Obituaries

Myra Lene Dees

Myra Lene Dees

Feb 10, 2010

MYRA LENE DEES Funeral services for Pleasant View resident Myra Lene' Dees will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16 at Rock Springs Community Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor David Ramsey will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rock Springs. Myra was born on November 19,...

Marilyn Anne Porter

Marilyn Anne Porter

Feb 8, 2010

MARILYN ANNE PORTER Marilyn Anne Porter, mother of three, grandmother to seven, passed away February 8th in Cortez, Colo. Marilyn, a vivacious, strong willed woman led an adventurous and fulfilled life. She was born Marilyn Anne Jones, January 2nd, 1931 in Hamilton, Ontario. After high school, unknown to her friends and family, Marilyn left home and flew to Bermuda. Her...

Tony Lee Johnson

Tony Lee Johnson

Feb 7, 2010

TONY LEE JOHNSON Graveside services for Cortez resident Tony Lee Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 12 at Lebanon Cemetery. Pastor Jonathon Bland will officiate. Tony was born on July 29, 2009 in Albuquerque, N.M. the son of Von Erich Johnson and Michelle Lee Finch. He passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at St. Mary's...

Dale David Ristau

Dale David Ristau

Feb 4, 2010

DALE DAVID RISTAU Dale David Ristau of Mancos, Colo. passed away at the age of 87 at his home on Summit Ridge on Thursday, February 4, 2010. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. Dale David Ristau was born December 6, 1922 in Coal Valley, Ill. to Ernest Arthur Ristau and Emma Victoria (Swanson) Ristau....

Thomas Lester Kiker

Thomas Lester Kiker

Feb 4, 2010

THOMAS LESTER KIKER Thomas Lester Kiker was born June 11, 1947 in Lakeside, Calif. the son of Wallace Lester and Doris Jean (Chase) Kiker. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at the age of 62. Tom moved to this area fifteen years ago and worked as a pipeline welder. Surviving Tom are his two...

Glenna Jean Harris

Glenna Jean Harris

Feb 1, 2010

GLENNA JEAN HARRIS Services for lifelong area resident Glenna Jean Harris will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, February 19 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Glenna was born on August 9, 1935 in Cortez the daughter of Roy J. and Lillian H. (Tracy) Retherford. She passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Waldey Harris "Mike" Mikkelson

Waldey Harris "Mike" Mikkelson

Jan 31, 2010

WALDEY HARRIS MIKKELSON “MIKE” Memorial services or Waldey Harris Mikkelson “Mike” will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 4 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Gravesite Dedication services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cortez Cemetery. Waldey Harris Mikkelson “Mike”, a devoted and valiant servant to our Lord and Savior,...

Leona Eva Lewis

Leona Eva Lewis

Jan 31, 2010

LEONA EVA LEWIS Funeral Mass for Leona Eva Lewis will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church and a Rosary service will follow at 7 p.m. Leona was born the daughter of Henry...

Henry Leslie Lameman

Henry Leslie Lameman

Jan 30, 2010

HENRY LESLIE LAMEMAN Funeral services for Shonto, Ariz. resident Henry Leslie Lameman will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 4 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the church. Henry was born on July 20,...

Raymond Parker Lang

Raymond Parker Lang

Jan 30, 2010

RAYMOND PARKER LANG Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Raymond Parker Lang will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Raymond was born the son of Alfred Parker Lang and Helen (Eyetoo) Wells...

Curtis Chester Baker

Curtis Chester Baker

Jan 30, 2010

CURTIS CHESTER BAKER Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Curtis Chester Baker will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8 at Mancos First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Curtis was born on February 23, 1929 in Tulsa, Okla. the son of Chester Arthur and Esther Nevada (Warren) Baker. He...

Dympna Geraldine O'Connor

Dympna Geraldine O'Connor

Jan 29, 2010

DYMPNA GERALDINE O’CONNOR Dympna Geraldine O’Connor was born on September 18, 1954 in Dublin, Ireland the daughter of Rory and Teresa (McLaughlin) O’Connor. She passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at her Mancos home at the age of 55. Dympna is survived by her husband Mark Seville of Mancos; her children, Clare of Durango and Stephen of Mancos; and...

John Clifton Whitaker Sr.

John Clifton Whitaker Sr.

Jan 29, 2010

JOHN CLIFTON WHITAKER SR. Graveside services for Cortez resident John Clifton Whitaker Sr. will be held at Resthaven Cemetery in Glendale, Ariz. John was born on October 13, 1920 in Roswell, N.M. the son of John Clifton and Bertha Evelyn (Johnston) Whitaker. He passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at his residence at the age of 89. On May...

Marcia Sherill Price

Marcia Sherill Price

Jan 27, 2010

MARCIA SHERILL PRICE Memorial services for Mancos resident Marcia Sherill Price will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Pastor Craig Paschal will officiate. Marcia, also known by family and friends as Marquie, was born October 10, 1954 in Belen, N.M. the daughter of Jack G. and Roy Annzanetta (Owen) Price. She passed...

Patrick Michael Doyle

Patrick Michael Doyle

Jan 27, 2010

PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLE Memorial services for Patrick Michael Doyle, 21 of Cortez, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Patrick was born the son of Michael Patrick and Ruby Elaine (Jantzen) Doyle in Durango, Colo. on May 24, 1988. He passed away at his Cortez home on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. During his...

Mary Jacqulene "Jackie" Back

Mary Jacqulene "Jackie" Back

Jan 22, 2010

MARY JACQULENE “JACKIE” BACK Funeral services for Cortez resident Mary Jacqulene “Jackie” Back will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Jackie was born October 17, 1932 in Mt. Vernon, Mo. the daughter of Walter Edward and Loma Inez (Berry) Owens. She...

Raymond Rabbit Casey

Raymond Rabbit Casey

Jan 21, 2010

RAYMOND RABBIT CASEY Funeral services for Towaoc resident Raymond Rabbit Casey will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 27 at the White Mesa Recreation Center in White Mesa, Utah. Visitation has been set for Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Raymond was born March 22, 1953 in Cortez to Jay I. Casey and...

Lawrence Frank Hamilton

Lawrence Frank Hamilton

Jan 20, 2010

LAWRENCE FRANK HAMILTON Lawrence Frank Hamilton was born on January 4, 1941 in Cortez the son of Everett Lawrence and Mary Aileen (McKibben) Hamilton. He passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango at the age of 69. Surviving Frank are his mother, Aileen Hamilton of Cortez; and his brother, Phil Hamilton and wife,...

Art Simmons

Art Simmons

Jan 20, 2010

ARTHUR ANTHONY “ART” SIMMONS Arthur Anthony “Art” Simmons was born on May 3, 1937 in Lewis the son of Loyal Anthony and Dovie LaNelle (Russell) Simmons. He passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 72. A rancher at heart, Art enjoyed saddle making and barebronc riding. Art loved life and a good...

Kathleen Rose Macshane Hudson

Kathleen Rose Macshane Hudson

Jan 18, 2010

KATHLEEN ROSE MACSHANE “KATE” HUDSON Memorial Mass for Cortez resident Kathleen Rose MacShane “Kate” Hudson will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 25 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Kate was born on February 11, 1927 in Hammond, Ind. the daughter of James Henry and Mary Ann (English) MacShane. She passed away on Monday, January 18, 2010 at...