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...
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
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
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
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
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...
