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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Tex Hudson
Jan 30, 2011
TEX (WOODROW WILSON) HUDSON Woodrow Wilson Hudson (Tex) was born on July 19, 1919 in Ninnekah, Oklahoma, Indian Territory. His birthing place was a storm cellar. Woodrow's family moved to Madera, California when he was two years old. Woodrow started his work life at age 13 when he rode the rails from California to Texas where he lived with his...
Christine B. Painter
Jan 28, 2011
CHRISTINE B. PAINTER Christine B. Painter was born on June 24, 1909 in Wilson County, Tenn. the daughter of Houston and Oza Mai (Allen) Thomas. She passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 101. In her free time, Christine loved solving crossword puzzles. Her pets held a special place in her heart....
Frances Marie Hammond
Jan 27, 2011
FRANCES MARIE HAMMOND Memorial services for Cortez resident Frances Marie Hammond will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 5 at the Cortez United Methodist Church. Fran Hammond passed away January 27, 2011 at her home in Cortez from cancer following a brief illness. She was 87. Even though she lived in Cortez only eight years, her quiet friendliness,...
Alita Jane Knuckles
Jan 26, 2011
ALITA JANE (PETERSON, GANO) KNUCKLES Funeral services for Cortez resident Alita Jane Knuckles will be held Saturday, February 5 at 10 a.m.at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment to follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Born in Lockerby, Utah to Harry Jay and Edith Jane Long Peterson,...
