Mary Elizabeth Zummach
Jul 7, 2012
MARY ELIZABETH ZUMMACH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Mary Elizabeth Zummach will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mary was born June 22, 1967 in Albuquerque, N.M. the daughter of August George and Lela LaKay (Kinsell) Stanley. She passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at...
Opal Marie Wright Blakey
Jul 6, 2012
OPAL MARIE WRIGHT BLAKEY Memorial services for Dolores resident Opal Marie Wright Blakey will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 7 at the Church of Christ. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Opal was born October 1, 1917 in Pottawatomie County, Okla. the daughter of Rueben Dexter and...
Francis James "Jim" Pilon
Jul 4, 2012
FRANCIS JAMES "JIM" PILON Funeral Mass for longtime Dove Creek resident Francis James "Jim" Pilon will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jim was born October...
Ruth Hollen Dewell
Jul 2, 2012
RUTH HOLLEN DEWELL Funeral services for Ruth Hollen Dewell, 74 of Dolores, will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 9 at Montelores Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Ruth Hollen Dewell was born October 2, 1937 to Robin and Marie Hollen of Pleasant View, Colo. She was the last of nine children born to the Hollens....
Henry Ludwig Jansen Jr.
Jul 2, 2012
HENRY LUDWIG JANSEN JR. Funeral Mass for Dolores resident Henry Ludwig Jansen Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 6 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Pat Valdez, C.R. officiating. Interment will take place in New Jersey. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military...
Jessie Nadene Waggoner
Jul 1, 2012
JESSIE NADENE WAGGONER Graveside services for Farmington, N.M. resident Jessie Nadene Waggoner will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 6 at Arriola Cemetery. Jessie was born May 25, 1936 in Cortez the daughter of Roy Ann and Eva Lucritia (Billingsley) Arnold. She passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M....
John Walter Bryant
Jul 1, 2012
JOHN WALTER BRYANT A memorial Mass will be held for longtime Cortez resident John Walter Bryant at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with military honors being presented by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. John was born May 21, 1943 in Heavener, Okla. the son of Walter...
Brenda Sue Zacharias-Remmerde
Jun 30, 2012
BRENDA SUE ZACHARIAS-REMMERDE Graveside services for Dolores resident Brenda Sue Zacharias-Remmerde will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 9 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Brenda was born September 25, 1962 in Escondido, Calif. to Merle J. Zacharias and Dyanne Templin. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the age of 49. Brenda married...
Brenda Sue Zacharias-Remmerde
Jun 30, 2012
BRENDA SUE ZACHARIAS-REMMERDE Graveside services for Dolores resident Brenda Sue Zacharias-Remmerde will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 9 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Brenda was born September 25, 1962 in Escondido, Calif. to Merle J. Zacharias and Dyanne Templin. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the age of 49. For further...
William Carter "Bill" Mealing
Jun 29, 2012
WILLIAM "BILL" CARTER MEALING Memorial services for William "Bill" Carter Mealing will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bill passed away early Friday morning, June 29, 2012 at his home in Cortez, Colo., due to lung cancer. Bill was born on November 22, 1947 in Kellogg, Idaho to Cyril Henry Mealing and...
Carolyn Sue Goodall
Jun 28, 2012
CAROLYN SUE GOODALL A potluck gathering remembering longtime Cortez resident Carolyn Sue Goodall will be held at Noon on Saturday, July 7 at Parque De Vida. Carolyn was born April 29, 1941 in San Diego, Calif. the daughter of Paul and Anita (Winbourn) McCormick. She passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at her residence at the age of 71....
Gary Edward Hegwood
Jun 27, 2012
GARY EDWARD HEGWOOD Memorial services for longtime area resident Gary Edward Hegwood will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 2 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Gary was born December 15, 1948 in Boise City, Okla. the son of Lester J. and Doris Marie (Perry) Hegwood. He passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at his Dolores residence at the...
Randy Dale Mathews
Jun 25, 2012
RANDY DALE MATHEWS Memorial services for lifelong area resident Randy Dale Mathews will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 30 at the Old Mancos High School Gymnasium. Randy was born October 12, 1969 in Miami, Ariz. the son of Marvin R. Mathews and Charleen Fay Randolph. He passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012 in La Plata County,...
Emmett Rockwell Donohue
Jun 24, 2012
EMMETT ROCKWELL DONOHUE Emmett Rockwell Donohue quietly passed away at his home in Dolores on June 24th surrounded by family. Emmett was born January 3, 1924 in Petaluma, Calif. He graduated from high school in Iowa. After graduation he returned to La Mesa, Calif. and worked in a grocery store. Because of World War II the California Department of Forestry(CDF)...
Kenneth Joe Ward
Jun 21, 2012
KENNETH JOE WARD Funeral services for lifelong area resident Kenneth Joe Ward will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Marvin Graves officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the service starting at 1 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Kenneth was born on September 22, 1942 in...
John Michael Rafle
Jun 18, 2012
JOHN MICHAEL RAFLE John Michael Rafle was born December 6, 1957 in Erie, Penn. the son of Abram Coleman and Josephine Nelda (D'Aurora) Rafle. He passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 54. On May 23, 1981, John married Laurie Rae Blymiller in Barnes, Penn. John was a part...
Joseph Bartolino Sr.
Jun 18, 2012
JOSEPH BARTOLINO SR. Joseph Bartolino Sr. was born April 26, 1925 in Rochester, N.Y. the son of Sebastian and Anna Bertolino. He passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 87. Joe loved to see the sights of the world, traveling was a favorite pastime of his. Not one to be slowed down...
Juanita Elizabeth Warren
Jun 17, 2012
JUANITA ELIZABETH WARREN Funeral services for lifelong area resident Juanita Elizabeth Warren will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 21 at First Assembly of God Church. Pastors Paul Houston and Don Henderson will officiate. Cremation will follow the services. Juanita Elizabeth Warren went to be with her Lord on June 17, 2012 with her family by her side...
Jim Justin "Judd" Suckla
Jun 17, 2012
JIM JUSTIN "JUDD" SUCKLA Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Jim Justin "Judd" Suckla will be held at 12 p.m. on Friday, June 22 at the Cortez Livestock Auction. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. A dinner and gathering of friends will follow the services at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Judd was born March 9, 1968 in Cortez the son...
Gary Lynn Ives
Jun 16, 2012
GARY LYNN IVES Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Gary Lynn Ives will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. at Ertel Chapel. Gary was born March 24, 1951 in Cortez the son of Harold Grant and Alice Carmen (Hughes) Ives. He...
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