Obituaries

Kevin Armend Sategna

Kevin Armend Sategna

Jan 4, 2014

KEVIN ARMEND SATEGNA Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Kevin Armend Sategna will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 11 at the Aztec Masonic Lodge, 1020 N.E. Aztec Blvd., Aztec, N.M. Interment will follow at the Bloomfield Cemetery. Kevin was born August 31, 1949 in Durango, Colo. the son of Mario John and Ramonde Genevieve (Fachon) Sategna. He...

Maria Florinda Ulibarri

Maria Florinda Ulibarri

Jan 3, 2014

MARIA FLORINDA ULIBARRI Funeral mass for longtime area resident Maria Florinda Ulibarri will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 6 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Rosary services will be held at the church on Sunday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. Maria was born in LaPuente, N.M. on July...

Winston Henry Larreau

Winston Henry Larreau

Jan 2, 2014

WINSTON HENRY "HANK" LARREAU Memorial services for Cortez resident Winston Henry "Hank" Larreau will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, January 5 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Hank was born in Cedaredge, Colo. on April 5, 1943 to Joseph Ephriam and Mary Elna (Daniels) Larreau. He passed away...

Johnnie Collins House

Johnnie Collins House

Jan 2, 2014

JOHNNIE COLLINS HOUSE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Johnnie Collins House will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 6 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake has been scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 5 at the church. Johnnie was born March 31, 1952 in Cortez the son of Leon...

Doris Charlene Hathorn

Doris Charlene Hathorn

Jan 2, 2014

DORIS CHARLENE HATHORN Graveside services for Cortez resident Doris Charlene Hathorn will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, January 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Doris was born January 18, 1934 in Arkansas to Charles Edward and Lucy (Moyer) Reynolds. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, January 2, 2014. Doris was 79. Surviving Doris are her children, Janine...

Gary Denton Greaves

Gary Denton Greaves

Dec 31, 2013

GARY DENTON GREAVES Memorial services for longtime Pleasant View resident Gary Denton Greaves will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gary died at the age of 66, in his Pleasant View home on Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Gary was born on August 17, 1947 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to John Denton Greaves and Jean...

Louis Joseph "Lou" Schmitz

Louis Joseph "Lou" Schmitz

Dec 31, 2013

LOUIS JOSEPH SCHMITZ Memorial Mass for Louis Joseph Schmitz will be celebrated Saturday, February 1 at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 28 E. Montezuma, Cortez. A long time resident of Cortez, Lou was born December 13, 1930 in Kirkwood, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, Mo. He died on December 31, 2013 at his home. Lou was...

Stephen Ira "Steve" Hawkins

Stephen Ira "Steve" Hawkins

Dec 30, 2013

STEPHEN IRA "STEVE" HAWKINS A celebration of life for lifelong Mancos resident Stephen Ira "Steve" Hawkins will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 3 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Steve was born February 4, 1950 in Denver, Colo. the son of Herbert Lee and Janice Elizabeth (Freeman) Hawkins. He passed away at his Mancos home on Monday,...

Jerry Lane Tennity

Jerry Lane Tennity

Dec 30, 2013

JERRY LANE TENNITY Jerry Lane Tennity was born June 1, 1986 in Cortez to Tracy Lee Tennity. He passed away at his Cortez home on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the age of 27. Jerry was employed at Shiloh's Steakhouse. He enjoyed skateboarding and spending time with his friends. Jerry's friends knew him as "kid" and he will be missed....

Eugene Ka Van Dover

Eugene Ka Van Dover

Dec 30, 2013

EUGENE KA VAN DOVER Eugene Ka Van Dover, 88 of Cortez, Colo. passed away peacefully Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Vista Grande care facility. Born and raised in Westport, S.D., Ka was a longtime businessman in Cortez. He is survived by his loving wife, Helen Van Dover of Cortez; and daughters, Patricia Spelts and husband, Bob of Castlerock, Colo.,...

Cleo Jackson Hicks

Cleo Jackson Hicks

Dec 23, 2013

CLEO JACKSON HICKS Cleo Jackson Hicks was born July 8, 1914 in Berwyn, Okla. the son of John Oliver and Gertrude Mae (Felkins) Hicks. He passed away at Vista Mesa Retirement Center in Cortez on Monday, December 23, 2013 at the age of 99. Cleo owned and operated numerous service stations and Hicks Cortez Glass. He also rented living space...

Lou Etta Hoover

Lou Etta Hoover

Dec 21, 2013

LOU ETTA HOOVER Lou Etta (Hale) Hoover, 80, died Saturday, December 21, 2013, in Cortez, Colo., after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, her loving husband by her side. She is survived by her husband, John R. "Dick" Hoover; brother, Benton P. Hale (Phyllis) of Youngtown, Ariz. and Wheatland, Wyo.; daughter, Tracy (Curt Gridley) of Wichita, Kan.; son, John of Hillsborough,...

Betty Jean Ertel Dillon

Betty Jean Ertel Dillon

Dec 21, 2013

BETTY JEAN ERTEL DILLON Funeral services for Betty Dillon, a lifelong resident of this area, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 27 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Betty will be laid to rest next to her husband, Dick Dillon, following the services at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Betty Jean Ertel was born September 11, 1919, the second of...

Twila Freada Switzer

Twila Freada Switzer

Dec 20, 2013

TWILA FREADA SWITZER Funeral services for Twila Freada Switzer will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Twila was born the daughter of Frank B. and Laura Freda (Treece) Bridgewater on December 15, 1935 in Beulah, Colo. She passed away at Swedish Hospital in Denver, Colo. on...

James Lafayette Black

James Lafayette Black

Dec 20, 2013

JAMES LAFAYETTE "JIM" BLACK A gathering to celebrate the life of James Lafayette "Jim" Black will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jim was born the only child of James L. and Frances (Kasal) Black on September 10, 1933 in Cortez. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Friday, December...

Audrey Ruth Bixler Tycksen

Audrey Ruth Bixler Tycksen

Dec 20, 2013

AUDREY RUTH (BIXLER) TYCKSEN Audrey Ruth (Bixler) Tycksen was born January 3, 1927 in Ignacio, Colo. She passed away December 20, 2013 in Cortez, Colo. Audrey was raised on a family farm in Arboles, Colo. She came from a large family of 9 children and her parents. She always said that their family was lucky during the depression as they...

Bert Charles Ray

Bert Charles Ray

Dec 20, 2013

BERT CHARLES RAY Bert Charles Ray, a longtime resident of Cortez, passed away on December 20, 2013 at the age of 97. Bert was born in Jasper, MO. on May 27, 1916. Following the death of his father, Bert took on the responsibility at the age of 14 of driving his mother, younger brother and sister from Oklahoma to Colorado....

Ralph E. Vavak

Ralph E. Vavak

Dec 20, 2013

RALPH E. VAVAK Memorial services for Ralph E. Vavak will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 4 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. A reception will follow in Hampton Hall. Ralph E. Vavak (Mr. V) left this world on Friday, December 20, 2013. He was born on January 20, 1928 in Waynes County, Mo. to parents Joseph...

Ellagray Butts-Ross

Ellagray Butts-Ross

Dec 17, 2013

ELLAGRAY BUTTS-ROSS EllaGray Butts-Ross was born April 22, 1922 in Ada, Okla. the daughter of Arthur James and Marie Elizabeth (Yoakum) Miller. She passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos, Colo. on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at the age of 91. Being active, EllaGray loved to exercise especially hiking. She was an excellent mother and loving care...

Robyn Lyn Robbins

Robyn Lyn Robbins

Dec 15, 2013

ROBYN LYN ROBBINS Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident Robyn Lyn Robbins will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 19 at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Robyn was born April 4, 1958 in Durango, Colo. the daughter of Ralph Edward and Dixie Delora (Dillon) Robbins. She passed away at her Mancos home...