Obituaries

Andronico "Andy" Martinez

Andronico "Andy" Martinez

Mar 4, 2006

ANDRONICO �ANDY� MARTINEZ A funeral Mass for lifelong Dolores resident, Andronico �Andy� Martinez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Father Derrek Scott will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary...

Abe Ben Maestas

Abe Ben Maestas

Mar 2, 2006

ABE BEN MAESTAS A memorial Mass for former area resident, Abe Ben Maestas will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Father Derrek Scott will officiate. Inurnment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military honors provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A Rosary service has been...

Shawn G. Galey

Shawn G. Galey

Feb 28, 2006

SHAWN G. GALEY Memorial services for Dolores, resident, Shawn G. Galey will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Stone Church, 1012 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, Mo. Her nephew, Duane Qualls, Elder of Community Church of Christ in Independence, Mo. will officiate. Shawn was born on February 18, 1918 in Aurora, Mo., the daughter of Ira...

Rose K. Frailey

Rose K. Frailey

Feb 27, 2006

ROSE K. FRAILEY Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Rose K. Frailey will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Ray White will be officiating. A visitation is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Ertel Chapel. Rose was born on August 16, 1916 to Samuel Clarence and Susan Marie (Theisen)...

Norma J. Harrison

Norma J. Harrison

Feb 25, 2006

NORMA JEAN HARRISON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Norma Jean Harrison will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 3, at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Norma was born on February 1, 1928 in...

Melodie Ann Hill

Melodie Ann Hill

Feb 25, 2006

MELODIE ANN HILL Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Melodie Ann Hill are tentatively scheduled for 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 2 at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Inunrment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rev. Erika Meyer will officiate. Melodie was born on May 24, 1959 in Cortez, the daughter of Dale and Lettie (Green) Higman. She passed away on...

Grace Paige Allmon Jones

Grace Paige Allmon Jones

Feb 25, 2006

GRACE PAIGE ALLMON JONES Private family graveside services are being held for Grace Paige Allmon Jones at the Cortez Cemetery. Grace came to this world on February 25, 2006 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, Colo. Although her time with her family was very brief, Grace’s memory will live on through all of those who loved her so much. Surviving...

William Burk Grimes

William Burk Grimes

Feb 25, 2006

WILLIAM BURK GRIMES Funeral services for longtime area resident, William Burk Grimes will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Elder Dean A. Kirk will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled Monday morning from 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. Bill was born on March 20,...

Grace C. Roswick

Grace C. Roswick

Feb 23, 2006

GRACE C. ROSWICK Services for former area resident, Grace C. Roswick are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Grace was born on August 10, 1924 and passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2006 in Sun City, Ariz. at the age of 81.

Jeannine Harris Noisom

Jeannine Harris Noisom

Feb 22, 2006

JEANNINE HARRIS NOISOM Funeral services for lifelong Hesperus resident, Jeannine Harris Noisom will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 27 at the Red Mesa Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Bishop Trent Taylor will officiate. Interment will follow at the Kline Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Monday morning at the...

Roger Alan Pribble

Roger Alan Pribble

Feb 21, 2006

ROGER ALAN PRIBBLE Memorial services for Dove Creek resident, Roger Alan Pribble will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 25 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Inurnment services will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Roger was born on September 27, 1946 in Durango the son of Ursel E. and Louise (Randolph) Pribble. He passed away on...

Clara Katheryne "Kathy" Ashwood

Clara Katheryne "Kathy" Ashwood

Feb 18, 2006

CLARA KATHERYNE “KATHY” ASHWOOD Clara Katheryne “Kathy” Ashwood, the daughter of Joseph and Clara K. (Matyniak) Dressler was born on September 25, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa. She passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 84. Kathy was a woman that loved to work with her hands, she was a...

Helga Eda Thrailkill

Helga Eda Thrailkill

Feb 17, 2006

HELGA E. THRAILKILL A visitation for longtime Cortez resident, Helga E. Thrailkill will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place later this summer at Riverview Cemetery in Washburn, N.D. No other local services will be held. The daughter of Christ and Agatha (Bjort) Christensen, Helga was born on May...

Robert Alfred Roessel Jr.

Robert Alfred Roessel Jr.

Feb 16, 2006

ROBERT ALFRED ROESSEL JR. Memorial services for Mancos resident, Robert Alfred Roessel Jr. will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 19 at Round Rock Elementary School Gymnasium. Bob was born the son of Robert Alfred and Marguerite (Monteath) Roessel on August 26, 1926 at Saint Louis, Mo. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, February 16,...

Janet Caryl Brown Mccabe

Janet Caryl Brown Mccabe

Feb 12, 2006

JANET CARYL BROWN McCABE Funeral services for Janet Caryl Brown McCabe, a lifelong resident of this area will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 15 at Cortez First United Methodist Church. Reverend Lynn Evans will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Janet was born the daughter of Byron Douglas and Mary Teresa (Belmear) Brown on February...

Carol J. Ireton

Carol J. Ireton

Feb 11, 2006

CAROL JEAN IRETON Graveside inurnment services for longtime Cortez, Colo. resident, Carol Jean Ireton will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at the Douglas Park Cemetery. Carol was born on April 17, 1940 in Great Falls, Mont. the daughter of Gene G. and Ollive Helen (Carroll) Armstrong. She passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at...

Milton John "Jack" Morrill

Milton John "Jack" Morrill

Feb 11, 2006

MILTON JOHN “JACK” MORRILL Milton John “Jack” Morrill passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at his home in Cortez surrounded by the family that loved him. Funeral services, officiated by Pastor Larry Chappell will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, at Lighthouse Baptist Church. A private family interment will follow the service. Milton John “Jack” Morrill...

Rita Vivine Barnes

Rita Vivine Barnes

Feb 9, 2006

RITA VIVINE BARNES Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Rita Vivine Barnes will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 13 at the Arriola Bible Church. Reverend Kent Slyter will be officiating. Rita was born on October 1, 1922 in Seattle, Wash. the daughter of Harry W. and Luella (Weckerly) Casson. She passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2006...

Sybil Bernice Douglas Decker

Sybil Bernice Douglas Decker

Feb 8, 2006

SYBIL BERNICE DOUGLAS DECKER Graveside services for lifelong Mancos resident, Sybil Bernice Douglas Decker will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 13 at the Webber Cemetery approximately six miles south of Mancos on Highway 41. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. The daughter of Hulon and...

Lorna Mable Gafford

Lorna Mable Gafford

Feb 8, 2006

LORNA MABLE GAFFORD Lorna Mable Gafford passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 83. Lorna was born on July 5, 1922 in Cortez, Colo., one of the first babies born on record in the Johnson Hospital. In her younger years Lorna played the piano wonderfully. She remembered living in a...