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...
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
