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Edgar Leroy Law

Edgar Leroy Law

Nov 10, 2006

EDGAR LEROY LAW Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Edgar LeRoy Law will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 14 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Adam Black will officiate. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A visitation...

Nelda Lindsay

Nelda Lindsay

Nov 9, 2006

NELDA LINDSAY Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Nelda Lindsay will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Nelda was born on January 31, 1929 in Cortez, the daughter of George Augustus and Rhoda Mary (Gawith) Meistrell. She passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at...

Timothy John Snode

Timothy John Snode

Nov 7, 2006

TIMOTHY JOHN SNODE Timothy John Snode was born May 2, 1950 in Alliance, Ohio the son of Donald and LaRilla Snode. He passed away on Tuesday, November 7 at Monument Valley High School where he taught music at the middle school and high School levels. Tim was 56 years old. Surviving Tim are his wife, Enid M. (Hoffman) Snode of...

Lyndal Kyle Hunt

Lyndal Kyle Hunt

Nov 5, 2006

LYNDAL KYLE HUNT Graveside memorial services for Lyndal Kyle Hunt, 29, of Mancos and lifelong resident of this area, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, November 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Lyndal was born March 8, 1977 the son of Thomas Arthur and Nancy Ann (Saunders) Hunt in Amarillo, Tex. He passed away at his home in Mancos on Sunday,...

Donald Eric Hanson

Donald Eric Hanson

Oct 30, 2006

DONALD ERIC HANSON Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Donald Eric Hanson will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 4 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Don was born on June 1, 1918 in Cortez, the son of Eric Helmer and Hazel K. (Kirk) Hanson. He passed away on Monday, October 30, 2006 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the...

Luther T. Waterland

Luther T. Waterland

Oct 30, 2006

L.T. “CURLEY” WATERLAND Funeral services for former Dove Creek resident L.T. “Curley” Waterland will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 3 at the First Baptist Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. L.T. passed away at his home in Grand Junction, Colo. on Monday, October 30, 2006 at the age of 74. He...

Richard George  Rucker

Richard George Rucker

Oct 29, 2006

RICHARD GEORGE “RICKY” RUCKER Memorial services for Cortez resident Richard George “Ricky” Rucker will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 2 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Pastor Matt Segebartt will officiate. The son of Milton Lee and Blanch (Mowry) Rucker, Ricky was born on April 18, 1948 in Telluride, Colo. He passed away on Sunday, October 29,...

Nicky Pete Johnson

Nicky Pete Johnson

Oct 25, 2006

NICKY PETE “NICK” JOHNSON Funeral services for Nicky Pete “Nick” Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 1 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Nick was born on July 31, 1963 in Cortez, the son of Larry Earl “Pete” and Elaine Louise (Boren) Johnson. He passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2006...

Lawrence Oscar Nichols

Lawrence Oscar Nichols

Oct 22, 2006

LAWRENCE OSCAR “NICK” NICHOLS Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Lawrence Oscar “Nick” Nichols will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Stuart Hanold will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Nick was born...

Miles Willard Reigel

Miles Willard Reigel

Oct 21, 2006

MILES WILLARD REIGEL Graveside services for Dolores resident Miles Willard Reigel will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Miles was born on January 17, 1925 in Lewisburg, Penn., the son of Henry and Carrie May (Ren) Reigel. He passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at his residence at the age of...

Edward R. Wood

Edward R. Wood

Oct 18, 2006

EDWARD R. “ED” WOOD Funeral services for longtime Monticello, Utah resident Edward R. “Ed” Wood will be held at noon on Tuesday, October 24 at the Community Church in Monticello. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel and Tuesday at 11 a.m....

Mollie Almetta Eaton

Mollie Almetta Eaton

Oct 18, 2006

MOLLIE ALMETTA EATON Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Mollie Almetta Eaton will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Mike Farren will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Dove Creek First...

Stanley "Darrell" Christy

Stanley "Darrell" Christy

Oct 18, 2006

STANLEY “DARRELL” CHRISTY Funeral services for Stanley “Darrell” Christy will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 23 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Peel Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Stanley “Darrell” Christy, 67 years old of Phoenix, Ariz. passed away October 18, 2006...

Lavera Winters

Lavera Winters

Oct 12, 2006

LaVERA WINTERS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, LaVera Winters will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, October 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. LaVera was born August 24, 1925 at Florence, Kans. the daughter of Evert and Myrtie Milam. She passed away in Farmingtin, N.M. at Cedar Ridge Inn on Thursday, October...

Maybell Wayman

Maybell Wayman

Oct 11, 2006

MAYBELL WAYMAN Funeral services for Pleasant View resident Maybell Wayman will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 13 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery. Pastor Neely Lewis will officiate. The daughter of Charles A. and Olive Pearl (Young) Hollen, Maybell was born on December 10, 1912 in Tribune, Kan. She passed away...

Georgia Lou Johnson

Georgia Lou Johnson

Oct 6, 2006

GEORGIA LOU JOHNSON Funeral services for lifelong area resident Georgia Lou Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 9 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Bishop Spencer Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at the Sylvan Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. at...

Mary K. Nelson

Mary K. Nelson

Oct 5, 2006

MARY K. NELSON Mary K. Nelson was born on June 17, 1952 in Crescent City, Calif., the daughter of Vernon and Sarah “Sally” (Harmon) Burrell. She passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at her residence at the age of 54. On July 23, 1971, Mary married Robert Nelson in Glendale, Ariz. The celebrated 35 years together this past summer....

Edna Gwendolyn Farley Robb

Edna Gwendolyn Farley Robb

Oct 4, 2006

EDNA GWENDOLYN FARLEY ROBB Mancos resident Edna Gwendolyn Farley Robb slipped on from this life to the next on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at the age of 95. There was probably great rejoicing there as she was the last of her siblings to arrive. Edna was born on December 15, 1910 in Akron, Colo. to William Howard and Phyllis (Maddison)...

Bobby Gene Mckewan

Bobby Gene Mckewan

Oct 1, 2006

BOBBY GENE MCKEWAN A visitation will be held for lifelong Towaoc resident Bobby Gene McKewan from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private interment will take place at the Towaoc Cemetery. Bobby was born on March 9, 1952 in Cortez, the son of Richard and Virginia (Bancroft) McKewan. He passed away on Sunday,...

Margaret Elizabeth Ancell

Margaret Elizabeth Ancell

Sep 29, 2006

MARGARET ELIZABETH ANCELL Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Margaret Elizabeth Ancell will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Mr. Gary Hill will officiate. The daughter of Freeman and Emily Belle (Hart) Galloway, Margaret was born on January 11, 1912 in Zephyr, Tex. She...

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