Obituaries

Oscar P. Dressel

Oscar P. Dressel

Dec 17, 2008

OSCAR P. DRESSEL Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Oscar P. Dressel will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 19 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Charles Story will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Oscar was born on September 14, 1911 in Rico, Colo. the son of Paul...

Nila  Mae Poff

Nila Mae Poff

Dec 14, 2008

NILA MAE POFF Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Nila Mae Poff will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. Nila Mae Poff, 82, of Hudson, Colorado, died on December 14, 2008 at her home. She was...

Mary Lenore Neely

Mary Lenore Neely

Dec 14, 2008

Mary Lenore (Hall) Neely Funeral services for Cortez resident, Mary Lenore (Hall) Neely will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Decembery 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. Mary Lenore Hall was born to Thomas and Margie Hall on March 10, 1923 in Dove Creek, Colorado. Lenore passed away peacefully in Cortez, Colorado on Sunday...

Judith Irene Bishop

Judith Irene Bishop

Dec 13, 2008

JUDITH IRENE "JUDY" BISHOP Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident Judith Irene "Judy" Bishop will be held on Thursday, December 18 at 2 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Judy was born on February 18, 1942 in Cortez the daughter of...

Levi Jiron

Levi Jiron

Dec 12, 2008

LEVI JIRON Memorial services for Cortez resident Levi Jiron will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16 at the Cortez First Assembly of God Church. Levi was born on November 9, 1923 in Manassa, Colo. the son of Maurice and Julia Jiron. He departed this life on Friday, December 12, 2008 at his home at the age of...

Kenneth Kay Leavell

Kenneth Kay Leavell

Dec 12, 2008

KENNETH KAY LEAVELL Kenneth Kay Leavell was born on March 29, 1937 in Dolores the son of Albert "Paddy" and Bernice (Morrison) Leavell. He passed away on Friday, December 12, 2008 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 71. In 1961, Kay married Darlene Sparks in Cortez. The couple shared 44 years of marriage. Kay worked in the sawmill...

Evelyn Marie Royce

Evelyn Marie Royce

Dec 11, 2008

EVELYN MARIE ROYCE Graveside services for lifelong Dolores resident Evelyn Marie Royce will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 18 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Evelyn was born March 9, 1932 in Dove Creek the daughter of Walter A. "Allen" and Eva Marie (Knous) Moore. She passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at...

Vida Viola Hall

Vida Viola Hall

Dec 10, 2008

VIDA VIOLA HALL Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Vida Viola Hall will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 15 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. James Vaughn and James Orchard will officiate. Vida was born on August 20, 1911 in Bazine, Kan. the daughter of William Wallace and Gertrude (Howard) Ebert. She passed...

Alvin Richard "Al" Marx

Alvin Richard "Al" Marx

Dec 10, 2008

ALVIN RICHARD "AL" MARX Graveside services for Cortez resident Alvin Richard "Al" Marx, a man who appreciated the simple things in life, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 13 at Arriola Cemetery. Officiating will be Alvin's son, Richard Marx. Alvin was born May 3, 1922, at the stage station in Names Hill, Wyo. to John and Mary...

Lovina Louise Hanson

Lovina Louise Hanson

Dec 4, 2008

LOVINA LOUISE HANSON Memorial services for Cortez resident, Lovina Louise Hanson will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, December 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lovina was born September 22, 1925 in Nucla, Colo. the daughter of Lanham W. and Martha (Carver) Ballard. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the age of 83....

Cathy Lynn Higman

Cathy Lynn Higman

Dec 4, 2008

CATHY LYNN HIGMAN Memorial services for longtime area resident Cathy Lynn Higman will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 11 at Arriola Bible Church. Inurnment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Kent Slyter will officiate. Cathy was born on December 13, 1959 in Durango the daughter of Harold and Hazel (Davis) Halverson. She passed away on Thursday, December...

Tyrone Carsten

Tyrone Carsten

Dec 4, 2008

TYRONE CARSTEN Tyrone Carsten was born on November 13, 1943 in Tyler, Tex. the son of Henry H. and Vera (Cook) Carsten. He passed from this life on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at his home in Cortez, Colo. at the age of 65. Tyrone lived in the Tyler, Tex. area most of his life and moved to Cortez in 1992....

Betty Irene Lancaster

Betty Irene Lancaster

Dec 1, 2008

BETTY IRENE LANCASTER Betty Irene Lancaster, longtime Cortez resident, was born November 10, 1930 in Quail, Texas to Ruby and Claude Daves. She passed away at Baptist Village in Surprise, Arizona on December 1, 2008 at the age of 78. Betty shared 54 happy years with her husband Jess Lancaster. She worked alongside him at their warehouse business in Pleasant...

Glen Earl Osterfeld

Glen Earl Osterfeld

Nov 28, 2008

GLEN EARL OSTERFELD Glen Earl Osterfeld was born on December 27, 1926 in Dolores, Colo. the son of Herman Henry and Lillie Mae (Garbarino) Osterfeld. He passed away on Friday, November 28, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 81. In May 1950, Glen married Marlene Naoma Bass in Aztec, N.M. The couple shared 58 years together. Glen...

William James "Bill" Wills

William James "Bill" Wills

Nov 24, 2008

WILLIAM JAMES "BILL" WILLS William James "Bill" Wills was born on February 20, 1927 in Long Beach, Calif. the son of Bert and Rena (Mann) Wills. He passed away on Monday, November 24, 2008 in Cortez at the age of 81. On September 2, 1947 Bill and Jennie Frances Kern were married in Raton, N.M. Together they shared 61 years...

Sharon  Lee  Thayer

Sharon Lee Thayer

Nov 24, 2008

SHARON LEE THAYER Funeral services for Dolores, Colo. resident, Sharon Lee Thayer will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 29 at Mountain View Baptist Church. Cremation will follow. "Her chains are gone. She's been set free, her God, her Savior has ransomed her." After a long, hard battle our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, Sharon Lee Thayer...

John J. "Jack" Harty

John J. "Jack" Harty

Nov 22, 2008

JOHN J. "JACK" HARTY Funeral Mass for Summit Ridge resident John J. "Jack" Harty will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Interment will take place at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at Dove Creek Cemetery. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. Rosary services will be held at 7...

Catherine Marie Rogers

Catherine Marie Rogers

Nov 19, 2008

CATHERINE MARIE ROGERS Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Catherine Marie Rogers will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 22 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will take place at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. at Ertel...

Roxanne Lea (Sparks) Choate

Roxanne Lea (Sparks) Choate

Nov 18, 2008

ROXANNE LEA (SPARKS) CHOATE Memorial services for Cortez resident Roxanne Lea (Sparks) Choate will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 29 at Friendship Assembly of God Church, 96 Central Ave., Dolores. Paul Houston will officiate. Roxanne was born on September 18, 1958 in San Diego, Calif. the daughter of James M. Sparks Jr. and Joyce (Rork) Santos. She...

Jack Rentz

Jack Rentz

Nov 16, 2008

JACK RENTZ Funeral services for Hatch, Utah resident, Jack Rentz will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 20 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Daniel Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Jack was born the son of Little Hilltop and Gayle Rentz...