Obituaries

Virginia Root

Virginia Root

Mar 26, 2013

VIRGINIA ROOT Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Virginia Root will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 30 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Virginia was born November 22, 1939 in Towaoc the daughter of James and...

Connell "Conn" Marsden

Connell "Conn" Marsden

Mar 26, 2013

CONNELL "CONN" MARSDEN Conn was born in Parowan, Utah on August 23, 1925. He passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness, on March 26, 2013 at Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 87. When Conn was a youngster the family moved to Cedar City, Utah where his father owned and operated Marsden's Men Store. Conn's...

Cherol Kae Acree

Cherol Kae Acree

Mar 23, 2013

CHEROL KAE ACREE Funeral services for Cherol Kae Acree a lifelong Cortez resident will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 29 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Cherol Kae Acree peacefully passed from this...

Shirley Mae Graybeal

Shirley Mae Graybeal

Mar 23, 2013

SHIRLEY MAE GRAYBEAL Shirley Mae Graybeal, a lifelong resident of this area, passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the age of 88. She was born one of nine children to Herbert Lee and Nannie Ellen (Tate) Lewis on August 29, 1924 in Naturita, Colo. Shirley enjoyed woodworking. Surviving Shirley are her son Elbert Colcord...

Nona Carroll Linnens

Nona Carroll Linnens

Mar 21, 2013

NONA CARROLL LINNENS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Nona Carroll Linnens will be held at Noon on Monday, March 25 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will take place at the L.D.S. Church on Monday beginning at 11 a.m. Carroll was born the daughter of...

Aubrey Lee "Bud" Roach

Aubrey Lee "Bud" Roach

Mar 20, 2013

AUBREY LEE "BUD" ROACH Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Aubrey Lee "Bud" Roach will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 at Mancos Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Aubrey "Bud" Roach was born in 1929...

Shane Murray Cote

Shane Murray Cote

Mar 19, 2013

SHANE MURRAY COTE Memorial services for Shane Murray Cote will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 25, at Arriola Bible Church, 15998 Road 22, Dolores. Rev. Kent Slyter will be officiating. Shane was born Sept. 30, 1968, in Portland, Maine. He went home to Glory on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. At a young age, Shane moved with his...

Preston Ray Scott

Preston Ray Scott

Mar 19, 2013

PRESTON RAY SCOTT Funeral services for Durango resident and former Cortez resident Preston Ray Scott will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Preston passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at his home. He was 45. Preston was born to Tex and Mary Scott on December 3,...

Matilda Marie Reisbeck Deering

Matilda Marie Reisbeck Deering

Mar 17, 2013

MATILDA MARIE REISBECK DEERING Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Matilda Marie Reisbeck Deering will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Longtime resident Matilda Marie Reisbeck deering passed away Sunday, March 17,...

William Eugene Baker

William Eugene Baker

Mar 14, 2013

WILLIAM EUGENE "BILL" BAKER Graveside inurnment services for lifelong area resident William Eugene "Bill" Baker will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 21 at Cortez Cemetery. Bill was born October 6, 1930 in Mancos to Hiram Ensley and Easter Hazel (Nelson) Baker. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the age of...

Jessie Eva Cassio

Jessie Eva Cassio

Mar 11, 2013

JESSIE EVA CASSIO Mass for Mancos resident Jessie Eva Cassio will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 at John Paul II Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs. A Vigil will be held Friday evening at 6 p.m. at the church. Jessie was born August 31, 1922 in Denver, Colo. the daughter of Hobart V. and Margaret E. (Maupin)...

Ruth Sell

Ruth Sell

Mar 11, 2013

RUTH SELL Funeral services for Ruth Sell, a former resident of Nucla, Colo. will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Nucla Cemetery at 2 p.m. Ruth was born July 3, 1917 in Hays County, Tex. the daughter of Leander T. and Virginia Carolina (Adare) Hill. She passed away on...

David Allen  Jowell

David Allen Jowell

Mar 10, 2013

DAVID ALLEN JOWELL A Celebration of Life will be held for Lewis resident David Allen Jowell at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. David was born May 26, 1959 in Rifle, Colo. the son of Arthur J. and Connie Lee...

Audie Moore

Audie Moore

Mar 8, 2013

AUDIE MOORE Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Audie Moore will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Audie was born November 22, 1924 in Rose, Okla. the son of Ellis James and Jennie Well (Sisco) Moore. He passed away on Friday,...

Robert "Duane" Lanier

Robert "Duane" Lanier

Mar 5, 2013

ROBERT "DUANE" LANIER Funeral Services for Robert Duane Lanier, 78, of Pleasant View, Colo. will be held Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints Empire Chapel, 1700 E. Empire in Cortez with Tim Lanier conducting. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery in Pleasant View, CO. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from...

Dennis Robert Seibel

Dennis Robert Seibel

Mar 5, 2013

DENNIS ROBERT SEIBEL A celebration of life gathering for Cortez resident Dennis Robert Seibel will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Dennis was born on May 26, 1947 in Bozeman, Mont. Dennis' life boasts many personal and professional accomplishments and together with his depth of intelligence, amazing sense of humor, wonderful...

Lincoln Wilton Black

Lincoln Wilton Black

Feb 28, 2013

LINCOLN WILTON BLACK Graveside services for Lincoln Wilton Black were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington, N.M. Lincoln was born September 1, 1913 in Kirksville, Mo. the son of Edena Maude Messimer Black, D.O. and Albert Lincoln Black, D.O. Lincoln passed away, Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home in Cortez...

Ronald Gilbert Smith

Ronald Gilbert Smith

Feb 26, 2013

RONALD GILBERT SMITH Ronald Gilbert Smith was born September 22, 1931 in Colorado Springs, Colo. the son of Orlo Jared and Ella Celia (Franklin) Smith. He passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at his Cortez residence at the age of 81. On December 29, 1950, Ron married Peggy Jo Barton in Taos, N.M. The couple lived in Alamosa, Colo....

Eva Gawdun

Eva Gawdun

Feb 24, 2013

EVA GAWDUN Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Eva Gawdun will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Viewing has been scheduled for Sunday, March 3 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Following will be a Rosary...

Johnney Junior Burris

Johnney Junior Burris

Feb 24, 2013

JOHNNEY JUNIOR BURRIS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Johnney Junior Burris will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. A reception will follow the funeral service at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 in Cortez. Johnney was born November 10, 1930...