Mariea Ann Rivera
Jun 7, 2018
Mariea Ann Rivera was born September 2nd 1962 to Achilles Eugene Root and Rose Marie Bancroft. The oldest of her siblings she spent the earliest years of her life with her biological parents before being adopted by Sophie Stevenson, the woman who she would call Mom for the rest of her life. She grew up in Mancos, Colorado, in a...
Jessie Nolan Carter
Jun 7, 2018
Graveside services with Military Honors for Cortez resident Jessie Nolan Carter will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 11 at Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jessie passed away June 7, 2018 at his residence in Cortez at the age of 101. Jessie was...
Leslie Marcel (Jake) Jacobsen
Jun 6, 2018
Memorial services for Cortez resident Leslie Marcel Jake Jacobsen will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jake passed away June 6, 2018 at his residence in Cortez at the age of 71. Jake was born in St. George, UT on October 13, 1946 to parents Marcel and Irene (Farnsworth) Jacobsen. Jake is survived...
Ross Elbert Wright
Jun 5, 2018
Ross Elbert Wright, 94, of Cortez, Colorado, passed away June 5, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital with his wife, Donna, and daughter, Alicia, by his side. Ross was born in McPherson, KS on January 19, 1924 to Ray and Grace Wright. After graduating from McPherson High, Ross was hired on a sheetrocking crew in Parsons, Kansas where he met his...
John Howard Glazner
Jun 4, 2018
West of Cahone, Colorado existed a small homestead, home of Fletch and Winnie Glazner. It was a site of hard work, clearing ground and farming dryland pinto beans and wheat. Three children already formed this precious family, but November 28, 1931, there was the birth of a special child. His name was John but was known affectionately as Johnny to...
Harriet Johnson Durand
Jun 2, 2018
Harriet Viola Durand was born May 31, 1928 in Buffalo, WY and passed away June 2, 2018 at Madison House Assisted Living in Cortez, CO. Harriet passed away two days after her 90th birthday. Harriet is preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Nettie Johnson; her brother, Charles; her dear friend, Pat Durand; her son, Lee; and two grandsons,...
Larry Lynn Larsen
May 30, 2018
Larry Lynn Larsen, a resident of Cortez since 1988, passed away Wednesday, May 30, at 12:15 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Durango where he was an I.C.U. patient for about one week. He died from multiple internal organ failure, after removal of life support systems, as was his wish. Larry led a very complex and satisfying life. Born in...
Donna Hare Hyatt
May 29, 2018
Donna Hare Hyatt, 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. She was born in Santa Ana, Calif. to Marquise and Fountell Hara (deceased) on November 19, 1934. Donna retired from White Sands Missile Range in Las Cruces, N.M. She spent 27 years in the Atmospheric Science Laboratory. Donna started her career in Tooele County Utah at Dugway Proving...
Viola Elaine Slavens
May 29, 2018
Viola Elaine Slavens passed away May 29, 2018 at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez at the age of 89. Elaine was born in Hugo, CO on March 2, 1929 to parents Homer and Jesse (Crouch) Selbe, the first of six children. Elaine is survived by her son, Gary and his wife, Nova Slavens of Cortez; her granddaughter, Stacy and her...
Nancy Ann Denny
May 27, 2018
Nancy Ann Denny passed away to be with our Lord on May 27, 2018 in Clovis, CA. She will again be with Mom and Dad. Nancy was born on July 2, 1942 to Willard P. and Agnes M. Denny in Inglewood, CA. The family moved to Colorado after WWII and then moved back to California in 1956 where Nancy graduated...
Max J. Olivas
May 25, 2018
Max J. Olivas, 66, of Cortez, Colo. passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 from an automobile accident in Aneth, Utah. Max, son of Oralia Lala and Antonio Olivas, was born April 19, 1952 in Parkview, N.M. He is survived by his wife, Carmen of 46 years; and by his three children, Rachel Olivas, Carlos Olivas and Cristy Gomez. He...
Orren Anthony Simmons
May 23, 2018
Orren Anthony Simmons, of Snowflake, Arizona, unexpectedly passed away on May 23, 2018 in Show Low, Arizona. He was 59. Orren was born on February 16, 1959 in Cortez, Colorado to Arthur A. Simmons and Felicite E. Roalstad. Orren was a true Cowboy and friend to all. He drove a truck for many years for various companies. He is survived...
Adrian Peter Van Nieuwal
May 20, 2018
Adrian Van Nieuwal fell asleep in death May 20, 2018 with family by his side, at the age of 88. Adrian was born in Michigan on June 20, 1929. He will be dearly remembered for his love, kindness, patience, and good sense of humor! Wholeheartedly he loved his family and friends. Relatives from Holland fondly referred to him as the...
Jeanne Cauthen Smith
May 11, 2018
Jeanne Cauthen Smith of Cortez Colorado died Friday, May 11, 2018 in her Cortez Home. Jeanne was born in Albuquerque on June 6, 1928 to Katherine and John Cauthen. Jeanne was an excellent trumpet player at an early age and played in the Dolores High School Band. Jeanne graduated in 1948 from Dolores High all the while working for her...
Bennie Eldon "Ed" Curtis
May 8, 2018
Bennie Eldon Curtis May 13, 1936 - May 8, 2018 It is with sadness in their hearts that the family of Eldon (Ed) Curtis announces his death at his home in Egnar, CO. Eldon, born in Canon City, CO to Virgil and Cora Curtis was a man of the land, nature & wildlife. Family, hunting, camping, building, fixing and creating...
Virginia Nell Colbert
Apr 30, 2018
Virginia Nell Colbert, 79 of Buckeye, Arizona passed away on April 30, 2018. She was born on October 17, 1938 to the late Vernie and Frank Garcia Sr. in Waddell, Arizona. Virginia is survived by her husband of 60 years, Thomas Colbert, children Stephanie (Mark) Martinez, Bentley (Roma) Colbert and Marcus (Laurie) Colbert, brother Frank (Maria) Garcia Jr, grandchildren Stefan,...
Mary Lou Asbury
Apr 18, 2018
Mary Lou Asbury of Cortez, CO, left this life April 18, 2018, after a brief illness, in her home. She was born December 4, 1933 to Carver and Louise (Ellis) Gunz of Kansas City, MO. She is survived by her sons Greg, of Helena MT, and David, of Ft. Collins, CO. She has four grandchildren, Sophia Asbury of Bismarck, ND,...
