Diane Partner
Jan 5, 2009
DIANE PARTNER Funeral services for Diane Partner of Santa Clarita, Calif. and formerly of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery in which Diane will be laid to rest beside her father. Bishop Spencer Smith will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from...
Esther Wallace Shockley
Jan 4, 2009
ESTHER WALLACE SHOCKLEY Interment services for Cortez resident Esther Wallace Shockley will take place at 12 noon on Manday, January 12 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Colo. Esther passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at her residence at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 90. Esther Hafermehl was born October 9, 1918 in Lindsborg, Kan. where she...
Troy Allen Kennedy
Jan 4, 2009
TROY ALLEN KENNEDY Memorial services for longtime Dove Creek resident Troy Allen Kennedy will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 10 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Farren will officiate. A meal will follow the memorial service at the Dove Creek Community Center. Troy was born on November 25, 1970 in Bellflower, Calif. the son of...
Donnie Dean Smith
Jan 4, 2009
DONNIE DEAN SMITH Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Donnie Dean Smith will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 10 at Victory World Outreach Church. Pastor Jonathan Bland will officiate. Donnie was born on August 30, 1963 in Cortez the son of John Robert and Mary Ann (Dennison) Smith. He passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at...
Daniel Martin Ruggles
Jan 3, 2009
DANIEL MARTIN RUGGLES Funeral services for Cortez resident, Daniel Martin Ruggles will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, January 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Barr Chitick officiating. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Daniel was born in Cortez the son of Stanley M. and Connie (Browning) Ruggles on September 23, 1986. He passed away in Grand Junction, Colo....
Gordon Dean Ute
Jan 2, 2009
GORDON DEAN UTE Funeral services for Gordon Dean Ute a lifelong resident of Towaoc will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the services. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday beginning at noon at Ertel Chapel. Gordon was born June 19, 1964 in Monticello, Utah the son of Chloe Sanup Ute....
Gaylon Lee Moss
Jan 2, 2009
GAYLON LEE MOSS A celebration of life will be held for Bloomfield, N.M. resident and former Cortez resident, Gaylon Lee Moss will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7 at Arriola Community Center, 21176 Road S. Pastor Rob Bruendl will officiate. A potluck dinner will follow the celebration. Gaylon was born on April 7, 1976 in Cortez the...
David Douglas Kingman
Jan 2, 2009
DAVID DOUGLAS KINGMAN Memorial services for Dolores resident David Douglas Kingman will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Dave was born the son of A. Douglas and Marian (Kollack) Kingman on March 23, 1936 in Los Angeles, Calif. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Friday,...
Kermit Lynn Wilber
Jan 1, 2009
KERMIT LYNN WILBER The family of Kermit Wilber will be present at Ertel Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 7 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. They request the presence of Kermit's friends to share stories and memories of this beloved man, businessman and community member. Kermit was born April 17, 1927 in Cortez the son of Earl L. and Blanche...
Cynthia Ann Johnsboen
Dec 31, 2008
CYNTHIA ANN JOHNSBOEN Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Cynthia Ann Johnsboen will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Ann was born April 16, 1942 in Yellow Jacket, Colo. the daughter of Berlyn and Sylvia (Gai) Cauley. She passed away at her Cortez home on Wednesday, December...
Beulah Darlene King
Dec 29, 2008
BEULAH DARLENE KING Graveside services for Beulah Darlene King, a longtime Cortez resident will be held at 2 p.m. December 31 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Beulah was born November 1, 1931 in Baca County, Colo. the daughter of Union and Lettie (Smith) Pridemore. She passed away at her home on Monday, December 29, 2008 at the age of 77. On...
Jessie Lee Tracy
Dec 27, 2008
JESSIE LEE TRACY Jessie Lee Tracy was born on July 17, 1937 in Estancia, N.M. the son of Holland Lee and Ophilia B. (Counts) Tracy. He passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at his Cortez residence at the age of 71. Jessie worked on the North Shore of Alaska on an oil pipeline. He and a crew of 90...
Erma Mary Wood
Dec 26, 2008
ERMA MARY WOOD The family of Erma Mary Wood will be present at Ertel Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. They request the presence of Erma's friends to share stories and memories of this beloved woman. Erma Mary Wood was born February 17, 1915 in Colton, S.D. the daughter of Matthew and Gertrude (Evans)...
Deborah Joan Jewell-Daviss
Dec 24, 2008
DEBORAH JOAN JEWELL-DAVISS Funeral services for Cortez resident Deborah Joan Jewell-Daviss will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 3 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Deborah was born on June 16, 1959 in...
Rhoda E. "Dollie" Jiles
Dec 24, 2008
RHODA E. "DOLLIE" JILES Rhoda E. "Dollie" Jiles was born on May 29, 1915 in Griggs, Okla. the daughter of Aljan J. and Laura Bell (Keylon) Jiles. Rhoda was one of three children; she had two brothers, Dock and Jack Jiles. She passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Mesa View Retirement Home at the age of 93. Surviving...
William G. "Bill" Filener
Dec 21, 2008
WILLIAM G. "BILL" FILENER Funeral services for lifelong area resident William G. "Bill" Filener will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Brad Holman will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4...
Dorothy I. Hirsch
Dec 21, 2008
Longtime Goodland, Kansas resident Dorothy I. Hirsch, 103, died December 21, 2008 at the home of her daughter Judy in Cortez, CO. Dorothy was born December 16, 1905, at Lyons, KS, the daughter of Lula (Middlekauff) and Ira Romig. She attended high school at Washburn Rural High School and graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, KS, with a teaching certificate in...
Fern Cash Grimes
Dec 19, 2008
FERN CASH GRIMES Funeral services for former Mancos and Cortez resident Fern Cash Grimes will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 23 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Road M Chapel with Bishop Spencer Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the Road M Chapel....
Donald Loid Sherwood
Dec 19, 2008
DON SHERWOOD Funeral services for Don Sherwood, 76, formerly of Anchorage, Alaska and Farmington, N.M. will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 26525 Road M with interment to follow at Lebanon Cemetery. A viewing will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. Donald Loid Sherwood passed away on...
Willie Knippers
Dec 19, 2008
WILLIE KNIPPERS Graveside services for Willie Knippers a longtime Cortez resident will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 29 at the Cortez Cemetery with Military Honors being provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Willie was born May 10, 1924 in Many, La. the son of Willie Dewitt and Ona Roberta (Dupree) Knippers. He passed away at...
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