Obituaries

Kalin Ray Heiney

Kalin Ray Heiney

Aug 6, 2009

KALIN RAY HEINEY Funeral services for Cortez resident Kalin Ray Heiney will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Kalin was born on June 10, 2009 in Cortez the son of Scotty Ray and Rosa Gail (Rasmussen) Heiney. He passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at Southwest...

Fred Hyrum Palmer

Fred Hyrum Palmer

Aug 5, 2009

FRED HYRUM PALMER Funeral services for Dolores resident Fred Hyrum Palmer will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 10 at the Riverdale Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1000 W 4400 S in Riverdale, Utah. Bishop Michael Fazzio will conduct. Fred was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogden, Utah the son of Walter and Ella...

Evelyn Young

Evelyn Young

Jul 30, 2009

EVELYN YOUNG Evelyn Young was born on February 16, 1917 in Salem, Kentucky the daughter of Orin and Blanche Belle (Holeman) Dugan. She passed away on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Madison House at the age of 92. Surviving Evelyn are her daughter, Sherry Johnson and husband, Don of Dolores; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Evelyn was preceded in death...

Gordon Rex Orton

Gordon Rex Orton

Jul 27, 2009

GORDON REX ORTON Funeral services for Dolores resident Gordon Rex Orton will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will take place at Panguitch Community Cemetery in Panguitch, Utah on Saturday, August 1 at 6 p.m. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from...

Billy D. Watson

Billy D. Watson

Jul 27, 2009

BILLY D. WATSON Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident Billy D. Watson will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 3 at the Arriola Community Center. Inurnment will follow at Lewis Cemetery with military honors provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ertel Memorial...

Bonnie Darlene Boren

Bonnie Darlene Boren

Jul 27, 2009

BONNIE DARLENe BOREN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Bonnie Darlene Boren will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 1 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Cremation will take place following the services. Visitation has been set from Noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Ertel Chapel. Bonnie was born July 29, 1927 in...

Genevieve Espinoza

Genevieve Espinoza

Jul 24, 2009

GENEVIEVE ESPINOZA Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Genevieve Espinoza will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service will take place Friday evening at 7 p.m....

Twila Jean Slough

Twila Jean Slough

Jul 24, 2009

TWILA JEAN SLOUGH A celebration of the life of Twila Jean Slough will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor David Dahl officiating. Interment services are to be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 27 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Twila was born October 7, 1939 in Maude, Okla. the daughter of Olen S....

Josephine Katie Mills

Josephine Katie Mills

Jul 15, 2009

JOSEPHINE KATIE MILLS Funeral services for Josephine Katie Mills, 22 of Towaoc, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 20 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been set from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Josephine Mills...

Jimmy O'Brien Kennedy

Jimmy O'Brien Kennedy

Jul 13, 2009

REVEREND JIMMY KENNEDY Funeral services for Jimmy Kennedy, 74, of Bledsoe, Tex. and formerly of Cortez will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 18, at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Summit Ridge Cemetery in Dolores, Colo. Jimmy O'Brien Kennedy was born May 6, 1935 near Lamesa, Tex. to Velma and John Kennedy, and died at his...

Rita Warren Van Tassel Johnson

Rita Warren Van Tassel Johnson

Jul 12, 2009

RITA WARREN JOHNSON Memorial services for Dolores resident Rita Warren Johnson will be held at 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 14 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 110 W. North St., Cortez. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Rita died at her home near Dolores, on July 12, 2009 at the age of 69 after a 12 year struggle with ovarian cancer. Her...

Richard Marvin Leonard

Richard Marvin Leonard

Jul 11, 2009

RICHARD MARVIN LEONARD Funeral services for Richard Marvin Leonard a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Sylvan Cemetery. Elder Les Pfister of the Church of The First Born will officiate. Richard was born on February 9, 1912, to Curnel Ceemore Leonard and Frances Rebekah (Rossiter)...

Rosemarie Pilegard

Rosemarie Pilegard

Jul 7, 2009

ROSEMARIE PILEGARD Funeral services for Rosemarie Pilegard will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Rosemarie was born April 18, 1929 in Bronx, N.Y. to Francis and Madeline (Gornie) Mastrobuno. She passed away...

Leona G. Crouse

Leona G. Crouse

Jul 6, 2009

LEONA G. CROUSE Funeral services for former Cortez resident Leona G. Crouse will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 13 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. A reception will follow the interment service at the Cortez Recreation Center in the Mesa Room from 1 to 3 p.m. Visitation...

Raymond Garcia

Raymond Garcia

Jul 2, 2009

RAYMOND GARCIA Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Raymond Garcia will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8 at Mancos Church of Christ. Viewing has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Raymond was born on September 3, 1951 in Cebolla, N.M. the son of Herman and Genevieve (Trujillo) Garcia. He...

Charles E. Brubaker

Charles E. Brubaker

Jun 30, 2009

CHARLES E. BRUBAKER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Charles E. "Bru" Brubaker will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Rob Bruendl of Johnson Memorial Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery with Military Honors being conducted. Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at...

James Frederick Lyons

James Frederick Lyons

Jun 30, 2009

JAMES FREDERICK LYONS James Frederick Lyons, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away on June 30, 2009, at the age of ninety-two. James moved to Cortez in 2003 from Fort Collins, Colorado, where he and his wife of fifty-eight years, Christine Sims Lyons, had lived for many years. He was a skilled artisan and created many lovely pieces of furniture...

Richard Dennis Stanfield

Richard Dennis Stanfield

Jun 28, 2009

RICHARD DENNIS STANFIELD A celebration of life ice cream social will be held for Dolores resident Richard Dennis Stanfield at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 3 at the Stanfield residence. Richard was born October 7, 1943 in Calexico, Calif. the son of Allen Richard and Hester Lorianne (Daley) Stanfield. He passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...

Guadalupe Esqueda "Lonnie" Norris

Guadalupe Esqueda "Lonnie" Norris

Jun 26, 2009

GUADALUPE ESQUEDA "LONNIE" NORRIS Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Guadalupe Esqueda "Lonnie" Norris will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel with Rosary services beginning at 6 p.m. Lonnie was born...

Francis E. "Frank" Daly

Francis E. "Frank" Daly

Jun 23, 2009

FRANCIS E. “FRANK” DALY Francis E. “Frank” Daly was born on March 14, 1919 to John and Laura (Warlaumont) Daly in Casper Wyo. at the family home. He passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 90. When Frank was 14, he began working the family ranch, Casper Creek Sheep Company. After graduating...