Obituaries

Oct 13, 2018

Memorial services for Dolores resident Floyd Johnson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Floyd was born February 1, 1934 in Strathcona, Minnesota the son of Helmar A. and Freda (Bratlie) Johnson. He passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age 84. Floyd loved to work,...

Oct 11, 2018

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Lucy Lehi Summa will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bradley Hight will officiate. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 14, 2018 from 4 – 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Lucy was born July 3, 1945 in Blanding, Utah,...

Oct 6, 2018

William Boyd Sanders was born April 24, 1940 in Shamrock, Texas the son of William Macy and Hazel Geneva (Turner)(Sanders)Blount. He passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at his residence in Mancos at the age of 78. Surviving Boyd are his wife, Terri Ann Sanders; his sons, Darin Sanders and William Scott Sanders; and his brother, Billy Gene Sanders....

Oct 3, 2018

Funeral Services for Dove Creek resident Rosalyn Marie Dame will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 8, 2018 at St. Jude Catholic Church. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. Rosalyn was born March 30, 1925 in Crested Butte, Colorado, the daughter of John Ivan and Rose Marie (Obster) Kvaternick. She passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Vista...

Oct 3, 2018

Ida Mae Martin was born July 2, 1943 in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Vista Grande Inn, Cortez, Colorado. Surviving Ida are her children, James “Jimmy” Bedford of Harrisonville, MO, Harriett “Yevone” Salisbury (David) of Albuquerque, NM, Daniel Glenn Martin (Kellie) of Cortez, CO, Melissa Burris (Joe) of Cortez, CO, and Christina Bedford of...

Oct 1, 2018

Terry Mike Lynn, 58, of Cortez, Colorado passed away on Monday, October 1st, 2018 in Williston, North Dakota in a vehicle accident. Terry was pulled over in construction when a distracted semi driver ran into the back of his stopped truck. Terry was an exemplary man who never met anyone he couldn’t consider family; he always brought laughter to a...

Sep 30, 2018

Funeral services for Towaoc resident Paul Whiskers Dutchie, Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints North Chapel in Blanding, Utah. Visitation will take place prior to the service at 9 a.m. in the Relief Society Room at the church. Interment will follow the service at Blanding...

Sep 29, 2018

A graveside service for Dolores resident Wilkes Berry Robbe, Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Cortez Cemetery. Berry was born November 14, 1929 in Pueblo, Colorado the son of Wilkes Berry and Jessie Mae (Keithley) Robbe. He passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, CO at...

Sep 27, 2018

Jane Shilling, 79, of Cortez, Colorado passed away peacefully with her twin sister Joyce by her side at the Vista Grande Nursing Home in the early morning of September 27, 2018. Jane was born on July 11, 1939 in Creede, Colorado to Melvin and Verna (Ward) Shilling. She was the fifth of eight children. In 1945 the Shilling family moved...

Sep 27, 2018

Cameron Shay Miller (Woo-Woo) was born on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1998 to Shawn M. Miller and Cynthia S. (Cindie Rodd) Miller at 10:20 p.m. in Cortez, Colorado. She came home with a green cap instead of a pink one, as her family always felt that she was their lucky charm. Cameron had many trials in her life, due...

Sep 27, 2018

Sep 26, 2018

Funeral services for Carmen Ives McGill will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held at the end of the service. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, CO. Carmen was born July 12, 1928 in Friona, Texas the daughter of Arthur and Gladys (Stanley) Hughes. She passed away...

Sep 26, 2018

Cortez resident Ginger Ann Kautz was born March 11, 1965 in Lynwood, California to Charles Ray and Carole Dean (Kendrick) Carson. She passed away on September 26, 2018 in her residence at the age of 53. Ginger married Kip W. Kautz on June 24, 1984 in Cortez, CO. Surviving Ginger are her husband, Kip Wesly Kautz of Cortez, CO; father,...

Sep 25, 2018

Memorial services for Dolores resident David Lee Whitten will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Johnathan Bland will officiate. David was born September 19, 1967 in Cortez, Colorado the son of John Whitten and Marlene (Hinton) Jones. He passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at his residence at the age...

Sep 25, 2018

Funeral services for lifelong Shiprock, NM resident Emma Jean Begay will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Mancos Creek. Emma was born July 20, 1956 in Shiprock, NM the daughter of Jack Lee Sr. and Evelyn Benally. She passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Northern Navajo Medical...

Sep 24, 2018

A viewing for Cortez resident Edison Begay will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Edison was born July 26, 1936 in Beclabito, New Mexico to Thomas Etsitty Begay and Kizbah Begay Benally. He passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at the age of...

Sep 17, 2018

Funeral services for Ronald ‘Ron’ Wayne Maestas will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 24, 2018 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Dolores, Colorado. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Ron was...

Sep 15, 2018

Graveside services for Mancos resident Claudine Wilhite will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Cahone cemetery. Claudine was born September 22, 1930 in Seminole, Oklahoma the daughter of Franklin Daniel and Bannie Estelle (Mason) Armstrong. She passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at San Juan Regional Medical Center at the age of 87. Surviving...

Sep 15, 2018

Jerry Wayne Miller was born November 8, 1955 in Durango, Colorado the son of Paul Hanford and Virginia Lois (Leonard) Miller. He passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the age of 62. Surviving Jerry are his sons, Kyle Rick Miller and Blake Wayne Miller of Gilbert, AZ; and one grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents;...

Sep 14, 2018

Bryan Joseph Schumacher was born July 11, 1986 in Dover, New Jersey the son of Aloysius Frank and Linda (Wassmer) Schumacher. He passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018 at the age of 32. Surviving Bryan are his parents, Aloysius and Linda Schumacher of Myrtle Beach, SC; his siblings, Alissa Roncinske of Lincoln University, PA, and Emily Schumacher of New...