Don Carver Flaugh
Jan 18, 2012
DON CARVER FLAUGH Memorial services for Cortez resident Don Carver Flaugh will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Lifeway Baptist Church in Cortez, CO. Pastor Andy Johnson will be officiating. Interment is to follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Don passed away at the age of 61 on Jan. 18, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM, with his family...
Trevor Dillon Blair
Jan 16, 2012
TREVOR DILLON BLAIR Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Trevor Dillon Blair will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will officiate. Trevor was born January 24, 1992 in Cortez the son of Jay and Teresa Lynn (Higman) Blair. He passed away on Monday, January...
Betty R. Duncan
Jan 15, 2012
BETTY R. DUNCAN Memorial services for lifelong area resident Betty R. Duncan will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Pastor Ted Duncan will officiate. Betty was born October 11, 1919 in Lewis the daughter of William Griffith and Roxie Elizabeth (Lewis) Rutherford. She passed away Sunday, January...
Alice Losada Wagenknecht
Jan 15, 2012
ALICE LOSADA WAGENKNECHT Alice Losada Wagenknecht was born August 3, 1938 in Manila, Ark. the daughter of Rule and Leva B. (Jones) Needham. She passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Mesa View Retirement Center at the age of 73. Alice worked various jobs throughout her life. She drove 18-wheelers across the country and she knew restaurants well, having...
Jonathan Danny Hayes
Jan 14, 2012
JONATHAN DANNY HAYES Funeral services for life-long Four Corners area resident Jonathan Danny Hayes will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 20 at the Montelores Baptist Church, 18735 Road 23.5, Lewis, Colo. Pastor Paul Gleason will be officiating. Interment is to follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A viewing will be held prior to the service at the church...
Debi L. Halls
Jan 13, 2012
Debra (Debi) Laurel Halls passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 in Denver following a long illness. Debi died of complications of Leukemia and its treatment. She was 57. Debi was born in Cortez January 27, 1954 and attended school Mancos and Kemper elementary in Cortez. Her family moved to Arizona and settled in Ganado, where they ran the cafe attached...
Kolean "Granny" Smith
Jan 10, 2012
KOLEAN "GRANNY" SMITH Graveside services for longtime Mancos resident Kolean "Granny" Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 13 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Glen Randol will officiate. A dinner will follow at Mancos Baptist Church. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mady Kolean Smith better known...
Roy Lee Mitchell
Jan 8, 2012
ROY LEE MITCHELL Roy Lee Mitchell was born on June 3, 1945 in Burns, Colo. to Luther M. and Rosella Blanch (Claycomb) Mitchell. He passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 66. Roy worked for Rathjen Construction for several years, as well as C & J Gravel in Durango, Colo. In his...
Halina Lucyna Robinson
Jan 6, 2012
HALINA LUCYNA ROBINSON Memorial services for Cortez resident, Halina Lucyna Robinson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 13 at the Anglican Church in Cortez. Halina was born June 30, 1952 in Kalvaria, Poland to Eugeniusz and Maria (Kazio) Drozdziak. She passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of...
Nona Masters
Jan 6, 2012
NONA MASTERS Funeral services for Nona Masters, 95, and longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Shelby Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. She was born Mary CeNona...
Billie Gay Goforth
Jan 4, 2012
BILLIE GAY GOFORTH Graveside services for Naturita, Colo. resident Billie Gay Goforth will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Peel Cemetery in rural Dove Creek. Billie was born on December 13, 1930 in Egnar, Colo. to Gay Newman and Lydia Merial (Hicks) Goforth. He passed away on January 4, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in...
Lawrence S. "Larry" Douglas
Jan 3, 2012
LAWRENCE "LARRY" S. DOUGLAS Lawrence (Larry) S. Douglas passed January 3, 2012 at age 59 from colon cancer in Cortez, Colo. Larry lived, played and loved in Cortez, Durango, Colo., Lake Havasu, Ariz., Sedona, Ariz., and Petoskey, Mich. He loved being a firefighter, fire department Fire Captain, EMT and contractor and was an avid outdoorsman. He is survived by his...
Dorothy Rita Faught
Jan 3, 2012
DOROTHY RITA FAUGHT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Dorothy Rita Faught will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Dorothy was born January 27, 1924...
Nancy Sue Jackson
Jan 3, 2012
NANCY SUE JACKSON Memorial services for Nancy Sue Jackson, 76 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cortez. Nancy Sue Jackson passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango after a brief illness. She was born the daughter of Ruth and LeRoy Coffenberry on...
Shirley Mae King
Jan 3, 2012
Shirley King 1930-2011 Shirley Gibson King, a long-time resident of Durango, died at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Residence in Cortez, Colorado on January 3, 2012. She was born October 2, 1930, in Joliet, Montana to the late Lowell and Vera Grewell Gibson. She grew up on a ranch in Carbon County, Montana and graduated from Colorado Women's College in Denver,...
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...
