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Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas

Charles Bennett "Charlie" Edgerton

Charles Bennett "Charlie" Edgerton

Sep 27, 2006

CHARLES BENNETT “CHARLIE” EDGERTON Funeral services for Cortez resident Charles Bennett Edgerton will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Charlie was born on June 23, 1925 in Clovis, N.M., the son of...

Wyatt James Papoff

Wyatt James Papoff

Sep 27, 2006

WYATT JAMES PAPOFF Private family graveside services will be held for Wyatt James Papoff, the infant son of Kevin and Stephanie Papoff. Wyatt was born on Friday, September 15, 2006 in Albuquerque, N.M. He passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Surviving Wyatt are his loving parents, Kevin and Stephanie Papoff...

Sharyce Dietz

Sharyce Dietz

Sep 25, 2006

SHARYCE DIETZ Memorial services will be held for longtime Mancos resident Sharyce Dietz at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 30 at 501 N. Willow in Mancos, the residence of Mike and Haleigh Morelli. Sharyce has left behind many friends and family so to celebrate her life everyone is invited to attend. There will be plenty of music, food, flowers, laughter...

Mary Jane Mcewen

Mary Jane Mcewen

Sep 25, 2006

MARY JANE McEWEN Funeral services for Mary Jane McEwen, a resident of Italy, Texas and a former longtime area resident will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Mary was born August 20, 1915 in Stonewall County, Texas. She passed away in Texas on September 25, 2006. Surviving...

Betty Helen Lansing

Betty Helen Lansing

Sep 20, 2006

BETTY HELEN LANSING Funeral services for Aneth resident Betty Helen Lansing will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, September 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lansing Family Cemetery in Aneth, Utah. Betty was born on October 18, 1937 in Tes Nez Iah, Ariz., the daughter of Crooked Neck Boy. She passed away on Wednesday, September...

Neal Edward Englehart

Neal Edward Englehart

Sep 20, 2006

NEAL EDWARD ENGLEHART Funeral services for Grand Junction resident Neal Edward Englehart will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 at the Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday afternoon from 4 to 7 pm. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Neal was born on December 2, 1960 in...

Henry D. Williford

Henry D. Williford

Sep 17, 2006

HENRY D. WILLIFORD Graveside services for Henry D. Williford will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 7 at the Sylvan Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Henry was born on June 3, 1935 in Ft. Hall, Idaho, the son of Willard Dewitt and Fanny Eva (Radmall) Williford. He passed away...

Glen Dean Hanning

Glen Dean Hanning

Sep 12, 2006

GLEN DEAN HANNING Private family memorial services will be held for Dolores resident, Glen Dean Hanning. Glen was born the son of Dean and Ival (McLaughlin) Hanning on June 11, 1937 in Webb City, Okla. He passed away at his home in Dolores on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at the age of 69. Glen served nine years in the Army...

Albert Franklin Buffington

Albert Franklin Buffington

Sep 6, 2006

ALBERT FRANKLIN BUFFINGTON Graveside services for lifelong area resident Albert Franklin Buffington will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 11 at the Peel Cemetery in rural Dove Creek. Albert was born on April 18, 1935 in Dove Creek, the son of Fred George and Ida Marie (Knuckles) Buffington. He passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at his...

Lucy Fahrion

Lucy Fahrion

Sep 5, 2006

LUCY FAHRION A Mass will be held for longtime Rico resident Lucy Fahrion at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 9 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with the Very Reverend Joseph L. Gallegos officiating. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lucy was born on December 7, 1909 in...

J.C. Hamilton

J.C. Hamilton

Aug 28, 2006

J.C. HAMILTON Graveside services for longtime Cortez resident J.C. Hamilton will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 31 at the Cortez Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. J.C. was born on June 1, 1921 in Kiowa City, Okla., the son of Jack Haze and Clyde Green (Cassidy) Hamilton. He passed...

Stanley Edwin Brewer

Stanley Edwin Brewer

Aug 27, 2006

STANLEY EDWIN BREWER A celebration of life for Stanley Edwin Brewer will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 1 at Ertel Memorial Chapel followed by graveside service at his family plot in the Cortez Cemetery. The Rosary service will be at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 31 at Ertel Chapel. Stanley was born on January 17, 1914, in Topeka, Kans.,...

Irene Berniece Ackles

Irene Berniece Ackles

Aug 24, 2006

IRENE BERNIECE ACKLES Funeral services for Irene Berniece Ackles a resident of Dolores will be held at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, August 30 at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary in Denver, Colo. Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Irene was born the youngest of nine girls to Michael and Frances (Gerling) Ottele on January 12, 1912 in Elgin, Neb. She...

Katherine Virginia Burt

Katherine Virginia Burt

Aug 19, 2006

KATHERINE VIRGINIA BURT Katherine Virginia Burt was born on August 14, 1938 in McComb, Miss., the daughter of Edwin Gerald and Boyd Virginia (Alford) Mixon. She passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 68. Surviving Katherine are her children, Gerald Burt of Patterson, Louisiana, Terrie K. Redd, Heather Redd, and Torre...

Elmer "Swede" Ferando

Elmer "Swede" Ferando

Aug 19, 2006

ELMER “SWEDE” FERANDO Services for lifelong Cortez resident Elmer “Swede” Ferando will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Swede was born on February 27, 1919 in Rico, Colo., the son of Pete and Lucia (Fragno) Ferando. He passed...

Ruth Ellen Riffe

Ruth Ellen Riffe

Aug 15, 2006

RUTH ELLEN RIFFE Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Ruth Ellen Riffe will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 18 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Jeff Foster will officiate. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Ruth was...

Andrew F. Harris Jr.

Andrew F. Harris Jr.

Aug 12, 2006

Andrew F. Harris Jr. Jan. 19, 1921 – Aug. 12, 2006 Andrew F. Harris (Andy), 85, of Farmington, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2006. He was born in Dolores, CO on Jan. 19, 1921, to Andrew and Leila Harris. Andy was an air traffic controller with the FAA, starting in Alaska in the 1950’s and spending over 20 years...

Ronda Lee Lackey

Ronda Lee Lackey

Aug 11, 2006

RONDA LEE LACKEY Funeral services for Bloomfield, N.M. resident and former Cortez resident Ronda Lee Lackey will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Doug Carver will officiate. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Ronda was born on November 13, 1953 in Cortez, the daughter of Daniel and Dorothy (Koppenhafer) Carver....

Clyde N. Gilbreth

Clyde N. Gilbreth

Aug 11, 2006

CLYDE N. GILBRETH Clyde N. Gilbreth, 94, passed away in Blanding, Utah on Friday, August 11, 2006. He is survived by two children, Doyle Gilbreth and his wife, Vickey of Clovis, N.M., and Clydean Wood and her husband, Ron of Atlanta, Georgia; three grandchildren, Ronnalee Strickland, John Wood, and Jennifer Gilbreth; six great-grandchildren, Victoria, Zachary, Zane, and Avery Strickland, and...

Gladys Euphema Hauser

Gladys Euphema Hauser

Aug 10, 2006

GLADYS E. LOYD HAUSER Gladys Loyd Hauser was born May 17, 1920 on Garrett Ridge in rural Montezuma County, Colorado to Percy and Ethel Chappell. She passed away at her residence on Thursday, August 10, 2006 at the age of 86. Gladys attended school at Garrett Ridge School until the 10th grade, then going on to finish her education, living...

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