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...
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...
