Barbara Alice Sapp
Nov 8, 2013
BARBARA ALICE PARKS SAPP Memorial Mass for Barbara Alice Sapp will be held Saturday, November 23 at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church followed immediately by a potluck dinner at the parish annex. Rosary services will be held Friday, November 22 at 6 p.m., also at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Barbara Alice ("Bobby") Parks was born September...
Dessie Lee Carter
Nov 7, 2013
DESSIE LEE CARTER Graveside services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Dessie Lee Carter will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Rick Carpenter of the First United Methodist Church of Dove Creek will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday, November 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 5-7 p.m. Dessie was born the...
John Dinae Sr.
Nov 3, 2013
JOHN DINAE SR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident, John Dinae Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 7 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment following at Cortez Cemetery. John was born on December 25, 1928 in Red Valley, Ariz. the son of Nakaidinae Litsoii Biye and Mary Begay. He passed away at his home on Sunday,...
Iva Jean Hobbs
Nov 2, 2013
IVA JEAN HOBBS Iva Jean Hobbs a recent resident of Vista Grande Inn in Cortez passed peacefully away on November 2, 2013. Memorial services will be held on at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9 at The Event Center, 1441 Blanco Blvd, Bloomfield, N.M. Benny Cogburn of the Kingdom Connection will officiate the services. Iva Jean Hobbs was born August...
Lawrence Wayne "Larry" Pleasant
Nov 2, 2013
LAWRENCE WAYNE PLEASANT Military services for Lawrence Wayne Pleasant will be held at the Summit Ridge Cemetery, also known as Sunset Memorial Gardens, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 9. Everyone is welcome to attend the services. Lawrence Wayne Pleasant, often called either L.W. or Larry, passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 2, 2013. Larry was the former...
Glenn Woltz Watson
Nov 1, 2013
GLENN WOLTZ WATSON Memorial services for Dove Creek resident Glenn Woltz Watson will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5 at Eastland, Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Glenn Woltz Watson, the son of Raymond and Marjo Electra (Waite) Watson, was born July 25, 1945 in Abilene, Tex. He passed away at his Dove Creek...
Sandra Jean Sangosti
Oct 31, 2013
SANDRA JEAN SANGOSTI Services for Sandra Jean Sangosti will be held at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Gunnison, Colo. on Saturday, November 9 at 11 a.m. A Rosary will be held at the church on Friday, November 8 at 7 p.m. Sandra Jean Sangosti was born in Gunnison, Colo. on June 5, 1963 daughter to LaVeta and SJ Sangosti. She...
Joel Brent Johnson
Oct 31, 2013
JOEL BRENT JOHNSON A remembrance service for Joel Johnson will be held on Saturday, November 9 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joel was born the son of Floyd and Joyce Johnson on March 29, 1962 in Bemidji, Minn. He...
Donald Bruce Hoffman
Oct 27, 2013
DONALD BRUCE HOFFMAN Don Hoffman passed away suddenly on October 27, 2013. He was born on May 15, 1948 in Denver, Colo. Don was an excellent carpenter and woodworker, as well as an avid outdoorsman who liked to hike, bike and kayak. His love of the mountains led him to climb most of Colorado's fourteeners, and he had trekked and...
Jessie Renee Megan Garbesi
Oct 26, 2013
JESSIE RENEE MEGAN GARBESI A celebration of life for Cortez resident Jessie Renee Megan Garbesi will be held at Transfer Campground above Mancos on Friday, November 1 at 1 p.m. Please bring your own chair and dress warmly. If you are unable to make it to the mountains, please join the family at the Cortez Senior Center Annex at about...
Lawrence Evans Haines Jr.
Oct 25, 2013
LAWRENCE EVANS "LARRY" HAINES JR. Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Lawrence Evans "Larry" Haines Jr. will be held Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Larry was born the son of Lawrence Elias Haines Sr. and Ruth (Evans) Haines on March 7, 1925 in Palmerton, Penn. He passed away at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center on...
James Elbert Randles
Oct 24, 2013
JAMES ELBERT RANDLES James Elbert Randles was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, December 10, 1925 to James and Irma (Lewis) Randles. He passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the age of 87. He was the third of eight children. The family moved to Montezuma County, Colo. in 1935 during the dust bowl period. The Randles...
John Lawrence Gallegos
Oct 22, 2013
JOHN LAWRENCE GALLEGOS Funeral Mass for longtime Mancos resident John Lawrence Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 25 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with military honors being conducted by Montezuma County VFW Post #5231. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial...
Ilse Eberling
Oct 22, 2013
ILSE EBERLING Funeral services for longtime Cahone resident Ilse Eberling will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 24 at First Southern Baptist Church in Dove Creek. Interment will take place on Saturday, October 26 at Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. at 1 p.m. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the church. Ilse...
Glen Lyle "Denny" Gerlach
Oct 22, 2013
GLEN LYLE "DENNY" GERLACH Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Glen Lyle "Denny" Gerlach will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 2 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Glen Lyle (Denny) Gerlach was born November 14, 1951 in Cortez, Colo. to Lois Francis (Lybyer) Gerlach and...
Rollo Hiram "Bud" Meeks
Oct 21, 2013
ROLLO HIRAM "BUD" MEEKS Rollo Hiram "Bud" Meeks was born the son of Alfred J. and Nellie (Lutkiewicz) Meeks on April 17, 1926 in Meeker, Colo. He passed away at his Cortez home on Monday, October 21, 2013 at the age of 87. Bud married Betty Joanne Bryant on September 20, 1947 in Grand Junction, Colo. They just celebrated 66...
David M. Totman
Oct 18, 2013
DAVID M. TOTMAN Memorial services for David M. Totman will be held at Ertel Funeral Home on Saturday, November 30 at 1 p.m. David died peacefully in his sleep on October 18, 2013 at 87. He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Johanna, Robin and Michele; sons, Peter and Schuyler; and 10 grandchildren. Services will begin at 1 p.m.,...
Aida Alicia Fraley-Glass
Oct 18, 2013
ALICIA FRALEY-GLASS Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Aida Alicia Fraley-Glass will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Alicia was born in Abilene, Tex. on May 1, 1933 the daughter of James Chamberlain and Aida (Nicholas) Bounds. She passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013 in Cortez at the age of 80....
Mayme Mae Chavez
Oct 17, 2013
MAYME MAE CHAVEZ A celebration of life for Mayme Mae Chavez will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Reverend Betty Jo Chavez officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mayme was born on May 8, 1933 in Cherry Creek, Colo. to James Santiago Candelaria and Sofrania (Atencio) Candelaria. She passed away at...
Roberta Louise "Bobbie" Largent
Oct 17, 2013
ROBERTA LOUISE "BOBBIE" LARGENT Memorial services for longtime Cahone resident Roberta Louise "Bobbie" Largent will be held at the Cahone Senior Center on Saturday, November 2 at 3 p.m. Bobbie was born May 20, 1926 in Hemet, Calif. the daughter of Robert Truett and Alfreda Louise (Holley) Wommack. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, October 17, 2013...
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