Regina Gayle Marble
Sep 27, 2007
REGINA GAYLE MARBLE Funeral services for Cortez resident Regina Gayle Marble will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 4 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Regina was born August 2, 1957 in Phoenix, Ariz. the daughter of Wilden Marble and Joyclyn Soter. She passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at her residence...
Alvin "Al" Miller
Sep 25, 2007
ALVIN “AL” MILLER Funeral services for Cortez resident Alvin “Al” Miller will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 28 at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Al was born on October 18, 1919 in Lincoln, Neb., the son of Alexander J. and Amalea (Bauer) Miller. He passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2007...
Julian Lars Lopez
Sep 23, 2007
JULIAN LARS LOPEZ Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Julian Lars Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 27 at the residence of Shirley Eyetoo, 165 Mike Wash Road in Towaoc. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Mr. Boyd Lopez and Mr. Terry Knight will officiate. A Wake has been scheduled for Wednesday evening at 5...
Henry Clay Ewing
Sep 20, 2007
HENRY CLAY EWING A Life Celebration for Henry Clay Ewing, a lifelong resident of Mancos, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, September 24 at the Fellowship Hall at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Reverend Craig Paschal will officiate. Henry was born the son of Chancy Frank and Emma Delila (Gilliland) Ewing on March 17, 1936 in Yellow Jacket, Colo....
Joseph William Sandrin
Sep 20, 2007
JOSEPH WILLIAM SANDRIN Joseph William Sandrin was born on November 20, 1920 in Livingston, Ill. the son of Fiorvante and Maria (Cescato) Sandrin. He passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 86. On February 25, 1950, Joe married Lydia Paula Grbac in Chicago, Ill. Joe was quite athletically gifted, he was...
Keith John Messinger Sr.
Sep 20, 2007
KEITH JOHN MESSINGER SR. Memorial services for former Cortez resident Keith John Messinger Sr. will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 24 at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Keith was born on December 9, 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah the son of William Blake and...
Benjamin F. Smith
Sep 19, 2007
BENJAMIN F. SMITH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Benjamin F. Smith will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private interment services will be held. Ben was born on July 4, 1922 in Marshall, Tex., the son of Benjamin Franklin Smith Sr. and Maude (Alexander) Smith. He passed away on Wednesday, September...
Charlotte Ida Hetzel
Sep 17, 2007
CHARLOTTE IDA HETZEL Graveside services for Charlotte Ida Hetzel will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 24 at the Musconectcong Cemetery in Hampton, N.J. Charlotte was born on December 12, 1908 in Wehawken Heights, N.J. the daughter of Samuel Arvid and Ida (Loges) Janson. She passed away on Monday, September 17, 2007 in Mancos, Colo. at the age...
Harry Charles Westcott
Sep 16, 2007
HARRY CHARLES WESTCOTT Harry Charles Westcott passed away at The Valley Inn in Mancos on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at the age of 89. He was born March 10, 1918 in rural Oshkosh, Neb., the son of Harry George and Leila Marie (Moore) Westcott. Harry enjoyed hunting and fishing in his free time. He and his wife, Agnes came to...
Della Norlene Cash
Sep 16, 2007
DELLA NORLENE CASH Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Della Norlene Cash will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 21 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Della was born on September...
Ismael Melquiadez Montano
Sep 15, 2007
ISMEAL “MEL” MELQUIADEZ MONTANO Funeral services for Ismael “Mel” Melquiadez Montano are tentatively set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 19 at St. Jude Catholic Church with interment following at Peel Cemetery. Please contact Ertel Funeral Home to confirm service times. Visitation is planned for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Rosary services following...
George Begay Jr.
Sep 11, 2007
GEORGE BEGAY JR. Funeral services for Grand Junction resident George Begay Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 14 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Mr. Terry Knight Sr. will officiate. George was born on June 13, 1960, the son of George Begay Sr. and Louise Talk. He passed away on Tuesday, September...
Ray Lester Ward
Sep 7, 2007
RAY LESTER WARD Funeral services for lifelong Dolores resident Ray Lester Ward will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 13 at the Cortez First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maez will officiate. Ray was born on April 2, 1928 in Rico, Colo., the son of Ray Lester and Nellie Ann (Wilderson)...
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Johnson
Sep 6, 2007
ELIZABETH M. “BETTY” JOHNSON Memorial services for Bayfield resident and former Grand Junction resident Elizabeth M. Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 22 at the Cedaredge Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Betty was born on February 7, 1923 in St. Paul, Minn., the daughter of Roland Jay and Lucinda Kathryn (Grover) Parkinson. She passed...
Marie Becher Carlson
Sep 6, 2007
MARIE EDITH BECHER CARLSON Memorial services for Marie Edith Becher Carlson, 91 of Dolores, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 10 at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Dolores. Marie was born May 2, 1916 in Rico, Colo. the daughter of John R. and Emma (Koehn) Becher. She passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at her home...
Judith Elaine "Judi" Gilpin
Sep 5, 2007
JUDITH ELAINE “JUDI” GILPIN Judith Elaine “Judi” Gilpin was born in December 7, 1947 in Cortez, the daughter of Howard and Emma Eileen (Pratt) VanPelt. She passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango at the age of 59. Judi enjoyed 21 years of marriage to her husband, Jessey Joy Gilpin. She was a...
Norma Jean Jenkins
Sep 5, 2007
NORMA JEAN JENKINS Norma Jean Jenkins was born on May 27, 1931 in Lewis, Colo., the daughter of James Theodore and Ethel Grace (McDonald) Westfall. She passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at her residence at the age of 76. On January 21, 1955, Norma married Charles Leroy Jenkins in Aztec, N.M. Norma put learning first. She felt it...
Charles Marvin Watson
Sep 4, 2007
CHARLES MARVIN “CHUCK” WATSON Charles Marvin “Chuck” Watson was born on September 9, 1919 in Hoboken, N.J. He passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at his home in Cortez at the age of 87. In 1937, Chuck met his wife, Mary Maxey while working with the Conservation Corps at Mesa Verde National Park. After being married in Monticello, Utah...
Alfonso Raul Sena
Aug 29, 2007
ALFONSO RAUL “FONZ” SENA Memorial services for lifelong area resident, Alfonso Raul Sena will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 1 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos. Reverend Joseph Gallegos, C.R. will officiate. Alfonso, or Fonz as he was known by his family and friends, was born Nov. 20, 1975 in Cortez. He passed away on Wednesday, August...
Larry Leroy Collins Jr.
Aug 21, 2007
LARRY LeROY COLLINS JR. Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Larry LeRoy Collins Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel with interment following at Sleeping Ute Cemetery in Towaoc. A Wake will be held Thursday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the home of Shirley Eyetoo, 165 Mike Wash Road, Towaoc. Larry was...
