Jim Becher
Jan 2, 2012
JIM "SONNY" BECHER A Celebration of Life for lifelong Cortez resident Jim "Sonny" Becher will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Mrs. Leah Bedker will officiate. Jim was born on December 23, 1942 in Cortez to James Harmon and Frances Mae (Carlson) Becher. He passed away on January 2, 2012 in...
Frankie Ted Lopez
Jan 1, 2012
FRANKIE TED LOPEZ Funeral Mass for lifelong area resident Frankie Ted Lopez will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Burial will take place at Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held on Friday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Frankie was born...
Raymond N. Samora
Dec 31, 2011
RAYMOND NONATO SAMORA Memorial Mass will be held for Raymond N. Samora, a lifelong resident of Cortez, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Pat Valdez, C.R. officiating. Rosary services will be held Wednesday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Raymond was born one of seven children to Jose...
Betty Pauline Lassley
Dec 30, 2011
BETTY PAULINE LASSLEY Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Betty Pauline Lassley will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 2, 2012 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mark Baker will officiate. Betty was born March 9, 1925 in Wamego, Kan. the daughter of Carl Earl and Stella (Rion) Kiefer. She passed away on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Southwest...
Vera Hoard Olson
Dec 30, 2011
VERA HOARD OLSON Graveside services for former long-time Cortez resident and current Taylorsville, Utah resident, Vera Hoard Olson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 6 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Vera Olson is dancing with her husband, Bob again. She passed away...
Lorraine Vogel
Dec 24, 2011
LORRAINE VOGEL Lorraine Vogel, longtime resident and business owner, passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at the age of 81. She was born July 18, 1930 in Grand Junction, Colo. to Lawrence and Ruth S. (Kerstetter) Learned. Lorraine and her husband, John, came to the Cortez area in 1958. They built and operated...
Joe Edgar Blackmer
Dec 23, 2011
JOE EDGAR BLACKMER Funeral services for lifelong area resident Joe Edgar Blackmer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joe was born June 6, 1926 in Cortez to Charles...
Marvin Emerald Noyes
Dec 21, 2011
MARVIN EMERALD NOYES Funeral services for longtime area resident Marvin Emerald Noyes will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home. Marvin Emerald Noyes passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at the...
Hazel Marie Hill
Dec 21, 2011
HAZEL MARIE HILL Private graveside services were held for Cortez resident, Hazel Marie Hill on Wednesday, December 28 at Cortez Cemetery. Hazel was born June 29, 1921 in Checotah, Okla. to Herman and Lavonia Elizabeth (McCoy) Fritts. She passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez. Hazel was 90 years old. Hazel leaves behind her loving...
Edwin Wayne Campbell Jr.
Dec 19, 2011
EDWIN WAYNE CAMPBELL JR. Edwin Wayne "Corky" Campbell Jr. was born in Alamosa, Colo. on September 18, 1932 to Edwin Wayne Campbell and Eva Belle (Nixon) Campbell. He passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 79. Corky was in the Army from 1949 to 1952 and served in the Korean War. He...
Karl Robert Mcgee
Dec 15, 2011
KARL ROBERT McGEE Memorial services for Dolores resident Karl Robert McGee will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastors Barr Chittick and David Dahl will officiate. Karl was born the son of Thomas Leo and Pauline Elanora (Dunn) McGee on March 30, 1966 in Tribune, Kans. Karl passed away on Thursday, December 15,...
John L. Heffner
Dec 13, 2011
JOHN L. "JACK" HEFFNER John L. "Jack" Heffner was born September 30, 1939 in Silverton, Colo. the son of Lewis William and Kathryne (Weaver) Heffner. He passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Surviving Jack are his children, Mark Heffner and wife, Renee of Littleton, Colo. and Tammy Beanland of Dove...
Orvetta Millicent Clayton
Dec 13, 2011
ORVETTA MILLICENT CLAYTON Memorial services for Cortez resident Orvetta Millicent Clayton will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Orvetta was born one of eight children to Samuel Earl and Cora Bell (Cotton) West on October 21, 1914 in Leslie, Ark. She passed away at Madison...
Patricia Murphy
Dec 13, 2011
PATRICIA "PAT" MURPHY A Memorial Mass will be offered for Patricia "Pat" Murphy at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Pat died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 as a result of injuries received in a traffic accident. Patricia "Pat" Murphy was born on October 20, 1954 in Grand...
Jerral Wayne Baxstrom
Dec 8, 2011
JERRAL WAYNE BAXSTROM Memorial services will be held on Monday morning August 13 at 9:00 at the Cortez Cemetery for Jerral Wayne Baxstrom who passed away on December 8, 2011 in Flagstaff, Ariz. at the age of 65. He was born March 25, 1946 in Cortez, Colo. to Mervin and Charlotte Baxstrom. Jerry is survived by his mother, Charlotte Baxstrom...
John L. Gallegos Jr.
Dec 4, 2011
JOHN L. "JOHNNY" GALLEGOS JR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident John L. "Johnny" Gallegos Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 at the old gym at Mancos High School. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. Cremation will follow the funeral. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel....
Mildred Lorraine Johnson
Dec 3, 2011
MILDRED LORRIANE JOHNSON Mildred Lorraine Johnson, 90, passed away December 3, 2011 at the Valley Inn in Mancos, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Johnson, in April 2011. Millie was born in Yuma, Colo. on January 11, 1921 to John and Catherine (Heise) Strong. She grew up on the family farm with her younger sister, Aileen...
Burt Duane Swank
Dec 3, 2011
BURT DUANE SWANK Funeral services for Cortez resident Burt Duane Swank will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Burt was born on August 14, 1958 in Cortez to Howart Duane and Betty Jean (Wood) Swank. He passed away at his home on December 3, 2011 at the...
Kirby Allen Taylor
Dec 2, 2011
KIRBY ALLEN TAYLOR Kirby Allen Taylor passed away on Friday, December 2, at St. Mary`s Hospital in Grand Junction, after having gall bladder surgery in Monticello. Kirby was 26. He was born the son of Mary Ann Taylor and Brent Knuckles at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, on April 14, 1985. He lived in Dove Creek his entire life, and...
William Mathew "Mick" Simmons
Dec 2, 2011
WILLIAM MATHEW "MICK" SIMMONS Graveside services for Cortez resident William Mathew "Mick" Simmons will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 9 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mick was born March 15, 1937 in Longmont, Colo. the son of Claude and Maydne (Phipps) Simmons....
