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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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...