Obituaries

Lucia C. Copperfield

Lucia C. Copperfield

Jan 16, 2013

LUCIA C. COPPERFIELD Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Lucia C. Copperfield will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 21 at the Community Center in Towaoc. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday, January 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lucia was born on May 30, 1955 in Cortez...

Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton

Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton

Jan 16, 2013

ELSIE JEANETTE "ELYSE" HINTON Funeral services for Mancos resident Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 21 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away...

Marie Eleanor Roelfs Wilson

Marie Eleanor Roelfs Wilson

Jan 14, 2013

MARIE ELEANOR ROELFS WILSON Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Marie Eleanor Roelfs Wilson will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 19 Fairview Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Marie was...

Margie Ann Hill

Margie Ann Hill

Jan 13, 2013

MARGIE ANN HILL Margie Ann Hill died peacefully in her home on January 13, 2013 in Dolores, Colorado. Her remaining family members include her husband, Dana Hill, and her three children, Laurie Benjamin of Tucson, Michael Hill of Cortez, and Chad Hill of Minneapolis. Margie was born on October 5, 1935 in Fargo, North Dakota where she met her husband....

Thomas Eugene Cox Ii

Thomas Eugene Cox Ii

Jan 11, 2013

THOMAS EUGENE "TOM" COX II Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Thomas Eugene Cox II will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Tom was born on October 3, 1951 in Alameda,...

Aurta Lynette "Artie" Lichliter

Aurta Lynette "Artie" Lichliter

Jan 9, 2013

AURTA LYNETTE "ARTIE" LICHLITER Funeral services celebrating the life of Aurta Lynette "Artie" Lichliter, a lifelong resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday evening at Ertel Chapel from 5 to 7 p.m. Aurta passed away peacefully the evening...

Jose Benito "Joe" Garcia

Jose Benito "Joe" Garcia

Jan 6, 2013

JOSE BENITO "JOE" GARCIA Funeral Mass for former Mancos resident Jose Benito "Joe" Garcia will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 14 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 13 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Our beloved Joe completed his...

Donald Robert Petit

Donald Robert Petit

Jan 4, 2013

DONALD ROBERT "DON" PETIT On January 4, 2013 at Mercy Medical Hospital, surrounded by his family, Donald Robert "Don" Petit left this world behind and joined those waiting for him on the other side. Donald was born in Marlow, Okla. to Robert Louisa and Jessie Lauretta Petit. He was the oldest boy of eleven children. In 1957, Don moved to...

Nellie Ellen Garland

Nellie Ellen Garland

Jan 3, 2013

NELLIE ELLEN GARLAND Nellie was born February 17, 1915 in Somerset, Colo. She passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013, at Madison House in Cortez, Colo. A "Celebration of Life" memorial service will be held on what would have been her 98th birthday on February 17, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Nellie grew up in Hotchkiss, Colo. and...

Richard Dickinson Gurd

Richard Dickinson Gurd

Jan 2, 2013

RICHARD DICKINSON GURD It's with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their father Richard Dickinson Gurd of Cortez, Colo. Richard passed on January 2, 2013 at Swedish Medical Hospital Denver, Colo. surrounded by his children. Richard was born on January 5, 1942 in Chicago, Ill. where he grew up and resided until his adventure out west -...

Vernon Summa

Vernon Summa

Dec 31, 2012

VERNON SUMMA Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Vernon Summa will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 3 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vernon was born July 20, 1967 in Cortez to Steven Weeks Summa and...

Elaine Tingey

Elaine Tingey

Dec 26, 2012

ELAINE TINGEY Elaine Tingey was born on December 11, 1949 in Brigham, Utah to George Henry and Caroline Lydia (Roche) Tingey. She passed away on December 26, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 63. When sharing about her mother, Shelaine had fond memories of Elaine involved in various crafts and just how talented she was. Surviving Elaine...

Nanalee Powell Winegar

Nanalee Powell Winegar

Dec 26, 2012

NANALEE POWELL WINEGAR Nanalee Powell Winegar was born on December 8, 1916 in Odessa, Mo. She passed on December 26, 2012 in Cortez, Colo. Nanalee married Walter W. Winegar in 1933. They moved to Colorado in 1936 along with Nanalee's parents, Ernest and Lollabelle Powell, and her sisters, Martha- now Martha Dyer of Cortez, Marian- now Marian West of Cortez,...

Rilla Elizabeth King

Rilla Elizabeth King

Dec 25, 2012

RILLA ELIZABETH KING Graveside services for longtime Mancos resident Rilla Elizabeth King will be held at Noon on Friday, December 28 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A luncheon will be held immediately following the services at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rilla was born December...

Etha Eileen Patterson

Etha Eileen Patterson

Dec 24, 2012

ETHA EILEEN PATTERSON Funeral services for long time Yellow Jacket resident Etha Eileen Patterson will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Yellow Jacket. Reverend Tom Towns will officiate. There is a visitation scheduled for Wednesday, January 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel....

James David "J.D." Harris

James David "J.D." Harris

Dec 20, 2012

JAMES DAVID "J.D." HARRIS Funeral services for James David "J.D." Harris formerly of this area will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private interment will lay J.D. to rest next to his wife, Frances at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at...

Jose "Oscar" Balderrama

Jose "Oscar" Balderrama

Dec 19, 2012

JOSE "OSCAR" BALDERRAMA Celebration of life services for Jose "Oscar" Balderrama will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 23 at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 540 W. 4th Street, Cortez. Please come and share stories of the good time had with Oscar. Longtime Cortez resident Oscar Balderrama passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. He was...

Carl A. Zion

Carl A. Zion

Dec 19, 2012

CARL A. ZION Carl A. Zion passed away unexpectedly at his home on December 19, 2012. He was born at home near Vernon, Colo. on May 2, 1931. Carl was an instructor at Fort Leonardwood, Mo. during the years of the Korean War. He taught high school vocational agriculture, worked for the government and in construction for many years. He...

Mary Margaret Johnson

Mary Margaret Johnson

Dec 18, 2012

MARY MARGARET JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Mary Margaret Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mary Margaret was born November 14, 1919 in Perkins, Okla. the daughter of Charles Dennis and Lida Rae (Carlile) Knipe. She passed away on Tuesday, December 18,...

Fay Jenna Vee Jensen

Fay Jenna Vee Jensen

Dec 16, 2012

FAY JENNA VEE JENSEN Graveside services for Lewis resident Fay Jenna Vee Jensen will be held later this week at Green Acres Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fay was born March 7, 1927 in Provo, Utah the daughter of Mads Hyrum and Della Bertha (Hansen) Sorenson. She passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn at the...