Obituaries

Harley Melvin Spore

Harley Melvin Spore

Jul 18, 2007

HARLEY MELVIN SPORE Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Harley Melvin Spore will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos C.R. will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening at 6 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. A Rosary...

Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Rourk

Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Rourk

Jul 18, 2007

MARY ELIZABETH JACOBS ROURK Memorial services for Cortez resident Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Rourk will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 23 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary was born on December 21, 1922 in Weir, Kan., the daughter of John Bernhard and Julia (Angleton) Jacobs. She passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at the Vista Grand Inn...

Minnie Jayne Weston

Minnie Jayne Weston

Jul 16, 2007

MINNIE JAYNE WESTON Graveside services for lifelong Aneth resident Minnie Jayne Weston will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18 at the Aneth Family Cemetery. Andrew Tso will officiate. Minnie was born on June 10, 1946 in Aneth, the daughter of Sam and Jessie (Johnson) Capitan. She passed away on July 15, 2007 at the age of 61....

Natile Ruth Popovich

Natile Ruth Popovich

Jul 16, 2007

NATILE RUTH POPOVICH Graveside services for Mancos resident Natile Ruth Popovich will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 20 at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Natile was born on March 15, 1926 in Plymouth, Mich., the daughter of F. Dan and M. Stella (Demibresevich) Popovich. She passed away on Monday, July 16, 2007 at the...

Robert Koke Greenlee

Robert Koke Greenlee

Jul 14, 2007

ROBERT KOKE GREENLEE Robert Koke Greenlee was born on June 27, 1957 in Denver, Colo., the son of Koke A. and Alice B. (Nelson) Greenlee. Robert passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 50. Robert grew up primarily in the Aurora, Colo. area where he attended Aurora Public schools. He married...

Barbara Ann Wolf

Barbara Ann Wolf

Jul 13, 2007

“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take” Our dear wife and mother Barbara Ann Wolf passed with grace and beauty on July 13, 2007. Her courage and strength in battling her illness is matched only by her love of family and friends, her faith in God and...

Betty Jean Snyder

Betty Jean Snyder

Jul 12, 2007

BETTY JEAN SNYDER Betty Jean Snyder was born on November 4, 1926 in Hope, Louisiana, the daughter of Charlie and Annie Lenora (Dickerson) Fields. She passed away on July 12, 2007 at her residence at the age of 80. Surviving Betty Jean are her children, Lloyd Frederick Snyder Jr. of Carlsbad, Calif., and Sylvia A. Hema and husband, Thomas of...

Martin Luther Reigel

Martin Luther Reigel

Jul 12, 2007

MARTIN LUTHER REIGEL Martin Luther Reigel was born on March 25, 1923 in Windfield, Penn., the son of Henry and Carrie (Ren) Reigel. He passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 84. Martin enjoyed the outdoors. Hunting and fishing were his favorite pastimes. Surviving Martin are his siblings, Harold Reigel, Martha...

Alta Mae Derrick

Alta Mae Derrick

Jul 10, 2007

ALTA MAE DERRICK Funeral services for Dolores resident Alta Mae Derrick will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with Reverend Michael Stoker officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Alta was born on April 17, 1944 in Cortez, the daughter of Earl Ray and Bessie M. (Crouse) Boren. She passed away on Tuesday, July...

Duane Louis Belden

Duane Louis Belden

Jul 9, 2007

DUANE LOUIS BELDEN Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Duane Louis Belden will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 17 at Cortez Cemetery with Chaplain Marvin Graves officiating Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Duane was born in Cortez on Oct. 4, 1925 the son of Frank Louis and...

Catherine Skinner

Catherine Skinner

Jul 9, 2007

CATHERINE “CATHY” SKINNER Memorial services for Summit Ridge resident Catherine “Cathy” Skinner will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rev. Bud Rousset will officiate. Cathy was born on October 9, 1925 in Cokedale, Colo., the daughter of William and Catherine (Ross) Sneddon. She passed away on Monday, July 9, 2007 at her...

Georgia Laura Romero

Georgia Laura Romero

Jul 8, 2007

GEORGIA LAURA ROMERO Funeral Mass for lifelong Mancos resident, Georgia Laura Romero will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 13 at St. Ritas Catholic Church, 203 S. Main in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Thursday evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. at St. Ritas Catholic Church. Surrounded by Our Heavenly Father and...

Leona Bridgewater

Leona Bridgewater

Jul 7, 2007

LEONA BRIDGEWATER Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident, Leona Bridgewater will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 11 at Cortez Cemetery with Pastor Gary Fowler officiating. Leona was born the daughter of Spencer and Pearl Augusta (Coppinger) Kirk on December 28, 1931 in Cortez. She passed away at her home on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the age of...

Elmer "Dutch" Hamilton

Elmer "Dutch" Hamilton

Jul 5, 2007

ELMER MAYWOOD “DUTCH” HAMILTON Elmer Maywood “Dutch” Hamilton was born on October 6, 1915 in Tucumcari, N.M., the son of Jack Haze and Clyde Green (Cassidy) Hamilton. He passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2007 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home. Dutch married Hazel May (Felkins) Hamilton on September 16, 1949 in Aztec, N.M. Surviving Dutch are his daughter, Sharon...

Esther Louise Shaffer

Esther Louise Shaffer

Jul 3, 2007

ESTHER LOUISE SHAFFER Graveside services for Cortez resident Esther Louise Shaffer will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 9 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Esther was born on July 19, 1942 in Latrobe, Penn., the daughter of Paul and Mary (Chontos) Galo. She passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Karen Ann Smith Gish

Karen Ann Smith Gish

Jul 1, 2007

KAREN ANN SMITH GISH Funeral services for Karen Ann Smith Gish will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 6 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Karen was born June 14, 1947 in Ames, Iowa the daughter of Clyde Burdette and Helen Rae (Daley) Smith. She passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2007 at...

Dale Winston Gish, Jr.

Dale Winston Gish, Jr.

Jul 1, 2007

DALE WINSTON GISH JR. Memorial services for Dale Winston Gish Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 6 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church. He will be interred with his wife, Karen at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Dale was born the son of Dale Winston Gish Sr. and Kay Strandhagen Gish on Feb. 26, 1963 in Anaheim, Calif. He passed...

Ernest Joseph "Joe" Hamblin

Ernest Joseph "Joe" Hamblin

Jun 30, 2007

ERNEST JOSEPH “JOE” HAMBLIN Funeral services for Cortez resident Ernest Joseph “Joe” Hamblin will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 5 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Joe was born on March 12, 1925 in Gallup, N.M., the son of Hugh O. and Annie (Cunningham) Hamblin. He passed away on Saturday, June...

Hazel Leach Robinson

Hazel Leach Robinson

Jun 30, 2007

HAZEL LEACH ROBINSON Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Hazel Leach Robinson will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 6 at the Anglican Church of Saint Philip. Rev. Matthew Mayes will officiate. Hazel was born on April 24, 1921 in Roxbury, Mass., the daughter of Hazel Olive Leach. She passed away on June 30, 2007 at the Southwest...

Pearlie Mae Marcotte

Pearlie Mae Marcotte

Jun 25, 2007

PEARLIE MAE MARCOTTE Graveside services for Pearlie Mae Marcotte will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 30 at the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pearlie was born on September 22, 1915 in Tucker, Okla. the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Margarette Sarah (Smith) Gray. She passed...