Ernest House Sr.
Sep 17, 2011
ERNEST HOUSE SR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident Ernest House Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 24 at the Towaoc Recreational Center. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A traditional wake will be held on Friday, September 23 at the Towaoc Community Center beginning at 6 p.m. Ernest House Sr. was born on September...
Margaret Ethel Ford
Sep 16, 2011
MARGARET ETHEL FORD Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Margaret Ethel Ford will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at Cortez Cemetery. Margaret was born August 9, 1922 in Delta, Colo. the daughter of Jesse Alva and Sarah Maude (Merica) Leonard. She passed away on Friday, September 16, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of...
Ruth Smoot
Sep 15, 2011
RUTH SMOOT Ruth Smoot was born on August 19, 1913 in Dolores, Colo. to Philip Runck and Annie Elizabeth (Marsh) Runck. She passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at her Dolores home at the age of 98. Surviving Ruth are her children, Philip Belt of Cortez, Ramona Burnett of Polson, Mont., Barbara Palmer of Knoxville, Tenn., and Sharon Awdish...
Jacob Douglas Wittmier
Sep 14, 2011
JACOB DOUGLAS WITTMIER Jacob "Jake" Douglas Wittmier was born on July 20, 1985 in Renton, Wash. to Edwin Fred Wittmier and Karen Lee Yohn. He passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 26. Jake graduated in 2004 from Grand County High School in Moab, Utah and was a 2009 graduate of Northern Arizona...
Charlotte Aileen Richards
Sep 14, 2011
CHARLOTTE AILEEN RICHARDS Charlotte Aileen Richards was born on December 21, 1957 in Butte, Mont. to Jack Ravndal and Margaret "Peggy" Aileen (Kortum) Ravndal. She passed away on September 14, 2011 at her home at the age of 53. In 1980, Charlotte graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelors degree in Geology. She worked 30 years GIS Mapping for...
Meredith Elwyna Barkdull
Sep 14, 2011
MEREDITH ELWYNA ARDENE BARKDULL Meredith Barkdull was born on May 16, 1915 to Henry J. Dew and Lizzie (Turner) Dew in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She passed away on September 14, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 96. Meredith and her husband, Raymond who passed away in 1996, were ranchers in Bridgeville, Calif. They also owned an...
Frank Dean Baty
Sep 13, 2011
FRANK DEAN BATY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Frank Dean Baty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Frank was born December 27, 1949 in San Rafael, Calif. the son of...
Rosella Blanche Roberts
Sep 9, 2011
ROSELLA BLANCH ROBERTS Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Rosella Blanch Roberts will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Mr. Shelby Smith will officiate. Rosella was born November 20, 1923 in Loma, Colo. the daughter of Roy and Irene (Hervey) Claycomb. She passed away on Friday, September 9, 2011 at Southwest...
Connie Lee Riggs Jowell
Sep 6, 2011
CONNIE LEE RIGGS JOWELL Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Connie Lee Riggs Jowell will be held Monday, September 12 at 2 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in New Castle, Colo. Connie was born September 7, 1919 in Pine Bluff, Ark. to James Harvey and Julia Ann (Adams) Scott. She passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Valley Inn...
Elvin Lair
Sep 4, 2011
ELVIN "HOOT" LAIR Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Elvin "Hoot" Lair will be held on Friday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. "Hoot" as he was known to family and friends was born the son of Dennis Flynn and Ethel (Sanders) Lair on...
Martha Dunlap Becker
Aug 29, 2011
MARTHA DUNLAP BECKER Memorial Mass for Cortez resident Martha Dunlap Becker will be held on Friday, September 2 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. A wake will be held on Thursday, September 1 at 6:00 p.m. with a reception to follow, also at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Please join Martha's family following the wake at a...
Katie Anne Pickens
Aug 28, 2011
KATIE ANNE PICKENS A gathering of family and friends will be held for Katie Anne Pickens at Lewis-Arriola Community Center on Tuesday, September 6 from Noon until 3 p.m. A private family graveside service will be held at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Katie was born October 24, 1983 in Aurora, Colo. the daughter of Larry Lee “Lucky” Pickens and Sarah Anne...
Johnny Eugene Green
Aug 27, 2011
JOHNNY EUGENE GREEN On August 27, 2011 Johnny Eugene Green passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 68. He was born September 14, 1942 in Cortez, Colo. to John and Roberta Green. Raised in Cortez, Johnny was M-CHS Senior Class President of his graduating class of 1960. Following graduation Johnny attended technical college for drafting. From there...
Ruth F. Guillet
Aug 24, 2011
RUTH F. GUILLET Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Ruth Guillet will be held at 10am on Monday, August 29, at the United Methodist Church. On August 24, 2011 Ruth passed away in the loving arms of her family at home. Ruth was born on July 24, 1918 in Gooding, Ida. to Louis Anderson Fossum and Myrtle May (Stevenson) Fossum....
Lucille Miller
Aug 20, 2011
LUCILLE MILLER Lucille Miller, nee Engelbretson, 88, beloved wife of the late Alvin Miller, died peacefully in her sleep at Vista Grande Care Center in Cortez, Colorado, August 20, 2011. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 14, 1922, she is survived by three sons, Gregg and daughter-in-law Sharon of LaVeta, Colorado, Brian and daughter-in-law Jane of Telluride, Colorado, and Bruce and...
Lucille Miller
Aug 20, 2011
LUCILLE MILLER Lucille Miller, nee Engelbretson, 88, beloved wife of the late Alvin Miller, died peacefully in her sleep at Vista Grande Care Center in Cortez, Colorado, August 20, 2011. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 14, 1922, she is survived by three sons, Gregg and daughter-in-law Sharon of LaVeta, Colorado, Brian and daughter-in-law Jane of Telluride, Colorado, and Bruce and...
Mildred Beck
Aug 18, 2011
MILDRED BECK Mildred Beck was born in Cortez on December 7, 1914 to Philip Runck and Annie Elizabeth (Marsh) Runck. She passed away on August 18, 2011 at the age of 96. Mildred married Nevel Beck on September 17, 1945 in Aztec, N.M. They shared 38 years of marriage before his death in 1983. She was a member of Extension...
Roger Hazlewood
Aug 16, 2011
ROGER HAZLEWOOD June 26, 1941 to August 16, 2011 February of 2010, Roger was diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, with an expectation of six months to live. Through his phenomenal personal determination and with the help of his mother and his daughter, Roger maintained good enough health to remain active and productive until June of this year. During the 1960s,...
Raymond Ronald "Ron" Heaton
Aug 9, 2011
RAYMOND RONALD "RON" HEATON Graveside services for longtime Cahone resident Raymond Ronald "Ron" Heaton will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 12 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Dove Creek Community Center. Ron was born October 2, 1940 in Redwood, Calif. the son of Raymond Reid...
Barbara Jean Peabody
Aug 8, 2011
BARBARA JEAN ROOT PEABODY Graveside services for Towaoc resident Barbara "Barb" Jean Peabody will be held on at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 13 at the Towaoc Cemetery. A wake will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 12 at Barbara's residence, 1130 Arrowhead Drive Towaoc. Barb was born in Towaoc on November 4, 1947 to Hugh Root and Jane...
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