Anita Genevieve Martinez
May 22, 2008
ANITA GENEVIEVE MARTINEZ Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Anita Genevieve Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor David Dahl will officiate. Anita was born February 22, 1922 in Saint Quen L'Aumone, France the daughter of Sauveur and Charolotte (Chambard) Lupino. She passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Thursday, May 22,...
Helen Colene Noland Massey
May 19, 2008
HELEN COLENE NOLAND MASSEY Helen Colene Noland Massey was born July 11, 1927 at McPhee, Colo. the daughter of Walter and Eva (Foster) Peel. She passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Durango on Monday, May 19, 2008 at the age of 80. She was a lifelong resident of this area. Surviving Helen are her children, Wayne Noland of Dolores,...
Jennie Summa
May 18, 2008
JENNIE SUMMA Graveside services for Towaoc resident Jennie Summa will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21 at the Towaoc Cemetery. Jennie was born on January 1, 1945 in Towaoc the daughter of George and Betty (Benally) Summa. She passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, N.M. at the age...
Mary Jo Benson
May 18, 2008
MARY JO BENSON Mass in honor of Dolores resident Mary Jo Benson will be said at Noon on Wednesday, May 21st at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. A reception will follow the Mass for friends and family at the church. Mary Jo was born October 27th, 1929 in Whitehall, Ill. the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude (Kester)...
Charlotte Ann Mcguire
May 15, 2008
CHARLOTTE ANN "CHARLIE" MCGUIRE Charlotte Ann "Charlie" McGuire was born on February 10, 1941 in Lubbock, Tex. the daughter of John Melvin and Mary Evelyn (Bryant) McGuire. She passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at her Dove Creek residence at the age of 67. Charlie was very devoted to holistic and alternative medicine. She was a graduate of the...
Raymond Fred "Pete" Neely
May 15, 2008
RAYMOND FRED "PETE" NEELY Funeral services for longtime area resident Raymond Fred "Pete" Neely are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Raymond Boyd will officiate. Interment will follow at Cahone Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pete was born on June...
Robert Joe Gentry
May 15, 2008
ROBERT JOE "BOB" GENTRY Memorial services for Robert Joe "Bob" Gentry will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 20 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Bob was born on May 10, 1932 in Cape Fair, Missouri the son of Allen and Mabel (Ellis) Gentry. He passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at his Pleasant View home at the...
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
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
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"
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...