Obituaries

Colleen Mae Northcutt

Colleen Mae Northcutt

Mar 21, 2007

COLLEEN MAE NORTHCUTT Funeral services for Colleen Mae Northcutt, a resident of Cortez, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 26 at the Cortez Family Worship Center, 500 N. Washington Street. Pastor Gary Fowler will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Colleen was born December 2l, 1930 at Tacoma, Wash., the daughter of George and Thelma...

Kathryn Florence Sutherland

Kathryn Florence Sutherland

Mar 17, 2007

KATHRYN FLORENCE SUTHERLAND Kathryn Sutherland (98), born December 14th, 1908, passed away March 17th, 2007 in Cortez Colorado. Formerly of Fort Collins Colorado and Saratoga Wyoming, Kathryn was a beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. She is survived by her daughter, Jan Heyl and husband Robert of Mancos, Colorado; granddaughters Keena Metcalf (husband Ken) of Denver; Aneka Jensen (husband Mike)...

Louise Billie

Louise Billie

Mar 14, 2007

LOUISE BILLIE Funeral services for Louise Billie, a resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 22 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Louise was born January 1, 1901 at Luepp, Ariz. She passed away at her home in Cortez on March 14, 2007 at the age of 106. Louise...

Lena Adakai Yazzie

Lena Adakai Yazzie

Mar 14, 2007

LENA ADAKAI YAZZIE Funeral services for Cortez resident Lena Adakai Yazzie are tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17. Please contact Ertel Funeral Home at 565-3468 for the funeral service location. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Lena was born on April 14, 1935 in Dennehotso, Ariz., the daughter of Jerry and Sarah (Gray) Adakai. She passed away on...

Lela Martinez

Lela Martinez

Mar 13, 2007

LELA MARTINEZ Funeral Mass for lifelong Mancos resident Lela Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 19 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Reverends Joseph L. Gallegos C.R. and Salvador Cisneros C.R. will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ertel...

Mindy Kay Lutz

Mindy Kay Lutz

Mar 12, 2007

MINDY KAY LUTZ Funeral services for Lewis resident Mindy Kay Lutz will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. Mindy was born on April 20, 1971 in Longmont, Colo., the daughter of Grant Alan and Erminda Olivama “Oli” (Olivas) Duncan. She passed away on Monday, March 12,...

Hazel May Hamilton

Hazel May Hamilton

Mar 11, 2007

HAZEL MAY HAMILTON Hazel May Hamilton was born on January 19, 1917 in Tuttle, Okla., the daughter of Henry Jackson and Maude E. (Webster) Felkins. She passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 90. Hazel married Elmer M. “Dutch” Hamilton on September 16, 1949 in Aztec, N.M. She was a...

William Kay Rash

William Kay Rash

Mar 10, 2007

WILLIAM KAY RASH Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident William Kay Rash will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 at the First Baptist Church in Cortez. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Kay was born on November 17, 1930 in Dolores, the son of Charles Henry and Lois Irene (Plumlee) Rash. He passed away on Saturday, March 10,...

Gordon Lee Moss

Gordon Lee Moss

Mar 10, 2007

GORDON LEE MOSS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Gordon Lee Moss will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 15 at the Cortez Elks Lodge #1789. Cremation will follow the funeral service. Pastors Steve and Kim Nofel will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gordon...

Robert Sylvester "Bob" Gabriel

Robert Sylvester "Bob" Gabriel

Mar 9, 2007

ROBERT SYLVESTER “BOB” GABRIEL Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Sylvester “Bob” Gabriel will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rev. Salvador Cisneros C.R. will officiate. Bob was born on January 9, 1918 in Wathena, Kan., the son of Nicholas and Sylvia Irene (Ulrich) Gabriel. He passed away on Friday,...

Lorena Fulbright

Lorena Fulbright

Mar 9, 2007

LORENA FULBRIGHT Lorena Fulbright was born on March 11, 1928 in Mancos, the daughter of Jasper Boyd and Ruby Julia (Rhoades) Hurst. She passed away on Friday, March 9, 2007 at her residence at the age of 78. On May 29, 1947, Lorena married Lewis William Fulbright in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Lorena was a lifelong member of the Mancos V.F.W....

George Edwin Green

George Edwin Green

Mar 5, 2007

GEORGE EDWIN GREEN Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Dolores resident, George Edwin Green will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. George was born January 15, 1920 in Denver, Colo., the son of Walter B. and Lulu J. (Rinehart) Green. He passed away...

Peggy Irene Claycomb

Peggy Irene Claycomb

Mar 3, 2007

PEGGY IRENE CLAYCOMB Funeral services for Peggy Irene Claycomb will be held 10 a.m. Monday, March 12 at the Montelores Baptist Church located at the intersection of 23.5 Road and Highway 184. Pastor Neely Lewis will officiate. Interment is to follow at the Arriola Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at the...

William A. Giles

William A. Giles

Feb 28, 2007

WILLIAM A. “BILL” GILES William A. “Bill” Giles, 76, of Mancos passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. on Wednesday, February 28, 2007. He was born April 9, 1930 the son of Fred and Edwina (Paxson) Giles at Placerville, Calif. Bill married Diane Garibaldi on November 4, 1956 in San Leandro, Calif. The couple celebrated fifty years...

Ingrid Joan Hartley

Ingrid Joan Hartley

Feb 27, 2007

INGRID JOAN HARTLEY Funeral services for Ingrid Joan Hartley, a lifelong Cortez resident, will be held at Noon, Friday, March 2 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with Rev. Erika Meyer officiating. Interment will be held at Cortez Cemetery. A reception will follow the interment service at Mary Blake Hall. The daughter of Emil Enander and Jimmie Audrey “Virginia” (Norman) Johnson,...

Steve Hemp Root

Steve Hemp Root

Feb 25, 2007

STEVE HEMP ROOT Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Steve Hemp Root will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 1, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Sister Lois Wooten will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Steve was born on September...

Clara Emogene Carter

Clara Emogene Carter

Feb 25, 2007

CLARA EMOGENE CARTER Private family graveside services will be held for Cortez resident Clara Emogene Carter. Emogene was born on July 14, 1922 in Mt. Carmel, Ill., the daughter of Albert and Lenora (Tollison) Glazier. She passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at her residence at the age of 84. On November 2, 1942, Emogene married Jessie N. Carter...

Cheyanne Lisa West

Cheyanne Lisa West

Feb 24, 2007

CHEYANNE LISA WEST Cheyanne Lisa West was born on October 29, 1955 in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of William Robert and Mary B. (MacRae) Wuestenfeld. She passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 51. Cheyanne was a staff member for Southwest Colorado Motorcycle Safety Training. She was well loved in the...

Lucas Silas

Lucas Silas

Feb 22, 2007

LUCAS SILAS Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Lucas Silas will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Lucas was born on September 24, 1967 in Cortez, the son of Herbert Silas Sr. and Florence Cuthair Bancroft Silas. He passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2007...

Frank Anderson Devore

Frank Anderson Devore

Feb 20, 2007

FRANK ANDERSON DeVORE Funeral services for Frank Anderson DeVore, former Mancos resident, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 26 at the Mancos United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rev. Bud Rousset will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Frank was...