Gary William Schafer
Apr 25, 2005
GARY WILLIAM SCHAFER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Gary William Schafer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 29 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. Doug Carver will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3:30 until 5 p.m. Gary was born...
Virginia D. Lancaster
Apr 25, 2005
VIRGINIA D. “NANNY” LANCASTER Funeral services for former longtime Cortez resident, Virginia D. Lancaster will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Virginia was born October 16, 1925 at Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Charlie Nelson and Delphia Irene (Freeman) Douglas. She passed...
Randi Raquel Reed
Apr 24, 2005
RANDI RAQUEL REED Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Randi Raquel Reed will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at Cortez Elks Lodge #1789. Visitation has been set for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Randi was born in Cortez on March 3, 1976, the daughter of Brad and Mindy Jean...
Dillard O. Duran
Apr 21, 2005
DILLARD O. DURAN Funeral services for Dillard O. Duran, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 28 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Matt Segebart of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 conducting military services. Visitation has...
Peggy Ann Roe
Apr 20, 2005
PEGGY ANN ROE Funeral services for lifelong area resident Peggy Ann Roe will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 25 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jonathan Bland of New Hope Christian Ministries will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Peggy was born the daughter of Lee Curtis and Eva Elizabeth (Stevenson) Duncan on November 24,...
Alvina L. Dresch
Apr 18, 2005
ALVINA L. DRESCH Graveside services for former Mancos resident, Alvina L. Dresch will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 25 at the Cortez Cemetery. Alvina was born on February 14, 1908 in Brooklyn, N.Y. the daughter of Christian and Augusta (Burgstaller) Lutz. She passed away on Monday, April 18, 2005 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in West...
James Benjamin Presson
Apr 14, 2005
JAMES BENJAMIN PRESSON Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident, James Benjamin Presson will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. A private interment was later held. Jim was born on April 22, 1926 in El Paso, Tex. the son of Harry and Frances (Carsrud) Presson. He passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2005...
George Foster
Apr 14, 2005
GEORGE FOSTER Services for Cortez resident, George Foster are pending with the Ertel Funeral Home. George was born September 23, 1924 and passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at his home in Cortez at the age of 80.
Robert Lee Wright Sr.
Apr 13, 2005
ROBERT LEE WRIGHT SR. Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Lee “Bob” Wright Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 18 at the Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor Jimmy Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military services being provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Bob was born the son of...
Emily Rose Laner Nez
Apr 13, 2005
EMILY ROSE LANER NEZ Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Emily Rose Laner Nez will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 18 at The Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. A wake has been scheduled for Sunday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at 1418 Lafayette Street in Towaoc. Emily was born on July 15, 1950 in...
Judith Sue Smith
Apr 12, 2005
JUDITH SUE SMITH Funeral services for Judith Sue Smith, originally of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cortez. Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Sue passed away on April 12, 2005 at the age of 65 in Marin County, Calif. She was...
Lorene Tobin
Apr 10, 2005
LORENE TOBIN Memorial services for Lorene Tobin, a longtime resident of this area, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Her remains will be buried at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Lorene was born October 12, 1926 in Denver, Colo. to Sylvestus Henry and Marguerite “Ruth” (Patterson) Holtzclaw. She passed away...
Raymond Leo Murphy
Apr 9, 2005
RAYMOND LEO MURPHY Memorial services for Cortez resident, Raymond Leo Murphy will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 at the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Both the Ute Mountain Legion Post and Mancos VFW Post will conduct the services. Raymond was born June 18, 1921 at Luton, Iowa to Ruth Bernice (Montgomery) and Lawrence Patrick Murphy....
Preston "Sam" Porter
Apr 7, 2005
PRESTON “SAM” PORTER Preston “Sam” Porter passed away in his Mancos home on Thursday, April 7. Born to O.O. and Lora Mae Porter at Brookaton, Texas on May 13, 1944, Sam was a rodeo rider, an accomplished welder and painter, and worked as a heavy equipment mechanic for CFI in Pueblo for many years. He leaves his wife, Loraleigh of...
Evelyn Juanita Green
Apr 6, 2005
EVELYN JUANITA GREEN Funeral services for lifelong Dolores resident, Evelyn Juanita Green will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at the Dolores Southern Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 3 to 5 p.m. Evelyn was born to Leonard and Grace...
Charles Melvin Combs Sr.
Apr 5, 2005
CHARLES MELVIN COMBS SR. Funeral services for Dolores resident, Charles Melvin Combs Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Mountain View Baptist Church located at 16302 Road 30.5 on Summit Ridge. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Roy Venson will officiate. Visitation has been set for Friday afternoon at the Ertel...
Tracy Gene Lopez
Apr 5, 2005
TRACY GENE LOPEZ Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Tracy Gene Lopez will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 11 at the Boyd Lopez residence located on Highway 491. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A Wake will be held Sunday evening at the Boyd Lopez residence beginning at 6 p.m. Tracy was born the son of Bill...
Edith C. Hinton
Apr 5, 2005
EDITH C. HINTON Graveside services for longtime Farmington resident, Edith C. Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 8, 2005 at the Cortez Cemetery. Edith was born on January 3, 1912 at Ione, Wash. the daughter of Alva Eddie and Clara Mae (Dennison) Brown. She entered heaven on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at the LifeCare Center of...
Mary Magdeline Hite
Apr 4, 2005
MARY MAGDELINE HITE Funeral services for Cortez resident, Mary Magdeline Hite will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Interment services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Hayden Cemetery in Hayden, Colo. Rosary services and visitation will be held Wednesday evening at the...
Samuel George Bland
Apr 3, 2005
SAMUEL GEORGE BLAND Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident, Samuel George Bland will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Jonathan Bland will be officiating. Sam was born on March 27, 1937 in rural Bayfield, Colo. the son of Jack David and Ann (Cooper) Bland. He passed away on Sunday, April 3,...
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