Vernon "Bud" Chester Walker Jr.
Jan 29, 2023
Vernon “Bud” Chester Walker Jr. was born August 28, 1942, the son of Vernon Chester Walker Sr and Gertrude Arline (Fox) Walker. He passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at his residence at the age of 80. Services will be held at a later date.
Bud was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona where he graduated from Scottsdale High and attended...
Marjie Marie Branson
Jan 29, 2023
MARJIE MARIE BRANSON
Funeral services for Marjie Marie Branson will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 3, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Marjie was born March 10, 1929 in Dolores, Colo. the daughter of Oliver Mason and Dorothy Idaho (Denny) Roatcap. She passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 93.
Surviving Marjie...
Augustine Marylou Cotonuts
Jan 27, 2023
AUGUSTINE MARYLOU COTONUTS
Funeral services for Augustine MaryLou Cotonuts will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery.
Augustine was born August 8, 1988 in Shiprock, N.M. the daughter of Julyith Lehi and Glen Earl Cotonuts. She passed away on Friday, January 27, 2023 in Towaoc at the age of...
Mahalia Snow Watts
Jan 23, 2023
MAHALIA SNOW WATTS
Funeral services for Mahalia Snow Watts will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery.
Mahalia was born September 30, 1996 the daughter of Benton Carlos Pargin Watts Sr. and Cynthia Starflower (Dunlap) Watts. She passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023 in Shiprock, N.M. at the...
Steve Dale Chappell
Jan 20, 2023
STEVE CHAPPELL
Steve Chappell, 78, of Cortez, Colorado, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2023.
Steve was born on October 10, 1944 to Paul and Edith Chappell in Cortez. Steve was a devout man of God, a farmer, hunter, father, and incredible athlete. He held the MCHS mile record for twenty years with a time of 4:40. Amazingly, he recorded this time...
Charles Dean "Chuck" Englehart
Jan 19, 2023
CHARLES DEAN “CHUCK” ENGLEHART
Graveside services for Charles Dean “Chuck” Englehart will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Lewis Cemetery.
Chuck was born on November 11, 1935 in Lewis, Colo. the son of Carl Jacob and Ruth (Porter) Englehart. He passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in Tempe, Ariz. at the age of 87.
Surviving Chuck are...
Dr. Valden Johnson
Jan 18, 2023
Funeral services for Cortez resident Doctor Valden Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jeff McDonald will officiate.
Valden was born April 3, 1957 in Farmington, New Mexico, the son of Herbert Todacheeny and Rose (Poyer) Johnson. He passed away on January 18, 2023 in his home at the age of...
Clifton Leon Fosnot
Jan 18, 2023
CLIFTON FOSNOT
Clifton Leon Fosnot passed away peacefully at his home in Cahone, Colorado on the evening of January 18th, 2023 at the age of 86. He was born August 15th, 1936 in Cahone, CO to Herschel and Eugenia Fosnot. Clifton attended school in Cahone and Dove Creek, graduating in 1955. He met then wed Virginia Searcy in 1958, however, they...
Chris Quintana Sr.
Jan 16, 2023
Chris Quintana Sr. was born October 6, 1933 in Dolores, Colo. the son of Charles Nazario and Molly (Maestas) Quintana. He passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023 at his residence at the age of 89.
Surviving Chris are his beloved wife, Mattie Quintana; his children, Chris Quintana Jr. and Diana Velasquez; by eight grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; and by his...
Rex Harold Byington
Jan 14, 2023
Rex Harold Byington was born in 1947 in Ogden, Utah. He passed on January 14, 2023 in Mancos, Colorado. He is survived by his sisters Leslie Andrews of Scottsdale, Arizona and Jamie Dayhuff of Boseman, Montana.
Rex was in the U.S. Army and during his service was deployed to Vietnam in 1967. He was honorably discharged in 1969. He earned the...
Earl Leroy Broderick
Jan 14, 2023
Earl Leroy Broderick died peacefully at his home in Cortez, with his loving wife by his side.
He was born on February 11, 1951 to Edwin Leroy Broderick and Margot Sue Dunnigham Broderick in Cortez, Colorado, a true lifetime resident. He grew up in Slick Rock, Monticello, and Dolores. He graduated in 1969 from Dolores High School.
Earl attended an architectural autocad...
Lonnie Aurthur Dutchie
Jan 12, 2023
LONNIE AURTHUR DUTCHIE
Funeral services for Lonnie Aurthur Dutchie will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ertel Chapel.
Lonnie was born April 28, 1976 in Monticello, Utah the son of Lonnie Raye Dutchie and...
Delorise Ann Abercrombie
Jan 12, 2023
Delorise Ann Abercrombie was born April 25, 1947 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph Allie and Anna (Linton) Huffman. She passed away on Thursday , January 12, 2023, at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 75.
Surviving Delorise are her loving husband Howard Kenneth; her sons Joseph Paul Abercrombie (Martha) of Dolores, Colorado and Bryan Lee Abercrombie...
Frank Lockett Pyle
Jan 8, 2023
FRANK LOCKETT PYLE
Please join the family to celebrate and honor the life of Frank Lockett Pyle. A buffet luncheon and some great music is planned from 11:00 to 1:00 on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Dolores Community Center. The celebration will follow a Masonic graveside service to be held at the Peoples Cemetery above McPhee Reservoir at 10:00...
Zelma Hicks Witham
Jan 6, 2023
Zelma Hicks Witham was born April 26, 1931 in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Herbert Jordan and Joyce Winefred (Brown) Hicks. She passed away on the morning of Friday, January 6, 2023 at her daughter’s home at the age of 91.
Surviving Zelma is her daughter Dottie Jean Williams (Roger) of Cortez; her stepdaughter Earlene Pearl Lawrence of West Warwick, Rhode...
Brian Boise Grubbs
Jan 5, 2023
BRIAN BOISE GRUBBS
Brian Boise Grubbs, 80, of Dolores, Colorado, passed away January 5th 2023.
He was born on February 1st 1942, to Votaw and Judy Grubbs in Spokane, Washington.
Brian was born in Washington to a family of loggers. Early in his childhood they relocated to Central America, to farm sugarcane. After realizing the sugarcane industry wasn’t as “fun as logging” his...
Don Akin
Jan 1, 2023
DON AKIN
Don Akin left this world from home in Cortez on the morning of January 1, 2023 at the age of 70. Don was born in Durango, Colo. on January 2, 1952 to Don Akin Sr. and Lois (Johnson) Akin.
Don attended school in Dolores, Colo. graduating in 1970. He attended Mesa State in Grand Junction, Colo. while it was still...
Betty A Shearston
Jan 1, 2023
Betty A. Shearston was born August 29, 1936 in Englewood, CO the daughter of Paul Herbert and Bessie Agnes (Naylor) King. She passed away on Monday, January 1, 2023 at her residence at the age of 86.
Surviving Betty are her children, Paul Shearston of Dolores, CO and Lisa Shearston of Bayfield, CO; her grandchildren Jenni Ann Shearston of New York...
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...
