Trudy Del Chittick
Nov 10, 2010
TRUDY DEL CHITTICK Memorial services for Cortez resident Trudy Del Chittick will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 16 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Barr Chittick will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Trudy was born on December 29, 1954 in Euclid, Ohio the daughter of Paul...
Roy Dale Hornbaker
Nov 9, 2010
ROY DALE HORNBAKER Roy Dale Hornbaker was born on January 18, 1948 in Longmont, Colo. the son of Samuel Franklin and Doris Naomi (Parker) Hornbaker. He passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at his Lewis home at the age of 62. On October 21, 1978, Dale married Karen Marie Fairchild in Cupertino, Calif. Dale spent 27 years working for...
Helen Kingsley
Nov 9, 2010
ELBERTA HELEN KINGSLEY Graveside services for Cortez resident Elberta Helen Kingsley will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 13 at Crestview Cemetery in Durango. Helen was born on November 21, 1918 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. the daughter of Elbert Riley and Maymie Armenta May (Rothgeb) Littrell. She passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Vista Grande Inn...
Gilbert Ted Highland
Nov 8, 2010
GILBERT TED "GIL" HIGHLAND Memorial services for Cortez resident Gilbert Ted "Gil" Highland will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 20 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Following the memorial services the Highland family invites friends and family to join them in a potluck open house at the Highland residence, 12299 Road G in Cortez. Gil...
Terri Pamela Weeks
Nov 5, 2010
TERRI PAMELA WEEKS Funeral services for Terri Pamela Weeks, 38 of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Terri was born October 12, 1972 in Monticello, Utah to Theodore Peabody...
Jack Wesley Click
Nov 5, 2010
JACK WESLEY CLICK Jack Wesley Click, a long-time resident of Cortez, passed away at his home on Friday, November 5, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jack was born February 16, 1946 in Denver, Colo. He was the 4th child (and 1st son) of 7 children born to Wesley and Betty Click. His early years were spent between Denver...
Douglas Joseph Becker
Nov 3, 2010
DOUGLAS JOSEPH BECKER Douglas Joseph Becker was born on March 28, 1936 in St. Helen, Mich. the son of Arthur and Florence (Crist) Becker. He passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 74. Surviving Douglas are his children, Douglas J. Becker and wife, Trisha of St. Helen, Mich., Wayne A. Becker and...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
