Obituaries

Vernon Lester  Stiegelmeyer

Vernon Lester Stiegelmeyer

Jan 9, 2007

VERNON LESTER STIEGELMEYER Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Vernon Lester Stiegelmeyer will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 12 at the Rock Springs Church, 32233 Hwy. 160, Cortez, Colo. with Pastor David Ramsey officiating. Vernon was born on June 14, 1924 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, the son of Lester and Leona (Andrews) Stiegelmeyer. He passed away on...

Harley Jay Frost

Harley Jay Frost

Jan 8, 2007

HARLEY JAY FROST Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Harley Jay Frost were held on Friday, January 12 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment took place at the Towaoc Cemetery. Terry Knight officiated. Harley was born on October 29, 1957 in Cortez, the son of Harvey Frost Sr. and Helen Louise Knight. He passed away on Monday, January 8, 2007...

Rome Adrius Martinez

Rome Adrius Martinez

Jan 6, 2007

ROME ADRIUS MARTINEZ Funeral services for Cortez resident Rome Adrius Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 12 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Don Henderson will officiate. Rome was born on January 25, 2006 in Albuquerque, N.M., the son of Sidney Victor and Corinna Lynn (Billings) Martinez. He passed...

Elliott Baier Albin

Elliott Baier Albin

Jan 6, 2007

ELLIOTT BAIER ALBIN Funeral services for Elliott Baier Albin will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Darrell Veach officiating. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Elliott was born on May 4, 1948 in Cortez, the son of Orin A. Albin Jr. and Ollie (Elliott) Albin, both former Cortez residents. He departed...

Norma Mae Hindmarsh

Norma Mae Hindmarsh

Jan 4, 2007

NORMA MAE HINDMARSH Funeral services for lifelong area resident Norma Mae Hindmarsh will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 10 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Lynn Evans will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Norma was born on...

Robert David "Bob" Grip

Robert David "Bob" Grip

Jan 1, 2007

ROBERT DAVID “BOB” GRIP Robert David “Bob” Grip was born on February 2, 1930 in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Carl David and Florence (Marie) Grip. He passed away on Monday, January 1, 2007 at his residence at the age of 76. Bob married Betty A. Mumper on December 15, 1957 in Yuma, Ariz. Bob was a truck driver...

Pauline Jewel Goff

Pauline Jewel Goff

Dec 31, 2006

PAULINE JEWEL GOFF Pauline Jewel Goff was born on August 20, 1929 in Mancos, the daughter of Paul and Emma (Stevenson) Smouse. She passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2006 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 77. On November 13, 1952, Pauline married Jesse Lester Goff in Aztec, N.M. Pauline and Lester were sealed to one...

Joe Marion Beene

Joe Marion Beene

Dec 29, 2006

JOE MARION BEENE Joe Marion Beene was born on August 27, 1933 in Wellington, Texas, the son of John Franklin and Rosetta (Beard) Beene. He passed away on Friday, December 29, 2006 at his residence at the age of 73. On March 22, 1973, Joe married Donna Acott in Cortez. He spent his life as an “all around cowboy,” enjoying...

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford

Dec 26, 2006

Gerald Rudolph Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. Ford was originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King. When his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, remarried, Ford was renamed after his stepfather. Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was a gifted athlete and scholar. After college, he received offers from two...

Mary Elizabeth Lewis

Mary Elizabeth Lewis

Dec 20, 2006

MARY ELIZABETH LEWIS Memorial services for Mary Elizabeth Lewis will be held at Noon, Friday, June 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary Elizabeth Lewis was born on March 26, 1917 in Olathe, Colo., the daughter of Christian and Rozina Morlang. She passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 89. Mary’s passion...

Larry Michael Mcgrath

Larry Michael Mcgrath

Dec 19, 2006

LAWRENCE MICHAEL “LARRY” MCGRATH Lawrence Michael “Larry” McGrath was born on June 3, 1938 in Detroit, Mich., the son of Lawrence and Bessie Irene (Wollenwebber) McGrath. He passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at his Cortez residence at the age of 68. Surviving Larry are his children, Dawn McGrath-Gellatly and husband, Steve, Mike McGrath and wife Alexia Hudson McGrath,...

Joan Louise Maley

Joan Louise Maley

Dec 16, 2006

JOAN LOUISE MALEY Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Joan Louise Maley will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 22 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rev. Erika Meyer will officiate. The daughter of John C. and Louise (Fox) Humphreys, Joan was born on June 29, 1922 in Llanfair, Caereinion, Wales. She passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at...

Michele Y. Taylor

Michele Y. Taylor

Dec 14, 2006

Michele Yvonne Taylor A memorial celebration for local educator Michele Y. Taylor will be held at 1:00 PM Sunday, December 17th, at Cortez Middle School Gymnasium. Michele was born August 28, 1952 in Independence, Kansas to the late Don E. and Genevieve M. Taylor. She passed away Thursday, December 14th at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango after a short...

Louis Ray Soell

Louis Ray Soell

Dec 13, 2006

LOUIS RAY SOELL Louis Ray Soell was born on July 17, 1936 in New Braunfels, Tex., the son of Guy and Elenore (Elsworth) Soell. He passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. at the age of 70. On December 2, 1990, Louis married Susan Carol Ewald in Jones Creek, Tex. The couple...

Edith Ethel Hampton

Edith Ethel Hampton

Dec 9, 2006

EDITH ETHEL HAMPTON Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Edith Ethel Hampton will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Mr. Dewayne McGettrick officiating. Edith, the daughter of Sidney Scott and Dora Vesta Wilmarth, was born September 17, 1914 in Cortez. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home on Saturday, December 9,...

Edith Ethel Hampton

Edith Ethel Hampton

Dec 9, 2006

EDITH ETHEL HAMPTON Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Edith Ethel Hampton will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Mr. Dewayne McGettrick officiating. Edith, the daughter of Sidney Scott and Dora Vesta Wilmarth, was born September 17, 1914 in Cortez. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home on Saturday, December 9,...

John R. Martinez

John R. Martinez

Dec 9, 2006

JOHN R. MARTINEZ Funeral Mass for John R. Martinez a resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs. Father Carlos Alvarez will officiate. Interment and Military Honors will follow at Frances Cemetery at Arboles, Colo. Rosary services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at...

Rhea Louise Curran

Rhea Louise Curran

Dec 6, 2006

RHEA LOUISE CURRAN Memorial services for longtime Rico resident, Rhea Louise Curran will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 9 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rhea was born December 5, 1914 in Los Angeles, Calif. She passed away at Vista Grande Nursing Home on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the age of 92. Very active within the...

Gerald "Gerry" Eugene Howe

Gerald "Gerry" Eugene Howe

Dec 6, 2006

DR. GERALD EUGENE “GERRY” HOWE Memorial services for longtime area resident and surgeon, Dr. Gerald Eugene “Gerry” Howe will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Donald Thompson will officiate. Gerry was born May 10, 1934 in Lead, S.D. He passed away at his home in Cortez on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at...

Lawrence "Larry" Irwin Payne

Lawrence "Larry" Irwin Payne

Dec 5, 2006

LAWRENCE “LARRY” IRWIN PAYNE Memorial services for Lawrence “Larry” Irwin Payne, a resident of Cortez since 1982, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 7 at Vista Grande Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held at a future date in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fargo, N.D. where Larry will be interred next to his father and sister. Larry...