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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...