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Richard "Pokey" Meredith

Richard "Pokey" Meredith

Jun 3, 2007

RICHARD “POKEY” MEREDITH Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Richard “Pokey” Meredith will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 12 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church with Reverends Lynn Evans and Suzanne Listemann officiating. Pokey was born the son of Frank Leslie and Martha Ethel (Houchins) Meredith on August 14, 1924 in Alderson, W.Va. He passed away at...

Terry James Martinez

Terry James Martinez

May 31, 2007

TERRY JAMES MARTINEZ Memorial services for Cortez resident Terry James Martinez will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 4 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Dave Martinez will officiate. Terry was born February 28, 1972 in Farmington, N.M., the son of Emiliano Alfred and Ida Marie (Buffington) Martinez. He passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at...

Francis D. "Dusty" Rhodes

Francis D. "Dusty" Rhodes

May 30, 2007

FRANCIS D. “DUSTY” RHODES Memorial services for Francis Delois “Dusty” Rhodes, of Cortez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Francis, or Dusty as he was known by friends, was born Oct. 18, 1935 at McPhee, Colo., the son of Francis Ole and Mary (Ferguson) Rhodes. He passed away at Southwest Memorial...

David Lowell Malcolm

David Lowell Malcolm

May 27, 2007

DAVID LOWELL MALCOLM Memorial services for David Lowell Malcolm, 73 of Mancos will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 10 at the fork of the West Fork. David was born in Chicago, Ill. on June 25, 1933 the son of David and Eileen (Dahlstrom) Malcolm. He passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home on Sunday, May 27, 2007....

Marjory Kathleen Doss

Marjory Kathleen Doss

May 25, 2007

MARJORY KATHLEEN DOSS Marjory Kathleen Doss passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez on Friday, May 25, 2007 at the age of 87. She was born April 24, 1920 in North Platte, Neb. the daughter of Herbert and Maybelle (Allen) Harn. Marjory moved to the Cortez area 15 years ago to be closer to her daughter. She is survived...

Alice Suzanna Randol

Alice Suzanna Randol

May 24, 2007

ALICE SUZANNA RANDOL Funeral services for Cortez resident Alice Suzanna Randol will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday morning from 8 a.m. to service time. Alice was born on May 10, 1929 in Wellington, Missouri the daughter of...

Lucy Ellen Law

Lucy Ellen Law

May 22, 2007

LUCY ELLEN LAW Funeral services for Lucy Ellen (Ault) Law, a longtime Cortez resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Bishop Adam Black will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m....

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...

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