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
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
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
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.
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
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
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....
John Sidney Schillo
Apr 22, 2011
JOHN SIDNEY SCHILLO Memorial services for Mancos resident John Sidney Schillo are pending with Ertel Funeral Home. John was born on October 18, 1924 in Wheeling, W.V. the son of John Clark and Sadie (McCutcheon) Schillo. He passed away on Friday, April 22, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 86. John proudly served his country in the...
Grace Ina Dressel
Apr 19, 2011
GRACE INA DRESSEL Grace Ina Dressel was born August 6, 1950 in West Salem, Ohio the daughter of Paul G. and Mildred Ann (Ickes) Wenger. She passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 60. On June 1, 1969 Grace married David Bryan Dressel in West Salem, Ohio. A devoted mother, Grace loved...
James Merrill Odom
Apr 17, 2011
JAMES MERRILL ODOM Memorial services for Cortez resident, James Merrill Odom, will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 29 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jim was born August 9, 1933 in Detroit, Mich. the son of William N. and Alameda K. (Timblim) Odom. He passed away at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the...
James Orville Bagwell
Apr 16, 2011
JAMES ORVILLE BAGWELL James Orville Bagwell was born on November 17, 1929 in Superior, Ariz. the son of James Oscar and Mary Lou (Monroe) Bagwell. He passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 81. Jim married Rayola Turnbow in Whittier, Calif. The couple shared 44 loving years of marriage. Jim was an...
Leona Grace Gawith Mccabe
Apr 15, 2011
LEONA GRACE GAWITH MCCABE Leona Grace Gawith McCabe was born on May 18, 1923 in Cortez the daughter of Leslie E. and Helen (Englehart) Gawith. She passed away on Friday, April 15, 2011 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center at the age of 87. Leona attended school in Cortez and after she graduated from high school she completed one year...
Yvonne Gwendolyn Gilliland
Apr 11, 2011
YVONNE GWENDOLYN GILLILAND Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Yvonne Gwendolyn Gilliland will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 15 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Reverend Leigh Waggoner will officiate. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Yvonne was born the daughter of Louis and Lorna (Kermode) Paquin on October 6, 1938 in Mancos, Colo. She passed away at...
Gina Anderson
Apr 9, 2011
GINA ANDERSON Gina Anderson passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011. She was 80 years old. Gina was born the daughter of Helen and Lyle Yeakle. She was a lifetime resident of Rockford and Caledonia, Ill. and a high school graduate of Harlem High in 1948. Gina married Gene Anderson on December 9, 1950 in Rockford, Ill. She was a dedicated...
Louis John Klumker
Apr 8, 2011
LOUIS JOHN KLUMKER A celebration of life will be held for Cortez resident Louis John Klumker at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 at Cindy Green's residence, 27183 Road H in Cortez. Louis was born on November 23, 1922 in Toponas, Colo. the son of William and Grace C. (Bruce) Klumker. He passed away on Friday, April 8, 2011 at...
John H. Gomez
Apr 6, 2011
JOHN H. GOMEZ Memorial Mass will be held for John H. Gomez a longtime Cortez resident at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 11 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. Rosary Services are set for Sunday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. John was born October 17, 1929 at McPhee, Colo. to...
Donald K. Majors
Apr 6, 2011
DONALD K. MAJORS Donald K. Majors, lifelong resident of Dolores, passed away April 6, 2011 at the age of 76. Don was born September 27, 1934 to Glenn and Mildred Majors. After graduation from Dolores High School, Don attended college and received a degree in finance and banking from the University of Colorado. In 1959, he returned to Dolores and...
John Frowin Hiser
Apr 5, 2011
JOHN FROWIN HISER John Frowin Hiser, 77 of Farmington, N.M., passed away at Valley Inn Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. He was born in Springfield, Mo. on May 29, 1933 the son of Louis W. and Marie (Ball) Hiser. John proudly served his country in the U.S. Coast Guard. On February 14, 1956 John married Patsy Louise Kelly...
Melinda Ann Dukeminier
Apr 4, 2011
MELINDA ANN DUKEMINIER Memorial services for Cortez resident Melinda Ann Dukeminier will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Melinda was born on January 14, 1974 in Lander, Wyo. the daughter of Craig Littleton and Sally Annetta (Morrison) Canfield. She passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango...
Viola M. Sena
Apr 3, 2011
VIOLA M. SENA Funeral Mass for longtime Mancos resident, Viola M. Sena, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel and Rosary services are set for 7 p.m. that evening. Viola...
