John A. Merrill
Sep 26, 2010
JOHN A. MERRILL (August 21, 1980 - September 26, 2010) John A. Merrill, 30, of Cortez, CO died on September 26, 2010. He was born on August 21, 1980 in San Diego, CA, until the age of 7 when his family moved to the Annapolis area where he was raised. John graduated from the Broadneck Senior High School in 1998...
John Barton Decker
Sep 25, 2010
Funeral services for longtime area resident, John Barton Decker will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mancos, CO on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 2pm. After a long and fruitful life, John Barton Decker, age 86, peacefully passed away at Vista Grand Inn in Cortez, Colorado, on September 25, 2010. Born August 1, 1924,...
Lois Mildred Johnson Akin
Sep 23, 2010
LOIS AKIN Lois Mildred Johnson Akin was born on April 25, l922 at McPhee, Colo. and passed away on September 23, 2010. She was the daughter of Lewis Edward and Navie Sagrillo Johnson. Lois was a fourth generation descendant of pioneer Charles (Racehorse) and Mary Johnson who homesteaded the lower Dolores Valley (McPhee), and 3rd generation descendant of John and...
Bruce Vance Hixon
Sep 22, 2010
BRUCE VANCE HIXON Funeral services for Bruce Vance Hixon a lifelong resident of Lewis will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery with Military Honors being provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening at Ertel Chapel beginning at 7 p.m....
Wilfred William Michaels
Sep 21, 2010
WILFRED WILLIAM MICHAELS Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Wilfred William Michaels will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 23 at Mancos First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pastor Jimmy Burton will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. at the church. Wilfred was born on September 30, 1919...
James Douglas Goff
Sep 18, 2010
JAMES DOUGLAS GOFF Services for Mancos resident James Douglas Goff will be held on Saturday, September 25 at 11:00 am St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Mancos followed by a potluck gathering at 1:00 pm at Seas'nings at 319 W. Montezuma, Cortez. James was born on August 15, 1931 in Cottonwood, Ala., the son of James Lewis Goff and Mattie (Livingston)...
Bobby Gene Johnson
Sep 17, 2010
BOBBY G. "BOB" JOHNSON Memorial services for lifelong Dove Creek resident, Bobby G. "Bob" Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 21 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Bobby Gene Johnson was born April 13, 1929 to Elgan and Ruby Johnson in Ponca City, Okla. He died September 17, 2010 at his home in Dove Creek,...
Elvin Leroy Roundtree
Sep 16, 2010
ELVIN LeROY ROUNDTREE Funeral services for Elvin LeRoy Roundtree a longtime area resident will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, September 20 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Elvin was born December 2, 1919 in Vanoss, Okla. the son of John Wiley and Clara Lula (Armstrong) Roundtree. He passed away at his Dolores home on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at the age...
Winnifred Lorene "Wendy" Hall
Sep 9, 2010
WINNIFRED LORENE "WENDY" HALL Winnifred Lorene "Wendy" Hall passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at the age of 92. She was born the daughter of Herbert L. Rogers Sr. and Eva May (Pounds) Rogers on October 11, 1917 in Dickens County, Texas. Wendy and her family relocated to this area in the late 1920s. She...
Victor F. Polich
Sep 7, 2010
VICTOR F. POLICH Military graveside services for Victor F. Polich, currently of Cortez and formerly of Grants, N.M., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 11 at Grants Cemetery. Vic was born September 5, 1919 in McGaffey, N.M. the son of Frank and Dorothy (Estra) Polich. He passed away at Vista Mesa Retirement Center in Cortez on Tuesday, September...
Robert Johnson Wheatley
Sep 6, 2010
ROBERT JOHNSON WHEATLEY Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Robert Johnson Wheatley will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 16 at Cortez Cemetery. Bob was born on February 6, 1928 in Denver, Colo. He passed away on Monday, September 6, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Bob leaves behind his longtime friend and caregiver, Anna Hueber of Cortez.
Earl Leslie Rohrbaugh
Sep 5, 2010
EARL LESLIE ROHRBAUGH Memorial services for longtime Cortez, Colo. resident Earl Leslie Rohrbaugh will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 18 at the First United Methodist Church in Cortez. Reverend Al Strauss will officiate. The son of Roy Preston and Lillian Esther (Dahlin) Rohrbaugh, Earl was born on August 12, 1924 in Denver, Colo. He died on Sunday,...
Verna Lawan Lard
Sep 4, 2010
VERNA LaWAN LARD Funeral services for Verna LaWan Lard, 73 of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Barr Chittick officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Verna was born December 3, 1936 in Blue Hill, Neb. to Ernest Uhrick and Agnes Pauline (Bangert) Seeman. She passed away at her Cortez...
Samuel J. Merlo
Sep 4, 2010
SAMUEL J. MERLO Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Samuel J. Merlo will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Samuel J. Merlo, attorney at law, died at his home in Cortez, on September 4, 2010. He was born February 9, 1922 in Nazareth, Penn. His parents were Sebastiano "Charles" and Concetta "Anne" Merlo. Sam...
Lois May Geer
Sep 3, 2010
LOIS MAY GEER Funeral services for Cortez resident Lois May Geer will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 7 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Lois was born March 29, 1945 in Marshall, Mich. the daughter of Louie and Virginia...
Wayne Norris Daves
Sep 1, 2010
WAYNE NORRIS DAVES Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Wayne Norris Daves will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 7 at Arriola Bible Church. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Wayne was born on October 14, 1944 in Cortez the son of James Floyd and Glennis Ardena (Atkinson)...
Florence May Murray
Aug 27, 2010
FLORENCE MAY MURRAY A Memorial Mass will be held for Florence May Murray, 96 of Cortez, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 31 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez of officiate. Florence was born May 2, 1914 in Boston, Mass. the daughter of Pasquale and Mary DeSimone. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Friday, August 27,...
Jose Ignacio Valdez Marquez
Aug 24, 2010
JOSE IGNACIO VALDEZ MARQUEZ Funeral services for Jose Ignacio Valdez Marquez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Jose ("Nacho" as he was known to family and friends) was born July 31, 1954 in San Rafael Satevo, Chihuahua, Mexico the son of Isabel Valdez Fierro and Sara...
Gladys Elaine K. Hammond
Aug 23, 2010
GLADYS ELAINE K. HAMMOND Graveside services for lifelong Towaoc resident Gladys Elaine K. Hammond will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 26 at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gladys was born on January 15, 1936 in Towaoc the daughter of Charles and Kate (Snow) Knight....
Edward Jankowski
Aug 18, 2010
EDWARD JANKOWSKI Former Mancos resident Edward Jankowski died Wednesday at his home in Scottsdale, AZ. Services will be held at St. Rita's Catholic Church in Mancos on Wednesday at 10 am. Edward Jankowski was born in Belarus in the Soviet Union on April 17, 1938 to Piotr and Henryka Jankowski. In 1949, after escaping out of the Soviet Union during...
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