Obituaries

David Talk

David Talk

Nov 23, 2011

DAVID TALK Funeral services for David Talk, a lifelong resident of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. David, or "Big Dave" as his friends called him, was born August...

Ernest Junior Lassley

Ernest Junior Lassley

Nov 21, 2011

ERNEST JUNIOR LASSLEY Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Ernest Junior Lassley will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 25 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mark Baker of the Baptist Chapel will officiate. Ernie was born on December 4, 1924 in Robinson, Kans. the son of Ernest Leroy and Lillie (Thompson) Lassley. He passed away at Madison House...

Jerry Charles Harkins

Jerry Charles Harkins

Nov 18, 2011

JERRY CHARLES HARKINS Jerry Charles Harkins was born April 30, 1929 in Superior, Neb. the son of Charles Patrick and Clementine (Good) Harkins. He passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center at the age of 82. Surviving Jerry are his beloved wife, Gloria Harkins of Cortez; and his friend, Jim Bridgewater of Cortez. Jerry...

Curtis Dale Renfro

Curtis Dale Renfro

Nov 16, 2011

CURTIS DALE RENFRO Graveside services for Eastland, Utah resident Curtis Dale Renfro will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2011 at Mountain View Cemetery in Eastland, Utah. Mr. John Williams will officiate. Curtis was born on May 14, 1948 in Henryetta, Okla. to Bert Mayes and Ruby Ann (Moore) Renfro. He passed away at San Juan Hospital...

Lynn Chipman

Lynn Chipman

Nov 16, 2011

LYNN CHIPMAN Lynn Chipman was born April 23, 1946 in Passaic, N.J. the daughter of William and Adeline (Steinberg) Turko. She passed away at her Cortez home on November 16, 2011 at the age of 65. Lynn married Frank Albert Chipman on June 22, 1965 in Elkton, Maryland, sharing 44 years of marriage before Frank's death. The couple came to...

Robert Lee "Bob" Frank

Robert Lee "Bob" Frank

Nov 16, 2011

ROBERT LEE "BOB" FRANK Funeral services for longtime Towaoc resident, Robert Lee "Bob" Frank will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 19 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Terry Knight Sr. will officiate. Burial will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Bob was born January...

Orville Thomas Schurr

Orville Thomas Schurr

Nov 12, 2011

ORVILLE THOMAS SCHURR Orville Thomas Schurr passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez, Colo. on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at the age of 88. He was born the son of Henry and Leona (Haxton) Schurr on June 4, 1923 in Clay Center, Kans. Orville married Joyce Ann McMillan in 1946 in Jamestown, Kans. He was a member of the...

Theresa Mae Williams

Theresa Mae Williams

Nov 11, 2011

THERESA MAE WILLIAMS Memorial services for Cortez resident Theresa Mae Williams will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Theresa was born the daughter of Eugene and Cecilia Mae (Arietta) Marler on September 26, 1939 in Silverton, Colo. She passed away at Vista Mesa Assisted Living on Friday, November 11, 2011 at the age...

Leota  Pearl Barker Brown

Leota Pearl Barker Brown

Nov 9, 2011

LEOTA PEARL BARKER BROWN Visitation for longtime Dove Creek resident Leota Pearl Barker Brown will be held on Monday, November 14 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private graveside services will be held. Leota was born August 15, 1916 in Kismet, Kan. the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Rachel Edith (Green) Snyder. She passed away in Cortez...

Gregory John Wolcott

Gregory John Wolcott

Nov 7, 2011

GREGORY JOHN "GREG" WOLCOTT Gregory John "Greg" Wolcott was born on June 22, 1959 in Buffalo, N.Y. to Dean E. and Betty A. (Berger) Wolcott. He passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011 at his Mancos home at the age of 52. On November 5, 1983 Greg married Robin Denise Slough in Durango, Colo. They celebrated their 28th anniversary last...

Winslow Bigsoldier

Winslow Bigsoldier

Nov 5, 2011

WINSLOW BIGSOLDIER Visitation for Towaoc resident Winslow Bigsoldier will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Winslow was born on December 3, 1988 in St. George, Utah to John Bigsoldier Sr. and Dolly RaNae (Snow) Bigsoldier. He passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home at the age...

Sailor Serenity Raine Kuhn

Sailor Serenity Raine Kuhn

Nov 1, 2011

SAILOR SERENITY RAINE KUHN Sailor Serenity Raine Kuhn was born on April 21, 2011 in Cortez, Colo. to Dylan Alan Kuhn and April Lynn Coleman. She passed away on November 1, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Surviving Sailor are her parents, Dylan Kuhn and April Coleman of Cortez; her brother, Asher Rae Merillat of Dolores; her grandparents, Robert Coleman of...

John William Crowley

John William Crowley

Nov 1, 2011

JOHN WILLIAM "J.W." CROWLEY Funeral services for lifelong area resident John William "J.W." Crowley will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday November 5 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Interment will be in Eastland, Utah. John William Crowley, known to most as J.W. passed away on November 1, 2011 at the age of 96, at his home in Cortez,...

Marcie Lue Bailey

Marcie Lue Bailey

Oct 30, 2011

MARCIE LUE BAILEY Funeral services for Cortez resident Marcie Lue Bailey will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel and Wednesday morning at the...

Bill J. Dye

Bill J. Dye

Oct 25, 2011

BILL J. DYE Bill J. Dye was born on January 24, 1940 in Narrows, Va. to Graham and Beulah Gay (Hall) Dye. He passed away on October 25, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 71. Bill was a construction Superintendant in the 1960's building subdivisions. Later in life he went into heavy high construction in the...

Bill J. Dye

Bill J. Dye

Oct 25, 2011

BILL J. DYE Bill J. Dye was born on January 24, 1940 in Narrows, Va. to Graham and Beulah Gay (Hall) Dye. He passed away on October 25, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 71. Bill was a construction Superintendant in the 1960's building subdivisions. Later in life he went into heavy high construction in the...

Richard George Sanchez

Richard George Sanchez

Oct 24, 2011

RICHARD GEORGE SANCHEZ Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Richard George Sanchez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 31 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez will be officiating. Richard was born in Longmont, Colo. on August 28, 1939 to Benerito and Estella (Montoya) Sanchez. He passed away on October 24, 2011 at Mercy Regional...

Walter Harvey Tycksen

Walter Harvey Tycksen

Oct 24, 2011

WALTER HARVEY TYCKSEN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Walter Harvey Tycksen will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Cremation will follow. Walter was born February 1, 1924 to Nis Larce and Alice Eveline (Wheeler) Tycksen in his family’s cabin on Beaver Creek, east of Bayfield, Colorado....

Earl Alvin Godfrey

Earl Alvin Godfrey

Oct 22, 2011

EARL ALVIN GODFREY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Earl Alvin Godfrey will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate. Earl was born the son of Delmer Robert and Mary Belle (Earle) Godfrey on February 4, 1927 in Spearman, Tex. He passed away...

Hazel  Watson  Jacobs

Hazel Watson Jacobs

Oct 20, 2011

HAZEL "ABBY" WATSON JACOBS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Hazel "Abby" Watson Jacobs will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Abby as she was known to family and friends was born the daughter of Edward Ulysses and Edith S. (Chamblee) Watson on April...