Obituaries

Landen Dawn-Lee Collins

Landen Dawn-Lee Collins

May 15, 2008

LANDEN DAWN-LEE COLLINS Funeral services for Landen Dawn-Lee Collins were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 19 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment followed at the Towaoc Cemetery. Bradley Hight officiated. Landen was born and passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 in Durango, Colo. the son of Leland Lee Collins Sr. and Sarah Dawn (Brewer) Collins. Surviving Landen...

Norma Joy Misener

Norma Joy Misener

May 13, 2008

NORMA JOY MISENER Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Norma Joy Misener will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joy was born on August 14, 1926 in Edgemont, S.D. the daughter of R. Emmett and Lela (Cork) Driscoll. She passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at her residence at the age...

Anna Margaret Reed

Anna Margaret Reed

May 11, 2008

ANNA MARGARET REED Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Anna Margaret Reed will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Anna was born on September 26, 1919 in Uniontown, Kan. the daughter of William Copes and Eliza Adeline (Anderson) Hull. She passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2008...

Joe L. Diaz "Big Cat"

Joe L. Diaz "Big Cat"

May 10, 2008

JOE L. DIAZ "BIG CAT" Funeral Mass for Dolores resident Joe L. Diaz will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 22 at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary Chapel. Interment will follow at Crestlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Riverside, Calif. Father Rudy Gil will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 4 to 8 p.m. at the...

Lois Fae Sumner

Lois Fae Sumner

May 10, 2008

LOIS FAE SUMNER Lois Fae Sumner was born on February 19, 1929 in Byers, Kan. the daughter of Forrest L. and Hazel (Beck) Jenkins. She passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at her Cortez residence at the age of 79. On January 15, 1983, Lois married Donald "Don" Sumner in Las Vegas, Nev. She was a member of the...

Charles Edward Sluder Jr.

Charles Edward Sluder Jr.

May 5, 2008

CHARLES EDWARD "CHUCK" SLUDER JR. Graveside services for Cortez resident, Charles Edward "Chuck" Sluder Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 9 at 24058 Road N, Cortez. Chuck was born the son of Charles Edward Sluder Sr. and Dianne Marie (Frazier) Sluder on July 10, 1071 in Cortez. He passed away Monday, May 5, 2008 near Arriola, Colo....

Delvern Jerome Gaustad

Delvern Jerome Gaustad

May 1, 2008

DELVERN JEROME GAUSTAD Memorial services for Delvern Jerome Gaustad will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2008 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Delvern was born October 6, 1940 in Minnesota, the son of Edwin and Selma (Ronning) Gaustad. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the age of 67. Delvern served his...

John Byron Hackett

John Byron Hackett

Apr 27, 2008

Memorial services for John Byron Hackett, 58, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 30 at his home 24949 Road F., Cortez. John was born June 7, 1949 in Cortez and died April 27 at home. He was an accomplished master plumber and carpenter. Survivors include the mother of his children Sharon M. Hackett; his children Starla Hackett, Stacy...

Henrietta Fruci

Henrietta Fruci

Apr 25, 2008

Memorial services for Mancos resident Henrietta "Penny" Fruci will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mancos Chapel. Interment will take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Bishop Lyman Bayles will officiate. Henrietta was born Dec. 6, 1929, in Vincennes, Ind., the daughter of John and Hilary (McEntire) Cobb. She passed...

Ernest Warren "Ernie" Baxstrom

Ernest Warren "Ernie" Baxstrom

Apr 25, 2008

ERNEST WARREN "ERNIE" BAXSTROM Graveside inurnment services will be held for lifelong Cortez resident Ernest Warren "Ernie" Baxstrom at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 at the Cortez Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A reception will follow the graveside service on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ute Mountain American Legion...

Neal Washington Pendley

Neal Washington Pendley

Apr 25, 2008

NEAL WASHINGTON PENDLEY Visitation for lifelong Cortez resident Neal Washington Pendley will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private interment will take place at the Cortez Cemetery. Neal was born on August 2, 1910 in Robie, Tex. the son of Seth and Ruth Agnes (Simmons) Pendley. He passed away on...

Pressie J. Brewer

Pressie J. Brewer

Apr 24, 2008

PRESSIE J. BREWER Funeral Mass for Pressie J. Brewer, a longtime resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m....

Reynolds Hughes Alderman

Reynolds Hughes Alderman

Apr 24, 2008

REYNOLDS HUGHES "BUD" ALDERMAN Funeral services for Mancos resident Reynolds Hughes "Bud" Alderman will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Alderman was born January 18, 1923 in Indianapolis, Ind. the son of Reynolds Raymond and Mary Blanche (Hughes) Alderman. He passed away on Thursday, April...

Stephanie Leeanne Mcclain Adams

Stephanie Leeanne Mcclain Adams

Apr 23, 2008

STEPHANIE LEEANNE MCCLAIN ADAMS Funeral services for Cortez resident Stephanie LeeAnne McClain Adams will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation is scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Stephanie was born on May 19, 1969 in Lovington, N.M. the...

Marcheta Eva Newholm

Marcheta Eva Newholm

Apr 20, 2008

MARCHETA EVA NEWHOLM Marcheta Eva Newholm, longtime resident of Mancos, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the age of 73. She was born the daughter of Willis L. "Bill" and Glee Dora (Farni) Smith on August 8, 1934 in Leedy, Okla. Marcheta and her family came to Colorado when she was three. Marcheta worked in...

Maria Bersabe "Chavela" Sena

Maria Bersabe "Chavela" Sena

Apr 20, 2008

MARIA BERSABE "CHAVELA" SENA Funeral Mass for Mancos resident Maria Bersabe "Chavela" Sena will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 25 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A Rosary has been scheduled for Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church. Chavela was born on June 1, 1926 in McPhee,...

Larry Donald Lombardi Brundage

Larry Donald Lombardi Brundage

Apr 18, 2008

LARRY DONALD LOMBARDI BRUNDAGE Larry Donald Lombardi Brundage was born on June 8, 1939 in Elko, Nev. the son of Zelma Lombardi. He passed away on Friday, April 18, 2008 at his Mancos home at the age of 68. Larry raised and showed Arabian horses. He was a Kung Fu Master and taught many people the art of Kung Fu....

Harold Bruce Hobson

Harold Bruce Hobson

Apr 13, 2008

HAROLD BRUCE HOBSON Harold Bruce Hobson was born on November 11, 1926 in Lake Home, Ore. the son of Patrick and Pearl Hobson. He passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at his Mancos residence at the age of 81. Bruce owned and operated the Enchanted Mesa Motel. He loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing were some of his favorite...

Donald H. Emrick

Donald H. Emrick

Apr 12, 2008

DONALD H. EMRICK Donald H. Emrick was born on March 17, 1921 in Wabash, Ind. the son of Hayes and Martha Ann (Shambaugh) Emrick. He passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 87. On August 31, 1951, Don married Angela Frances Mance in Albuquerque, N.M. She preceded him in death...

Lucille Sue Gray

Lucille Sue Gray

Apr 12, 2008

LUCILLE SUE GRAY Funeral services for Cortez resident, Lucille Sue "Lu" Gray will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 19 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Charles Story will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lu was born June 3, 1961 in...