Obituaries

Lloyd Duane Ashbaugh

Lloyd Duane Ashbaugh

Apr 1, 2014

LLOYD DUANE ASHBAUGH Funeral services for Grants, N.M. and former Cortez, Colo. resident Lloyd Duane Ashbaugh will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 5 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Lloyd was born March 27, 1932 in McElmo Canyon, Colo. the son of William and Alberta (Holly) Ashbaugh. He passed away in Albuquerque, N.M....

Audrey Ovella Snyder

Audrey Ovella Snyder

Apr 1, 2014

AUDREY OVELLA SNYDER Funeral services for longtime Monticello, Utah resident Audrey Ovella Snyder will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at the Dove Creek First United Methodist Church. Reverend Rick Carpenter will officiate. Interment will follow at Monticello Cemetery. A viewing has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at the church. Ovella was born December 12,...

Art Rytting

Art Rytting

Mar 30, 2014

ART RYTTING A Celebration of Life for Art Rytting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 in Cortez. Hamburgers will be provided. Please bring a side dish to share. Please call the Legion at 565-8151 with any questions or for further information. Art Rytting, 73, formerly of Wells, Nev....

Russel Mallory Culp

Russel Mallory Culp

Mar 27, 2014

RUSSEL MALLORY CULP Graveside services for lifelong Mancos resident Russel Mallory Culp will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Russel was born March 8, 1921 in Cortez the son of Dudley R. and Phoebe H. (Milligan) Culp. He passed away Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. Russel was...

Marjorie Mary Crowley

Marjorie Mary Crowley

Mar 25, 2014

MARJORIE MARY CROWLEY Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Marjorie Mary Crowley will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 29 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at Eastland Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Marjorie was born October 8, 1915 in Rural...

Timothy Clarke "Tim" Miller

Timothy Clarke "Tim" Miller

Mar 25, 2014

TIMOTHY CLARKE "TIM" MILLER A Celebration of Life for longtime Mancos resident Timothy Clarke "Tim" Miller will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 at the Miller residence in Mancos. Please call Ertel Funeral Home for directions if needed. Tim was born November 16, 1946 in San Mateo, Calif. the son of Edward Clark and Barbara Ann (Timmons)...

Janice  Kay Whiteman Badback

Janice Kay Whiteman Badback

Mar 23, 2014

JANICE BADBACK Funeral services for Towaoc resident Janice Badback will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 27 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A Wake has been scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Badback residence, 223 Dry Creek Road, Towaoc. Janice was born June 19, 1958 in Clinton, Okla. the daughter...

Bud Clifford Mcgee

Bud Clifford Mcgee

Mar 23, 2014

BUD CLIFFORD MCGEE Bud Clifford McGee was born June 10, 1933 in Yellow Jacket, Colo. the son of Emil and Dimples (Ferguson) McGee. He passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at the age of 80. In 1968, Bud married Elizabeth Polaco in Albuquerque, N.M. They were married 46 years. Bud was a member of the...

Alec Richard Taber

Alec Richard Taber

Mar 22, 2014

ALEC TABER Funeral services for Alec Taber will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 28 at the Dove Creek High School gym. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Alec was born November 13, 2001 and passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 at his Dove Creek home. Alec was 12. Alec was given the task of picking a family...

Roy Eugene Koppenhafer

Roy Eugene Koppenhafer

Mar 22, 2014

ROY EUGENE KOPPENHAFER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Roy Eugene Koppenhafer will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Roy was born March 22, 1932 in Cortez the son of William G. and Emma...

Rose  Marie Dickson

Rose Marie Dickson

Mar 21, 2014

ROSE MARIE DICKSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Rose Marie Dickson will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 27 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Rose Marie was born March 15, 1931 in Chandler, Okla. the daughter of Clay Franklin and Juanita Dortha (Jackson) Watson. She passed away at her...

Bettie Jo Jacques

Bettie Jo Jacques

Mar 20, 2014

BETTIE JO JACQUES Funeral Mass for Bettie Jo Jacques will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday, March 23 from 6-7 p.m. at the church. A Rosary will follow at 7 p.m. Bettie Jo Jacques passed away at Crossroads...

Hazel Irene Mason

Hazel Irene Mason

Mar 20, 2014

HAZEL IRENE (MORTON) MASON Hazel Irene (Morton) Mason was born September 3, 1934 in St. Joseph, Mo. the daughter of Louis Joseph and Stella Irene (Blakley) Morton. She passed away in Monticello, Utah on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the age of 79. Not one to sit idle, Hazel enjoyed cooking, embroidery, reading, and playing Scrabble. She loved to iron....

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles

Mar 16, 2014

NORMA JEAN "JEANIE" TELLES Graveside services for longtime area resident Norma Jean "Jeanie" Telles will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 22 at the Calliham Family Cemetery in Ucolo, Utah. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jeanie was born September 14, 1956 in Monticello, Utah the daughter of...

Helen Randall

Helen Randall

Mar 14, 2014

HELEN RANDALL Funeral mass for Cortez resident Helen Randall will be held at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos on Thursday, March 20 at 10 a.m. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Helen went to be with our Lord. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 83. She...

Sharon Elaine Meadows

Sharon Elaine Meadows

Mar 13, 2014

SHARON ELAINE MEADOWS Sharon Elaine Meadows was born September 17, 1937 in Gervais, Ore. to Alva Ellis and Violet Myrtle (Lakey) Heath. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the age of 76. On December 10, 1957, Sharon enlisted in the Air Force and served our country as an Airman Third Class until her...

Raymond Gerald Gray

Raymond Gerald Gray

Mar 12, 2014

RAYMOND GERALD GRAY Graveside services for Raymond Gerald Gray will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. David Sitton will officiate. Raymond was born November 24, 1996 in Cortez the son of Carl Dean and Carol Ann (Carver) Gray. He passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Raymond was 17....

Conrad  Ira "Coke" Halls

Conrad Ira "Coke" Halls

Mar 11, 2014

CONRAD IRA "COKE" HALLS Conrad Ira "Coke" Halls was born April 16, 1947 in Farmington, N.M. the son of Ralph and Betty Zane (Hatch) Halls. He passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colo. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the age of 66. On July 21, 1973 in Mancos, Coke married Debra Laurel Fitzgerald. They shared 40 years...

Lawrence Victor "Larry" Monninger

Lawrence Victor "Larry" Monninger

Mar 9, 2014

LAWRENCE V. MONNINGER Lawrence V. Monninger, a month short of 91 years old, passed away March 9, 2014 after breaking a hip. He is survived by his three children, Mary Ranney of Dolores, Louise Thomas of Denver, Colo. and Chuck Monninger of Bellevue, Wash. Larry held a Master's Degree in Forestry from CSU and spent his life fishing, sailing, loving...

Rob Yates

Rob Yates

Mar 5, 2014

ROB YATES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Rob Yates will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21 at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. The Yates family invites everyone to share a meal and time of fellowship with them following the funeral service. Rob was born in Grants, N.M. January 1, 1967, to Bob & Sherri Yates. The family...