Obituaries

Edith Mae Likes

Edith Mae Likes

May 15, 2011

EDITH MAE LIKES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Edith Mae Likes will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 19 at Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Kent Slyter will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. On May 15, 2011, Edith went to...

Arnold Griswold Hampson

Arnold Griswold Hampson

May 12, 2011

ARNOLD GRISWOLD HAMPSON Funeral services for Arnold Griswold Hampson a longtime resident of this area will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Arnold was born the son of Arnold Thorpe and Marjorie (Griswold) Hampson on December 15, 1928 in Providence, Rhode...

Reva Lucille Moore

Reva Lucille Moore

May 12, 2011

REVA LUCILLE MOORE Reva Lucille Moore was born in Cortez, Mar. 12, 1946. She passed away at her home Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at the age of 65. A funeral service is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center. Mr. Doug Carver will officiate. Interment will be in the Arriola Cemetery to be followed by...

Curtis Fewel Garrett

Curtis Fewel Garrett

May 9, 2011

CURTIS FEWEL GARRETT Memorial services for longtime area resident Curtis Fewel Garrett will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 13 at the Mancos Methodist Church. Reverend Craig Paschal will officiate. Curtis, son of Levi Fewel Garrett, Jr. and Margaret Ann Garrett, died on May 9, 2011 at the age of 65. He was born in Kansas City, Mo....

Carolyn Jill Lancaster

Carolyn Jill Lancaster

May 8, 2011

CAROLYN JILL LANCASTER Funeral services for Carolyn Jill Lancaster, a resident of Phoenix, Ariz. and formerly of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 16 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez C.R. will officiate. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A visitation has been set for Sunday evening at 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial...

Lawrence Lars Collins

Lawrence Lars Collins

May 8, 2011

LAWRENCE LARS COLLINS Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Lawrence Lars Collins will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Boyd Lopez and Terry Knight will officiate. A Wake will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday evening at Lawrence's residence. Lawrence was born June...

Lafawn May

Lafawn May

May 4, 2011

LAFAWN MAY Memorial services for Dolores resident LaFawn May will be held on Saturday, May 14, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M Road Chapel. Bishop Larry McGee will be conducting. LaFawn was born to Harold Joseph and Vera (Stratford) Humpherys in Osgood, Idaho on September 19, 1927. She passed away at her home on Wednesday, May...

Earl Matthew Trost

Earl Matthew Trost

May 3, 2011

EARL MATTHEW TROST Earl Matthew Trost was born on March 8, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wis. the son of Matt and Charlotte (Dionne) Trost. He passed away on May 3, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 78. Earl proudly served his country during the Korean War with the United States Marines. He was a member of the National...

Dr. Russell Lon Quiring

Dr. Russell Lon Quiring

May 2, 2011

DR. RUSSELL LON QUIRING A Celebration of Life service for Cortez resident Dr. Russell Lon Quiring will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19 at Rock Springs Community Church, 32233 Highway 160, Cortez. Pastor David Ramsey will officiate. Dr. Russell Lon Quiring, age 51, passed away on May 2, 2011 in Cortez of natural causes. Russell was born...

Susan Lee Taylor

Susan Lee Taylor

May 2, 2011

SUSAN LEE TAYLOR Graveside services for Susan Lee Taylor will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 7 at the Redmesa Cemetery in Redmesa, Colo. Susan passed away unexpectedly at her home near Redmesa on Monday morning May 2, 2011. She was born to Al and Leda Greger in Bronx, N.Y. June 23, 1943. She grew up in the...

David Michael Tentler

David Michael Tentler

May 1, 2011

DAVID MICHAEL TENTLER Memorial services for Cortez resident David Michael Tentler will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 6 at Grace Baptist Church. Dave was born on June 17, 1958 in Euclid, Ohio the son of David B. Tentler and Diane (Cowley) Tentler Williams. He passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in...

Bert Arthur Garcia

Bert Arthur Garcia

Apr 30, 2011

BERT ARTHUR GARCIA Bert Arthur Garcia was born on July 1, 1959 in Cortez the son of Felix Garcia Sr. and Zina B. (Francisco) Garcia. He passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at his Cortez home at the age of 51. Surviving Bert are his son, Roman Garcia and wife, Misty of Parachute, Colo.; two grandchildren; and his siblings,...

Geneva Barbara Spore

Geneva Barbara Spore

Apr 30, 2011

GENEVA BARBARA SPORE Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Geneva Barbara Spore will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 6 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A Rosary service has been scheduled for Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Geneva was born the daughter of Frank Martin...

Floyd Harold Haskins

Floyd Harold Haskins

Apr 29, 2011

FLOYD HAROLD HASKINS Memorial services for Cortez resident Floyd Harold Haskins will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 at Vista Grande Inn in the dining hall. Floyd was born on May 26, 1920 in Grand Junction, Colo. the son of Earl and Mary (Koch) Haskins. He passed away on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Vista Grand Inn...

John Bloom Reed

John Bloom Reed

Apr 28, 2011

JOHN BLOOM REED Funeral services for lifelong area resident John Bloom Reed will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to...

Mildred Robbins Koskie

Mildred Robbins Koskie

Apr 25, 2011

MILDRED ROBBINS KOSKIE Funeral services for longtime area resident Mildred Robbins Koskie will be held at 10 A.M. on Saturday, April 30 at Four Corners Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mildred Robbins Koskie was born to Hiram Douglas Robbins and Edna Gertrude McIntyre Robbins on April 29, 1913, on a farm near Blakeman, Kans. She passed away...

Judy Fay Wright

Judy Fay Wright

Apr 25, 2011

JUDY FAY WRIGHT Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Judy Fay Wright will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 2 at Cahone Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2-4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Judy was born on May 21, 1954 in Cortez the daughter of Dale Neely Wright and...

Hadleigh Joseph Johnson Jr.

Hadleigh Joseph Johnson Jr.

Apr 25, 2011

HADLEIGH JOSEPH "JOE" JOHNSON JR. Hadleigh Joseph "Joe" Johnson, Jr., 89, passed away April 25, 2011 at his home in Mancos. He was born in Seneca, Neb. on May 7, 1921 to Dr. Hadleigh and Avis (Odell) Johnson. He was the oldest of three children and graduated from Perkins County High School in 1939. Joe worked at the Grant Theatre...

Gladys Ruth Watkins

Gladys Ruth Watkins

Apr 24, 2011

GLADYS RUTH WATKINS Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Gladys Ruth Watkins will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 29 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gladys was born January 30, 1921 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. the daughter of Cosby and Fern (Rank) Tackett. She...

William Chester "Bill" Hutchison

William Chester "Bill" Hutchison

Apr 23, 2011

WILLIAM CHESTER "BILL" HUTCHISON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident William Chester "Bill" Hutchison will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Pastor Steve Nofel will officiate. Masonic Rites will be recited by Cortez Lodge #133 A.F. & A.M. and military honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75....