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Marcie Lue Bailey

Marcie Lue Bailey

Oct 30, 2011

MARCIE LUE BAILEY Funeral services for Cortez resident Marcie Lue Bailey will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Tom Towns will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel and Wednesday morning at the...

Bill J. Dye

Bill J. Dye

Oct 25, 2011

BILL J. DYE Bill J. Dye was born on January 24, 1940 in Narrows, Va. to Graham and Beulah Gay (Hall) Dye. He passed away on October 25, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 71. Bill was a construction Superintendant in the 1960's building subdivisions. Later in life he went into heavy high construction in the...

Bill J. Dye

Bill J. Dye

Oct 25, 2011

BILL J. DYE Bill J. Dye was born on January 24, 1940 in Narrows, Va. to Graham and Beulah Gay (Hall) Dye. He passed away on October 25, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 71. Bill was a construction Superintendant in the 1960's building subdivisions. Later in life he went into heavy high construction in the...

Richard George Sanchez

Richard George Sanchez

Oct 24, 2011

RICHARD GEORGE SANCHEZ Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Richard George Sanchez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 31 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez will be officiating. Richard was born in Longmont, Colo. on August 28, 1939 to Benerito and Estella (Montoya) Sanchez. He passed away on October 24, 2011 at Mercy Regional...

Walter Harvey Tycksen

Walter Harvey Tycksen

Oct 24, 2011

WALTER HARVEY TYCKSEN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Walter Harvey Tycksen will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Cremation will follow. Walter was born February 1, 1924 to Nis Larce and Alice Eveline (Wheeler) Tycksen in his family’s cabin on Beaver Creek, east of Bayfield, Colorado....

Earl Alvin Godfrey

Earl Alvin Godfrey

Oct 22, 2011

EARL ALVIN GODFREY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Earl Alvin Godfrey will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate. Earl was born the son of Delmer Robert and Mary Belle (Earle) Godfrey on February 4, 1927 in Spearman, Tex. He passed away...

Hazel  Watson  Jacobs

Hazel Watson Jacobs

Oct 20, 2011

HAZEL "ABBY" WATSON JACOBS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Hazel "Abby" Watson Jacobs will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Abby as she was known to family and friends was born the daughter of Edward Ulysses and Edith S. (Chamblee) Watson on April...

Russell Lee Aulston

Russell Lee Aulston

Oct 15, 2011

RUSSEL LEE AULSTON Funeral services for lifelong area resident Russel Lee Aulston will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Barr Chittick will officiate. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to...

Douglas Jay Bedker

Douglas Jay Bedker

Oct 14, 2011

DOUGLAS JAY "DOUG" BEDKER Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Douglas Jay "Doug" Bedker will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Barr Chittick will officiate. Doug was born September 15, 1963 in Fort Lewis, Wash. the son of William O. and Sarah A. (Young) Bedker. He passed away on Friday, October 14,...

Helen Elizabeth Matlack Dolan

Helen Elizabeth Matlack Dolan

Oct 11, 2011

HELEN ELIZABETH MATLACK HARPER DOLAN Graveside services for Cortez, Colo. resident Helen Elizabeth Matlack Harper Dolan will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, October 17 at Bordentown Cemetery in Bordentown, N.J. Helen was born on October 28, 1913 to George Raymond and Julia Louise (Kline) Matlack in Chesterfield Township, N.J. on the Black's Farm. She died on Tuesday, October...

Dessie Laveta Lynn Morton

Dessie Laveta Lynn Morton

Oct 10, 2011

DESSIE LAVETA LYNN MORTON Graveside inurnment services for longtime Dove Creek resident Dessie LaVeta Lynn Morton will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 22 at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Baha'i of Cortez will officiate. LaVeta was born June 2, 1941 in Zelma, Mo. the daughter of David Ebert and Nelle Elizabeth (Smith) Lynn. She passed away on Monday,...

Zoe Joyce Harrington

Zoe Joyce Harrington

Oct 10, 2011

ZOE JOYCE HARRINGTON Funeral services for Zoe Joyce Harrington will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Joyce was born on October 7, 1940 in Hockerville, Okla. to George Nelson and Winifred "Winnie" Isabel (Kinder) Harrington. She passed away on October 10, 2011 at the Lifecare Center in Evergreen, Colo. at the...

Beverly June Williams

Beverly June Williams

Oct 10, 2011

BEVERLY JUNE WILLIAMS Graveside services for Orem, Utah resident and former Mancos resident Beverly June Williams will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Beverly passed away on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Timpanogos Hospital in Orem, Utah at the age of 85. She was born the daughter of Wayne V.K. and Rhoda P....

Tyrell Frank Boone

Tyrell Frank Boone

Oct 10, 2011

TYRELL FRANK BOONE Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Tyrell Frank Boone will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 13 at the Towaoc Recreational Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Tyrell was born in Shiprock, N.M. on November 28, 1986 to Anthony...

Chastity Lynn White Buffalo

Chastity Lynn White Buffalo

Oct 10, 2011

CHASTITY LYNN WHITE BUFFALO Funeral services for Denver, Colo. resident Chastity Lynn White Buffalo will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Chastity was born on December 8, 1973 in Denver, Colo. to Wayne Joseph White Buffalo Sr. and Cleo Lehi Douville. She passed away...

Marnita Raylene Kuebler

Marnita Raylene Kuebler

Oct 10, 2011

MARNITA RAYLENE KUEBLER Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Marnita Raylene Kuebler will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 13 at the Towaoc Recreational Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Marnita was born on May 9, 1993 in Shiprock, N.M. to...

Helen Christina Lucero

Helen Christina Lucero

Oct 9, 2011

HELEN CHRISTINA LOPEZ LUCERO Helen Christina Lopez Lucero passed away on October 9, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. She was born the daughter of Able Dege and Betty (Sanchez) Lopez on July 24, 1934 in Sheridan, Wyo. Surviving Helen are her children, Thomas Lucero, Frank Lucero, Abel Lucero, Andrew Lucero, Miguel Lucero, Juanita Lucero, Mary...

Merle Edwin Wilson

Merle Edwin Wilson

Oct 8, 2011

MERLE EDWIN WILSON Graveside inurnment services for Merle Edwin Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 at Lebanon Cemetery. Merle Edwin Wilson, a lifelong resident of this area, passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at the age of 91. He was born the son of Roy R. and Mary...

Louis Calvin "Louie" Caughey

Louis Calvin "Louie" Caughey

Oct 8, 2011

LOUIS CALVIN "LOUIE" CAUGHEY Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Louis Calvin "Louie" Caughey will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 12 at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery where military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7...

Lorna M. Bear

Lorna M. Bear

Oct 8, 2011

LORNA M. BEAR Lorna M. Bear passed away in Towaoc, Colo. on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at the age of 59. Visitation will be held at Towaoc Community Center on Wednesday, October 12 from 8 10 a.m. A traditional wake will be held beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Clint Gruwall Home in Cedar View, Utah. Lorna will...

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