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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
Gerald Layne Calliham
Mar 8, 2006
GERALD LAYNE CALLIHAM Memorial services for longtime Ucolo, Utah resident, Gerald Layne Calliham will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gerald was born the son of Herman Lawrence and Jewel Marguerite (Leffel) Calliham on July 2, 1934 in Ochiltree County, Texas. He passed away at his home in Ucolo on Thursday, March...
Micah Denise Finley Thomas
Mar 7, 2006
MICAH DENISE FINLEY THOMAS Graveside services for Cortez resident, Micah Denise Finley Thomas will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 10 at Cortez Cemetery. Micah was born on August 2, 1964 in Cortez, the daughter of Jimmie Aulton and Lolita Ann (Persilver) Finley. She passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at her home at the age of...
Mark Franklin Everett
Mar 6, 2006
MARK FRANKLIN EVERETT Graveside services for former Mancos resident, Mark Franklin Everett will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at Grandview 7th Ward Chapel in Provo, Utah at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8. Mark Everett died peacefully, of causes incident to old age, on Monday morning the...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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...
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