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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
Ruth Clara Bowen Fleming
Jul 23, 2012
RUTH CLARA BOWEN FLEMING Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Ruth Clara Bowen Fleming will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 26 at the Assembly of God Church in Dove Creek. Pastor Buddy Bishop will officiate. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Ruth was born on August 13, 1930 in Wheeler County, Tex. to Wallace and...
Donald Dean Sanderson
Jul 22, 2012
DONALD DEAN SANDERSON Memorial services for lifelong Dove Creek resident Donald Dean Sanderson will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25 at Dove Creek Cemetery. He passed away at his home in Cortez on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the age of 77 with his family by his side. Donald Dean was born September 12, 1934 to James...
Joy Frazier
Jul 20, 2012
HELEN JOISAPHENE "JOY" FRAZIER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Helen Joisaphene "Joy" Frazier will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 30 at Riverside Park in Dolores. A celebration of Joy's life will take place Monday evening at 6 p.m. at her residence, 200 W. Riverside Avenue. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at...
Jim Carl Lee
Jul 13, 2012
JIM CARL LEE Graveside inurnment services for Cortez, Colo. resident Jim Carl Lee will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 3 at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix. Jim was born on January 30, 1927 in Ft. Sumner, N.M. to Charles Henderson and Callie (McAdams) Lee. He passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012 at his...
Theola Jean Mcgahuey
Jul 9, 2012
THEOLA JEAN MCGAHUEY Theola Jean McGahuey was born on April 10, 1928 in Wichita, Kan. to Clifford D. and Thelma K.M. (Gray) Lynch. She passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at her Cortez residence at the age of 84. On March 30, 1947 Theola married Jack Orville McGahuey. She worked for nearly 20 years as an Environmental Controlist at...
Maynard Darrow Peck
Jul 9, 2012
MAYNARD DARROW PECK Maynard Darrow Peck was born February 5, 1923 in Rose, Kan. the son of Maynard Riley and Hazel Irene (Martin) Peck. He passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 89. Darrow served his country during World War II. He was in the 853rd Aviation Engineers building runways in Africa...
Stanley J. Brewer
Jul 8, 2012
STANLEY J. BREWER A Celebration of Life and potluck for Cortez resident Stanley J. Brewer will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 14 at Parque de Vida Pavilion in Cortez. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Stanley was born on August 30, 1926 in Wilcox, Ariz. to...
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,...
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