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...
James Harry "Jim" Kleidon
Aug 5, 2011
JAMES HARRY "JIM" KLEIDON Memorial services for longtime Summit Ridge resident James Harry "Jim" Kleidon will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9 at the Kleidon residence 15295 Road 35, Summit Ridge. Jim was born May 14, 1948 in Chicago, Ill. the son of Edward H. and Ann (Gedrimas) Kleidon. He passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011...
Richard Earl James
Aug 5, 2011
RICHARD EARL “RICK” JAMES JR. Funeral services for Mancos and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio resident Richard Earl “Rick” James Jr. will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 13 at Johnson Romito Funeral Home in Hudson, Ohio. Interment will take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Pennisula, Ohio. Viewing has been scheduled for Friday, August 12 from 4 to 8...
Clarence Duane Dennison
Aug 5, 2011
CLARENCE DUANE DENNISON Memorial services for Clarence Duane Dennison a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at Noon on Wednesday, August 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Bishop Todd Plewe will conduct. Duane was born May 9, 1950 in Durango, Colo. the son of Clarence Harold and Venda Ilene (Adair) Dennison....
Annie Charlestina Maria Clark Sawyer
Aug 5, 2011
ANNIE CHARLESTINA MARIA CLARK SAWYER Graveside inurnment services for Albuquerque, N.M. resident and former area resident, Annie Charlestina Maria Clark Sawyer will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 11 at Cortez Cemetery. Annie arrived on Earth May 9, 1951 at 3:55 a.m. at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. She passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011 at University...
Robert Henry Breedlove Sr.
Aug 4, 2011
ROBERT HENRY BREEDLOVE SR. Graveside services for a longtime resident of Memphis, Texas Robert Henry Breedlove Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 8 at the Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, Colorado. Robert was born the son of Albert A. and Leona (Selby) Breedlove on May 2, 1912 in Sandy, Okla. He passed away at Vista Grande...
Vergil Glenn Vaughan
Aug 3, 2011
VERGIL GLENN VAUGHAN Vergil Glenn Vaughan was born January 21, 1930 in Pueblo, Colo. the son of Thomas and Emma (Jurka) Vaughan. He passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at his Cortez home at the age of 81. Vergil was a popular auctioneer and rodeo announcer for many years. Vergil is survived by his wife, Mozelle of the family...
Eva Marie Wall Colorow
Aug 3, 2011
EVA MARIE WALL COLOROW Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Eva Marie Wall Colorow will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A wake will be held Friday evening at 5 p.m. at Eva’s residence, 1110 Chief Miller Road, Towaoc. Eva passed away at the age of 74 on...
Betty L. Marx
Jul 24, 2011
BETTY L. MARX Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Betty L. Marx will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 29 at Arriola Cemetery. Betty was born March 23, 1931 in Ogden, Utah the daughter of Warren E. and Ardath E. (Payne) Harmison. She passed away at her residence on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the age of 80....
Harry Eugene Baker
Jul 23, 2011
HARRY EUGENE BAKER Harry Eugene Baker was born June 20, 1923 the fourth child of Charlotte and Lester Baker. He left for that big garage in the sky July 23, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Harry married his sweetheart and soul mate of 65 years Joyce Helena Hammond on April 20, 1946 in Aztec, N.M. This union produced four children,...
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