Eleanor Josephine LaLonde
Dec 16, 2024
Eleanor Josephine Muniz LaLonde was born January 10th, 1946 in Dolores Colorado the daughter of Frank and Tomacita (Candelaria) Muniz. She passed away on Monday, December 16th 2024 at her home in Dolores at the age of 78.
Eleanor “Ellie” loved the mountains and small-town life. She graduated from Dolores High School in 1964 and moved to Midwest City, OK in...
Leora Billings
Dec 15, 2024
Leora Billings was born in Arizona in 1952 and she passed in Colorado, 2024. She lived 72 wonderful years. She was a resident of Cortez, Colorado for the past 30 years. She worked for the Department of Social Services for many years until she retired. She was a mother of 6 children, grandmother to 16 grandchildren, and a great-grandmother to...
Charles Richard Grasse
Dec 15, 2024
Charles Richard Grasse was born on April 8, 1933 in Cortez, Colorado to Leo and Josephine (Olsen) Grasse. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado on December 15, 2024 at the age of 91.
A visitation will be held at Ertel Memorial Chapel on Friday, December 20, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will...
Kurt Aaron Shepherd
Dec 14, 2024
Kurt Aaron Shepherd was born May 9, 1959 in Boulder Colorado to Herbert Shepherd and Ferrel Apple. He passed away on December 14, 2024 at his residence at the age of 65.
Kurt enjoyed being outdoors, hunting, fishing, and gold-panning with his family.
He is survived by his four children: Dealila Huskey (Keith) of Dove Creek, Hiedy Whitmer (Carlos) of Lewis, John...
Jack Earl Hetherington
Dec 12, 2024
Jack Hetherington was born December 5, 1931, in Cushing Oklahoma, the son of Roy and Ruth Hetherington . He passed away at his Cortez home on December 12, 2024. After retiring to Cortez, Jack became a regular visitor to the Conquistador Golf Course where he spent many happy days. He is survived by his wife of 71 years Mary Ann,...
Robert Tobe Holliday
Dec 12, 2024
Robert Tobe Holliday (John) passed away on December 12 in Cortez, Colorado. He was born on January 27, 1936, In Pinedale, Arizona to Tobe and Veda Marshall Holliday. He grew up with his father and family, following various logging jobs in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. His parents decided to buy a farm near Dolores, Colorado, so the children could stay...
Zamius Harold Lang
Dec 11, 2024
Celebration of life for Zamias Lang will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 at The Recreation Center in Towaoc CO Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Zamias was born March 23, 2017 in Cortez, CO. the son of Zackieus Lang and...
Gloria Idona Kent
Dec 11, 2024
Former longtime Cortez resident, Gloria Idona Kent, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona, after a brief illness. She was 89 years old.
Gloria was born on September 11, 1935, in Cortez to Viola (Rosmiller) and Raymond Taylor. Her father taught in various one-room schoolhouses in the Cortez region before opening Taylor’s Grocery at the intersection of Main...
Lemuel Tsosie
Dec 8, 2024
A viewing for Cortez resident Lemuel Tsosie will be held at Ertel Funeral Home Monday December 16, at 9:00 a.m. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed by burial at Cortez cemetery.
Lemuel was born on May 25, 1968 in Shiprock, NM. He was the oldest child of Lee & Mary Lou Tsosie Sr. Lemuel passed away on December 8,...
Ruth Marie Lewis
Dec 4, 2024
Ruth Marie Lewis passed away peacefully on December 4, 2024 in Cortez, Colorado in the company of her family and her pastor after a long battle with frontal temporal lobe dementia. She was 67 years old. A funeral service will be held Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cortez, Colorado. Followed by a graveside...
Sandra L Fosnot
Dec 2, 2024
Sandra L. Fosnot was born June 16, 1943, to Sterling (Bucky) Phillips and Hazel Phillips. She is survived by her daughter Debbie (Bert) Sanders, Brenda Palmer, Gary (Wendy) Crites, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter.
She went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 2, 2024. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, mentor,...
Sharrry Lynn Wilkerson Dahl
Nov 26, 2024
In gentle hands that worked each day,
A mother’s love showed us the way.
Four children blessed to call her own,
Now gather close, though she has flown.
Through years of toil and sacrifice,
She gave her all, not thinking twice.
Each struggle met with graceful pride,
Her strength and kindness side by side.
Six grandchildren came to know
The warmth her heart would always show.
Three great grands blessed...
Bret Eugene Herrmann
Nov 23, 2024
“There's a blaze of light in every word; It doesn't matter which you heard the Holy or the Broken Hallelujah.” Leonard Cohen
“You may say I am a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” John Lennon
Bret was born April 13th 1960 in Pleasant View, Colorado, in the...
Lawrence "Larry" Allyn Briggs
Nov 22, 2024
Lawrence Allyn Briggs, (Larry), was born on November 12, 1942, in Oakland, CA, the son of Allyn DeForest Briggs and Minnie Louise (Forester) Briggs.
Larry had been battling severe lung and heart disease for approximately the past two years. At the age of 82, he passed away peacefully in his home, in the early morning of Friday, November 22, 2024, with...
Ronald Leo Jenkins
Nov 18, 2024
Ronald Leo Jenkins, 85, of Dove Creek, CO. passed away on November 18, 2024, surrounded by his loving family.
Born on November 13, 1939, to Howard and Nellie, Ronald was raised in Cahone, CO. He was the youngest of five siblings. He was an avid athlete who excelled at baseball and basketball. As a young man, he worked at the truck...
Gary Allen Groves
Nov 18, 2024
Graveside services for longtime Dolores, CO. resident Gary Allen Groves will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26 at Summit Ridge Cemetery in Dolores, CO. Gary was born August 29, 1933, in Torrance, CA. the son of Gordon L. and Aimee (Bryant) Groves. He passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024, at Hospice of Mercy in Durango,...
Roxanna Louise Herrmann
Nov 18, 2024
The Life and Legacy of Roxanna Louise Herrmann
March 12, 1962 – November 18, 2024
The incredible testimony of Roxanna’s kindness, love, compassion, strength, and unwavering faith will never end. The memories we hold of her may never fully fill the hole left by her absence, but they will be treasured forever in our hearts. These memories will carry us forward...
Sandra "Sandy" Maudeen Greenlee
Nov 16, 2024
Sandra (Sandy) Maudeen Greenlee was born October 28, 1944, in Santa Paula, California, the daughter of Avery Burl Beaver and Lilly Lauvell (Smith) Beaver Hudson. She passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on Saturday, November 16th at the age of 80.
Sandy married Garth Greenlee on December 14, 1989, in Bullhead City, Arizona. Early in their marriage they...
Roland R Salinas
Nov 14, 2024
Roland R Salinas, born in Gonzales, Texas, March 17, 1940. Roland passed away November 14, 2024, at his home with his wife and his two children by his side. Roland worked at J.C. Penny since 1979 and was well known in the community. Roland was transferred to Montrose, CO. after J.C. Penny closed its doors In Cortez. He retired after...
John Clay Dickson
Nov 8, 2024
John Clay Dickson was born July 10, 1952, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Dr. John Dickson and Rose Marie Dickson. He was the oldest of three children. He passed away very unexpectedly and into the loving arms of Jesus on November 8, 2024.
Clay lived a long vibrant life with most of his years spent in Cortez excelling as an athlete,...
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