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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
Juanita Rose "Tuttie" Dinae
Mar 25, 2005
JUANITA ROSE “TUTTIE” DINAE Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Juanita Rose “Tuttie” Dinae will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 31 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will be held at the Cortez Cemetery. Brother Don Smith will be officiating. A wake has been scheduled for Wednesday night from 8 p.m. until midnight at the Dinae residence...
George William French, Jr.
Mar 24, 2005
GEORGE WILLIAM “FRENCHIE” FRENCH, JR. Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, George William French, Jr. will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Frenchie was born on July 26, 1921 in Portland, Tex. the son of George W. and Dollye (Trice) French. He passed away on...
Patricia Jean Hart Ludemann
Mar 22, 2005
PATRICIA JEAN HART LUDEMAN Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Patricia Jean Hart Ludeman will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Lynn Evans will be officiating. Patsi was born on April 22, 1941 in Gunnison, Colo. the daughter of Edward A. and...
Billy Byron Tate
Mar 20, 2005
BILLY BYRON TATE Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Billy Byron Tate will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 28 at the Indoor Arena at Billy’s residence, located at 16900 C.R. 20 in Cortez. Billy was born on July 9, 1964 in Cortez the son of Byron F. and Judy Carolyn (Nielson) Tate. He passed away on Sunday,...
Lorna Lu Williams
Mar 20, 2005
LORNA LU WILLIAMS A Celebration of Life will be held in memory of lifelong Lorna Lu Williams at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Cahone. Lorna was born on April 14, 1934 in Cahone the daughter of Milton and Gertrude Lemoyne (Howard) Hughes. She passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2005 at the Southwest...
Sylvia Jean "Jeanne" Cox
Mar 18, 2005
SYLVIA “JEANNE” BERARDI COX Funeral services for former Cortez resident, Sylvia “Jeanne” Cox will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 24 at the Cortez Church of Christ. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Jeanne was born on February 29, 1924 in Florence, Colo. the daughter of Stephen and Nancy (McLoney) Berardi. She passed away on Friday, March...
Carolyn Adelaide Dickinson Gurd
Mar 16, 2005
CAROLYN ADELAIDE DICKINSON GURD Funeral services for Cortez resident, Carolyn Adelaide Dickinson Gurd will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Don Thompson of the Trinity Lutheran Church will be officiating. Carolyn was born February 13, 1909 in New York City, N.Y., the daughter of...
Howard Leuders Hight
Mar 14, 2005
HOWARD LEUDERS HIGHT Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Howard Leuders Hight will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Howard was born on October 3, 1939 the...
Muriel Catherine "Sue" Mcneill
Mar 10, 2005
SUE McNEILL Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Sue McNeill will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Monday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 4 to 6 p.m. Sue was born the daughter of James Addison and Elizabeth Ann (Scott)...
Filbert Kelly Randy Velasquez
Mar 5, 2005
FILBERT KELLY RANDY VELASQUEZ Memorial services for lifelong Dolores resident, Filbert Kelly Randy Velasquez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2005 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. The Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75 will be conducting military services. Randy was born on April 15, 1955 in Cortez the son of Kelly Epifanio and Lilly...
Evalena Ritthaler
Mar 4, 2005
EVALENA 'EVIE' RITTHALER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Evalena 'Evie' Ritthaler will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel with Pastor Jimmy Burton officiating. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Evie was born on October 18,...
Richard Scott Luhman
Mar 4, 2005
RICHARD S. LUHMAN Richard S. Luhman, 62, died Friday, March 4, 2005 in Cortez, Colorado. Born September 6, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Marion Lorna Quirk Luhman and Werner Scott Luhman, Rich was a practicing attorney in Cortez. He earned his B.S. at Northwestern University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Illinois Law School in 1967. After...
Janet Gay Gerlach
Mar 1, 2005
JANET GAY GERLACH Memorial services for former area resident, Janet Gay Gerlach will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 7 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 1700 E. Empire. Private graveside services will later be held at Fairview Cemetery. Janet was born on May 18, 1950 to Leo C. and Joan L. (Humphreys)...
James Sterling Ostler, Jr.
Mar 1, 2005
JAMES STERLING OSTLER, JR. James Sterling Ostler, Jr. was born on August 28, 1940 in Van Nuys, Calif. the son of James S. and Elda (Davis) Ostler, Sr. James died suddenly on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at the age of 64. Jim was an accomplished artist and author. He taught Art at the Chicago Art Institute as well as at...
Dr. Martin John Dale
Feb 26, 2005
DR. MARTIN J. DALE Dr. Martin J. Dale of Hemet, Calif. died February 26, 2005 at Redlands Health Center at the age of 82. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on March 4 at the Panorama Village Center in Hemet. Dr. Dale was born October 8, 1922 in Hanover, Pa. to Norman and Peggy Dale. He was raised...
Russell Lloyd Vanarsdale
Feb 24, 2005
RUSSELL LLOYD VANARSDALE Funeral services for former area resident, Russell Lloyd VanArsdale were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 at the Haven of Rest Funeral Home in Gig Harbor, Wash. Russ was born on June 30, 1959 in Monument Valley, Utah the son of Ralph and Virginia (Myers) VanArsdale. He passed from this life on Thursday, February 24,...
John Howard Searle
Feb 24, 2005
JOHN HOWARD SEARLE John Howard Searle of Great Falls, Montana passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at the age of 48. He was born August 3, 1956 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. John was the son of long-time Cortez residents Charles and Elizabeth Searle. Raised in Cortez, John graduated from Montezuma Cortez High School in 1975. He obtained a...
Wayne Eugene White
Feb 23, 2005
WAYNE EUGENE WHITE Funeral services for lifelong Pleasant View resident, Wayne Eugene White will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 26 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Sylvan cemetery. Gene was born on April 23, 1923 in Ackman, Colo. the son of Henry H. and Rose A. (Retherford) White. He passed away on Wednesday,...
Abraham Joseph "Joe" Jackson
Feb 23, 2005
ABRAHAM JOSEPH JACKSON Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident, Abraham Joseph Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 26 at the American Legion. Interment services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 3 at Pleasanton Memorial Gardens in Pleasanton, Calif. Joe was born on February 13, 1928 In Leon, Kans. the son of Abraham Joseph...
Willis Lewton Walton
Feb 22, 2005
WILLIS LEWTON “LEWT” WALTON Services for Mancos resident, Willis Lewton “Lewt” Walton will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 28 at St. Rita Mission in Mancos. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Sunday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Rita Mission. Lewt was born the...
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