Obituaries

Darlene Jo Leavell

Darlene Jo Leavell

Sep 25, 2005

DARLENE JO LEAVELL Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Dolores resident, Darlene Jo Leavell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Jimmy Kennedy will be officiating. Darlene was born on January 24, 1944 in Montrose, Colo. the daughter of Clifford Spry and Wilma Jean (Hutton) Sparks. She passed away on Sunday,...

James Kent Fitzgerald

James Kent Fitzgerald

Sep 24, 2005

JAMES 'KENT' FITZGERALD James 'Kent' Fitzgerald was born on June 18, 1942 in Cortez the son of James and Doreen (Blaine) Fitzgerald. He passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango. He was 63 years old. Kent is survived by his wife, Jeanne Fitzgerald of Mancos; his mother, Doreen Fitzgerald of Cortez; his children, Darin...

Joy Vanburen

Joy Vanburen

Sep 19, 2005

JOY VANBUREN Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Joy VanBuren will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 23 at the Arriola Bible Church. Pastor Kent Slyter will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery. Joy was born on January 20, 1951 in Cortez the daughter of Audrey Eugene and Maybell (Hollen) Wayman. She passed away on...

Judy Lee Guy

Judy Lee Guy

Sep 19, 2005

JUDY GUY Cortez resident, Judy Lee Guy was born on August 26, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio the daughter of Bernard and Leveda (Moore) Yuknawicz. She died on Monday, September 19, 2005 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home. Her son, Michael, was born in 1963. She was married in 1967 to Howard W. Guy and she had a second son, David....

Raymond Candelaria

Raymond Candelaria

Sep 18, 2005

RAYMOND CANDELARIA Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Raymond “Ray” Candelaria, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military services being conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion. Visitation has been set for Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the...

Ray Candelaria

Ray Candelaria

Sep 18, 2005

RAY CANDELARIA Services for longtime area resident, Ray Candelaria are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Ray passed away in Grand Junction, Colo. on Sunday, September 18, 2005.

Deanna Striley Greager

Deanna Striley Greager

Sep 18, 2005

DEANNA STRILEY GREAGER Funeral services for lifelong area resident, DeAnna Striley Greager will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. DeAnna was born on January 26, 1940 in Grand Junction, Colo. the daughter of Bruce and Alice (Gardner) Striley. She passed away on Sunday, September 18,...

Howard Curtis Miller

Howard Curtis Miller

Sep 17, 2005

HOWARD CURTIS MILLER Graveside services for area resident, Howard Curtis Miller will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 22 at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos. Howard was born on October 19, 1935 in Hutchinson, Kans. the son of Charles E. and Jessie Louemmjane (Evans) Miller. He passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at the Veterans Administration...

Eddie Elizabeth Sahlen

Eddie Elizabeth Sahlen

Sep 17, 2005

EDDIE ELIZABETH SAHLEN Longtime Dolores resident, Eddie Elizabeth Sahlen was born on October 7, 1913 in Pearsall, Tex. the daughter of Edd and Edna (Haynes) Coleman. She passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at her niece’s residence in Mancos. Eddie was 91 years old. On September 22, 1945 in Burbank, Calif. Eddie married the late Henry Peterson Sahlen. She...

Luella M. Morey

Luella M. Morey

Sep 17, 2005

LUELLA M. MOREY Luella M. Morey was born on September 6, 1928 in Wolf Point, Mont. the daughter of John H. and Alma (Sletvold) Herting. She passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. On November 11, 1947 Luella married the late Dennis Lee Morey in Wolf Point, Mont. With this...

Joseph Valois Espinoza

Joseph Valois Espinoza

Sep 14, 2005

JOSEPH VALOIS ESPINOZA Funeral services for Joseph Valois Espinoza, 25 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20 at Parque de Vida with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Seating is limited at the gazebo so guests are asked to bring a chair. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Monday evening...

Carlos Jaime Martinez

Carlos Jaime Martinez

Sep 14, 2005

CARLOS JAIME MARTINEZ Funeral services for Carlos Jaime Martinez, 21 of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20 at Parque de Vida with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Seating is limited at the gazebo so guests are asked to bring a chair. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Monday evening...

Leonard Walter Ward

Leonard Walter Ward

Sep 11, 2005

LEONARD WALTER WARD Memorial services for former longtime, Cortez resident, Leonard Walter Ward will be held at 11 a.m. on Wedensday, September 21 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Leonard was born on November 7, 1932 in Cortez the son of Glen Leroy and Sylvia May (Baysinger) Ward. He passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at his home in Roseburg,...

Jessie Ann Bitsilly

Jessie Ann Bitsilly

Sep 10, 2005

JESSIE ANN BITSILLY Funeral services for lifelong Aneth, Utah resident, Jessie Ann Bitsilly will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Jessie was born on August 28, 1922 in Aneth the daughter of Hosteen Bitsilly and Mary Lansing. She passed away on Saturday, September 10 at...

Christmas T. Parr

Christmas T. Parr

Sep 10, 2005

CHRISTMAS T. “CHRIS” PARR Funeral services for Cortez resident, Christmas T. “Chris” Parr will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will be held at a later date. Reverend Lyn Evans will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at the Ertel Chapel from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m....

Glee Dora Smith

Glee Dora Smith

Sep 10, 2005

GLEE DORA SMITH Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Glee Dora Smith will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16, 2005 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Glee was born on August 15, 1912 in Hammond, Okla. the daughter of Charlie D. and Vivian G. (Marrow) Farni. She passed away on...

Generva Thomasien Omo

Generva Thomasien Omo

Aug 29, 2005

GENEVRA THOMASIEN OMO Memorial services for lifelong resident, Genevra Thomasien Omo will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Reverend Erika Meyer will be officiating. Thomas Howard Omo delivered a baby girl on July 25, 1911 at his home on Montezuma Avenue. That baby girl was Genevra. She lived in that same...

Charles A. Jeter

Charles A. Jeter

Aug 28, 2005

CHARLES A. JETER Memorial services for Farmington resident, Charles A. Jeter will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 2, 2005 at the Cortez Evangel Assembly Church. Pastor Steven Marcus will be officiating. Charles was born on August 3, 1962 in Cortez, the son of Tommy and Delvina (Sutherland) Jeter. He passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2005 in...

Leon Bryan "Hoot" Walker, Jr.

Leon Bryan "Hoot" Walker, Jr.

Aug 28, 2005

LEON BRYAN 'HOOT' WALKER JR. Services for Dolores resident, Leon Bryan 'Hoot' Walker, Jr. will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, September 2, 2005 at the family residence located at 24601 County Road U. Hoot was born on June 9, 1925 in Gulf Port, Miss., the son of Leon Bryan Walker, Sr. and Gertrude Violet (Cook) Walker. He passed away...

Ladorna Mae Torrence

Ladorna Mae Torrence

Aug 26, 2005

LADORNA MAE TORRENCE Graveside service for longtime Cortez resident, LaDorna Mae Torrence will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at the Goodman Point Cemetery. Pastor Jimmie Kennedy will be officiating. Mae was born on January 21, 1911 in Enumclaw, Wash., the daughter of William Edgar and Kate LaDorna (Lent) Searcy. She passed away on Friday, August...