Obituaries

Daniel Dean Carver

Daniel Dean Carver

Feb 23, 2011

DANIEL DEAN CARVER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Daniel Dean Carver were held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment followed at Lebanon Cemetery. Daniel was born on November 7, 1927 in Cortez the son of John D. and Lula (Taylor) Carver. He passed away of old age and natural causes on Wednesday, February...

Kay Bush

Kay Bush

Feb 20, 2011

KAY BUSH Kay Bush was born on January 19, 1937 in Cortez, Colo. to Walter and Nanalee Winegar. She passed away on February 20, 2011 in Albuquerque, N.M. at the age of 74 following a lengthy battle with cancer. She grew up in the Cortez area, attended school here and married Richard R. "Dick" Smith in 1954. They had two...

Esther M. Wilson

Esther M. Wilson

Feb 18, 2011

ESTHER M. WILSON A Celebration of Life for longtime area resident Esther M. Wilson will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 4 at the Pleasant View Church of Christ. Esther was born on April 6, 1926 in Ackman, Colo. the daughter of Ezra Lee and Ruth (Baumgartner) Murphy. She passed away on Friday, February 18, 2011 at Southwest...

Peter V. Grajirena

Peter V. Grajirena

Feb 18, 2011

PETER V. GRAJIRENA MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PETER GRAJIRENA. Friends and family will be celebrating our dear friend and artist, Peter, in Durango on Friday, March 11 at 6:00 p.m. at 330 Ridge Road, and in Mancos on Saturday, March 12 at 11:00 a.m., at 636 Riverside. Please call Dolores, 759-9181, or John, 946-1706 for details. Peter V. Grajirena was born...

Donald  Kay Frazier

Donald Kay Frazier

Feb 16, 2011

DONALD KAY FRAZIER Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Donald Kay Frazier will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 19 at the Sluder Family Cemetery, 24058 Road N, Cortez. Don was born on August 17, 1943 in Cortez the son of Amos and Lillie (Shurman) Frazier. He passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at his residence at...

James Ernest Bertwell

James Ernest Bertwell

Feb 15, 2011

JAMES ERNEST "JIMMY" BERTWELL Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident James Ernest "Jimmy" Bertwell will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 19 at the Cortez Elks Lodge #1789. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Al Strauss will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jimmy was born...

Lester Frank "Corky" Conrad

Lester Frank "Corky" Conrad

Feb 10, 2011

LESTER FRANK "CORKY" CONRAD Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Lester Frank "Corky" Conrad will be held at 10 on Monday, February 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military Honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Corky was born May 16, 1929 in Okeechobee, Fla. to Ralph Henry and Nona (Welch) Conrad. He passed away at...

Ruth Emily Bignell

Ruth Emily Bignell

Feb 10, 2011

RUTH EMILY BIGNELL Memorial services for Ruth Emily Bignell a resident of Mancos will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Barr Chittick of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate. Ruth was born the daughter of Adam and Mary (Parker) Paffenroth in Goshen, N.Y. on February 24, 1933. She passed away at Mercy...

Suan Marie Evans

Suan Marie Evans

Feb 10, 2011

SUSAN MARIE EVANS Susan Marie Evans, of Mancos, died unexpectedly on Feb. 10, 2011. She was born April 28, 1959. There will be a memorial service at the First Baptist Church in Cortez, on Sunday, Feb. 20, during morning services at 10:45 a.m. A family memorial will be scheduled later. She is sadly missed.

Betty Joyce Papoff

Betty Joyce Papoff

Feb 10, 2011

BETTY JOYCE PAPOFF Graveside services for Aztec, N.M. resident Betty Joyce Papoff will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 15 at Arriola Cemetery. Betty was born on January 6, 1930 in Waco, Tex. the daughter of Lonnie and Della Opal (Clymer) Dupre. She passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington,...

Berta Jean Hansen

Berta Jean Hansen

Feb 9, 2011

BERTA JEAN HANSEN Graveside services for Gateway, Colo. resident Berta Jean Hansen will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 15 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Berta was born on March 8, 1940 in Egnar, Colo. the daughter of Gilbert and Opal (Mourer) Hansen. She passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at her residence at the age of 70....

Ruth Margaret Roubidoux Mangel

Ruth Margaret Roubidoux Mangel

Feb 8, 2011

RUTH MARGARET ROUBIDOUX MANGEL Ruth Margaret Roubidoux Mangel was born the daughter of James Drury and Mary Elizabeth (Murphy) Lamb on May 21, 1913 at the family home in McElmo Canyon, Colo. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on February 8, 2011 at the age of 97. Ruth’s history in the Cortez area is long and rich beginning as...

Mike Suzich Jr.

Mike Suzich Jr.

Feb 8, 2011

MIKE SUZICH JR. Funeral services for Lewis resident Mike Suzich Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. at Four Corners Funeral...

Winona Grace Moss

Winona Grace Moss

Feb 7, 2011

WINONA GRACE MOSS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Winona Grace Moss will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Al Strauss will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Winona was born on December 24, 1931 in...

Alfred Clinton Phelps

Alfred Clinton Phelps

Feb 6, 2011

ALFRED CLINTON "AL" PHELPS Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Alfred Clinton "Al" Phelps will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 12 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Mike Farren will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Al...

A. L. "Ace" Asa

A. L. "Ace" Asa

Feb 6, 2011

A.L. "ACE" ASA Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Mr. A.L. Asa will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Al Strauss will officiate. Mr. Asa passed away on February 6, 2011 at the age of 91. He was preceded in death by his only son, Charles...

Teresa Mary Malcolm

Teresa Mary Malcolm

Feb 4, 2011

TERESA MARY MALCOLM Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Teresa Mary Malcolm will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9 at the Mancos Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Teresa was born September 28,...

Mary Ellen Hindmarsh

Mary Ellen Hindmarsh

Feb 3, 2011

MARY ELLEN HINDMARSH Funeral services for Mary Ellen (Spears) Hindmarsh, a longtime Dolores resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 11 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Mary was born December 19, 1924 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to Maude and O.J. Spears. She passed away at her residence on Thursday, February 3...

Louise Tollison

Louise Tollison

Feb 3, 2011

ELLEN LOUISE STRATTON KNOLL SANCKEN TOLLISON Memorial services for Cortez resident Ellen Louise Stratton Knoll Sancken Tollison will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Louise, as she was known to her family and friends, was born September 30, 1929 in Durango, Colo. the daughter of Albert Harold and Gertrude Anita (Fager) Stratton....

Billie Madeleine Bush Edgerton

Billie Madeleine Bush Edgerton

Feb 1, 2011

BILLIE MADELEINE BUSH EDGERTON Funeral services for Cortez resident Billie Madeleine Bush Edgerton will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 4, at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Reverend Marvin Graves officiating. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Billie Madeleine Edgerton, 83, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at her home near Cortez, Colo. Billie was born May 14, 1927, in Harlingen,...