Obituaries

Virginia Lee Mabarak

Virginia Lee Mabarak

Dec 15, 2012

VIRGINIA LEE MABARAK Virginia Lee Mabarak, 94, passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Saturday, December 15, 2012. She was born in Tulsa, Okla. on June 17, 1918 to Grace (Cook) Adair and John Adair. Virginia married Shaffer Mabarak on August 22, 1944 after moving to Tucson in 1940. They were married for 55 years, until his passing in 1999....

Willa-Don Holmes

Willa-Don Holmes

Dec 14, 2012

WILLA-DON HOLMES Graveside services for former area resident and current Page, Ariz. resident, Willa-Don Holmes will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 21 at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Leigh Waggoner will officiate. A reception will follow the service at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Willa-Don Watson was born in Cortez on April 25, 1936 to Willie-Don "Bill" Watson and Claire...

Joseph Luke Wright

Joseph Luke Wright

Dec 13, 2012

JOSEPH LUKE "JOE" WRIGHT Memorial services for Joseph Luke "Joe" Wright will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, December 17 at the First Baptist Church. Joe was born February 2, 1928 to Salvatore and Gertrude Wright in Weirton, W.V. He passed away peacefully at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango surrounded by the love of his daughter, Emily Joan...

Louie A. Bonan

Louie A. Bonan

Dec 11, 2012

LOUIE A. BONAN The family of Louie A. Bonan will receive visitors from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Memorial Mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 20 at St. Columba Catholic Church in Durango. Inurnment will take place at Greenmount Cemetery. Louie was born May 27, 1919 in Riverside, N.M. the...

Florence L. "Billie" Gorrell

Florence L. "Billie" Gorrell

Dec 10, 2012

FLORENCE L. "BILLIE" GORRELL Funeral services for Cortez resident Florence L. "Billie" Gorrell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Billie was born July 9, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minn. the daughter...

Elsie F. Carlson

Elsie F. Carlson

Dec 10, 2012

ELSIE F. CARLSON Memorial services for Elsie F. Carlson a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Elsie died December 10, 2012 at the Valley Inn in Mancos, Colo. She was born in Bridgeport, Neb. on December 16, 1925 to Jacob and Eliza...

Guerreros Navarrete Hernandez

Guerreros Navarrete Hernandez

Dec 10, 2012

GUERREROS NAVARRETE HERNANDEZ Visitation for Guerreros Navarrete Hernandez, 69 of Cortez, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow. Guerreros was born March 5, 1943 in Durango, El Carriso, Mexico the son of Manuel Navarrete and Velia Navarrete Hernandez. He passed away in Cortez on Monday, December 10, 2012....

Edythelma Sattley

Edythelma Sattley

Dec 9, 2012

EDYTHELMA SATTLEY Graveside services for Edythelma Sattley will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 12 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Edyth was born March 22, 1930 in Dolores, Colo. She passed away on December 9, 2012 at the Gingerich Home for the Elderly in Farmington, N.M. at the age of 82. She was a lifelong resident of Southwestern Colorado....

Marvin Neil Karsten

Marvin Neil Karsten

Dec 7, 2012

MARVIN NEIL KARSTEN Marvin Neil Karsten was born on September 23, 1940 in Morristown, Minn. to Harold and Candace (Crandle) Karsten. He passed away on December 7, 2012 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Marvin married Sylvia Cortez in Hastings, Minn. on October 23, 1995. Marvin considered himself to be a water conservationist. Surviving Marvin are his...

Marvin Neil Karsten

Marvin Neil Karsten

Dec 7, 2012

MARVIN NEIL KARSTEN Marvin Neil Karsten was born on September 23, 1940 in Morristown, Minn. to Harold and Candace (Crandle) Karsten. He passed away on December 7, 2012 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Marvin married Sylvia Cortez in Hastings, Minn. on October 23, 1995. Marvin considered himself to be a water conservationist. Surviving Marvin are his...

Jimmie Hester Sims Rodd

Jimmie Hester Sims Rodd

Dec 6, 2012

JIMMIE HESTER SIMS RODD Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Jimmie Hester Sims Rodd will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 11 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jimmie Burton will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to noon at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jimmie was born July 29, 1921 in Clarkwood, Tex. the daughter of...

Mark Thornton Moore

Mark Thornton Moore

Dec 5, 2012

MARK THORNTON MOORE Mark Thornton Moore was born on March 30, 1954 in The Dalles, Ore. to William Thornton Moore Sr. and Jane (Mims) Moore. He passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 58. The following is a personal recollection of Mark's father, William Thornton Moore. "Mark went to Steven F. Austin...

Stephen Lynn Kraft

Stephen Lynn Kraft

Dec 4, 2012

STEPHEN LYNN KRAFT Stephen Lynn Kraft known to most as Steve or "Grumpa," passed away at his home in Cortez, November 27, 2012 at the age of 75 years old. Steve was born first of three August 7, 1937 to Carl Emery Kraft and Ina Mildred Hawkins in Clinton, Illinois. After graduating from Kremling Union High School in 1955 he...

Jacob Wayne Jeter

Jacob Wayne Jeter

Nov 29, 2012

JACOB WAYNE JETER A memorial potluck for lifelong Cortez resident Jacob Wayne Jeter will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 8 at the Old School House at Audrey Allmon's residence, 21101 Road G, Cortez. Jake was born on December 15, 1980 in Durango, Colo. to Lewis Edmond Jeter and Patricia Ann (Johnson) Pinkerton. He passed away on November...

Donna Lynn Johnson Bingham

Donna Lynn Johnson Bingham

Nov 28, 2012

DONNA LYNN JOHNSON BINGHAM Graveside memorial services for longtime Dove Creek resident Donna Lynn Johnson Bingham will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, December 1 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Donna was born on March 19, 1947 in Glenwood Springs, Colo. to Ronald and Laura Jean (Powell) Galyean. She passed away on November 28, 2012 at...

Ena Rosalie Dodson-Kermode

Ena Rosalie Dodson-Kermode

Nov 27, 2012

ENA ROSALIE DODSON-KERMODE Longtime Cortez resident Ena Rosalie Dodson-Kermode passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at her residence at the age of 92. A Funeral Mass for Ena will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Cremation will follow the service. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to...

Frances C. Higgins

Frances C. Higgins

Nov 25, 2012

FRANCES C. HIGGINS Lifelong resident Frances C. Higgins died on November 25, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez. She was born on November 10, 1912 in Hawley, Texas to J.E. and Sarah J. Cothern. In 1933, Frances married David H. Higgins in Cortez where they farmed most of their lives. Frances is survived by her daughters, Janice Stone and...

James Monte Johnson

James Monte Johnson

Nov 23, 2012

JAMES "MONTE" JOHNSON Memorial services for lifelong area resident, James "Monte" Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Dolores Fire Station in Dolores, Colo. A potluck will immediately follow the services at the fire station. Monte passed away on November 23, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn after many years of battling complications associated...

Rose Candelaria Hart

Rose Candelaria Hart

Nov 21, 2012

ROSE CANDELARIA HART Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Rose Candelaria Hart will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 26 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services have been scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 24 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rose was born October 7, 1935 at McPhee,...

Harry Jones

Harry Jones

Nov 21, 2012

HARRY JONES Funeral services longtime Cortez resident Harry Jones will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Harry was born the son of Tom Jones and Beulah Whitehorse Jones on November 8, 1945...