Venita Wells Ransom
Oct 4, 2011
VENITA WELLS RANSOM Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Venita Wells Ransom will be held on Monday, October 10 at 10:00 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Venita was born...
Randall Wayne Parker
Sep 29, 2011
RANDALL WAYNE PARKER Randall Wayne Parker passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at the age of 62. He was born the son of James LeRoy and Eleanor Shirley (Morris) Parker on August 2, 1949 in San Bernardino, Calif. Before coming to Colorado, Randy retired from the Carpenters Union in California. Once settling in Cortez Randy...
Luella Rose Miller
Sep 26, 2011
LUELLA ROSE MILLER Graveside inurnment services will be held for longtime area resident Luella Rose Miller at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 1 at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Luella was born December 19, 1920 in Dolores the daughter of Lewis Edward and Navie Sophia (Sagrillo) Johnson. She passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at...
Eugene E. Johnson
Sep 24, 2011
EUGENE E. "GENE" JOHNSON Eugene E. Johnson passed away on Saturday, September 24 of a heart attack, at the age of 86. He was born on July 13, 1925 in the Johnson Hospital, which was founded by his parents, Dr. Emil E. Johnson and Virginia N. Johnson, in the early days of Cortez. He attended school in Cortez through his...
Marie Forman
Sep 24, 2011
MARIE FORMAN Marie Forman was born on November 13, 1931 in Rupert, Ida. to Richard Walter and Alice Ailenne (Deno) Forman. She passed away on September 24, 2011 at her Mancos home at the age of 79. In her younger years, Marie attended UCLA, Cal State Berkley, and Yale Universities. Marie held an undersecretary position in Health, Education, and Welfare...
Irene Tate Geiswite
Sep 22, 2011
IRENE TATE GEISWITE Graveside services for Cortez resident Irene Tate Geiswite will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28 at Lebanon Cemetery. Irene was born April 11, 1930 in Lakeview, Colo. the daughter of William Taylor and Alice (Palmer) Haydon. She passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 81. On...
Lucille Joyce Reed
Sep 17, 2011
LUCILLE JOYCE REED Funeral services for lifelong area resident Lucille "Joyce" Reed will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rodney Case will officiate. Joyce was born on January 21, 1931 in Cortez to Norris K. and Mable (Partridge) Roubidoux. She passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in...
Ernest House Sr.
Sep 17, 2011
ERNEST HOUSE SR. Funeral services for lifelong area resident Ernest House Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 24 at the Towaoc Recreational Center. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A traditional wake will be held on Friday, September 23 at the Towaoc Community Center beginning at 6 p.m. Ernest House Sr. was born on September...
Margaret Ethel Ford
Sep 16, 2011
MARGARET ETHEL FORD Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Margaret Ethel Ford will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at Cortez Cemetery. Margaret was born August 9, 1922 in Delta, Colo. the daughter of Jesse Alva and Sarah Maude (Merica) Leonard. She passed away on Friday, September 16, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of...
Ruth Smoot
Sep 15, 2011
RUTH SMOOT Ruth Smoot was born on August 19, 1913 in Dolores, Colo. to Philip Runck and Annie Elizabeth (Marsh) Runck. She passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at her Dolores home at the age of 98. Surviving Ruth are her children, Philip Belt of Cortez, Ramona Burnett of Polson, Mont., Barbara Palmer of Knoxville, Tenn., and Sharon Awdish...
Jacob Douglas Wittmier
Sep 14, 2011
JACOB DOUGLAS WITTMIER Jacob "Jake" Douglas Wittmier was born on July 20, 1985 in Renton, Wash. to Edwin Fred Wittmier and Karen Lee Yohn. He passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 26. Jake graduated in 2004 from Grand County High School in Moab, Utah and was a 2009 graduate of Northern Arizona...
Charlotte Aileen Richards
Sep 14, 2011
CHARLOTTE AILEEN RICHARDS Charlotte Aileen Richards was born on December 21, 1957 in Butte, Mont. to Jack Ravndal and Margaret "Peggy" Aileen (Kortum) Ravndal. She passed away on September 14, 2011 at her home at the age of 53. In 1980, Charlotte graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelors degree in Geology. She worked 30 years GIS Mapping for...
Meredith Elwyna Barkdull
Sep 14, 2011
MEREDITH ELWYNA ARDENE BARKDULL Meredith Barkdull was born on May 16, 1915 to Henry J. Dew and Lizzie (Turner) Dew in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She passed away on September 14, 2011 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 96. Meredith and her husband, Raymond who passed away in 1996, were ranchers in Bridgeville, Calif. They also owned an...
Frank Dean Baty
Sep 13, 2011
FRANK DEAN BATY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Frank Dean Baty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Frank was born December 27, 1949 in San Rafael, Calif. the son of...
Rosella Blanche Roberts
Sep 9, 2011
ROSELLA BLANCH ROBERTS Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Rosella Blanch Roberts will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Mr. Shelby Smith will officiate. Rosella was born November 20, 1923 in Loma, Colo. the daughter of Roy and Irene (Hervey) Claycomb. She passed away on Friday, September 9, 2011 at Southwest...
Connie Lee Riggs Jowell
Sep 6, 2011
CONNIE LEE RIGGS JOWELL Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Connie Lee Riggs Jowell will be held Monday, September 12 at 2 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in New Castle, Colo. Connie was born September 7, 1919 in Pine Bluff, Ark. to James Harvey and Julia Ann (Adams) Scott. She passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Valley Inn...
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...
