Waldo Emerson "Whitey" Whitener
Aug 23, 2008
WALDO EMERSON "WHITEY" WHITENER Memorial services for Cortez resident Waldo Emerson "Whitey" Whitener will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 30 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Pastors Steve and Kim Nofel will officiate. Whitey was born December 20, 1924 in Rush Springs, Okla. the son of George W. and Anne Belle (Posey) Whitener. He passed away at his Cortez...
Corrinia Gurule
Aug 23, 2008
CORRINIA GURULE Funeral services for Cortez resident and former Durango resident Corrinia Gurule will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Cremation will follow. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon from 12 Noon to 4 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Corrinia was born July 30, 1967 in Cortez the...
Jo Ann Alderman
Aug 22, 2008
JO ANN ALDERMAN Funeral services for Mancos resident Jo Ann Alderman will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Jo Ann was born on March 23, 1927 in Brownsburg, Ind. the...
Mary Marie Godfrey
Aug 21, 2008
MARY M. GODFREY Funeral services for Cortez resident Mary M. Godfrey will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Mary was born February 1, 1929. She passed away at her Cortez home on...
Edna Helen Swanson
Aug 21, 2008
EDNA HELEN SWANSON Graveside services for Cortez resident Edna Helen Swanson will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 23 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Edna was born on November 21, 1910 in Seattle, Wash. the daughter...
Susan Mahew Blair
Aug 21, 2008
SUSAN MAHEW BLAIR Memorial services for Mancos resident Susan Mahew Blair will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. The daughter of Donald and Mary Mahew (Smith) Blair, Susan was born on November 20, 1955 in Victor, N.Y. She passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Southwest Memorial...
Carl Alvin Knight
Aug 15, 2008
CARL ALVIN KNIGHT Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident and former Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council member Carl Alvin Knight will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20 at the home of Carl Knight, 2282 Sunrise Drive, Towaoc. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Boyd Lopez and Terry Knight will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute...
Johnny Lee Donaldson
Aug 15, 2008
JOHNNY LEE DONALDSON A celebration of life for longtime Cortez resident Johnny Lee Donaldson will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20 at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds indoor arena. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel....
Adrain Odis Green
Aug 15, 2008
ADRAIN ODIS GREEN Adrain Odis Green was born on April 22, 1936 in Hazen, Ark. the son of Andrew Walter and Alpha (Roach) Green. He died peacefully at home with his family at his side on Friday, August 15, 2008 at the age of 72. In 1955, Adrain married Sherrill Dickinson in Kane, Ill. He moved to the area in...
Leemon Dean Ferguson
Aug 10, 2008
LEEMON DEAN FERGUSON Leemon Dean Ferguson was born to Arthur Vernon and Elva Marie (Goforth) Ferguson on June 1, 1931 in Dagonia, Mo. and passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. When Leemon was about seven years old, he moved to Colorado with his family and grew up farming beans and...
Alexandrina Octaviana Ulibarri-Lopez
Aug 9, 2008
ALEXANDRINA OCTAVIANA ULIBARRI-LOPEZ Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident Alexandrina Octaviana Ulibarri-Lopez will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 14 at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church, Cortez. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. A Rosary will be held at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church on Wednesday evening beginning...
Gwen S. Byington
Aug 9, 2008
GWEN S. BYINGTON Gwen S. Byington was born on November 18, 1911 in Grace, Idaho the daughter of William and Susanna (Hamp) Smith. She passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at her daughter's residence in Mancos at the age of 96. In 1930, Gwen married Harold R. Byington in Logan, Utah. Surviving Gwen are her children, Leslie Ann Andrews...
Jimmie Dwight Hackett
Aug 8, 2008
JIMMIE DWIGHT HACKETT Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Jimmie Dwight Hackett will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 14 at the Church of the First Born, 6188 Road 25, south of Cortez. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will officiate. Jim was born August 31, 1935 in Wendell, Idaho the son of James...
Bobie Dawn Samora
Aug 8, 2008
BOBIE DAWN SAMORA Graveside inurnment services for Bobie Dawn Samora, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 12 at the Arriola Cemetery. The daughter of Dexter Morris and Carolyn D. (Powell) Draper, Bobie was born August 23, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She passed away Friday, August 8, 2008 at the age of...
Roberta Shirley Hunt
Aug 8, 2008
ROBERTA SHIRLEY "BERTA" HUNT Funeral services for Cortez resident Roberta Shirley "Berta" Hunt will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Berta was born on March 9, 1921 in Breen, Colo. the daughter of Robert Simpson and Mary Edith (Maness) Conner....
Ada Lorene Mathews
Aug 7, 2008
ADA LORENE MATHEWS Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Ada Lorene Mathews will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 11 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lorene was born on July 2, 1917 in Maude, Okla. the daughter of Felix G. and Lilly Augustos (Stark) Day. She passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at Vista Grande Inn at...
Ruth Alice Dennison Echols
Aug 7, 2008
RUTH ALICE DENNISON ECHOLS Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Ruth Alice Dennison Echols will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 10 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Pastor Rick Gregory will officiate. Ruth was born September 30, 1930 at McPhee, Colo. the daughter of William Willard and Cora (Hickey) Dennison. She passed away at Southwest Memorial...
Bobbie Dawn Franklin
Aug 5, 2008
BOBBIE DAWN FRANKLIN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Bobbie Dawn Franklin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 9 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Ignacio Cemetery in Ignacio, Colo. Pastor Vic Powell will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel....
David Ferrell Kyzer
Aug 3, 2008
DAVID FERRELL KYZER Funeral services for David Ferrell Kyzer, 59 of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, August 8 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. A potluck will follow for family and friends in the fellowship hall of the church and everyone is asked to bring their favorite dish. Dave was born March 16, 1949 in Crosbyton, Tex. the...
Gene Paul King
Aug 2, 2008
GENE PAUL KING Gene Paul King, 70 of Dolores and Snowflake, Ariz., passed away at his Dolores home on Saturday, August 2, 2008. He was born the son of Charles Edgar King Jr. and Marjorie Dora (Jones) King on January 12, 1938 in Walla Walla, Wash. Gene proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Surviving...
