Obituaries

Catherine Mary "Katie" Willbanks Hill

Catherine Mary "Katie" Willbanks Hill

Feb 7, 2006

CATHERINE MARY “KATIE” WILLBANKS HILL Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Catherine Mary “Katie” Willbanks Hill will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 11 at Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Kent Slyter will be officiating. A dinner will be held at Arriola Community Center following the interment services. Family and friends are...

Philip Charles Olbert

Philip Charles Olbert

Feb 6, 2006

PHILIP CHARLES OLBERT Philip Charles Olbert was born on November 28, 1942 in Durango, Colo., the son of Alfred Elmer and Geneva (Freeman) Olbert. He passed away on Monday, February 6, 2006 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 63. Philip attended school in Ignacio, Colo. He spent a majority of his life in Ignacio where he...

Esther A. Madsen

Esther A. Madsen

Feb 6, 2006

ESTHER A. MADSEN Private graveside services for Esther A. Madsen, a Cortez resident, were held on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. The daughter of Clinton M. and Ruth I. (Bradford) Pearson, Esther was born on August 28, 1919. She passed away on Monday, February 6, 2006 at Vista Mesa Retirement Center at the age of 86....

Michael J. Mclain

Michael J. Mclain

Feb 1, 2006

MICHAEL J. MCLAIN Graveside services for Cortez resident, Michael J. McLain were held on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at the Cortez Cemetery. Michael was born on October 14, 1941 in Napa, Calif., the son of Roy and Dorris B. (Cullen) McLain. He passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 64....

Alice Isabell Haydon

Alice Isabell Haydon

Jan 28, 2006

ALICE ISABELL HAYDON Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Alice Isabell Haydon will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Alice was born on April 2, 1914 the daughter of...

Marian Louise Tanner

Marian Louise Tanner

Jan 28, 2006

MARIAN LOUISE SMITH TANNER Funeral services for longtime Cahone resident Marian Louise Smith Tanner will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Empire Street Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cahone Cemetery, where Marian will be laid to rest at the side of her husband, Harold Donald Tanner. A viewing...

Hubert "Herb" Karn

Hubert "Herb" Karn

Jan 26, 2006

HUBERT “HERB” KARN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Hubert “Herb” Karn will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Cremation will follow the services with entombment to be at St. Barnabas Episcopal Columbarium. Herb was born September 11, 1922 the son of Worthington and Florence Karn in...

Ruby Abbott

Ruby Abbott

Jan 26, 2006

RUBY ABBOTT Services for Ruby Abbott are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Ruby was born on January 11, 1922 and passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Madison House. She was 84 years old.

Russell L. Bennett

Russell L. Bennett

Jan 25, 2006

RUSSELL L. BENNETT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Russell L. Bennett will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Mr. Jeff Foster will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel....

Wyndham Robert "Bob" Redford Ii

Wyndham Robert "Bob" Redford Ii

Jan 23, 2006

WYNDHAM ROBERT REDFORD II Memorial services for Dove Creek resident, Wyndham Robert Redford II will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. “Bob” also known as “Shorty” by his caregivers and the people close to him; was born on August 28, 1918 in Electra, Tex. the son of Wyndham Robert and Gertrude Belle...

Edward Paul Trojanowski

Edward Paul Trojanowski

Jan 22, 2006

EDWARD PAUL TROJANOWSKI Funeral services for Mancos resident, Edward Paul Trojanowski will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, January 27 at the Saint Mary of Ostrabrama Roman Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Saint Mary’s Cemetery in East Brunswick, N.J. Edward was born on August 13, 1926 in New Brunswick, N.J. the son of Polikarp and Stephanie (Gut)...

Lorrena Jones

Lorrena Jones

Jan 20, 2006

LORRENA JONES Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Lorrena Jones will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled Saturday morning from 9 a.m. until service time at the LDS church. Lorrena was born on...

Jack C. Johnson

Jack C. Johnson

Jan 19, 2006

JACK C. JOHNSON Funeral services for Lewis resident formerly of Indio, Calif. Jack C. Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 23 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Jack was born on...

Thelma Maye Fritzler

Thelma Maye Fritzler

Jan 15, 2006

THELMA MAYE FRITZLER Thelma May Fritzler, a resident of Cortez, went home to her heavenly father on January 15, 2006. She was 84 years old. Cremation will take place and burial will be sometime in the early spring at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Denver, Colo. Thelma was born on November 2, 1921 in Panama, Nebraska the second daughter of Paul...

Delilah Najar Kraft

Delilah Najar Kraft

Jan 15, 2006

DELILAH NAJAR KRAFT Delilah Najar Kraft known to family and friends as “Lila” passed away at her home on January 15, 2006 at the age of 62. A private service will be held on January 19. Lila was the sixth child of eleven brothers and sisters. She was born to Estanislado and Susanna Najar on January 16, 1943 in Roswell,...

Geneva Ann Humiston

Geneva Ann Humiston

Jan 14, 2006

GENEVA ANN HUMISTON Funeral services for longtime Mancos, Colo. resident, Geneva Ann Humiston will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 19 at the Cortez Elks Lodge B.P.O.E # 1789 in Cortez, Colo. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mancos, Colo. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 6 to...

William Grommer Potts

William Grommer Potts

Jan 13, 2006

WILLIAM GROMMER “BILL” POTTS William Grommer “Bill” Potts was born on December 25, 1928 in Buhl, Ida. the son of Charles Calvin and Zell Louise (Grommer) Potts. He passed away on Friday, January 13, 2006 at his home in Mancos at the age of 77. Bill spent his career as a supervising engineer for Boeing. During his spare time Bill...

Dudley Dwaine Riffe

Dudley Dwaine Riffe

Jan 13, 2006

DUDLEY DWAINE RIFFE Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Dudley Dwaine Riffe will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 18 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Jeff Foster will officiate. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery with Military Honors being provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Tuesday afternoon from...

Betty Louise Neal

Betty Louise Neal

Jan 11, 2006

BETTY LOUISE NEAL Funeral services for longtime area resident, Betty Louise Neal will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverends Steve and Kim Nofel will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m....

James K. "Ken" Mcwilliams

James K. "Ken" Mcwilliams

Jan 10, 2006

JAMES K. “KEN” MCWILLIAMS Memorial services for Cortez resident, James K. “Ken” McWilliams will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2006 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Reverends Steve and Kim Noefel will be officiating. A reception will follow the service at Mr. McWilliams’ former residence located at 28019 Road M. Ken McWilliams was born June 2, 1918...