Paul Arthur Pedersen
Nov 30, 2011
Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Paul "Pete" Arthur Pedersen will be held at 2 pm on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pete was born on September 9, 1925 in Malta, Mont. to Peter Morris and Inger (Jensen) Pedersen. He passed away on November 30, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 86. On...
Wilma Lanora Leonard
Nov 28, 2011
WILMA LANORA (MOORE) LEONARD Funeral services for Cheyenne, Wyo. resident and former area resident Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Wilma LaNora (Moore) Leonard, 79, died Monday, November 28 at Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colo., after a short illness. Mrs. Leonard...
Philip Lytle Stock Iii
Nov 27, 2011
PHILIP LYTLE STOCK III Philip Lytle Stock III was born on May 5, 1943 in Pueblo, Colo. to Philip L. Stock, Jr. and Rosalie A. (Thomas) Stock and was raised in Bayfield, Colo. He passed away at his Cortez home on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the age of 68. Philip was a retired Major of the United States Air...
Margaret Ethel Diffendaffer
Nov 25, 2011
MARGARET ETHEL DIFFENDAFFER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Margaret Ethel Diffendaffer will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Paul Houston will officiate. Cremation will take place following the services. Margaret was born April 1, 1918 in Lebanon, Colo. the daughter of Percy M. and Ethel E. (Carmean) Chappell. She passed...
James Taylor Wilkerson Jr.
Nov 25, 2011
JAMES TAYLOR "J.T." WILKERSON JR. Memorial services for lifelong area resident James Taylor "J.T." Wilkerson Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, M Road Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. James Taylor Wilkerson Jr., better known as "J.T." by his family and friends, was...
Kenneth Richard Whited
Nov 24, 2011
KENNETH RICHARD WHITED Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Kenneth Richard Whited will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29 at Cortez First United Methodist Church. Reverends Tom Towns and Suzanne Listemann will officiate. A potluck lunch will follow the services in Hampton Hall at the Methodist Church. Kenneth was born September 19, 1946 in Cortez the son...
Bobby Joe Kimmel
Nov 23, 2011
BOBBY JOE KIMMEL Funeral services for Palisade, Colo. resident and former area resident Bobby Joe Kimmel will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. A dinner will be held following the commital service. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
