Obituaries

Dorcas Ernestine Lowery

Dorcas Ernestine Lowery

Nov 16, 2012

DORCAS HALL LOWERY Graveside services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Dorcas Hall Lowery will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21 at the Urado Cemetery. Dorcas was born June 3, 1922 at Bug Point to Earn and Roma Hall. She passed away at her home on Friday, November 16, 2012 at the age of 90. Dorcas spent many...

Carol H. Dye

Carol H. Dye

Nov 12, 2012

CAROL H. DYE Carol H. Dye was born August 22, 1937 in Sparks, Nevada to Wayne and Rebecca (Filler) Herberth. She passed away at her Pleasant View home on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the age of 75. Carol worked as a telephone operator for many years. Together with her soul mate Bill she traveled the West finding adventure along...

Harlan Lee Mcdaniel

Harlan Lee Mcdaniel

Nov 10, 2012

HARLAN LEE MCDANIEL Harlan L. "Mac" McDaniel was born on November 15, 1935 in Delta, Colo. to Howard and Nellie (Finley) McDaniel. He passed away on November 10, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 76. In 1955, Mac (as he was known to family and friends) and Shirley Dixon were married in Austin, Colo. on August 21....

Roscoe Caleb Rose

Roscoe Caleb Rose

Nov 10, 2012

ROSCOE CALEB ROSE Funeral services for longtime Lewis resident Roscoe Caleb Rose will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Roscoe was born January 2, 1919 in Beaver, Okla. the son of Edwin...

Ada Alene Glenn

Ada Alene Glenn

Nov 7, 2012

ADA ALENE GLENN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Ada Alene Glenn will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 17 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. at the church. Alene was born December 4, 1917...

Cindy Dianne Liming

Cindy Dianne Liming

Nov 7, 2012

CINDY DIANNE LIMING Funeral services for Medway, Ohio resident Cindy Dianne Liming will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 16 at the Dove Creek Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Cindy's uncle, Buddy Bishop will officiate. The daughter of Ethrig Warner and Nancy M. (Jones) Gray, Cindy was born on July 4, 1957...

May Gean Nielson

May Gean Nielson

Nov 5, 2012

MAY GEAN NIELSON Funeral services for longtime are resident May Gean Nielson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Relief Society Room at the church. Gean...

William Robert Graf

William Robert Graf

Nov 5, 2012

WILLIAM ROBERT GRAF William Robert Graf, Born December 19, 1923 in Clovis New Mexico to William Robert Graf Senior and Alverta F. Gilham Graf, a lifelong farmer and cattleman, passed away November 5, 2012 at his home in rural Mancos. He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Aviation Battalion from March 16, 1943 until January 8, 1946...

Mary Lou Prunner Till

Mary Lou Prunner Till

Nov 5, 2012

MARY LOU PRUNER TILL Mary Lou Pruner Till was born April 5, 1928 in Kennard, Nebraska. She passed from this life on Monday, November 5, 2012 at the age of eighty-four at Vista Grande Nursing Home. She was the daughter of Gifford Harold Pruner and Laura Marie Pederson Pruner. She moved to Cortez with her family at six months of...

Alexander Christian Stanford

Alexander Christian Stanford

Nov 4, 2012

ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN "ALEX" STANFORD Visitation for Mancos resident Alexander Christian "Alex" Stanford will be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday, November 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Alex was born June 15, 1992 in Waco, Tex.; the son of Lida Anne (Stanford) and Herbert Mark Salyer. He passed away on Sunday, November 4, 2012 in Wellington, Colo. at the...

Frankie Rebecca Leonard

Frankie Rebecca Leonard

Oct 29, 2012

FRANKIE REBECCA LEONARD Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Frankie Rebecca Leonard will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 1 at Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Raymond Boyd will officiate. Frankie was born April 26, 1937 in Arriola the daughter of Jesse Alva and Sarah Maude (Merica) Leonard. She passed away on Monday, October 29, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn...

Billie Keith "Bill" Fischer

Billie Keith "Bill" Fischer

Oct 28, 2012

BILLIE KEITH "BILL" FISCHER Graveside services for Dolores resident Billie Keith "Bill" Fischer will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military Honors will be conducted by Montezuma County V.F.W. Post #5231. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bill was born August 31,...

Gaylord Allan Lyman

Gaylord Allan Lyman

Oct 27, 2012

GAYLORD ALLAN LYMAN Graveside services for Gaylord Allan Lyman, a longtime Dolores resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 4 to 6 p.m. Gaylord was born July 30,...

Robert Dean  Gray

Robert Dean Gray

Oct 26, 2012

ROBERT DEAN "BOB" GRAY A celebration of life for longtime Cortez resident Robert Dean "Bob" Gray will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 30 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Bob was born May 28, 1924 in Meade, Kan. the son of William Thomas and Eva B. (Eliason) Gray. He passed away...

David Leroy Miller

David Leroy Miller

Oct 24, 2012

DAVID LEROY MILLER David Leroy Miller was born September 15, 1935 in Monticello, Utah the son of Roy and Madge Miller. He passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at his Cortez residence at the age of 77. David met and married the love of his life, Iva Carol Willis on August 3, 1965. It was a package deal as...

Irene Belle Bradford

Irene Belle Bradford

Oct 23, 2012

IRENE BELLE BRADFORD Graveside services for Cortez resident Irene Belle Bradford will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 26 at Citizens Cemetery in Flagstaff, Ariz. Irene was born October 11, 1925 in Flagstaff, Ariz. the daughter of Samuel Monroe and Mary Caroline (Carlos) Campbell. She passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Four Corners Nursing Home in...

Barbara Nadine Lybarger

Barbara Nadine Lybarger

Oct 21, 2012

BARBARA NADINE LYBARGER Memorial services for Dolores resident Barbara Nadine Lybarger will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 27 at Darrell Howe Mortuary in Lafayette, Colo. Inurnment will follow at Lafayette Cemetery. Barbara was born February 27, 1935 in Louisville, Colo. the daughter of George William and Nadine Loburn (Kellett) Lybarger. She passed away on Sunday, October 21,...

Richard Running Deer

Richard Running Deer

Oct 20, 2012

RICHARD RUNNING DEER Richard Running Deer was born October 16, 1939 in Colorado Springs, Colo. the son of William Jewell and Virginia (Bonds) Meyer. He passed away peacefully on October 20, 2012 at Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos at the age of 73. Richard was a medicine man; people came worldwide for his ceremonies. Those Richard served held him...

Birdie Eleanor Lorraine Ashcroft

Birdie Eleanor Lorraine Ashcroft

Oct 18, 2012

BIRDIE LORRAINE ASHCROFT Birdie Eleanor Lorraine Ashcroft passed away on October 18, 2012 following a lengthy illness. Birdie was born on January 6, 1928 to Wales and Minnie Smith. As a young girl, Birdie attended the day school near Ganado, Ariz., the Durango, Colo. school system, and graduated from Gallup High School in Gallup, N.M. Birdie spent her youth on...

Francis Henry Badding

Francis Henry Badding

Oct 16, 2012

FRANCIS HENRY BADDING Funeral Mass for longtime Dove Creek resident Francis Henry Badding will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 22 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 21 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary will follow the viewing at...