Obituaries

Elsie Janet Bauer

Elsie Janet Bauer

Oct 31, 2010

ELSIE JANET BAUER Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Elsie Janet Bauer will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 4 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Elsie was born January 16, 1920 in Mancos the daughter of Roger Yardley and Ada Lou (Sheek) Gibbs. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez...

Hazel Lavina Phillips

Hazel Lavina Phillips

Oct 29, 2010

HAZEL LAVINA PHILLIPS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Hazel Lavina Phillips will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 6 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Al Strauss will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Hazel was born on...

Milford Ralph Whitmer

Milford Ralph Whitmer

Oct 27, 2010

MILFORD RALPH WHITMER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Milford Ralph Whitmer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 29 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Milford was born on July 14, 1931 in Luna, N.M. the son of Ralph Judd and Virginia (Swapp) Whitmer. He passed away on Wednesday, October 27,...

Ida Louise Mcclure

Ida Louise Mcclure

Oct 25, 2010

IDA LOUISE MCCLURE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Ida Louise McClure will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 30 at Faith Bible Church. Pastor Adrian Gonzales will officiate. Ida McClure was born August 29, 1912 in Caldwell, Tex. to Joseph Coral and Edna (Price) Brymer. She passed away at her home in Cortez on Monday, October 25,...

Willie Alice Qualls

Willie Alice Qualls

Oct 24, 2010

WILLIE ALICE QUALLS Willie Alice Qualls passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado October 24, 2010. She was 90 years young and so full of life. She has gone to join her husband Lindy Qualls, the love of her life. Willie was born to D.J. and Allie Mae McChristy January 10, 1920 in El Centro, California. She worked...

Carol Ann Smith

Carol Ann Smith

Oct 22, 2010

CAROL ANN "BUNKEY" SMITH Funeral services for lifelong area resident Carol Ann "Bunkey" Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 26 at the First Southern Baptist Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Mark Coffey will officiate. Carol Ann Smith was born November 19, 1932 at home north of Dove Creek to...

Clarene Lyall

Clarene Lyall

Oct 21, 2010

CLARENE LYALL Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Clarene Lyall will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26 at the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Clarene was born on July 30, 1915 in Mancos the daughter of Frank and Cora (Wiser) Montgomery. She passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Vista Grande...

Jack Walter Mccracken

Jack Walter Mccracken

Oct 21, 2010

JACK WALTER MCCRACKEN Graveside services for longtime area resident Jack Walter McCracken will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 28 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Jack was born January 2, 1914 in Rink, Ore. the son of Walter Lawrence and Nellie Mildred (Allen) McCracken. He passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Vista Grande Inn at the age...

Zetta Mae Friesen

Zetta Mae Friesen

Oct 21, 2010

ZETTA MAE FRIESEN Zetta Mae Friesen was born September 25, 1911 in Rice County, Kansas. She passed away at her Cortez home on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at the age of 99. Zetta married John D. Friesen in Rice County, Kans. on July 1, 1939, sharing 40 years of marriage. After John's death in 1979, Zetta moved to Cortez to...

Claude Leslie Alexander

Claude Leslie Alexander

Oct 21, 2010

CLAUDE LESLIE ALEXANDER Claude Leslie Alexander was born on June 22, 1931 in Greentree, N.M. the son of Henry Houston and Rosie Alice (Speed) Alexander. He passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at his Cortez residence at the age of 79. On February 27, 1953, Claude married Mary Ann Gayden in Las Cruces, N.M. Claude spent time both working...

Kenny Marvin Bauer

Kenny Marvin Bauer

Oct 19, 2010

KENNETH MARVIN "KENNY" BAUER Memorial services for lifelong Mancos resident Kenneth Marvin "Kenny" Bauer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Kenny was born on June 3, 1930 in Mancos the son of Carl and Elgie (Matlock) Bauer. He passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Thomas Romaine Hoff Ii

Thomas Romaine Hoff Ii

Oct 17, 2010

THOMAS ROMAINE HOFF II Tom was born on June 12, 1969 in Minneapolis, MN to Thomas R. and Susan K. Hoff. He passed away at our Dolores home on October 17, 2010 at the age of 41. He is survived by his father Tom and step-mother Terri Hoff, Dolores; mother Susan and step-father Dan Smith, Milaca Minn.; Sister Aubrey and...

Mary Aileen Mckibben Hamilton

Mary Aileen Mckibben Hamilton

Oct 16, 2010

MARY AILEEN McKIBBEN HAMILTON Mary Aileen McKibben Hamilton passed away at the Vista Grande Inn on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at the age of 92. She was born the daughter of Frank Lee and Helen (Lewy) McKibben in Durango, Colo. on July 6, 1918. Raised in the Cortez area, Aileen was a 1936 graduate of Cortez High School. Aileen married...

Marjorie Grace Welch

Marjorie Grace Welch

Oct 13, 2010

MARJORIE GRACE WELCH A Celebration of Life gathering will be held for lifelong Dolores resident Marjorie Grace Welch from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 22 at the Dolores Public Library. Memorial contributions may be made in Marjorie's name to the Dolores State Bank. The fund will be used to assist the Dolores Elementary School where her great-grandsons, Ryan...

Robert Joe Leigh

Robert Joe Leigh

Oct 10, 2010

ROBERT JOE LEIGH Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Robert Joe Leigh will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. to service time at the Legion. Joe was born on November 2, 1931 in...

Clyde B. Larsen

Clyde B. Larsen

Oct 6, 2010

CLYDE B. LARSEN Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Clyde B. Larsen will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 8 at Cortez Cemetery. Clyde was born April 6, 1928 in Bicknell, Utah. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the age of 82. On November 24, 1964 Clyde married Frances Irene Stoddard...

Leova Gallegos Brinkerhoff

Leova Gallegos Brinkerhoff

Oct 3, 2010

LEOVA GALLEGOS BRINKERHOFF Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Leova Gallegos Brinkerhoff will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Leova was...

William Henry "Bill" Head

William Henry "Bill" Head

Oct 2, 2010

WILLIAM HENRY “BILL” HEAD The family of Bill Head will be present at Ertel Funeral Home on Friday, October 8 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. They request the presence of Bill's friends to share stories and memories of this beloved man, businessman and community member. William Henry “Bill” Head, 82, passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on...

James Donald "Don" Kohler

James Donald "Don" Kohler

Sep 30, 2010

JAMES DONALD “DON” KOHLER James Donald “Don” Kohler died Thursday, Sept.30, 2010 at The Mancos Valley Inn. He was 86. Graveside services will be held at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango, Colo. at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010. Mr. Kohler was born to Henry and Ruth Kohler on Aug. 9, 1924 in Pagosa Springs, Colo.; later moving to Arboles,...

Yvonne Posey Lansing

Yvonne Posey Lansing

Sep 28, 2010

YVONNE POSEY LANSING Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Yvonne Posey Lansing will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. at Ertel Chapel. Yvonne was born on December 23, 1952 in Cortez the daughter of Edgar Buffalo and...