Rholck Schaar and Fred O. Schaar. She came from a...

Edith Delight James

Edith Delight James

Apr 22, 2014

EDITH DELIGHT GRAY JAMES Funeral services for lifelong area resident Edith Delight Gray James will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m at Ertel Chapel. On May 3, 1925 a baby girl was born to Elmer...

Lavina Ellen Pults

Lavina Ellen Pults

Apr 22, 2014

LAVINA ELLEN PULTS A Celebration of Life for longtime Cortez resident Lavina Ellen Pults will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Randall Hayes will officiate. A reception/potluck will be held at the Lewis Arriola Community Center following the service. The family asks that you join them. Please bring a covered dish to...

Anne Dubois

Anne Dubois

Apr 21, 2014

ANNE DUBOIS Anne DuBois was born July 20, 1943 in Wheeling, W. Va. the daughter of Merlin Archibald and Frances (Ebeling) DuBois. She passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 70. Traveling, doing crafts, and working on computer graphics are all things Anne enjoyed. She volunteered for the Obama Campaign and was...

George Olaf Wickstrom

George Olaf Wickstrom

Apr 21, 2014

GEORGE OLAF WICKSTROM George Olaf Wickstrom was a native Coloradan born in Boulder, Colo. on June 18, 1937. He passed away on April 21, 2014 in Mesa, Ariz. He was the son of Alice and Arthur Wickstrom. George attended school K - 12 in Boulder and joined the Army in 1956 after graduation. He served in the military from 1956...

Tina Ann Newnum

Tina Ann Newnum

Apr 20, 2014

TINA ANN NEWNUM Funeral services for Tina Ann Newnum will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday, April 24 from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Tina was born December 30, 1954 in Cortez the daughter of Glen and Zella (Price) Wing....

Esther Oneta Linnens

Esther Oneta Linnens

Apr 20, 2014

ESTHER ONETA LINNENS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Esther Oneta Linnens will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Burns Cemetery in Egnar, Colo. Oneta was born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1914, in Bald Hill, Okla. the daughter of William and Lula Peters. She passed away at the...

Wanda Jean Dankowski

Wanda Jean Dankowski

Apr 18, 2014

WANDA JEAN DANKOWSKI On September 21, 1968 in Denver, Colo., Wanda Jean Dankowski was born the daughter of James Edward and Grace Irene (Shaw) Dankowski. She passed away at her Cortez home on Friday, April 18, 2014 at the age of 45. Wanda loved life. She enjoyed being outdoors riding motorcycles, but fishing was her number one enjoyment. Surviving Wanda...

Lana Lee Lord

Lana Lee Lord

Apr 17, 2014

LANA LEE LORD Lana Lee Lord was born February 26, 1953 in San Francisco, Calif. the daughter of Arthur and Eleanor (Gandolfi) Beaman. She passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Lana was 61. In 1997, Lana married Paul Lord in Durango, Colo. They moved to Cahone, Colo. in 2000. Lana graduated...

Stephen Ray Mclain

Stephen Ray Mclain

Apr 16, 2014

STEPHEN RAY MCLAIN Memorial services for Stephen Ray McLain will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 at the home of Bobbie Payne, 15301 Road 25, Dolores. Stephen was born November 25, 1964 in Lynwood, Calif. the son of Henry Oliver and Wanda Vee (Gilpin) McLain. He passed away at his Mancos home on Wednesday, April 16, 2014...

Robert Dayton Teece Sr.

Robert Dayton Teece Sr.

Apr 16, 2014

ROBERT DAYTON "BOB" TEECE SR. Robert Dayton "Bob" Teece Sr. was born August 22, 1920 in Kewanee, Ill. the son of Robert Dayton and Vera May (Peterson) Teece. He passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Residence in Cortez. Bob was 93. On September 21, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wis., Bob married the love of his...

Caris Lopez

Caris Lopez

Apr 13, 2014

CARIS LOPEZ Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Caris Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 17 at the Esther Lopez residence, 340 Bear Mesa Lane, Towaoc. Elwood Kent will officiate. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, starting at 5 p.m. at the Esther Lopez residence. Caris was...

Ocia Young

Ocia Young

Apr 10, 2014

OCIA YOUNG Funeral services for Dove Creek resident Ocia Young will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 14 at the Dove Creek Community Center with Pastor Mark Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from Noon until 1 p.m. at the Community Center. Ocia Young was born a coal miner's daughter...

Glendeana Marie Cressler

Glendeana Marie Cressler

Apr 10, 2014

GLENDEANA MARIE CRESSLER Funeral services for lifelong Cahone, Colo. resident Glendeana Marie Cressler will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 18 at the First Baptist Church in Dove Creek with Mr. Brett Martin officiating. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Glendeana was born August 21, 1943 in Moab, Utah the daughter of Glenn Neely and Charlotte Virginia...

Vicki Lura Wallace

Vicki Lura Wallace

Apr 7, 2014

VICKI LURA WALLACE Memorial services for Vicki Lura Wallace will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 13 at the Dolores Community Center. Dinner will be served at 2 p.m. Vicki was born September 29, 1959 in Cortez to Floyd and Billie McNutt. Vicki, 54, died Monday, April 7, 2014 at her Dolores home with her family by her...

Linda Laureen Swann

Linda Laureen Swann

Apr 6, 2014

LINDA LAUREEN SWANN Linda Laureen Swann passed away at her residence on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the age of 69. She was born the daughter of George Platte and Edrie Nathlee (Heinlen) Castor on July 13, 1944 in Oak Creek, Colo. On November 22, 1979 Linda married Rocky E. Swann in LaSal, Utah. She enjoyed fishing, cooking and crafting,...

Chandler Rayland Phillips

Chandler Rayland Phillips

Apr 6, 2014

CHANDLER RAYLAND PHILLIPS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Chandler Rayland Phillips will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Chandler Rayland Phillips was born September 3, 1975 in Cortez to Wilson Rayland and Marie (Billie) Phillips. He passed away at his Cortez home on Sunday, April 6,...

Nora May Combs

Nora May Combs

Apr 5, 2014

NORA MAY COMBS Graveside services for Cortez resident Nora May Combs will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 at Ignacio Cemetery in Ignacio, Colo. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Nora May Miller was born in Ignacio, Colo. on November 27, 1934 to Edward Miller and Nellie...

Wayne  Cuthair

Wayne Cuthair

Apr 4, 2014

WAYNE CUTHAIR Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Wayne Cuthair will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8 at Four Corners Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Nelson Ranch Cemetery in Hesperus, Colo. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday from 5 7 p.m. at the Chapel. Wayne was born April 21, 1957 in Cortez the son of Ira...

Helen Elizabeth Bennett

Helen Elizabeth Bennett

Apr 2, 2014

HELEN ELIZABETH BENNETT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Helen Elizabeth Bennett will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 7 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Helen was born August 30, 1921 in Abilene, Texas the daughter of William Leanus and Martha Elizabeth (Sandusky) Beaty. She passed away at Mercy Medical Center...