Jay Leslie Mccabe
Jan 15, 2014
JAY LESLIE McCABE Memorial services for lifelong resident Jay Leslie McCabe will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cortez. Jay was born January 12, 1944 in Cortez and passed away January 15, 2014. On November 26, 1985 Jay married Beth Baxstrom. Jay was preceded in death by his father, Francis McCabe; and...
Carrie Lynn Nettles
Jan 15, 2014
CARRIE LYNN NETTLES Carrie Lynn Nettles was born June 5, 1961 in Cortez the daughter of David and De Los (Striley) Miller. She passed away at her Cortez home at the age of 52. Surviving Carrie are her son, Troy Nettles and wife, Kimberly of Marietta, Ga.; her grandchild, Jayden Nettles; and her sister, Kelly Goddard and husband, Thomas of...
Elsie Lavern Kennedy
Jan 14, 2014
ELSIE LAVERN KENNEDY Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident Elsie LaVern Kennedy will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 20 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Visitation has been set for Monday morning at Ertel Chapel from 9 a.m. until service time. Elsie LaVern Kennedy was born...
Florella Lydia Oakes
Jan 11, 2014
FLORELLA LYDIA OAKES Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident Florella Lydia Oakes will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 18 at the Dolores Community Center. Assistant Pastor Ben Erickson of Lighthouse Baptist Church will officiate. Florella was born December 13, 1928 in Cook County, Colo. the daughter of William Leonard and Florene (Rogers) Wagner. She passed away at...
Sheila M. Rogers
Jan 7, 2014
SHEILA M. ROGERS A graveside inurnment service held for Sheila M. Rogers will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 28 at Arriola Cemetery, 14480 Road 22. A celebration of life will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Laurie and Casey Lynch, 48 Grandview Circle in Durango. All family, friends and anyone who knew Sheila or knows...
Mary Anna "Ann" Starbuck
Jan 5, 2014
MARY ANNA "ANN" STARBUCK Graveside services for Mancos resident Mary Anna "Ann" Starbuck will be held at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, January 13 at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Ann was born September 1, 1925 in Brighton, Colo. the daughter of Harold Viron and Blanche Mary (Throckmorton) Hartley. She passed away at her Mancos, Colo. home on Sunday, January...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...