Obituaries

Ruby Jean Edwards

Ruby Jean Edwards

May 22, 2007

RUBY JEAN EDWARDS Memorial services for Ruby Jean Edwards, 67 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Ruby was born January 18, 1940 in Monte Vista, Colo., the daughter of Jesse Berl and Grace Alma (Corrie) Davison. She passed away at her home in Cortez on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. As...

Ada Lucille Dicken

Ada Lucille Dicken

May 22, 2007

ADA LUCILLE DICKEN Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident, Ada Lucille Dicken will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26 at the Dove Creek Memorial Hall. Pastor Matt Segebartt will officiate. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Ada was born in Lincoln, Neb. on June 16, 1934 the daughter of Frank Herbert and Dorothy (Gray) Zehm....

Glenn W. Baumgartner

Glenn W. Baumgartner

May 20, 2007

GLENN WYETH “NICK” BAUMGARTNER Funeral services for Glenn Wyeth “Nick” Baumgartner, 73 of Mancos, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 25 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Interment will follow at Webber Cemetery. Nick was born December 25, 1933 in Santa Rosa, Calif. the son of Glenn Harlen and Gladys Katherine (Duke) Baumgartner. He...

Dolores Eileen Tozer

Dolores Eileen Tozer

May 20, 2007

DOLORES EILEEN TOZER Funeral services for Dolores Eileen Tozer, lifelong resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 25 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Chaplain Marvin Graves will officiate. Dolores was born September 10, 1927 in Dolores the daughter of Frank Herman and Maple Alzina (McLaughlin) Roelker. She passed away at her...

Robert Benson Muir

Robert Benson Muir

May 20, 2007

ROBERT BENSON MUIR Funeral services for Durango resident, Robert Benson Muir will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 25 at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home in Colleyville, Tex. with interment following at the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Robert was born the son of Lawrence and Sharon Louise (Benson) Muir on February 5, 1971 in Richardson, Tex. He passed away at...

James L. "Smitty" Smith

James L. "Smitty" Smith

May 18, 2007

JAMES LAYVON “SMITTY” SMITH Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident, James Layvon “Smitty” Smith will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 24 at the Mancos Performance Center. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery with Military Honors and Masonic rites being conducted. Smitty was born July 14, 1921 in Mize, Miss., the son of James Frank and Ida...

Alice B. Littlepage

Alice B. Littlepage

May 17, 2007

ALICE B. LITTLEPAGE Alice B. Littlepage passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the age of 85. She was born October 5, 1921 in Chester, Ida. the daughter of Dock Hailey and Eunice Lenora (Brown) Bolton. Before coming to the Mancos Valley, Alice was a member of the Unitarian Church of Palo Alto,...

Lyle Kenneth Halls

Lyle Kenneth Halls

May 16, 2007

LYLE KENNETH HALLS Graveside services for Lyle Kenneth Halls, 73 of Aztec, N.M., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Harry Halls will officiate. Lyle was born in Mancos, Colo. on August 21, 1933 the son of Leon David and Mary Louise (Medford) Halls. He passed away at his home in Aztec on...

Gus Clifford Small

Gus Clifford Small

May 11, 2007

GUS CLIFFORD “CLIFF” SMALL Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Gus Clifford “Cliff” Small will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cliff was born December 20, 1914 in Dexter, N.M. the son of William Edward and Birdie...

Cordy O. Wallace Englehart

Cordy O. Wallace Englehart

May 11, 2007

CORDY ORTIZ WALLACE ENGLEHART Memorial services for lifelong area resident, Cordy Ortiz Wallace Englehart will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Dolores. Rev. Vickie Richards-Street will officiate. Visitation has been set for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cordy (Mary Cordelia) was born April 13,...

Beth Dorene Boren-Ritchie

Beth Dorene Boren-Ritchie

May 11, 2007

BETH DORENE BOREN-RITCHIE Funeral services for Beth Dorene Boren-Ritchie, 46 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14 at the Church of The First Born with Mr. Doug Carver officiating. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Beth was born the daughter of Everett Leon and Doris Irene (Hackett) Boren on September 15, 1960 in Cortez. She passed...

Robert Max Lowrie

Robert Max Lowrie

May 9, 2007

ROBERT MAX LOWRIE Robert “Max” Lowrie of Mancos passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez at the age of 76. Max was born June 19, 1930 in Amarillo, Tex., the son of John Judson and Alice Florene (Reeves) Lowrie. Private family services will be held with a public memorial at a later daate. Max served...

Ann Bland

Ann Bland

May 8, 2007

ANN BLAND Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Ann Bland will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jonathan Bland of Victory World Outreach Church will officiate. Visitation has been set for Thursday morning from 9 a.m. to noon at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Ann was born July 4, 1916 in Supulpa, Okla. the daughter of...

Bernice Jane Foote

Bernice Jane Foote

May 7, 2007

BERNICE JANE FOOTE Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 at Sylvan Cemetery in Pleasant View. Mr. Jeff Foster of the Cortez Church of Christ officiated. Bernice was born the daughter of Louis and Kathryn (Branson) Yates on October 3, 1928 in Linn, Mo. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday, May 7, 2007. Bernice...

Thomas Dodd Harris

Thomas Dodd Harris

May 6, 2007

THOMAS DODD HARRIS Memorial services for Thomas Dodd Harris of Lewis, Colo. will be held Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. at the Lewis Arriola Community Center, 21176 Road S (6 miles north on Highway 491, turn left on Road S). Elder David Harris will officiate. A potluck dinner for family and friends will follow at the Community Center. Dodd...

Mona Ruth Douglas

Mona Ruth Douglas

May 6, 2007

MONA RUTH DOUGLAS Graveside services for Mona Ruth Douglas, a former area resident, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 12 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mona was born February 17, 1925 in Mancos the daughter of Jens J. and Cecelia (Willden) Jensen. She...

Bruce Arthur Shattan

Bruce Arthur Shattan

May 2, 2007

BRUCE ARTHUR SHATTAN Bruce Arthur Shattan, a resident of Mancos, passed away at Valley Inn Nursing Home on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at the age of 60. He was born Feb. 9, 1947 in New York City, N.Y. to Herbert Bob and Pearl Irene (Wilkes) Shattan. Bruce came to the Telluride/Rico area some 25 years ago after relocating from Malibu,...

Kenneth L. Ward

Kenneth L. Ward

May 2, 2007

KENNETH L. WARD Funeral services for Kenneth L. Ward, 72, of Dolores will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jonathan Bland of Victory World Outreach Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Kenneth went to be...

Walter Edward Winburn

Walter Edward Winburn

Apr 30, 2007

WALTER EDWARD WINBURN Memorial services for long time Cortez Resident, Walter Edward Winburn will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 3 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Walter was born November 22, 1934 in Summerton, Ariz., the son of Oscar and Leatha Nora (Jones) Winburn. He passed away Monday, April 30, 2007 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Martha Jo Shultz

Martha Jo Shultz

Apr 28, 2007

MARTHA JO SHULTZ Memorial services for Martha Jo Shultz, a fifteen year resident of Yellow Jacket, Colo. were held Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Johnson Building in Cortez with Yvonne Candelaria officiating. Inurnment followed at Fairview Cemetery in Yellow Jacket. Martha passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the age of 70. She was...