Jul 12, 2004

VEDA VIOLA WILSON Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Veda Viola Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 19 at the Arriola Bible Church. A dinner for family and friends will be held immediately following at the Arriola Community Center. Veda was born on March 17, 1926 in Springfield, Colo. the daughter of Hervie Hudson and Hazel...

Jul 5, 2004

ALLEN COLES TOMPKINS Funeral services for Allen Coles Tompkins, a longtime resident of Mancos will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 at St. Barnabas of The Valley Episcopal Church. Reverend Erika Myer and Deacon Cindy Irvin will officiate. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery where military graveside services will be conducted. Allen was born the...

Jul 3, 2004

MARIANNA RAMSAY Marianna Ramsay passed away at her home in Mancos, on Saturday, July 3, 2004 at the age of 61. She was born the daughter of William Archibald and Ida Marie (Koch) Ramsay on Oct. 2, 1942 in Louisville, Ky. Marianna owned and operated Southwest Ceramics of Mancos. A true humanitarian, Marianna used her business as an opportunity to...

Jul 2, 2004

VALOIS JOHN ESPINOZA Funeral services for Cortez resident, Valois John Espinoza will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 8 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with military services being conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. A prayer vigil has been...

Jul 2, 2004

HERNO HERBERT STACHER Graveside services for former area resident, Herno Herbert Stacher will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 14 at the Towaoc Cemetery. The Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 will be conducting Military Graveside Services. Herno was born on June 24, 1923 in Santa Fe, NM the son of Herbert and Alice (Becenti) Stacher. He passed...

Jun 30, 2004

WILLIAM THOMAS “TOM” HILL Funeral services for William Thomas Hill a resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Jonathan Bland of the New Hope Ministries will officiate. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel....

Jun 29, 2004

HOMER SELLARD Services for longtime Cortez resident, Homer Sellard will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 3 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. Military graveside services will be conducted by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Visitation has been set for Saturday morning at the Ertel Chapel from 9 a.m. until...

Jun 23, 2004

ANDERSON ODEM WHITENER It is August 25, 1919, as the small town of Harrisburg, Okla. and George and Annie Whitener welcome into this world a son. For the rest of his lie the world will know him as Anderson Odem Whitener – we call him daddy. When Andy was around eight years old, the Whitener family, including two sisters, Reta...

Jun 22, 2004

RUTHELLEN POLLAN Memorial services for Blanding, Utah resident, Ruthellen Pollan will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 28 at the Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding. Ruthellen was born on January 9, 1941 in Bronx, N.Y. to Robert and Harriet (Morganstein) Pollan. She passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home in...

Jun 19, 2004

HELEN HARVEY TSO Funeral services for lifelong Aneth resident, Helen Harvey Tso will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2004 at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Helen was born on October 25, 1922 in Lukachukai, Ariz. the daughter of Navajo and Mary (Jay) Jack. She passed away...

Jun 18, 2004

ROBERT M. 'BOBBY' MYERS Services for lifelong Cortez resident, Robert M. 'Bobby' Myers will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23 at the Arriola Community Center. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Interment is to follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Bobby was born on May 28, 1962 in Longmont, Colo. to Robert Berton and Shirley (Bertron) Myers. He passed...

Jun 18, 2004

REBECCA GERTRUDE DAVIS Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Rebecca Gertrude Davis will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24 at Out Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Father Derrek Scott will officiate. Interement will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Rosary services have been set for Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Rebecca,...

Jun 14, 2004

JAMES ROY ROBERTS Memorial services for lifelong area resident, James Roy Roberts will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 17 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Mr. Hunt Zumwalt will officiate. Jim was born in Mancos on May 3, 1934, the son of Edwin Amos and Florence (Hightchew) Roberts. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Monday,...

Jun 13, 2004

HOWARD VAN PELT Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident, Howard Van Pelt will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Howard was born on October 7, 1923 in Calistoga, Calif. the son of Harrison M. and Dora F. (Maxfield) Van Pelt. He passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2004 at the Heart Hospital...

Jun 12, 2004

BOBBY JACK BATES, SR. Funeral services for Mancos resident, Bobby Jack Bates, Sr. will be held in Texas. A Memorial services will be held in Mancos at a later date. Bobby was born on March 12, 2004 the son of Albert J. and Meady M. (Grounds) Bates. He passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at the Mercy Medical Center...

Jun 12, 2004

PHILIP ANDREW BALMFORTH Memorial services for Cortez resident, Philip Andrew Balmforth will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 21 at the First Baptist Church in Cortez. The church has generously offered to host a lunch immediately following the service. Philip was born on November 12, 1957 in Oxnard, Calif. the son of Stanford Cleworth and Barbara (Deigst) Balmforth....

Jun 9, 2004

EDITH MARY LEE ENGLISH Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Edith Mary Lee English will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Gary Fowler will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Edith was born on March 11, 1933 in Webber Falls, Oklahoma the daughter of Jim and Ida Mae...

Jun 8, 2004

DONALD ROBERT TURNER Memorial services for Cortez resident, Donald Robert Turner will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2004 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Donald was born on August 25, 1987 in Tooele, Utah the son of Kenneth Lee and Cheryl Lynn (Whiteley) Turner. He passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in...

Jun 6, 2004

FALLE ROHDE JENSEN Falle Rohde Jensen was born on December 27, 1919 in Svinninge, Denmark the son of Lars Peter and Caroline Rohde (Pedersen) Jensen. He passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2004 at his daughter's home in Cortez at the age of 84. Falle is survived by his three children, Sussie Valles of Copenhagen, Denmark, Jeanna Jensen of Cortez,...

Jun 2, 2004