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Recent Obituaries
Cortez, Colorado and surrounding areas
Marjory Coppinger Calhoon Smith
Jan 18, 2005
MARJORY COPPINGER CALHOON SMITH Funeral services for former area resident, Marjory Coppinger Calhoon Smith will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 26 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery. The Reverend Erika Meyer will officiate. Marjory was born on December 6, 1918 in Cortez the daughter of Elwin J. and Elva K....
George Raymond Geer
Jan 17, 2005
GEORGE RAYMOND GEER Funeral services for Cortez resident, Army Pfc. George Raymond Geer will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28 at the Dolores High School Gymnasium. Interment will follow at the Cortez Cemetery with full military honors being conducted by the U.S. Army Color Guard. George will lie in state at the Ertel Memorial Chapel Wednesday evening...
Donald Junior Harrison
Jan 16, 2005
DONALD JUNIOR HARRISON Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Donald Junior Harrison will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 21 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Don was born on September 26, 1925 in Akron, Ohio to Donald Allen and Oral (Becker) Harrison. He passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez...
Walter James Moffitt
Jan 16, 2005
WALTER JAMES MOFFITT Graveside services for former area resident, Walter James Moffitt will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 24 at the Cortez Cemetery. Walter was born on January 12, 1924 in Arizona the son of Walter James and Caroline Louise (Habermann) Moffitt. He passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at his home in San Diego, Calif....
Troy Lawson Bowling
Jan 13, 2005
TROY LAWSON BOWLING Funeral services for lifelong Mancos resident, Troy Lawson Bowling will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 21 at the First Baptist Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pastor Rick Gregory will be officiating. Troy was born on June 29, 1916 in La Madera, N.M. the son of Lawson and Ethel...
Hugh Adams Swafford
Jan 12, 2005
HUGH ADAMS SWAFFORD Hugh Adams Swafford was born on August 24, 1940 in Los Angeles, Calif. the son of Clayton L. and Ruth M. (Lally) Swafford. He passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2005 at his home in Cortez at the age of 64. Surviving Hugh are his twin daughters, Brigette and Janette. No services are planned at this time.
Ava Mural Meador
Jan 11, 2005
AVA MURAL MEADOR Ava Mural Meador was born on January 24, 1921 in Randolph County, Ark. the daughter of Henry N. and Cora Belle (Askew) Stull. She passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at the Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos at the age of 83. Ava was a hardworking rancher who enjoyed living on her ranches. She also...
Mary Marguerite Allmond
Jan 10, 2005
MARY MARGUERITE ALLMOND Funeral services for lifelong Dove Creek resident, Mary Marguerite Allmond will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Cahone Cemetery. Father Derrek D. Scott will be officiating. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 8 a.m. until noon at the Ertel Chapel. Mary...
G. Wayne Rust
Jan 8, 2005
WAYNE RUST Funeral services for Wayne Rust will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Doug Carver will be officiating. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Wayne was born on May 5, 1932 in Cortez...
Barbara Joann Linnens
Jan 6, 2005
BARBARA JOANN LINNENS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident, Barbara Joann Linnens will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 8 at the Faith Bible Church. Pastor Dave Seaford will be officiating. Her final resting place will be at Lebanon Cemetery Joann was born on October 27, 1940 in Perry, Okla. the daughter of Wiley Clyde and Marjorie Fern...
Mikki Renee Taveira
Jan 1, 2005
MIKKI RENEE TAVEIRA Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Mikki Renee Taveira will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 9 at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Interment will follow at the Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Matt Segebartt will be officiating. Mikki was born on June 19, 1983 in Tuba City, Ariz. the daughter of John and Vanette (VanKeuren) Taveira. She...
Mary Ann Hahn
Dec 31, 2004
MARY ANN HAHN Funeral services for Mary Ann Hahn, a resident of Cortez will be held in Menomonie, Wisc. Mary Ann was born Aug. 29, 1938 in Menomonie, Wisc. the daughter of Leo L. and Esther Mae (Thompsen) Williams. She passed away at her home in Cortez on Friday, Dec. 31, 2004 at the age of 66. Mary Ann received...
William Frank "Bill" Gallegos
Dec 30, 2004
WILLIAM FRANK 'BILL' GALLEGOS Funeral services for lifelong Summit Ridge resident William Frank 'Bill' Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Father Derek D. Scott will officiate. Interment will follow at the Summit Ridge Cemetery with military graveside services being conducted. Rosary services will be held Tuesday evening beginning at...
Mary Ruth Mcclure Collins
Dec 29, 2004
MARY RUTH McCLURE COLLINS Graveside services for longtime Monticello resident, Mary Ruth McClure Collins will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, January 3 at the Monticello Cemetery. Bishop Doug Wright will be officiating. Ruth was born on July 19, 1909 in Canyon, Tex. the daughter of Isaac Walton and Ruth Harter Cecil McClure. She passed away on Wednesday, December...
Reyes Elliot Eyetoo
Dec 27, 2004
REYES ELLIOT EYETOO Funeral services for Reyes Elliot Eyetoo, 38 of Towaoc will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 30 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Wake services will be held beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday evening at the Marie Hight residence, 165 Mike Wash Road...
Sara Harnsberger Perkins
Dec 26, 2004
SARA “SUSIE” HARNSBERGER PERKINS Funeral services for Sara “Susie” Harnsberger Perkins will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 30 at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor David Dahl will be officiating. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation has been set for Wednesday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Susie was born...
Helen Ursula Freitag
Dec 25, 2004
HELEN URSULA FREITAG Helen Ursula Freitag was born on April 25, 1914 in Greenleaf, Kans. the daughter of James Goodland and Daisy (Snook) Burke. She passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2004 at the Vista Grande Nursing Home at the age of 90. Helen spent her career as Vault Manager for First Tier Bank. She is survived by her step-children,...
Jack C. Kinkade
Dec 23, 2004
JACK C. KINKADE Interment services for longtime Dolores resident, Jack C. Kinkade will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 28 at Summit Ridge Cemetery with Masonic rites being conducted by Montezuma Lodge No. 145. Memorial services will be held later that same day beginning at 2 p.m. at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. Reverend Bud Rousset and Revered...
Charles Dale Nice
Dec 23, 2004
CHARLES DALE NICE Funeral services for Charles Dale Nice, a longtime resident of Cortez will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 27 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastors Bill Jacobs and Del Leger will officiate. Interment will be held at the Kansas Church Cemetery in Salem, Ind. at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 30. Dale was born October...
Helen B. Pikarsky
Dec 21, 2004
HELEN B. PIKARSKY Helen B. Pikarsky passed away at her home in rural Dolores on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at the age of 82. She was born the daughter of Roy M. and Maude L. (Patterson) Baker on December 8, 1922 in Dwight, Ill. During World War II Helen entered the United States Marine Corp Women’s Reserve on October 6,...
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