Zelma Hicks Witham
Jan 6, 2023
Zelma Hicks Witham was born April 26, 1931 in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Herbert Jordan and Joyce Winefred (Brown) Hicks. She passed away on the morning of Friday, January 6, 2023 at her daughter’s home at the age of 91.
Surviving Zelma is her daughter Dottie Jean Williams (Roger) of Cortez; her stepdaughter Earlene Pearl Lawrence of West Warwick, Rhode...
Brian Boise Grubbs
Jan 5, 2023
BRIAN BOISE GRUBBS
Brian Boise Grubbs, 80, of Dolores, Colorado, passed away January 5th 2023.
He was born on February 1st 1942, to Votaw and Judy Grubbs in Spokane, Washington.
Brian was born in Washington to a family of loggers. Early in his childhood they relocated to Central America, to farm sugarcane. After realizing the sugarcane industry wasn’t as “fun as logging” his...
Don Akin
Jan 1, 2023
DON AKIN
Don Akin left this world from home in Cortez on the morning of January 1, 2023 at the age of 70. Don was born in Durango, Colo. on January 2, 1952 to Don Akin Sr. and Lois (Johnson) Akin.
Don attended school in Dolores, Colo. graduating in 1970. He attended Mesa State in Grand Junction, Colo. while it was still...
Betty A Shearston
Jan 1, 2023
Betty A. Shearston was born August 29, 1936 in Englewood, CO the daughter of Paul Herbert and Bessie Agnes (Naylor) King. She passed away on Monday, January 1, 2023 at her residence at the age of 86.
Surviving Betty are her children, Paul Shearston of Dolores, CO and Lisa Shearston of Bayfield, CO; her grandchildren Jenni Ann Shearston of New York...
Thelma Jane Yoder
Dec 31, 2022
THELMA JANE (PALMER) YODER
Thelma Jane Palmer was born on December 12, 1932 to Floyd and Martha Palmer in Narvon, Pennsylvania. She spent her childhood in Beantown, PA with her 3 brothers (Jim, Richard, and Barney) and 1 sister (Peg).
Thelma married Raymond David Yoder in May of 1953. They settled in New Holland, PA, where she worked as a secretary. While...
Cubazell Cassaday
Dec 29, 2022
CUBAZELL CASSADAY
Memorial services for Cubazell Cassaday will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Cubazell Cassaday was born on her family’s farm in Pleasant View, CO to her parents Leon Edward and Flossie Edna Cassaday. She had a half sister named Mamie Lee Routt. She leaves behind her oldest son Jeff Wilmarth and his...
Yvonne Marie Doerfer
Dec 26, 2022
Yvonne Marie Doerfer passed away peacefully in her own home under Montezuma Hospice Care, surrounded by her family on December 26, 2022 in Mancos, Colorado.
Yvonne is the daughter of Ray and Elva Bates, and was born November 8,1934, in Hugaton, Kansas.
She has one sister, Mary Maxine Bates Walters, 92, residing in Phoenix, Arizona.
She is survived by her husband, Pete E....
Peggy Joyce Ayers
Dec 23, 2022
Peggy Joyce (Carter) Ayers 91 passed away on December 23, 2022 at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah.
She was born July 3, 1931 in Brooking, SD to Alonzo Elsworth Carter and Lillie May (Howe) Carter. She was married to David Wesley Ayers on December 12, 1949 in Florence, AZ. For 73 years they always had kids around, either their own...
Naomi June Grist
Dec 22, 2022
Naomi June Grist was born May 18, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas to Valma and Arden Pond. She passed away peacefully at Vista Grande Skilled Nursing in Cortez, Colorado on December 22, 2022. June, Juney or Junebug, as others referred to her, was 97 years old. She will be remembered for her love of the Lord and devotion to her family,...
Logan Boyde Birch
Dec 15, 2022
LOGAN BOYDE BIRCH
Funeral services for Logan Boyde Birch will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2022 at Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery.
Logan was born March 24, 2002 in Cortez the son of Juston Bradley and Cristy Aleigh (Comisky) Birch. He passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand...
Larry Neil Haynie
Dec 13, 2022
Larry Neil Haynie was born September 16, 1945 in Corsicana, Texas to Rossi Wayne “Mutt” Haynie and Mary Emma “Marie” Quinn Haynie. He was the second of three, with an older brother, Ronnie and a younger sister, Sharon. He graduated from Kerens High School in 1963. He was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and served in Vietnam....
Helen Ruth Stuckman
Dec 11, 2022
Helen Ruth Stuckman was born April 13, 1946 in Vernon, Texas, the daughter of Charles Daniel and Eva Rena (Cross) Shipman. She passed away on December 11, 2022 at Junction Creek Health & Rehabilitation Center in Durango at the age of 76.
Surviving Helen are her children, Vicki Lynn Cundiff, Cindy Lee Stuckman, James W. Stuckman (Georgia Ward), and Evalena May...
John Keith Hart
Dec 11, 2022
JOHN KEITH HART
Funeral services for John Keith Hart will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at Ertel Chapel from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
John was born September 20, 1988 in Shiprock, N.M. the son of Nancy Ann (Whiteman) and Phillip...
Philip Alan Weiser
Dec 8, 2022
PHILIP ALAN WEISER
Philip Alan Weiser was born April 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minn. the son of Philip and Marilyn (Madlin) Weiser. He passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Beehive Assisted Living Center in Cortez at the age of 73.
Surviving Philip are his longtime partner, Hilde Norton of Cortez; his mother and step-father, Marilyn and Eldin Johnson of Watford...
Teodoro Malca Ramirez
Dec 6, 2022
Funeral Services for Cortez resident Teodoro Malca Ramirez will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment to follow at Webber Cemetery in Mancos, Colorado.
Teodoro was born April 1, 1937 in Lima, Peru the son of Justiniano Malca Suarez and Santo Irene Ramirez. He passed away...
Donald Miller Steerman
Nov 26, 2022
Donald was born October 16th, 1937, at the Johnson Clinic in Cortez, CO to Helen Francis Miller Steerman and Gorham Fredric Steerman. He was the second child of three, older sister, Janelle and younger sister, Beverly. Don spent his first 17 years on the family farm in the Lakeview Community. He attended grades 1 thru 8 at Lake View Elementary...
Kern Douglas Washington
Nov 26, 2022
Memorial services for Towaoc resident Kern Douglas Washington will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Rick Wells will officiate.
Kern Washington was born February 17, 1964 in Cortez, Colorado the son of Kern Edward Washington Sr. and Rose Mary Mills. He passed away on Saturday, November...
Dalton "Bubba" Robert Janz
Nov 24, 2022
Dalton Robert Janz of Mancos, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly on November 24, 2022 at his home at the age of 22. Dalton was loved by everyone he came in contact with. His goofy, sweet demeanor could make anyone smile. Dalton was born in Durango, Colorado on December 17, 1999.
If you knew Dalton you knew he loved his dog, his Ford,...
Michael Joe Grilliett
Nov 20, 2022
A celebration of life for Cortez resident Michael Joe Grilliett will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2022 at the Dolores Community Center.
Michael was born July 23, 1957 in Oakridge, OR the son of L.E. and Beverly Jean (Johnson) Grilliett. He passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Mercy Hospital at the age of 65.
Michael was...
Dorothy June Head
Nov 18, 2022
Dorothy June Head age 93, passed away on November 18, 2022. She was born in Cortez, Colorado, the first child of Dorothy Bernadine Dunning and Clarence Ray Smith. Her brother, Richard Ray “Dick” Smith was born in Cortez in 1934 and passed away in 1999. June’s childhood during the depression and the Second World War was spent at home with...
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