Patricia Dian Ives
Nov 30, 2020
Patty Dian Ives (Knuckles) was born August 9, 1953 in Monticello, Utah to Doyle (Doc) and Eva (Short) Knuckles. She was the youngest of six children. She liked being a tomboy and growing up on a farm in Colorado. In her adulthood, she enjoyed cooking, crocheting, watching movies, gardening, and growing flowers. Patty is survived by daughter Wendy (Jerry) Howard...
Jimmy Lee "Jim" Spurlock
Nov 28, 2020
Graveside services for Cortez resident Jimmy Lee ‘Jim’ Spurlock will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2020 at Cortez Cemetery. Mr. Aaron Galyon will officiate. Jim was born December 21, 1937 in Stratford, OK the son of John and Ruth (Abney) Spurlock. He passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO at...
Cody John Dufrene
Nov 27, 2020
Cody John DuFrene was born in Cortez, Colorado on February 22, 1984 to Ron and Dana DuFrene. He passed peacefully on November 27, 2020 in Grand Junction, Colorado at the age of 36. Cody is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Harmon Eugene DuFrene and Patricia Rose West DuFrene. Cody is survived by his parents, Ron and Dana DuFrene;...
Vesta Ilene Butler
Nov 27, 2020
Vesta Ilene Butler of Dolores passed away Friday evening, November 27, 2020, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO. She was 89. Vesta was born to Elree and Noble Chasten in Ellington, Missouri on November 4, 1931. She was a long-time resident of the Montezuma County area, moving there in the mid-1930’s from Missouri as a young girl with her...
Janet Layman Brown
Nov 27, 2020
Janet Layman Brown was born July 26, 1934 in Delta, CO to John William and Glenna C. (Poe) Layman. She passed from this life to be reunited with her husband, Belmear on Friday, November 27, 2020. Janet and her parents moved to Cortez in 1938, opening up the Main Street business of Layman Hardware. She grew up helping in the...
Johnnie Willis Dukeminier
Nov 26, 2020
Johnnie Willis Dukeminier was born August 19, 1933 in Roswell, NM the son of John Price and Ethel R. (Sugge) Dukeminier. He passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020 at his residence at the age of 87. Surviving Johnnie are his children, John Dukeminier of Cortez, CO, and Sherry Willis of Cary, NC. Johnnie was preceded in death by his...
Kevin Cyrus Johnson
Nov 25, 2020
Services will be held at a later date for Cortez resident Kevin Cyrus Johnson. Kevin was born November 3, 1948 in Cortez, CO the son of Charles Joseph and Janice Lavina (Baker) Johnson. He passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, NM at the age of 72. Kevin was a proud Vietnam...
Glynis Jay Wall
Nov 25, 2020
Graveside services for Towaoc resident Glynis Jay Wall will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020. Only immediate family will be in attendance at the graveside. All other friends and family are invited to gather outside of the cemetery. Glynis was born September 8, 1963 in Cortez, CO the daughter of Mary Hammond and John Wing. She...
Robert Nathan Mellott
Nov 24, 2020
Graveside services for Rob Mellott of Pleasant View, Colo. will be held on Monday, November 30 at Dove Creek Cemetery. Rob was born October 20, 1946 at Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo. to Nathan and Mary Mellott. Rob attended Dove Creek schools graduating in 1963. He attended college in Rangely, Colo. on a baseball scholarship, later transferring to Fort Lewis...
Harvey Dearl 'Darrell' Dill
Nov 24, 2020
Harvey Dearl “Darrell” Dill was born April 4, 1943 in Non, OK the son of Harvey and Cora Louise (Moorman) Dill. He passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez, CO at the age of 77. Surviving Harvey is his daughter, Christie Winkler of Ignacio, CO. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Maxine Estelle Chappell
Nov 23, 2020
Maxine Estelle Chappell, 78, of Glendale, Arizona, entered heaven on November 23, 2020. She succumbed to a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Maxine was born on January 23, 1942 in Ashtabula, Ohio. In high school, she accepted Jesus as her personal savior. This most important decision led her to Pillsbury Bible College where she met her life partner, Dr. Larry...
William Boyd "Bud" Cole
Nov 22, 2020
William Boyd Cole, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday November 22, 2020. “Bud” Cole was born to Boxley Hooper, Florance Lydia Cole ‘’Rundquist,’’ on April 12, 1927 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Our dad, “Bud”, was known by many in our community, but for our family, he was “Grandpa” and to one he was called “Punkin.” He was...
Janet Elizabeth Leenstra
Nov 21, 2020
Janet Elizabeth Leenstra passed away peacefully at her home in Dolores, Colorado, on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Born August 25, 1942, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Janet was the first-born child of Lennox Tate and Doris Pettigrew Keeler. Her first best friend and sister Judi soon joined the family followed by beloved brother David. Jan married Jeffrey Kenneth Garlick on April 4,...
Patricia Rose Jamann
Nov 17, 2020
Patricia Rose Jamann was born November 28, 1955 in Sellersville, PA the daughter of Roger F. and Rose Anne (Deihl) Jamann. She passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at her residence in Cortez, CO at the age of 64. Pat was a true outdoors person. She loved being in nature, cultivating gardens, and living remotely. She loved her 4...
Margoth 'Margie' Kniep
Nov 16, 2020
Margoth R. Kniep – July 7, 1922 to November 16, 2020 Margoth (Margie) Kniep, a survivor of war-torn East Prussia during WW2, has returned Home to be with her beloved husband George Kniep and her other loved ones who passed from this life before her. Born in Schippenbeil, East Prussia, she and her father fled from their home and almost...
Susan Frances Stevens
Nov 15, 2020
Susan Frances Stevens was born November 23, 1959 in St. Charles, IL the daughter of Afton Kelly and Barbara Jean (Christian) Arnold. She passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, CO at the age of 60. Surviving Susan are her mother, Barbara Royle of Cortez, CO; her spouse, Wayne Stevens of Cortez, CO;...
Victor Joseph Jacobs Jr.
Nov 14, 2020
A private funeral mass will be held for Boulder, CO resident, previously of Cortez, Victor Joseph Jacobs Jr. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez, CO. Father Lorenzo Uribe will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Joseph was born August 21, 1953 in Cortez, CO the son of Victor Joseph and Amelia (Riedel) Jacobs. He passed away on...
Johnny Andrew Garcia
Nov 14, 2020
Graveside services for Mancos resident Johnny Andrew Garcia will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2020 at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos, CO. Mr. Leroy Garcia will officiate. Johnny Andrew Garcia was born 24 April, 1945 and raised in Cebolla, New Mexico and was one of 6 children of Herman and Genevieve Garcia. He passed away on Saturday,...
Venita June Laner
Nov 13, 2020
Funeral services for Towaoc resident Venita June Laner will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Cortez Cemetery. Venita was born September 13, 1983 in Shiprock, NM the daughter of Nola Lee Laner and Boyd Lopez. She passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO at the age of 37. Surviving...
