Obituaries

Josephine Mildred "Jo" Stockdale

Josephine Mildred "Jo" Stockdale

Apr 26, 2007

JOSEPHINE MILDRED “JO” STOCKDALE Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Josephine M. 'Jo' Stockdale will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 30 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with Rev. Erika Meyer and Pastor Jeff McDonell officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jo...

Neal Jacket

Neal Jacket

Apr 26, 2007

NEAL JACKET Funeral services for Towaoc resident Neal Jacket will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Neal was born September 8, 1935 in Towaoc to Jim Jacket and Edith Bancroft Jacket. He passed away at his home on Thursday, April 26, 2006. Neal was 71. Surviving Neal...

William Carl "Bill" Rogers

William Carl "Bill" Rogers

Apr 24, 2007

WILLIAM CARL “BILL” ROGERS Inurnment services for William Carl “Bill” Rogers will be held Monday, May 7 at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Bill was born the son of William Carl Rogers Sr. and Lillian Evangeline (Mead) Rogers on February 9, 1929 in Larned, Kans. He passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at the age of...

Robert Lindsay Young

Robert Lindsay Young

Apr 21, 2007

ROBERT LINDSAY “BOB” YOUNG Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Robert L. “Bob” Young will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Church. Greg Holmesley will officiate. Bob was born on October 15, 1923 in Bozeman, Mont., the son of William Lindsay and Teresa (Krueger) Young. He passed away on Saturday, April...

John Elam "Jack" Elliss Iii

John Elam "Jack" Elliss Iii

Apr 19, 2007

JOHN ELAM “JACK” ELLISS III Funeral services for John Elam “Jack” Elliss III, a lifelong Mancos resident will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Mancos Performance Center. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Visitation will be held prior to services Saturday morning from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Performance Center. John was born on...

Richard Wenzel Becher

Richard Wenzel Becher

Apr 17, 2007

RICHARD WENZEL “DICK” BECHER Funeral Mass for Richard Wenzel “Dick” Becher, a lifelong Cortez resident, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 20 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Cremation will follow the Mass. Dick was born on February 26, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of John Richard and Emma (Koehn) Becher. He passed away on...

Sandra Elizabeth Fogarty Altenburg

Sandra Elizabeth Fogarty Altenburg

Apr 13, 2007

SANDRA ELIZABETH FOGARTY ALTENBURG Sandra Elizabeth Fogarty Altenburg was born on December 9, 1948 in Orange County, Calif., the daughter of Albion Walter and Doris Geruth (Chapman) Senti. She passed away on Friday, April 13, 2007 at her residence at the age of 58. On April 10, 2007, Sandra married Lewis Altenburg in Cortez. In her free time, Sandra enjoyed...

Marla Vriginia English

Marla Vriginia English

Apr 13, 2007

MARLA VIRGINIA ENGLISH Marla Virginia English passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 13, 2007 at the age of 68. She was born June 21, 1938 in San Jose, Calif., the daughter of Jim and Helen (Simplot) Wilson. Surviving Marla are her friend, Ron Sutton of Cortez; and two sons, Randy and Ronny Shattuck both of Bainbridge Island,...

Nettie Rose Frazier

Nettie Rose Frazier

Apr 13, 2007

NETTIE ROSE FRAZIER Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Nettie Rose Frazier will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Nettie passed away at her home in Dove Creek on Friday, April 13, 2007. She was born to Dee and Nellie Finch on May 9, 1928...

Charles M. Searle

Charles M. Searle

Apr 13, 2007

CHARLES M. SEARLE Memorial services for Cortez home builder, banker and community leader Charles M. Searle will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Charles passed away at Swedish Hospital in Denver, Colo. on Friday, April 13, 2007 at the age of 83. He was born the son of Brigadier General Howard...

Betty Lou Derosier

Betty Lou Derosier

Apr 12, 2007

BETTY LOU DeROSIER Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Betty Lou DeRosier will be held at 10 .m. Saturday, April 21 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Betty Lou was born July 5, 1929 the eldest child of Vernon and Chloe Dove (Slade) Willden in Kline, Colo....

Ralph Raymond Clark

Ralph Raymond Clark

Apr 11, 2007

RALPH RAYMOND CLARK Memorial services for Ralph Raymond Clark, a resident of Dolores, have been rescheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the Mountain View Baptist Church on Summit Ridge. Pastors Jimmie Burton, Roy Vinson and Rick Gregory will officiate. Ralph was born January 17, 1921 in Lindsay, Okla. the son of John Columbus and Mille (Mozley) Clark. He...

Frances Irene Larsen

Frances Irene Larsen

Apr 11, 2007

FRANCES IRENE LARSEN Funeral services for Frances Irene Larsen, a lifelong resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 19 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Frances was born July 13, 1926 in Norwood, Colo. the daughter of Ralph Otis and Phoebe Olive (Kennedy) Stoddard....

Merit Reed Carter

Merit Reed Carter

Apr 11, 2007

MERIT REED CARTER Funeral services for Merit Reed Carter, a longtime resident of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 16 at the First Baptist Church of Cortez with Rev. James Patton officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with Masonic graveside services being conducted by Masonic Lodge #133 A.F. & A.M. Visitation has been set for Sunday...

Anita Tsosie

Anita Tsosie

Apr 9, 2007

ANITA TSOSIE Funeral services for Cortez resident Anita Tsosie will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 14 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rev. William D. Lee will officiate. The daughter of Little Harvey and Jessie (White) Harvey, Anita was born on March 10, 1959 in Sweetwater, Ariz. She passed away...

Alvina Rosetta "Skip" Mcculley

Alvina Rosetta "Skip" Mcculley

Apr 6, 2007

ALVINA ROSETTA “SKIP” MCCULLEY Alvina Rosetta “Skip” McCulley was born on December 8, 1929 in Prichett, Colo., the daughter of Hervy Hudson and Hazel May (Terpening) Hopper. She passed away on Friday, April 6, 2007 at the Vista Grande Inn at the age of 77. Skip worked at the Bar-D-Wranglers and for the Humane Society Thrift Store in Durango. She...

Honk Donahoo

Honk Donahoo

Mar 28, 2007

HONK DONAHOO Memorial services for Honk Donahoo will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Honk was born May 22, 1922 in Omaha, Neb., the son of Hubert John and Goldie (Graham) Donahoo. He passed away at his home on March 28, 2007 at the age of 84. On March 5, 1945, Honk...

Ray W. Patten

Ray W. Patten

Mar 28, 2007

RAY W. PATTEN Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident, Ray W. Patten will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31 at Arriola Cemetery. A reception for his friends will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday at Madison House to celebrate Ray’s birthday and his life. Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m....

Sharon Ann Wichmann

Sharon Ann Wichmann

Mar 25, 2007

SHARON ANN WICHMANN Funeral services for Cortez resident Sharon Ann Wichmann will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thurs., March 29 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, M Road Chapel, with Bishop Randy Dalton conducting. Interment services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 30 at Cliffview Cemetery in Price, Utah. A visitation has been scheduled...

Lauren Duane "Woody" Woodard

Lauren Duane "Woody" Woodard

Mar 23, 2007

LAUREN DUANE “WOODY” WOODARD Funeral services for Lauren Duane “Woody” Woodard will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 30 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with military honors being conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Woody was born November 4, 1913 at Plum Creek Township, Mitchell County, Kans. His parents, who farmed...