Obituaries

Feb 12, 2013

Feb 11, 2013

ROBERT EUGENE "BOB" VAN SELL Memorial services for Cortez resident Robert Eugene "Bob" Van Sell will be held at the Masonic Lodge #111 in Nucla, Colorado Saturday, February 16 at 2:00 pm. Robert Eugene "Bob" Van Sell was born July 15, 1934 in Atchison, Kansas to James and Clara (Mathena) Van Sell. He entered into rest at the family home...

Feb 11, 2013

KAILI MARIE VASQUEZ Memorial services for Kaili Marie Vasquez will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Kaili was born December 28, 2012 in Durango the daughter of Krista Marie Lynn Vasquez. She passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013 at Children's Hospital in Aurora. Even though Kaili only lived a short time, she...

Feb 11, 2013

LLOYD STEPHEN WALLACE Memorial services for Lloyd Stephen Wallace will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 23 at the American Legion Ute Mtn. Post No. 75, 320 N. Harrison Street, Cortez. Lloyd passed away on February 11, 2013 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez after being sick for some time. He was 75 years old. Lloyd was born...

Feb 10, 2013

CHLOE SANUP UTE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Chloe Sanup Ute will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation is pending. Please contact Ertel Funeral Home for further details. Chloe was born July 9, 1935 in Cottonwood Wash, Utah the daughter of Paul and Janette...

Feb 7, 2013

EVERETT KING Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Everett King will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday, February 11 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Everett was born October 13, 1966 in Cortez the son of...

Feb 7, 2013

JOHN THOMAS "JACK" KELLEY Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident John Thomas "Jack" Kelley will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Private Interment will take place at Bayfield Cemetery, Bayfield, Colo. A Rosary will...

Feb 6, 2013

ALFRED DEAN BRADSHAW Alfred Dean Bradshaw was born September 22, 1939 in Farmington, N.M. the son of Harvey Dean and Ewa Berniece (Cornelison) Bradshaw. He passed away on February 6, 2013 in Mesa, Ariz. at the age of 73. Alfred attended Mancos High School and Fort Lewis College where he graduated with his teaching degree. He taught in Aneth, Utah...

Feb 5, 2013

MILDRED MAY "MILLIE" LATCHFORD A Celebration of Life for Mildred May "Millie" Latchford a longtime Cortez resident will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12 at Cortez First United Methodist Church. Pastors Tom Towns and Suzanne Listemann will officiate. Millie passed away at Vista Mesa Assisted Living in Cortez on Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Millie was 98 years...

Feb 4, 2013

PATRICIA ANN TEMPLE Patricia Ann Draheim Temple. Mustang angel and lover of all wildlife, words cannot come close to describing the dynamo that was Pati and the heartbreak is raw. Pati passed away at sunset on February 4, 2013, peacefully at home surrounded by her family, friends and cherished pets. Born in Ithaca, New York in 1951 to Charles and...

Feb 2, 2013

VIRGINIA LOIS MILLER Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Virginia Lois Miller will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 8 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lois was born November 11, 1936 in Lewis, Colo. the daughter of Linley F. and Willie Ann (Carver)...

Feb 2, 2013

ELEANOR SLATINSKY "ELLIE" WOLF Memorial services for long time Dolores resident Eleanor Slatinsky "Ellie" Wolf will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Ellie was born January 12, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of Andrew and Susanne (Beinik) Slatinsky. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the...

Feb 1, 2013

NELDA MARTHA TROST Nelda M. Trost, a current resident of Vista Grande Inn, passed away February 1, 2013 in Cortez. She was born in Fredonia, Wis. to Fred and Clara Laubenstein on January 20, 1931. Nelda and Earl Trost were married December 1957 in Wisconsin. Nelda is preceded in death by her son, Jimmy Trost; and husband Earl Trost. Growing...

Jan 29, 2013

Helen M. Busby Helen M. (Duncan) Busby passed away peacefully on January 29, 2013 in Cortez, Colorado at the age of 95. She was born in rural Albion, Illinois, the daughter of Thomas L. and Leta G. (Bell) Duncan. She graduated from Ridge Farm, Illinois High School in 1935. She worked for four years at F. W. Woolworth, Danville, Illinois...

Jan 27, 2013

ALBIN DWAINE GORRELL Funeral services for Albin Dwaine Gorrell will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 31 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday morning beginning at 9 a.m. at the funeral home. Albin, better known as Al, was born November 24, 1924 in Alhambra, Calif. the son...

Jan 24, 2013

CAROLINE AMELIA GUSTAFSON MURPHY Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Caroline Amelia Gustafson Murphy will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 29 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Caroline was born July 27, 1925 to Gustaf Adolph Gustafson and Harriet Lucile (Wertz) Gustafson in Youngstown, Ohio. She passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Vista Grande Inn...

Jan 23, 2013

WILLIAM OBERT "BILL" CRISWELL Graveside services for Cortez resident William Obert "Bill" Criswell will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, February 1 at Eckert Cemetery in Eckert, Colo. Bill was born October 12, 1932 in Delta, Colo. the son of Robert and Jewel (Martin) Criswell. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the...

Jan 23, 2013

MARILYN GILBERT Marilyn Gilbert was born August 26, 1931 in Queens, N.Y. the daughter of Albert and Margaret (Herrscher) Miller. She passed away at her Mancos residence on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the age of 81. Marilyn was an accountant and security official for the Hudson Institute which was a research "think tank." In her free time, Marilyn enjoyed...

Jan 20, 2013

DAVID LEE ANTES Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident David Lee Antes (also known as Dave, Big Dave, Eskimo Dave, Papa and Dad) will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 26 at the First Assembly of God Church, 120 S. Linden Street, Cortez. Dave was born the son of Samuel S. Antes and Lorena Catherine (DuVall) Antes on...

Jan 17, 2013

MARY ELIZABETH "BETTY" PERCELL Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Percell passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Durango on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. She was 71 years old. Betty was born the daughter of Marion Lester and Mary Lucile (Crawford) Coleman on April 24, 1941, in Los Angeles, Calif. Betty spent 15 years working in the Montezuma County Treasurer's Office, building treasured...