Carlton Lavaughn Johnson
Mar 26, 2012
CARLTON LaVAUGHN JOHNSON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Carlton LaVaughn Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Carlton will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife, Julienne, at the Cortez Cemetery. Carlton was born July 13, 1923 in Baird, Texas. He passed away...
Dorah "Leona" Moore
Mar 25, 2012
DORAH "LEONA" MOORE Funeral services for Dorah "Leona" Moore will be held at 2 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel in Cortez, Colo. on Monday, April 2. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Miss Moore passed away early Sunday morning, March 25, 2012 at her home in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was 74. Born in Zafra, Okla. on March 5, 1938, to...
Winona Grace Dennison
Mar 21, 2012
WINONA GRACE "SISSY" DENNISON Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Winona Grace "Sissy" Dennison will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 26 at Lewis Arriola Community Center with Pastor Kent Slyter officiating. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Sissy, as she was fondly called by family and friends, was born in Longview, Tex. on October 9, 1955 the...
Charles W. Johnson
Mar 20, 2012
CHARLES W. JOHNSON Graveside services for lifelong Dolores resident Charles W. Johnson will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Charles W. Johnson was born August 19, 1928 to Chester and Hazel (Morrissette) Johnson in Dolores. He passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012...
Cleo Lee Artz
Mar 20, 2012
CLEO LEE ARTZ Memorial services for Lewis, Colo. resident Cleo Lee Artz will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 at the Highway Church of Christ. Cleo was born June 29, 1923 in Tribune, Kan. the daughter of Lee and Martha Clarice (Groomer) Sweany. She passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn at the...
June Lee Smith
Mar 19, 2012
JUNE LEE SMITH Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez resident June Lee Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 26, 2012 at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. June was born on July 6, 1926 in Dalhart, Texas to William J. and Anna (Kuck) Strofer. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday, March...
Leona Faye Craig Stanley
Mar 15, 2012
LEONA FAYE CRAIG STANLEY Graveside services for longtime area resident Leona Faye Craig Stanley will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at Cahone Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Leona was born the daughter of Charles Edward Craig Jr. and Sarah Alta (Highley) Craig on March...
Helen Marie Brown
Mar 13, 2012
HELEN MARIE BROWN Funeral services for former longtime Cortez resident Helen Marie Brown will be held at St. Barnabas Church on Wednesday, March 21, at 10 a.m., with burial following in the Cortez Cemetery. Helen was born to Ralph and Allie Ward Aspaas, June 12, 1920, in Durango, Colo. She spent her childhood in the Hesperus area attending elementary school...
Joyce Adams Martin
Mar 13, 2012
JOYCE ADAMS MARTIN A dedicated champion of San Juan County, Joyce Adams Martin, former owner and editor of the San Juan Record, passed suddenly and peacefully on the morning of March 13, 2012, while exercising with her cousin, Donna Washburn. Mercifully, Joyce was able to live her life fully to the end. As an active long-time resident of Monticello, Joyce...
Doris Mary Belt
Mar 13, 2012
DORIS MARY BELT Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Doris Mary Belt will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 16 at the Cortez Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Pastor Steve Gillham will officiate. Doris was born April 30, 1927 in Buffalo, Wyo. the daughter of William Fraser and Maud Lenore (Skiles) Henderson. She passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012...
Ralph Harley Howell Jr.
Mar 12, 2012
RALPH HARLEY HOWELL JR. Ralph Harley Howell Jr. was born June 22, 1927 in Grand Junction, Colo. the son of Ralph Harley and Eleanor (Kramer) Howell. He passed away on Monday, March 12, 2012 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 84. Ralph was a World War II veteran and following his service he attended college at the old...
Mary Lois Daves
Mar 10, 2012
MARY LOIS DAVES Memorial services for lifelong area resident Mary Lois Daves will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Rob Hall will officiate. Mary was born in Summer, Texas on February 29, 1924 the daughter of Royal D. and Eliza Jane (Henson) Finley. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn...
Lealon Dewhitt "Dee" Montgomery
Mar 10, 2012
LEALON DEWHITT MONTGOMERY Graveside services for lifelong area resident Lealon DeWhitt "Dee" Montgomery will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at Burns Cemetery. Pastor Travis Randolph will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lealon DeWhitt Montgomery was born in Pleasant View, Colo. November 6, 1940 to...
Dennis Irvin Brumley
Mar 9, 2012
DENNIS IRVIN BRUMLEY A celebration of Dennis Brumley's life will be held on Wednesday, March 14 at 4 p.m. at the Dolores Community Center. Pastor Dave Dahl will officiate. Dennis Irvin Brumley was born on July 1, 1952 in Cortez, Colo. and passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012 at his childhood home in Dolores. Dennis attended the Dolores schools...
Frankie Lea Courtney
Mar 8, 2012
FRANKIE LEA COURTNEY Memorial services for Cortez resident Frankie Lea Courtney will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Frankie was born August 12, 1930 in Ness City, Kans. the daughter of Thomas Franklin and Maude Elizabeth (Thompson) Courtney. She passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...
Anthony Valois "Ants" Espinoza
Mar 7, 2012
ANTHONY VALOIS "ANTS" ESPINOZA Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Anthony Valois "Ants" Espinoza will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Anthony was born January 13, 1972 in Cortez the son of Valois John and Sylvia Dora (Vigil) Espinoza. He passed away on Wednesday, March...
Carol Sue Fieldson
Mar 7, 2012
CAROL SUE FIELDSON Memorial services for Dolores resident Carol Sue Fieldson will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 12 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Carol was born March 9, 1952 in San Bernardino, Calif. the daughter of Walter H. and Jocklyn (Atkin) Fieldson. She passed away at Southwest Memorial...
David Alan Breternitz
Mar 5, 2012
DAVID ALAN BRETERNITZ A celebration of life service for Dove Creek resident David Alan Breternitz will be held on Friday, June 1 at 3:00 p.m. at the Dove Creek High School Gymnasium. Dave was born November 12, 1929 in Fremont, Neb. to Louis A. and Gretchen F. Breternitz. He passed away in Cortez, Colo. on March 5, 2012 at the...
David Alan Breternitz
Mar 5, 2012
DAVID ALAN BRETERNITZ Arrangements for longtime Dove Creek resident David Alan Breternitz are pending with Ertel Funeral Home. David was born November 12, 1929 in Fremont, Neb. the son of Louis Alexander and Gretchen Frances (Yost) Breternitz. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the age of 82.
William Hartley
Mar 3, 2012
WILLIAM R. "Bill" Hartley William R. "Bill" Hartley, age 83, a 7-year resident of Bullhead City, Ariz., passed away at home on Saturday, March 3, 2012. He was born December 16, 1928, in Olathe, Colo. Bill was a retired E-8 Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a Marine through and through. He is preceded in death by...
