Obituaries

Sergeant First Class Will Duston Lindsay

Sergeant First Class Will Duston Lindsay

Mar 21, 2019

A memorial service and celebration for Sergeant First Class Will Duston Lindsay will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the amphitheater at Parque de Vida, 400 N. Mildred Road, Cortez, CO. Sergeant First Class Will Duston Lindsay, United States Army Special Forces, was killed in action in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Will spent...

Sidelia Barbara Gomez

Sidelia Barbara Gomez

Mar 21, 2019

Sidelia B. Gomez, resident of Cortez, passed away March 21, 2019, at the age of 109, at her daughter’s home in Cortez where she resided for the past 10 years. During that time, she was cared for by her devoted daughters, Louise and Barbara, and family. Sidelia was born December 4, 1909, in Blanco, New Mexico, to her parents Austacia...

Martha  Ann  'Marty' Stewart

Martha Ann 'Marty' Stewart

Mar 16, 2019

Dolores resident Martha Ann ‘Marty’ Stewart was born August 11, 1943 in Walnut Creek, CA the daughter of Robert and Rosemary (Coyne) Young. She passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO at the age of 75. Surviving Marty are her husband, Joe Jeffery Stewart of Dolores, CO; her sons, Michael K. Ennor of...

Douglas Scott 'Doug' Mack

Douglas Scott 'Doug' Mack

Mar 16, 2019

Funeral services for Douglas Scott ‘Doug’ Mack will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 22035 E. Ocotillo Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85242. A viewing will be held from 9 – 10:30 a.m. before the service at the church. Interment will take place at 10 a.m. on...

Cecil Juilin Maness

Cecil Juilin Maness

Mar 14, 2019

Graveside services for Mancos resident Cecil Juilin Maness will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Cortez Cemetery. Mr. Royce Herrmann will officiate. Military Honors will be conducted by the Veterans of Montezuma County. Cecil was born June 30, 1939 in Durango, CO the son of James Clarence and Hattie (Jeffcot) Maness. He passed away on...

Mary Eloise Chacon

Mary Eloise Chacon

Mar 14, 2019

Mary Martinez Chacon went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on March 14, 2019 in Cortez Colorado, surrounded by loved ones. She was 88 years old. Mary Eloisa Archuleta was born to Patricio and Elviria Archuleta on June 2, 1930 in Hesperus, Colorado. She resided in Mancos, CO, Moab, UT, and Cortez, CO. She worked at the...

Thomas Paul  'Tom' Comisky

Thomas Paul 'Tom' Comisky

Mar 12, 2019

Funeral services for Cortez resident Thomas Paul ‘Tom’ Comisky will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Empire Chapel. Bishop Tim Lanier will officiate. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Visitation will take place before the service at 9 a.m. at the church. Tom was born November 5,...

Charles  Lee 'Chuck' Thompson

Charles Lee 'Chuck' Thompson

Mar 11, 2019

Charles Lee (Chuck) Thompson was born September 8, 1935 to Forrest (Frosty) and Myra Conn Thompson in Cortez, Colorado. He passed from this life on March 11, 2019 to be with his Lord & Savior. Chuck attended school in Dove Creek, Colorado graduating from high school with the class of 1953. During his high school years he was active in...

Rose Mary Plese

Rose Mary Plese

Mar 11, 2019

Services for Gallup resident, but most recently of Cortez, CO, Rose Mary Plese will be held Friday, April 26, 2019 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. A rosary will be held at 10 a.m. and a Memorial Mass will follow. Inurnment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Rose Mary was born April 23, 1922 in Atrisco, NM the daughter of Steve and...

Harold William Coppinger

Harold William Coppinger

Mar 11, 2019

Harold was the fifth child born to Attley and Carrie (Tagg) Coppinger on December 17, 1928. He went home on Monday, March 11, 2019 at the age of 90. He was born at the twin white house’s south of Cortez. He made it to the 6th grade in school. Dad and Aunt Rose lived with Bob and Oralee Page for...

Joanne Marie Mccomb

Joanne Marie Mccomb

Mar 8, 2019

Memorial services for lifelong Dolores resident Joanne Marie McComb will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joanne was born November 25, 1929 in Cortez, CO the daughter of Charlie and Susie Marie (Englehart) Higman. She passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 89. Joanne married...

Everett Leon Boren

Everett Leon Boren

Mar 7, 2019

Memorial services for Cortez resident Everett Leon Boren will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Leon was born September 21, 1931 in Villagreen, CO the son of Luther Manuel and Edith Adiline (Flincher) Boren. He passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at his residence at the...

William Dennis Pierce

William Dennis Pierce

Mar 3, 2019

Longtime Montezuma County resident William “Bill” Pierce passed away on March 3, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. Bill was born in Englewood, Colo. on March 31, 1939. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ollie and Alma Pierce of Denver, Colo.; by one brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Opal Pierce of Dolores, Colo.; by his son...

Domitila Sofia "Sophie" Stevenson

Domitila Sofia "Sophie" Stevenson

Mar 3, 2019

DOMITILA SOFIA “SOPHIE” STEVENSON Memorial services for lifelong area resident Domitila Sofia “Sophie” Stevenson will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12 at Victory World Outreach Church. Sophie was born May 27, 1934 in Dolores the daughter of Pocomio Archibeque and Rebecca Romero Archibeque Sanchez. She passed away on March 3, 2019 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home...

Caroline Mary "Carrie" Hampson

Caroline Mary "Carrie" Hampson

Mar 1, 2019

CAROLINE “CARRIE” MARY HAMPSON Funeral services for Carrie M. Hampson a longtime resident of the Cortez/Dolores area, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Carrie was born to Emil and Helen Strad on September 17, 1928 in a log cabin on the...

Betty Laverne "Mickie" Baker

Betty Laverne "Mickie" Baker

Feb 27, 2019

BETTY LAVERNE “MICKIE” BAKER Memorial services for Cortez resident Betty LaVerne “Mickie” Baker will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 8 at Arriola Bible Church. Mickie was born June 24, 1935 in Cortez the daughter of Floyd Dewitt and Mary Melvina (Stevenson) Cummings. She passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age...

Nancy Lasell Becker

Nancy Lasell Becker

Feb 23, 2019

Nancy Lasell Becker was born on April 23, 1936 in North Carolina, and passed away on February 23, 2019 in Cortez, Co. She is survived by her husband Don Becker. After college she taught English and Psychology in New Mexico as well as at Montezuma Cortez High School. She was delighted when a student would stop by when passing through...

William Legrand  'Bill' Brannen

William Legrand 'Bill' Brannen

Feb 23, 2019

William LeGrand ‘Bill’ Brannen was born October 12, 1940 in Janesville, WI the son of Charles Wesley and Margaret Elizabeth (Vogelsang) Brannen. He passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at his residence at the age of 78. Surviving Bill are his wife, Ronda Wooten of Cortez, CO; his daughter, Morgen Hickey Hill (Mike) of Dolores, CO; and his sister,...

Norton Mills Sr.

Norton Mills Sr.

Feb 22, 2019

Memorial services for Towaoc resident Norton Mills Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mr. Terry Knight will officiate. Norton was born July 22, 1940 in Towaoc, CO the son of Harry Gene Mills and Elanor Mills. He passed away on Friday, February 22, 2019 at The Valley Inn in Mancos,...

Howard May Lehi Sr.

Howard May Lehi Sr.

Feb 22, 2019

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Howard May Lehi Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Johnny Lehi will officiate. A viewing will take place from 5 – 7 p.m. on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Howard was born January 6, 1955 in Cortez, CO the son of Chris Lehi...