Arthur A. Cressler
May 10, 2005
ARTHUR A. CRESSLER Graveside services for Arthur A. Cressler, a longtime Ucolo Route resident will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Pastor Mike Farren will be officiating. Art was born May 9, 1923 in Hoxie, Kans. the son of Oris and Etta (Metheny) Cressler. He passed away at his home on Tuesday,...
Donna Rae Wagoner
May 10, 2005
DONNA RAE WAGONER Graveside memorial services for Donna Rae Wagoner will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at the Arriola Cemetery. Donna was born the daughter of Jesse Lorn and Irene Mae (Freidenberger) Miller on January 4, 1947 in Denver, Colo. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. She was 58 years...
Claud Ernest Maslen
May 6, 2005
CLAUD ERNEST MASLEN Graveside services for longtime area resident, Claud Ernest Maslen will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11 at the Cahone Cemetery. His grandson, Tucker Palmer will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled Wednesday morning at the Ertel Memorial Chapel from 9 a.m. until noon. Claud was born on January 25, 1911 in El Dorado...
Donna Maxine Becker
May 5, 2005
DONNA MAXINE BECKER Donna Maxine Becker passed away at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos on Thursday, May 5, 2005 at the age of 64. She was born the daughter of Emerald and Grace (Anderson) Patrick in Redlands, Calif. on September 27, 1941. She married Robert Becker in Tucson, Ariz. on January 8, 1964. Together they celebrated forty-one years...
Vera Electa Hays
Apr 30, 2005
VERA ELECTA HAYS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Vera Electa Hays will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 6 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Bud Rousett will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday, May 5 at the Ertel Chapel from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Vera was...
Leon Daniel Seitz
Apr 29, 2005
LEON DANIEL “L.D.” SEITZ Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Leon Daniel “L.D.” Seitz will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3 at the Cortez Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, County Road M Chapel. Interment will follow at the Goodman Point Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at...
Charles David "Happy" Foote
Apr 28, 2005
CHARLES DAVID 'HAPPY' FOOTE Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Charles David Foote will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Nucla Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled at 8 a.m. prior to the service Monday morning. Happy was born on January 29, 1919 in Ackman, Colo. the...
Victor Joseph Jacobs
Apr 28, 2005
VICTOR JOSEPH JACOBS Funeral services for Victor Joseph Jacobs, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Visitation and Rosary services will be held Monday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Vic was born January 7, 1921...
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...