Obituaries

Georgia Roberta Pyle

Georgia Roberta Pyle

Jan 8, 2006

GEORGIA ROBERTA PYLE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Georgia Roberta Pyle will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 13 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Inurnment services will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Erika Meyer will be officiating. Georgia was born on June 9, 1917 in Lycene, Kans. the daughter of Jacob Alva and Mary...

Violet Carrie "Vi" Olin

Violet Carrie "Vi" Olin

Jan 8, 2006

VIOLET CARRIE “VI” OLIN Violet Carrie “Vi” Olin was born on April 28, 1917 in Cortez the daughter of George and Carrie Kate (Koppenhafer) Scheuerman. She passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at her home in Cortez. Vi was 88 years old. Vi graduated from the St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Denver. She went on to have an...

Loraine Adele Steves

Loraine Adele Steves

Jan 8, 2006

LORAINE A. (CRESTO) STEVES Funeral services for former area resident, Loraine A. (Cresto) Steves will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 13, 2006 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Loraine passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at 79 years of age, in Phoenix, Ariz. after a courageous battle with cancer....

Arthur Abel Marentette

Arthur Abel Marentette

Jan 8, 2006

ARTHUR ABEL MARENTETTE Cortez resident, Arthur Abel Marentette was born on April 18, 1916 in Detroit, Mich. the son of Arthur G. and Izetta (Schwartz) Marentette. He passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 89. Arthur is survived by his daughter, Diane LaChapelle of Dolores; three grandchildren; and his brother,...

Charlotte Nicholson Decausemaker

Charlotte Nicholson Decausemaker

Jan 8, 2006

CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON DECAUSEMAKER Private Funeral services were held Monday, January 09, 2006 for Cortez resident, Charlotte Nicholson DeCausemaker. Charlotte was born on August 28, 1918 in Nicholson, Ga. the daughter of Milous Kemsey and Lottie (David) Nicholson. She passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at the age of 88 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital. Surviving Charlotte are her children,...

Melvyn J. Horrocks

Melvyn J. Horrocks

Jan 6, 2006

MELVYN J. HORROCKS Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident, Melvyn J. Horrocks will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 14 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. Interment will follow at the Webber Cemetery. Bishop Lyman Bayles will be presiding. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning one hour prior to service time at...

Ruby Lee Hampton

Ruby Lee Hampton

Jan 5, 2006

RUBY LEE HAMPTON Funeral services for Cortez resident, Ruby Lee Hampton will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Matt Segebartt will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Ruby...

Miranda June Kuebler

Miranda June Kuebler

Jan 4, 2006

MIRANDA JUNE KUEBLER Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Miranda June Kuebler will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Pastor Fred Smith will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday night from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Miranda was...

Willadean Beanland

Willadean Beanland

Jan 3, 2006

WILLADEAN BEANLAND Funeral services for lifelong Cahone resident, Willadean Beanland will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 6 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Cahone Cemetery. Willadean was born on September 8, 1936 in Cahone the daughter of Clyde William and Jessie Fern (Toles) Ayers. She passed away on Tuesday, January 3,...

Irene Catherine Elizabeth Doerfer

Irene Catherine Elizabeth Doerfer

Jan 3, 2006

IRENE CATHERINE ELIZABETH DOERFER Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident, Irene Catherine Elizabeth Doerfer will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 7 at the Mancos Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3 p.m. until 5...

Lola Gertrudi Davis

Lola Gertrudi Davis

Jan 3, 2006

LOLA GERTRUDI DAVIS Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Lola Gertrudi Davis will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Interment will take place at the Lebanon Cemetery. A reception will follow interment at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon...

Heidi Gertrude Zartler

Heidi Gertrude Zartler

Jan 1, 2006

HEIDI GERTRUDE ZARTLER Services for Dolores resident, Heidi Gertrude Zartler are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Heidi was born on February 10, 1940 in Chicago, Ill. the daughter of Karl and Marie Christine (Gscheidle) Emmel. She passed away at her home in Dolores at the age of 65.

Dolly Uhrich

Dolly Uhrich

Dec 31, 2005

DOLLY UHRICH Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Dolly Uhrich will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 6 at the Arriola Bible Church. Pastor Kent Slyter will be officiating. Dolly was born on December 2, 1941 at Devils Lake, N.D. the daughter of Hugh and Kathleen (Buchscher) McMillan. She passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at the...

George Frederick Noisom Ii

George Frederick Noisom Ii

Dec 31, 2005

GEORGE FREDERICK NOISOM II Funeral services for Hesperus resident, George Frederick Noisom II will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the Red Mesa Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bishop Trent Taylor is officiating. Interment will follow at the Kline Cemetery. George was born on February 14, 1915 in Detroit, Mich. the son of...

Berneice Louise Berger

Berneice Louise Berger

Dec 29, 2005

BERNEICE LOUISE BERGER Berneice Louise Berger was born on September 28, 1919 in Abilene, Kans. the daughter of John Theodore and Anna Marie (Haslouer) Kohman. She passed away at the age of 86 on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home. On January 24, 1948 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Abilene, Kans. Berneice married Don Berger....

June R. Simmonds

June R. Simmonds

Dec 26, 2005

JUNE R. SIMMONDS June was born on June 6, 1922 in Dallas, Tex. the daughter of Elmer D. and Essie (Smith) Romans. She passed away on Friday, December 23, 2005 at the Four Corners Health Care Center at the age of 83.

Estelle Daniel Blaisdell

Estelle Daniel Blaisdell

Dec 25, 2005

ESTELLE DANIEL “BABE” BLAISDELL Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Estelle Daniel “Babe” Blaisdell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel....

Larry Cecil Wright

Larry Cecil Wright

Dec 24, 2005

LARRY CECIL WRIGHT Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Larry Cecil Wright will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Larry was born on May 30, 1939 in...

Derrick Clark

Derrick Clark

Dec 23, 2005

DERRICK CLARK Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Derrick Clark will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Terry Knight will be officiating. A visitation was scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Derrick was born on December 3,...

Chester M. Begay

Chester M. Begay

Dec 23, 2005

CHESTER M. BEGAY Funeral services for longtime area resident, Chester M. Begay will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. The Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 will be conducting military honors. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Chester was born on August 1, 1921 at...