Tomas F. Morfin
May 23, 2011
TOMAS F. MORFIN Funeral services for Tomas F. Morfin a longtime Cortez resident will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Neely Lewis will officiate. Tom was born June 4, 1935 in Coyote, N.M. the son of Manuel and Selida (Martinez) Morfin. He passed away at...
Spencer Everett Posey
May 23, 2011
SPENCER EVERETT POSEY Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Spencer Everett Posey will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Blanding City Cemetery in Blanding, Utah. Visitation will be held from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Friday morning at the recreation center. Spencer was born February 11, 1977 in Monticello,...
Margaret Lavernne Swanner
May 22, 2011
MARGARET LAVERNNE SWANNER Memorial services for lifelong area resident Margaret LaVernne Swanner will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 27 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Bishop Gary Tanner will conduct. LaVernne was born January 9, 1928 in McElmo Canyon, Colo. the daughter of Kip and Jewel (Hall) Coppinger. She passed...
Helen L. Gonzales
May 20, 2011
HELEN L. GONZALES A Funeral Mass for Helen L. Gonzales a longtime Mancos resident will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Pat Valdez C.R. officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening at 5 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church and...
Nelle Jeanne Marlman
May 17, 2011
NELLE JEANNE MARLMAN A Funeral Mass for Nelle Jeanne Marlman, a longtime Mancos resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 23 at St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Nelle Jeanne Richards Marlman (Jeanne), daughter of Charlie and Vertie Richards, was born to life on August 25, 1915. She...
Peggy Jean Gill
May 16, 2011
PEGGY JEAN GILL Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Peggy Jean Gill will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at the Cortez Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Peggy was born on January 25, 1940 in Sweet Home, Ore. the daughter of Glenn Gordon and Viola Mae (Doerfer) Burling. She passed away on Monday,...
Steven Gary Ludemann
May 16, 2011
STEVEN GARY LUDEMANN Steven Gary Ludemann was born December 16, 1944 in Sioux Falls, S.D. the son of Fred and Ruth (Moffett) Ludemann. He passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011 in Cortez at the age of 66. An avid outdoorsman, Steven enjoyed mountain biking, hiking, flying and scuba diving. Steven passed away doing something he loved. Surviving Steven are...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
