Obituaries

Eugene Stramel

Eugene Stramel

Aug 16, 2010

EUGENE "GENE" STRAMEL Memorial Mass for Cortez resident Eugene "Gene" Stramel will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 23 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Gene was born June 28, 1922 in Topeka, Kans. the son of Clem...

Kenneth Emory Todd

Kenneth Emory Todd

Aug 14, 2010

KENNETH EMORY TODD Funeral services for lifelong area resident Kenneth Emory Todd will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Mr. Raymond Boyd and Clifford Capps will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Kenneth was born on December...

Melva Claudine Smith

Melva Claudine Smith

Aug 13, 2010

MELVA CLAUDINE SMITH Memorial services for lifelong area resident Melva Claudine Smith will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Melva was born on March 14, 1940 in Cortez the daughter of William Claude and Ruby Opal (Scott) Daves. She passed away on Friday, August 13, 2010 at her Dolores home at the age...

Edward J. Green Jr.

Edward J. Green Jr.

Aug 10, 2010

EDWARD J. "EDDIE" GREEN JR. Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Edward J. "Eddie" Green Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 14 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Eddie was born on September 1, 1943 in Pueblo, Colo. the son of Edward and Ruth (Hunt) Green. He passed away on...

Ruth Johnson

Ruth Johnson

Aug 9, 2010

RUTH JOHNSON Memorial services for lifelong Nucla resident Ruth Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 12 at the Union Congregational Church in Nucla, Co. Interment will be at the Nucla Cemetery, followed by a celebration of life at the Nucla Moose Lodge. Ruth Esther Johnson was born August 17, 1925, in Nucla, Colo., to Gertrude Irene...

Lynn M. Halls

Lynn M. Halls

Aug 5, 2010

LYNN M. HALLS Funeral services for Lynn M. Halls will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lynn M. Halls passed from this life at his home in Taylorsville, Utah on August 5,...

Elvin James Vavra

Elvin James Vavra

Aug 3, 2010

ELVIN JAMES VAVRA Graveside services for longtime Dolores resident Elvin James Vavra will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 7 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Elvin was born January 21, 1930 in Caldwell, Kans. the son of James Anton and Libbie Emma (Subera) Vavra....

Eleanor Patricia Huey  "Pat" Murrell

Eleanor Patricia Huey "Pat" Murrell

Jul 31, 2010

ELEANOR PATRICIA HUEY (PAT) MURRELL Eleanor Patricia Huey (Pat) Murrell passed away in Cortez, Colorado on July 31, after a two year battle with kidney cancer. She was 71 years old. Pat was born in Casper, Wyoming July 28, 1939 to Rex R. and June Beck Huey. With the exception of one year in Rye, New York when she was...

Ivan Clint Montgomery

Ivan Clint Montgomery

Jul 31, 2010

IVAN CLINT MONTGOMERY Memorial services for lifelong Egnar resident Ivan Clint Montgomery will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 7 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Ivan was born on February 21, 1952 in Monticello, Utah the son of Jonnie Pal and Sarah Celesta (Miller) Montgomery. He passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at his home...

Patricia Jane Mcalister

Patricia Jane Mcalister

Jul 30, 2010

PATRICIA JANE MCALISTER Graveside services for Dolores resident Patricia Jane McAlister will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Mike Schrogg will officiate. Pat was born April 18, 1937 in Prescott, Ariz. the daughter of Alva Merritt and Perry Inez (Frost) Sims. She passed away on Friday, July 30, 2010 at Southwest Memorial...

Edna Marie Ball

Edna Marie Ball

Jul 28, 2010

EDNA MARIE BALL Graveside services for longtime area resident Edna Marie Ball will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 2 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday morning at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 9 to 10 a.m. Marie was born December 6, 1931 in Kit Carson, Colo. the daughter of Herbert H. and Mabel Clair (Leonard)...

James Elton Kidd

James Elton Kidd

Jul 25, 2010

JAMES ELTON KIDD Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, James Elton Kidd will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 29 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening at Ertel Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Jim was born the son of Elton James and Jessie (Malone) Kidd on March...

Sheila Kay Wilber

Sheila Kay Wilber

Jul 25, 2010

SHEILA KAY WILBER Sheila Kay Wilber, longtime area resident, was born December 1, 1952 in Canastota, N.Y. the daughter of Harry David and Elizabeth Mae (Miller) Sampson. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the age of 57. Sheila married Gary Paul Wilber on May 1, 1976 in Durango, Colo.; sharing 34...

Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen

Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen

Jul 22, 2010

JUANITA BECHER "JOHNNY" FREDRIKSEN Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident Juanita Becher "Johnny" Fredriksen will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28 at the 1st Baptist Church in Dolores. Cremation will follow the funeral service. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday morning from 9 to service time at the church. Johnny was born on September 23, 1927...

Lillian C. Gawthrop

Lillian C. Gawthrop

Jul 18, 2010

LILLIAN C. GAWTHROP Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Lillian C. Gawthrop will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24 at Ertel Funeral Home with Rev. Bud Rousset officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Lillian was born the daughter of Rapp Wallace and Lillian (Wilson) Crook on August 28, 1919 in Yazoo City, Miss. She passed away...

Helen Bertha Perkins

Helen Bertha Perkins

Jul 17, 2010

HELEN BERTHA PERKINS Graveside services for Helen Bertha Perkins a longtime Dove Creek resident will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 22 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Barr Chittick will officiate. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Helen was born in Hanover, Kans. on May 4, 1918 to Otto...

Marguerite Madeleine Levesque

Marguerite Madeleine Levesque

Jul 17, 2010

MARGUERITE MADELEINE LEVESQUE A celebration of life was held in Fairview, Utah for Marguerite Madeleine Levesque on July 24, 2010. Maggie was born on January 14, 1996 in Cortez to David Levesque and Cindi Levesque, she passed away on July 17, 2010 in Fairview, Utah. Maggie attended Kemper and Downey Elementary schools. She also attended Cortez Middle school before she...

Jerry Lee Collins

Jerry Lee Collins

Jul 15, 2010

JERRY LEE COLLINS A celebration of life for Cortez resident Jerry Lee Collins will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 26 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Jerry was born October 19, 1949 in Boise, Ida. the son of Clyde Harvey and Faye Lorene (Phillips) Collins. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, July 15, 2010...

Winnie Rose Hughes Ward

Winnie Rose Hughes Ward

Jul 10, 2010

WINNIE ROSE HUGHES WARD Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Winnie Rose Hughes Ward will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 19 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Winnie passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of...

Annie Norine Hinton

Annie Norine Hinton

Jul 8, 2010

ANNIE NORINE HINTON Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Annie Norine Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 13 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Relief Society Room at the L.D.S. Church. Annie Norine Hermance...