Thelma Jane Yoder
Dec 31, 2022
THELMA JANE (PALMER) YODER
Thelma Jane Palmer was born on December 12, 1932 to Floyd and Martha Palmer in Narvon, Pennsylvania. She spent her childhood in Beantown, PA with her 3 brothers (Jim, Richard, and Barney) and 1 sister (Peg).
Thelma married Raymond David Yoder in May of 1953. They settled in New Holland, PA, where she worked as a secretary. While...
Cubazell Cassaday
Dec 29, 2022
CUBAZELL CASSADAY
Memorial services for Cubazell Cassaday will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Cubazell Cassaday was born on her family’s farm in Pleasant View, CO to her parents Leon Edward and Flossie Edna Cassaday. She had a half sister named Mamie Lee Routt. She leaves behind her oldest son Jeff Wilmarth and his...
Yvonne Marie Doerfer
Dec 26, 2022
Yvonne Marie Doerfer passed away peacefully in her own home under Montezuma Hospice Care, surrounded by her family on December 26, 2022 in Mancos, Colorado.
Yvonne is the daughter of Ray and Elva Bates, and was born November 8,1934, in Hugaton, Kansas.
She has one sister, Mary Maxine Bates Walters, 92, residing in Phoenix, Arizona.
She is survived by her husband, Pete E....
Peggy Joyce Ayers
Dec 23, 2022
Peggy Joyce (Carter) Ayers 91 passed away on December 23, 2022 at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah.
She was born July 3, 1931 in Brooking, SD to Alonzo Elsworth Carter and Lillie May (Howe) Carter. She was married to David Wesley Ayers on December 12, 1949 in Florence, AZ. For 73 years they always had kids around, either their own...
Naomi June Grist
Dec 22, 2022
Naomi June Grist was born May 18, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas to Valma and Arden Pond. She passed away peacefully at Vista Grande Skilled Nursing in Cortez, Colorado on December 22, 2022. June, Juney or Junebug, as others referred to her, was 97 years old. She will be remembered for her love of the Lord and devotion to her family,...
Logan Boyde Birch
Dec 15, 2022
LOGAN BOYDE BIRCH
Funeral services for Logan Boyde Birch will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2022 at Arriola Bible Church. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery.
Logan was born March 24, 2002 in Cortez the son of Juston Bradley and Cristy Aleigh (Comisky) Birch. He passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand...
Larry Neil Haynie
Dec 13, 2022
Larry Neil Haynie was born September 16, 1945 in Corsicana, Texas to Rossi Wayne “Mutt” Haynie and Mary Emma “Marie” Quinn Haynie. He was the second of three, with an older brother, Ronnie and a younger sister, Sharon. He graduated from Kerens High School in 1963. He was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and served in Vietnam....
Helen Ruth Stuckman
Dec 11, 2022
Helen Ruth Stuckman was born April 13, 1946 in Vernon, Texas, the daughter of Charles Daniel and Eva Rena (Cross) Shipman. She passed away on December 11, 2022 at Junction Creek Health & Rehabilitation Center in Durango at the age of 76.
Surviving Helen are her children, Vicki Lynn Cundiff, Cindy Lee Stuckman, James W. Stuckman (Georgia Ward), and Evalena May...
John Keith Hart
Dec 11, 2022
JOHN KEITH HART
Funeral services for John Keith Hart will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday evening at Ertel Chapel from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
John was born September 20, 1988 in Shiprock, N.M. the son of Nancy Ann (Whiteman) and Phillip...
Philip Alan Weiser
Dec 8, 2022
PHILIP ALAN WEISER
Philip Alan Weiser was born April 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minn. the son of Philip and Marilyn (Madlin) Weiser. He passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Beehive Assisted Living Center in Cortez at the age of 73.
Surviving Philip are his longtime partner, Hilde Norton of Cortez; his mother and step-father, Marilyn and Eldin Johnson of Watford...
Teodoro Malca Ramirez
Dec 6, 2022
Funeral Services for Cortez resident Teodoro Malca Ramirez will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment to follow at Webber Cemetery in Mancos, Colorado.
Teodoro was born April 1, 1937 in Lima, Peru the son of Justiniano Malca Suarez and Santo Irene Ramirez. He passed away...
Donald Miller Steerman
Nov 26, 2022
Donald was born October 16th, 1937, at the Johnson Clinic in Cortez, CO to Helen Francis Miller Steerman and Gorham Fredric Steerman. He was the second child of three, older sister, Janelle and younger sister, Beverly. Don spent his first 17 years on the family farm in the Lakeview Community. He attended grades 1 thru 8 at Lake View Elementary...
Kern Douglas Washington
Nov 26, 2022
Memorial services for Towaoc resident Kern Douglas Washington will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Rick Wells will officiate.
Kern Washington was born February 17, 1964 in Cortez, Colorado the son of Kern Edward Washington Sr. and Rose Mary Mills. He passed away on Saturday, November...
Dalton "Bubba" Robert Janz
Nov 24, 2022
Dalton Robert Janz of Mancos, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly on November 24, 2022 at his home at the age of 22. Dalton was loved by everyone he came in contact with. His goofy, sweet demeanor could make anyone smile. Dalton was born in Durango, Colorado on December 17, 1999.
If you knew Dalton you knew he loved his dog, his Ford,...
Michael Joe Grilliett
Nov 20, 2022
A celebration of life for Cortez resident Michael Joe Grilliett will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2022 at the Dolores Community Center.
Michael was born July 23, 1957 in Oakridge, OR the son of L.E. and Beverly Jean (Johnson) Grilliett. He passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Mercy Hospital at the age of 65.
Michael was...
Dorothy June Head
Nov 18, 2022
Dorothy June Head age 93, passed away on November 18, 2022. She was born in Cortez, Colorado, the first child of Dorothy Bernadine Dunning and Clarence Ray Smith. Her brother, Richard Ray “Dick” Smith was born in Cortez in 1934 and passed away in 1999. June’s childhood during the depression and the Second World War was spent at home with...
Robin Diane Haggard
Nov 18, 2022
Robin Diane Haggard was born August 8th, 1961 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to her mother, Jerry Sue Smith and her father, Olan Stanley Smith. She is the younger sibling of David Smith. She attended school in Paramount, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
After school Robin became a bartender and studied to get her CDL as a hazmat driver for Flying J...
Wilma Nadine Flowers
Nov 16, 2022
WILMA NADINE FLOWERS
On a homestead north of Narraguinip Lake in Lewis, Colorado. Wilma Nadine Cothern was born March 13, 1933. To Loyd and Nannie Cothern. Wilma was the 2nd child of 6 born to this union. The only daughter along with 5 brothers. Rendal, Jack, Eldred, Joe and Dean. All born at the Homestead. Wilma grew up helping the family...
Kevin Hatch
Nov 15, 2022
KEVIN HATCH
Funeral service for Kevin Hatch will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5:30-7:30p.m.at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Kevin was born May 16, 1966 in Cortez the son of Kathleen Ann (Tobias) and Louis Truman Hatch. He passed...
David Fabian
Nov 15, 2022
DAVID FABIAN
David Fabian was born November 2, 1947 in California the son of Edna Mae (Carbo) and George Fabian. He passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 75.
Surviving David are his longtime companion, Susan Keyes of Rico; his son, Robert Fabian (Melissa) of Redlands, Calif.; his grandson, Xander Fabian; and by his...
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