Chloe Sanup Ute
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...
Everett King
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...
John Thomas "Jack" Kelley
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...
Alfred Dean Bradshaw
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...
Mildred May Latchford
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...
Patricia Ann Temple
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...
Virginia Lois Miller
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)...
Eleanor Slatinsky "Ellie" Wolf
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...
Nelda Martha Trost
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...
Helen M. Busby
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...
Albin Dwaine Gorrell
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...
Caroline Amelia Gustafson Murphy
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...
William Obert "Bill" Criswell
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...
Marilyn Gilbert
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...
David Lee Antes
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...
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Percell
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...
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
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
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
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....
