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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
Kenneth Joe Polich
Dec 6, 2010
KENNETH JOE POLICH Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Kenneth Joe Polich will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 10 at Lebanon Cemetery. Bishop Gary Tanner will conduct. Kenneth was born on January 8, 1945 in Albuquerque, N.M. the son of Victor F. and Lila Mae (Parsons) Polich. He passed away on Monday, December 6, 2010 at Southwest...
Karlene Bowers Tabor Mccarty
Dec 4, 2010
KARLENE BOWERS TABOR MCCARTY Funeral services for former area resident and current West Point, Calif. resident Karlene Bowers Tabor McCarty will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 11 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Ertel Chapel. Karlene was born on March 4, 1938 in...
Nolan Berry
Dec 3, 2010
NOLAN BERRY Memorial services for Nolan Berry will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel, 42 North Market Street, Cortez, CO. Nolan Berry, 91, of Cortez, CO, and formerly of Boulder City NV, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez. He was born November 22, 1919 in Mesa,...
Joseph Donald Haydon Sr.
Dec 3, 2010
JOSEPH DONALD HAYDON SR. Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Joseph Donald Haydon Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Joe was born on June 14, 1936 in Cortez the son of William Taylor and Alice Isabel (Palmer) Haydon. He passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010...
Milburn Bryant Henry
Dec 3, 2010
MILBURN BRYANT "MIB" HENRY Milburn Bryant "Mib" Henry was born on April 18, 1920 in McLean, Tex. the son of Bryant Norwood and Murena (Moody) Henry. He passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010 at his Cortez residence at the age of 90. On July 8, 1977, Mib married Patricia McSherry in Santa Fe, N.M. Mib proudly served his country...
Glenda Dianne Milligan
Dec 2, 2010
GLENDA DIANNE MILLIGAN Lifelong Cortez resident, Glenda Dianne Milligan was born on November 19, 1948 in Cortez the daughter of Ernest Glen and Laura Lee (Anderson) Milligan. She passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at her home at the age of 62. Dianne loved spending time making various crafts and fishing. She was very proud of all her family...
Pinie Louise Carter-Jackson
Dec 2, 2010
PINIE LOUISE CARTER-JACKSON Pinie Louise Carter-Jackson was born on July 14, 1952 in West Monroe, Louisiana the daughter of Lester Carter Sr. and Willie Arlene (Rayburn) Carter. She passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango at the age of 58. Pinie loved music of any kind. Listening to music brought much peace to...
Helen Leona Ensch
Nov 30, 2010
HELEN LEONA (HUDSON) ENSCH Helen Leona (Hudson) Ensch of Cortez, CO, former resident of Springfield, IL, passed away on 30 November 2010 at the Vista Grande Inn. Helen was born October 4, 1911 in Waynesville, IL to Clyde and Leta (Heiserman) Hudson. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Norman M. Ensch, and siblings, Gilbert and Edna Hudson....
Jo Mott
Nov 29, 2010
LONTINA JOSEPHINA "JO" MOTT Memorial Mass for Lontina Josephina "Jo" Mott a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 11 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rosary Services will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, December 10 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Jo was born July 30, 1947 in Cortez the daughter of...
Frances Mae Harris
Nov 27, 2010
FRANCES MAE HARRIS Funeral services for Longmont, Colo. resident and former area resident Frances Mae Harris will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 2 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private interment will take place at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Visitation has been scheduled for 1 p.m. to service time at Ertel Chapel. Frances was born on September 29, 1923...
Patricia Ann Richards
Nov 25, 2010
PATRICIA ANN RICHARDS Funeral services for Cortez resident Patricia Ann Richards will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Jonathan Bland officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 3 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Pat was born June 29, 1932 in Los Angeles, Calif....
Victor Leon Hall
Nov 25, 2010
VICTOR LEON "VIC" HALL Victor Leon "Vic" Hall passed away at his Cahone home on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the age of 83. He was born October 16, 1927 in Dove Creek to Thomas Cleveland and Margie Rena (Roberts) Hall. Vic proudly served his country in the US Army from 1950 to 1952. He married Phyllis Maurine Rice on...
Vernon Eugene Reed
Nov 21, 2010
Vernon Eugene Reed passed away at his home in Green Valley, Ariz. on November 21, 2010 after a battle with lung cancer. Brother Vern was born June 3, 1933 to Edward and Hazel Reed in Upton, Wyo. His father, Ed, was in the construction business so the family moved often, giving Vern the opportunity to live and attend school in...
Elizabeth Etoyle Nichols
Nov 19, 2010
ELIZABETH ETOYLE "TOY" NICHOLS Funeral services for Dolores resident Elizabeth Etoyle "Toy" Nichols will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23 at Robertson Funeral Home in McLean, Tex. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in McLean. Toy was born on May 22, 1926 in Matador, Tex. the daughter of Leon and Maude (Folley) Nall. She passed away on...
Nina Sue Zion
Nov 19, 2010
NINA SUE (SUSIE) ZION October 26, 1958 - November 19, 2010 Nina Sue (Susie) Zion of 902 Hillside, Dolores, Colo. died November 19, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez after a courageous struggle with cancer. Nina Sue Zion was born on October 26, 1958 at the old Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez to Harold A. Miller and Beatrice Phillips...
Gary Don Simpson
Nov 15, 2010
GARY DON SIMPSON Graveside services for lifelong area resident Gary Don Simpson will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 19 at Cortez Cemetery. Gary was born on May 3, 1972 in Cortez the son of Lee Henry and Shirley Mae (Beene) Simpson. He passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010 at his sister's residence in Mancos at the...
Manuel Dalomba Neves Ii
Nov 14, 2010
MANUEL DALOMBA NEVES II Memorial services for Manuel DaLomba Neves II "Manny" will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 28 at Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Manuel DaLomba Neves II was born on April 25, 1937 in Peace Dale, R.I. the son of Samuel Rodman and Bertha Elizabeth (Rhodes) Neves. He passed away on Sunday, November 14,...
Deborah Jean Smith
Nov 14, 2010
DEBORAH JEAN SMITH Funeral services for lifelong area resident Deborah Jean Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 22 at the First United Methodist Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Debbie was born on November 13, 1950 in Durango the daughter of William Winfield and Genevieve Jean (Alexander) McGregor. She passed away on...
Eileen Keeler Campbell
Nov 13, 2010
EILEEN KEELER CAMPBELL Funeral services for lifelong area resident Eileen Keeler Campbell will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will take place at Cortez Cemetery. Eileen was born on June 9, 1922 in Lakeview the daughter of Rex Well and Bertha Marie (Vance) Keeler....
Placida Gavina Nolan
Nov 11, 2010
PLACIDA GAVINA NOLAN November 21st 1918-November 11th 2010 Funeral Mass for former Cortez resident and current Cambridge, Idaho resident, Placida Gavina Nolan will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 19 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 18 St. Margaret...
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