CHARLES E. "CHARLIE" FITZGERALD JR. Charles E. "Charlie" Fitzgerald Jr. was born August 2, 1929 in Mancos to Charles E. Fitzgerald Sr. and Beaulah O. (Wilson) Fitzgerald. He passed away at his home in Aztec, M.M. on February 19, 2010 at the age of 80 years old. Charlie is survived by his sister, Patsy Brothers of Pueblo, Colo.; his daughter,...
CODY MILLS Funeral services for Towaoc resident Cody Mills will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Cody was born May 27, 1984 in Shiprock, N.M. the son of Norton Mills Jr. and Frances Lehi. He passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the age of 25....
MERRILL DELL KENNEDY Funeral services for longtime area resident Merrill Dell Kennedy will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 20 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Merrill was born on July 24, 1926 in Springview, Neb. to Bertha and...
FRANK ALBERT CHIPMAN A celebration of life for Cortez resident Frank Albert Chipman will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, February 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Friends and family are encouraged to come and share stories and memories of Frank's life during this time. Frank was born on September 2, 1940 in Beach Haven Terrace, N.J. the...
VIVIAN JOYCE MARI Memorial mass for longtime Cortez resident Vivian Joyce Mari will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 19 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Joyce was born on January 16, 1931 in Sterling, Colo. the daughter of Dale and Zelpha (Greer) Simmons. She passed away on Friday, February 12, 2010 at Vista Grande Inn at the...
THOMAS JOHN FEUERBORN A celebration of life will be held for Thomas John Feuerborn on Sunday, February 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Dolores Community Center. Tom was born on February 16, 1945 in Denver, Colo. the son of Lawrence Edward and Kathleen Ann (Conboy) Feuerborn. He passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Mercy Regional Medical...
SYBIL GERALDINE SMALL Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Sybil Geraldine Small will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 15 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverends Steve and Kim Nofel will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Viewing will also...
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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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...