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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
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
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
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...
Florence Rose (Craig) Caldwell
Dec 17, 2005
FLORENCE ROSE (CRAIG) CALDWELL Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Florence Rose (Craig) Caldwell will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 at the Dolores First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Walther Olsen will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel....
Terry Lee Maestas
Dec 16, 2005
TERRY LEE MAESTAS Funeral services for former Dolores resident, Terry Lee Maestas will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. A Prayer vigil has been scheduled for Tuesday evening at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church at...
Ruby Frances Harmon
Dec 14, 2005
RUBY FRANCES HARMON Funeral services for Cortez resident, Ruby Frances Harmon will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 22 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Ron Horne will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday morning at the Ertel Chapel from 10:30 until 12:00 p.m. Ruby was born on...
James H. "Jim" Leslie
Dec 13, 2005
JAMES H. “JIM” LESLIE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, James H. “Jim” Leslie will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, December 16, 2005 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Pastor Jeff McDonell will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 5 to 7 p.m. Jim was born on March...
Nancy Jean Tyler
Dec 12, 2005
NANCY JEAN TYLER Longtime Dolores resident, Nancy Jean Tyler was born on October 2, 1921 in Roundup, Mont. the daughter of Oscar and Myrtle (Barr) Goepel. She passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2005 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez at the age of 84. Jean was a Postmaster for the United States Post Office in Mexican Hat,...
Jan Wade Vaughan
Dec 11, 2005
JAN WADE VAUGHAN Jan Wade Vaughan passed away Dec. 11, 2005, at Southwest Memorial Hospital. No services are planned at this time. A Quaker meeting for worship for remembrance will be held at a place, time and date to be announced, followed by a celebration of her memory. Her remains have been cremated. Jan was born on June 7, 1945,...
Earl Thomas "Tom" Decker
Dec 10, 2005
EARL THOMAS 'TOM' DECKER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Earl Thomas Decker will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at the Webber Cemetery in Mancos. A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in the Baptismal Room at the...
Ed Wells
Dec 9, 2005
ED WELLS Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Ed Wells will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake has been scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. Ed was born on May 3, 1923 in McElmo Canyon, Colo. the...
Helen Lucille Myers Leavell
Dec 8, 2005
HELEN LUCILLE MYERS LEAVELL Memorial services for lifelong area resident Helen Lucille Myers Leavell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3to 5 p.m. Helen was born on February 3, 1940 in Cortez the...
Ray Merlin
Dec 6, 2005
RAY MERLIN Graveside services for former area resident Ray Merlin will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 12 at the Cortez Cemetery. A visitation is scheduled for Monday morning at the Ertel Chapel from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Ray was born on September 29, 1915 the son of Pete and Katie (Phifer) Zmerzlikar. He passed away on...
Margaret Cherry Campbell
Dec 6, 2005
MARGARET CHERRY CAMPBELL Services for Cortez resident, Margaret Cherry Campbell are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. Cherry was born on July 17, 1918 in Glasgow, Scotland the daughter of John and Margaret Mathilda (Simpson) Kerr. She passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 in Cortez at the age of 87.
Margaret Cherry Campbell
Dec 6, 2005
MARGARET CHERRY CAMPBELL Memorial services for Cortez resident, Margaret Cherry Campbell will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Red Mesa. Inurnment will follow at the Marvel Cemetery in Marvel, Colo. Bishop Trent Taylor will be officiating. Cherry was born on July 17, 1918 in Glasgow, Scotland the...
Mc Turner
Dec 5, 2005
MC TURNER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident and former Dove Creek resident, MC Turner will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, December 8 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. MC was born the son of Louis Badger and...
Albert Flossmann
Dec 2, 2005
ALBERT FLOSSMANN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Albert Flossmann will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. A prayer vigil has been scheduled at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the Catholic Church. Albert was born...
Anthony Ramos "Tony" Valdez
Dec 1, 2005
ANTHONY RAMOS VALDEZ Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Anthony Ramos Valdez will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A prayer vigil has been scheduled at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 5 at the Catholic Church. Tony was born on March 30, 1938...
Warren Weatherly
Nov 30, 2005
WARREN WEATHERLY Warren Weatherly is survived by his ever loving wife Carla, children Sol and Jen. Parents Sue Addams, Richard Weatherly & Barb Weatherly. Brother Scott Weatherly & sister Katie Weatherly. Remembrance in McElmo Canyon Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.
Jonas Light
Nov 30, 2005
JONAS LIGHT Funeral services for Jonas Light, a lifelong resident of the area will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, December 3 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Jonas was born May 7, 1958 in Cortez the son of Willie Light Sr. and Sybil Mae Hight. He passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at Southwest Memorial...
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