Obituaries

Marion Frederick Bolton

Marion Frederick Bolton

Nov 14, 2008

MARION FREDERICK BOLTON Graveside inurnment services for Albuquerque, N.M. resident and former Dolores resident, Marion Frederick Bolton will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Sunny Bossenmaier will officiate. Marion was born on June 21, 1917 in El Reno, Okla. the son of George Frederick and Esther (Byrns) Bolton. He passed away on...

Joseph Abel Garcia

Joseph Abel Garcia

Nov 11, 2008

JOSEPH ABEL GARCIA Funeral Mass for Joseph Abel Garcia will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 19 at St. Rita Catholic Church with Father Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Tuesday evening at St. Rita beginning at 7 p.m. Born February 1, 1941 in Lyden, N.M. Abel was...

Dixie Lee Northcott

Dixie Lee Northcott

Nov 10, 2008

DIXIE LEE NORTHCOTT Funeral services for Dewey, Ariz. resident and former area resident, Dixie Lee Northcott will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Dixie was born May 22, 1940 in Mancos the daughter of Richard Horace and Hazel Marie (Goff) Yeomans. She passed away on Monday, November...

Olan S.  Smith

Olan S. Smith

Nov 10, 2008

OLAN S. SMITH Memorial services for Cortez resident, Olan S. Smith will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, November 13 at Rock Springs Church, 32233 Highway 160, Cortez. Olan was born August 6, 1933 in Goree, Texas. He passed away on Monday, November 10, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 75. An avid fisherman and hunter, Olan...

Thelma Rusk

Thelma Rusk

Nov 9, 2008

THELMA (SLACK) RUSK Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident Thelma (Slack) Rusk will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 15 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Kent Slyter will officiate. Thelma was born on October 29, 1922 near Breen, Colo. the daughter of Joseph and Elsie (Freed) Slack, the youngest of four children. Thelma passed away on Sunday, November 9,...

Jason Daniel Bailey

Jason Daniel Bailey

Nov 8, 2008

JASON DANIEL BAILEY Memorial services for Mancos resident Jason Daniel Bailey will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jason was born on January 22, 1969 in Newport Beach, Calif. the son of Sheila Phillips and Bob Bailey. He passed away at his home with his wife...

Vernon Bradford Lopez

Vernon Bradford Lopez

Nov 7, 2008

VERNON BRADFORD "BIKER" LOPEZ Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Vernon Bradford "Biker" Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Vernon was born on August 20, 1961 in Cortez the son...

Mervin Baxstrom

Mervin Baxstrom

Nov 6, 2008

MERVIN BAXSTROM Graveside inurnment services for lifelong area resident Mervin Baxstrom will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Mervin was born on January 12, 1924 in McElmo Canyon the son of Harry and Bernice Baxstrom. He passed away on Thursday, November...

Jake Riffel

Jake Riffel

Nov 6, 2008

JAKE RIFFEL Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident, Jake Riffel will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 13 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Jake was born September 10, 1921 in Fort...

Kenneth Brewer "Red" Carpenter

Kenneth Brewer "Red" Carpenter

Nov 5, 2008

KENNETH BREWER "RED" CARPENTER Kenneth Brewer "Red" Carpenter was born on May 30, 1939 in Abilene, Tex. the son of William Ovid and Annie Lou (Brookshire) Carpenter. He passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 69. Red retired from the U.S. Navy in October of 1978 after serving his country for 22...

Joshua Allen Karsten

Joshua Allen Karsten

Nov 4, 2008

JOSHUA ALLEN KARSTEN Funeral services for Joshua Allen Karsten will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, November 9 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Mr. Johnny Green officiating. Cremation will follow. A gathering will be held at Josh's home, 11863 Highway 491, Cortez following the services. Josh was born February 28, 1988 in Anchorage, Alaska the son of John Dean and...

Andrew Faustin "Andy" Lobato

Andrew Faustin "Andy" Lobato

Nov 2, 2008

ANDREW FAUSTIN "ANDY" LOBATO Memorial services for former Cortez resident and current Aztec, N.M. resident, Andrew Faustin "Andy" Lobato will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Andy was born on February 15, 1945 in Dolores, Colo. the son of Fermin Eulogio and Ascensionita Monica (Espenoza) Lobato. He passed away on Sunday, November 2,...

J'Micah Jordan Howe

J'Micah Jordan Howe

Nov 2, 2008

J'MICAH JORDAN HOWE Funeral services for Towaoc resident, J'Micah Jordan Howe will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Officiating will be Pastor Kim Nofel. J'Micah was born August 31, 1989 in Cortez the son of Jackie House and Betty Howe. He passed away on Sunday, November 2,...

Helen Burton

Helen Burton

Oct 31, 2008

HELEN BURTON Helen Burton was born on October 29, 1909 in Fairmont, Minn. the daughter of DeForest and Ida (Currie) Stone. She passed away on Friday, October 31, 2008 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 99. Helen married Curtis T. Burton and the couple shared 41 years of marriage. She diligently worked for Lockheed aircraft for 30 years....

Wilson Lockett Brumley

Wilson Lockett Brumley

Oct 31, 2008

WILSON LOCKETT BRUMLEY Memorial services for lifelong Dolores resident Wilson Lockett Brumley will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor David Dahl will officiate. Masonic graveside rites will be held at Summit Ridge Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Wilson was born on November 17, 1920 to Irvin Wilson and Lillie Pearl (Lockett)...

Erma Mae Mccomb

Erma Mae Mccomb

Oct 29, 2008

ERMA MAE McCOMB Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident, Erma Mae McComb will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 1 at Cortez Cemetery with Reverend Erika Meyer officiating. Erma was born on May 29, 1923 in rural Cortez to Frank of Lola (Hawk) Koehn. She passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Madison House at the age of...

Mary Ann Ince

Mary Ann Ince

Oct 29, 2008

MARY ANN INCE Funeral services for Mary Ann Ince, a lifelong Cortez resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 3, at Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary was born on March 1, 1914 in Cortez the...

Dominic R. Aspromonte

Dominic R. Aspromonte

Oct 27, 2008

DOMINIC R. ASPROMONTE Funeral Mass for longtime Mancos resident Dominic R. Aspromonte will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 1 at St. Rita Catholic Church. A Rosary has been scheduled for Friday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church. Dominic was born on April 22, 1934 in Durango, the son of Charles and Grace (DePetriandio) Aspromonte....

Dominic R. Aspromonte

Dominic R. Aspromonte

Oct 27, 2008

DOMINIC R. ASPROMONTE Funeral Mass for longtime Mancos resident Dominic R. Aspromonte will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 1 at St. Rita Catholic Church. A Rosary has been scheduled for Friday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church. Dominic was born on April 22, 1934 in Durango, the son of Charles and Grace (DePetriandio) Aspromonte....

Kathryn "Kay" Snyder

Kathryn "Kay" Snyder

Oct 27, 2008

KATHRYN KAY SNYDER Kathryn (Kay) Snyder was called home to be with her Heavenly Father, family and friends on October 27, 2008. Kay was born to Eugene and Nona Rowles in DuBois, Pennsylvania on October 9, 1938. She had 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Kay married Warren Snyder on February 24, 1957. They were married until 1991 and during that...