Karolina Szczechowicz
May 29, 2009
KAROLINA SZCZECHOWICZ Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Karolina Szczechowicz will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place in Poland. Karolina was born on May 9, 1932 in Gronkow, Poland the daughter of Stanley and Angela (Potoczak) Lesnicki. She passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...
Karolina Szczechowicz
May 29, 2009
KAROLINA SZCZECHOWICZ Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Karolina Szczechowicz will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Burial will take place in Poland. Karolina was born on May 9, 1932 in Gronkow, Poland the daughter of Stanley and Angela (Potoczak) Lesnicki. She passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Southwest Memorial...
Judith Irene Smith
May 29, 2009
JUDITH IRENE SMITH Memorial services for Cortez resident Judith Irene Smith will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 4 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Judith Irene Burley was born February 4, 1933 in Los Angeles, Calif. the only child of Paul and Irene Burley. She passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 29, 2009 at her residence at the...
Mary B. Reyelts
May 28, 2009
MARY B. REYELTS Inurnment services for Mary B. Reyelts, 94 of Cortez, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 4 at Sandia Memory Gardens in Albuquerque, N.M. Mary was born July 25, 1914 in Benzie, Mich. the daughter of Louis and Magdalena (Ivancik) Bazany. She passed away at her Cortez home on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Mary received her...
Ralph O'Neil Wilderson
May 25, 2009
RALPH O'NEIL WILDERSON Ralph O'Neil Wilderson was born on February 22, 1937 in Dolores the son of Rufus Albert and Ruth Edna (Holliday) Wilderson. He passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at his Cortez home at the age of 72. Ralph enjoyed time spent outdoors camping, hunting, and prospecting. Surviving Ralph are his children, Karen Harbuck of Alaska, Sharon...
Inga Lou Rippetoe
May 21, 2009
INGA LOU (DAY) RIPPETOE Memorial services for Summit Ridge resident Inga Lou (Day) Rippetoe will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inga was born on December 21, 1939 in Eager, Ariz. the daughter of Loran and Nellie Pearl (McDaniel) Day. She passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at her home at the...
Dwight Jeffrey Warren
May 18, 2009
DWIGHT JEFFREY WARREN Dwight Jeffrey Warren was born on January 6, 1955 in Middletown, N.Y. the son of Harry and Joyce E. (Mayfield) Warren. He passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009 at his Dolores home at the age of 54. As a child, Dwight attended school in the Minisink Central School District in Slate Hill, N.Y. He then went...
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...