Andres Reyna Hernandez
Apr 4, 2013
ANDRES REYNA HERNANDEZ Funeral Mass for Lewis resident Andres Reyna Hernandez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rosary services will be...
Anita Rae Rose
Apr 2, 2013
ANITA RAE ROSE Anita Rae Rose was born February 15, 1948 in Telluride, Colo. the daughter of Abraham Lincoln and Mabel (Blackmore) Imel. She passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at her Dolores residence at the age of 65. On June 13, 1986 Anita married Terry Rose in Dolores. She enjoyed wood burning and fishing. Surviving Anita are her...
William Edward "Bill" Hayes Jr.
Apr 1, 2013
WILLIAM EDWARD "BILL" HAYES JR. William Edward "Bill" Hayes Jr. was born May 24, 1940 in Knoxville, Tenn. the son of William Edward and Shirley (Carson) Hayes. He passed away on Monday, April 1, 2013 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez at the age of 72. Bill attended the University of New Mexico. He was on the 1961 UNM football...
Robert Morale Lanyon Iii
Mar 29, 2013
ROBERT MORALE "ROB" LANYON III Robert Morale "Rob" Lanyon III was born June 8, 1936 in Los Angeles, Calif. the son of Robert Morale Lanyon II and Joyce E. (Crozier) Lanyon. He passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at his son's residence in Cahone. Surviving Rob are his wife, Joy Lanyon of Ontario, Canada; his children, Kevin Lanyon and...
Vena Bertha Atkinson Kelso
Mar 28, 2013
VENA BERTHA ATKINSON KELSO Funeral services for longtime area resident Vena Bertha Atkinson Kelso will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Vena was born May 28, 1916, in Quail, Tex., the daughter of William Iredel...
Charles Kenneth "Chuck" Herndon
Mar 28, 2013
CHARLES KENNETH "CHUCK" HERNDON Charles Kenneth "Chuck" Herndon was born January 5, 1922 in Chanute, Kans. the son of David and Myrtle Alice (Bowker) Herndon. He passed away at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center in Cortez on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 91 years of age. Raised on a small farm in Chanute, Chuck worked on a golf course as...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
