William Raymond King
May 16, 2009
WILLIAM RAYMOND “BILL” KING Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident William Raymond “Bill” King will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with Military Honors and Masonic Rites being observed. Bill passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 at his home due to cancer. He was born in Culver...
Jim Norman Mathies
May 16, 2009
JIM NORMAN MATHIES Jim Norman Mathies passed away at his home on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the age of 71 after a long struggle with skin cancer. Jim was born on September 2, 1937 in Baca County, Colo. He was the second son of Don Mathies and Dorothy Dickey Mathies. The family moved to their farm in Lewis in...
Mickey Gonzales
May 13, 2009
MICHAEL JOSEPH "MICKEY" GONZALES Memorial services for Cortez resident Michael Joseph "Mickey" Gonzales will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 22 at the Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 Dolores Road. Mickey was born on January 25, 1955 in Pueblo, Colo. the son of Frank and Ruby (Vigil) Gonzales. He passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at the age...
Emma Marie Cuthair
May 12, 2009
EMMA MARIE CUTHAIR Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Emma Marie Cuthair will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Visitation has been set from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel. Emma was born on January 15, 1922 in Towaoc...
Sherae Dawn House
May 11, 2009
SHERAE DAWN HOUSE Funeral services for Cortez resident Sherae Dawn House will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Sherae was born on April 23, 1999 in Cortez the daughter of Sheldon R. and Victoria (Yazzie) House. She passed away on Monday, May 11, 2009 at St. Mary's...
Darlyn Richardson Frye
May 10, 2009
DARYLN RICHARDSON FRYE Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Daryln Richardson Frye will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 at the Dolores High School Gymnasium. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Daryln was born on November 19, 1951 in La Junta, Colo. the daughter of Daryl Gene and Eva Winifred (Calonge) Richardson. She passed away at her...
Cheryl Jean Laner
May 10, 2009
CHERYL JEAN LANER Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Cheryl Jean Laner will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place at Towaoc Cemetery. Cheryl was born on April 27, 1970 in Cortez to Sarah Hayes and Raymus Laner Sr. She passed away at her residence on Sunday, May 10, 2009...
Virtie Lavawn Keller
May 9, 2009
VIRTIE LAVAWN KELLER Memorial services Virtie Lavawn Keller will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 14 at Madison House. Pastor Paul Houston of New Life Assembly will officiate. Lavawn was born on November 26, 1920 in Taylor, Ark. to H. Dayton Vines and Virtie E. (Burns) Vines. She passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Madison House in...
Ruby Doyel
May 8, 2009
RUBY DOYEL Funeral services for longtime area resident Ruby Doyel will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 11 at Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Mr. Ramon Brown will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday morning one hour prior to the funeral service. Ruby was born on April 3, 1919 in Washita, Okla....
Fern June "Toni" Hughes
May 7, 2009
FERN JUNE "TONI" HUGHES Memorial services will be held for longtime Cortez resident Fern June "Toni" Hughes at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 11, at Ertel Funeral Home in Cortez. Father Andrew Cooley and Pastor Anthony Maez will co-officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Toni was born on June 9th, 1923 in Arriola, CO, the daughter of Hugh "Bo" and...
Catherine Loraine "Cathy" Neely
May 5, 2009
CATHERINE LORAINE "CATHY" NEELY Memorial services for longtime Cahone resident Catherine Loraine "Cathy" Neely will be held on Friday, May 8 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Neely will officiate. Cathy was born on April 29, 1929 in Burlington, N.C. the daughter of James and Nannie Lou (Hodges) Owen. She passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at...
James Maurice Sparks Jr.
May 4, 2009
JAMES MAURICE SPARKS JR. Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident James Maurice Sparks Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Joe Rowell Park in Dolores with a lunch to follow. James was born February 8, 1935 in San Diego, Calif. the son of James Maurice Sparks Sr. and Gertrude Sparks. He passed away the night...
Sarah C. Fraser
May 2, 2009
SARAH C. "SALLY" FRASER Memorial services for Cortez resident Sarah C. "Sally" Fraser will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Reverend Steve Nofel will officiate. Sally was born in Metuchen, N.J. on October 3, 1926 to Reginald and Louise Crowell. She passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Vista Grande Inn at...
Avaline Gross
May 1, 2009
AVALINE GROSS Funeral services for Cortez resident, Avaline Gross will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will take place following the services. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Avaline was born the daughter of Clarence G. and Sadie (Franks) Bolin on December 6,...
Macdougal "Mac" Coyote Jr.
Apr 30, 2009
MACDOUGAL COYOTE JR. “MAC” Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident and local artist, MacDougal Coyote Jr. “Mac” will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6 at the Cortez First Assembly of God Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Mac was born on October 26, 1954 in Cortez the son of MacDougal Coyote Sr. and Betty Ann Harrison....
Justin Horrocks
Apr 28, 2009
JUSTIN SHELDON HORROCKS Funeral services for Mancos resident, Justin Sheldon Horrocks, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2 at the Mancos Performance Center. Brother Dewey Smouse will officiate. Interment will follow at Webber Cemetery. A dinner will take place following the interment service, to be held at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Justin...
Lena Mae Rockwell
Apr 27, 2009
LENA MAE ROCKWELL Graveside services for Lena Mae Rockwell will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 at Sunrise Family Cemetery at Red Mesa, Utah. Lena was born September 7, 1946 at Red Mesa, Utah the daughter of Robert H. Jones and Mary Topaha Jones. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the...
Leneve Ghezzi
Apr 26, 2009
LENEVE GHEZZI LeNeve Ghezzi passed away at her Dolores home on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the age of 93. She was born the daughter William and Effie Bollan in a small cabin in the woods in Ozark County, Mo. on September 21, 1915. LeNeve was an avid gardener caring for both vegetable and flower gardens. She, too, enjoyed quilting...
Bert Thompson
Apr 26, 2009
CECIL BERTRAND "BERT" THOMPSON Graveside inurnment services for Cecil Bertrand "Bert" Thompson will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 1 at Summit Ridge Cemetery with Rev. Bud Rousset officiating. Military Honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Bert was born in Carter County, Mo. on February 14, 1929 the son of James Frank and Laura...
Robert Shane Goode
Apr 26, 2009
ROBERT SHANE GOODE Robert Shane Goode was born April 14, 1957 in Cortez the son of Robert Harlen and Eloise Lyree (James) Goode. He passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 52. Shane enjoyed time spent hunting and fishing. Surviving Shane are his mother, Eloise James of Cortez; his siblings, J.W. Goode...
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