Wayne Bartlett "Bart" Highland
Oct 3, 2017
Wayne Bartlett (Bart) Highland passed away on October 3, 2017, at the age of 96. He was born on June 14, 1921, the fifth child of nine born to Royal Ray and Nellie Grace (Bartlett) Highland in Akron, Colorado. Surviving Bart are his wife, Mabel Lou (Scotte McQueen), and his children, Malcolm (Shari) Highland, Raye (Bill Brown) Highland, and Penny...
Carolyn Anne (Ketchem) Tanner
Oct 3, 2017
CAROLYN ANNE (KETCHEM) TANNER Carolyn Anne Tanner age 71, passed away on October 3, 2017 in Cortez, Colo., as a result of lung and liver cancer. She was born in Cortez on July 1, 1946 the daughter of John Cornett Cooney Ketchem and Marjorie Frances MacLeod. Carol graduated Montezuma Cortez High School in 1964. She married Harold Rodney Tanner in...
Richard Lex Greenlee
Oct 3, 2017
Richard Lex Greenlee of Dolores, age 73, passed away October 3, 2017. Richard was born October 9, 1943, the third of 8 children, to Wilbur Red and Jo Greenlee. He married Joyce Tibbits in 1968 and together they had two daughters, Kelly Morrell (Mike) and Betty Jo McMullen (John), both of Rawlins, WY. Beginning at a young age, Rich worked...
Anna "Pauline" Johnston
Sep 29, 2017
Anna Pauline Johnston A celebration of life for longtime Cortez resident Anna Pauline Johnston will be held at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, October 3 at First United Methodist Church of Cortez. Inurnment will be at Cory Cemetery in Orchard City, Colorado at a later date. Pauline the daughter of William and Luella Weaver was born July 5, 1930, in...
Ramona Lorraine Mitchell
Sep 27, 2017
Memorial services for Mancos resident Ramona Lorraine Mitchell will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 3 at Ertel Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Ramona Mitchell was born June 14, 1937 in Altadena, CA. the daughter of Elmer Conrad Schultz and Edna Lorraine (Chamness) Schultz. She passed away on Wednesday 27, 2017 at Vista Grande Inn, she was 80.
Barr Turner Chittick Jr.
Sep 23, 2017
BARR TURNER CHITTICK JR. Memorial services for Cortez resident Barr Turner Chittick Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Aaron Chittick will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Barr was born March 3, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio the son of...
Patricia Ann Fleming
Sep 23, 2017
Patricia A. (Hansen) Suender Born February 10, 1930 in Waterloo, Iowa Died September 23, 2017, in Mancos, Colorado Pat leaves behind four children, Steven Suender, of Aztec, N.M., Marie Richmond, Dolores, CO., Greg Suender, Bloomfield, N.M., and John Suender, Bloomfield, N.M. Pat is survived by brothers, Maynard Hansen of Waterloo, IA and Tim (Mary Maurer) Hansen of Anchorage, AK; and...
Duane Dolliver Block
Sep 19, 2017
Duane Block passed away September 19, 2017, at the age of 79. He was born and raised in Gladwin, MI along with two brothers and a sister. Since the time he was a child, he had a great fondness for Native Americans and the Old West. At the age of 16, that interest turned into a long road trip to...
Johnnie Andrew Francisco
Sep 17, 2017
JOHNNIE ANDREW FRANCISCO Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Johnnie Andrew Francisco will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 23 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m....
Ona Lee Olson
Sep 17, 2017
Ona Lee (Calhoon) Olson passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Vista Grande Inn, Cortez, Colorado. Ona Lee was born on October 20, 1928 to Elwin J. and Elva Calhoon in Dolores, CO. On December 20,1948 Ona Lee and William (Bill) Olson were married in Aztec, New Mexico. They had been married 64 years...
Priscilla Joann Crook-Lopez
Sep 15, 2017
PRISCILLA JOANN CROOK-LOPEZ Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Priscilla JoAnn Crook-Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 21 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Cremation will follow. Visitation has been scheduled for Wednesday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rosary service will begin at 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Priscilla was...
Mary J. Gallegos
Sep 9, 2017
Mary J. Gallegos Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Mary J. Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 at Evangel Assembly of God Church. Cremation will follow. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary was born September 26, 1940 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. and she passed...
Judith Anne Walter
Sep 8, 2017
Judith Anne Walter passed away on September 8, 2017 at the age of 78. She is joining the love of her life of 61 years, Richard Emery Walter. Born and raised in Dearborn Michigan, daughter of Howard and Blanche Gass. Judy made her home Colorado in 1956 as a newlywed, first living in Hesperus, then Durango, and settling in Dolores...
John W. Bond
Sep 5, 2017
JOHN WAYMUND BOND Celebration of life for longtime Cortez resident John Waymund Bond will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 9 at Rock Springs Community Church. John was born April 26, 1943 in Carnegie, Okla. the son of Julius Waymund and Minnie Gertrude (Sample) Bond. He passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Mercy Regional Medical Center...
Helen Charlieen Patton
Sep 4, 2017
HELEN CHARLIEEN PATTON Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Helen Charlieen Patton will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 9 at Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church. Charlieen was born November 6, 1931 in Cortez the daughter of Stephen Charlie and Myrtle Irene (Wright) Griffith. She passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at...
Nancy Ann Wiltgen
Sep 2, 2017
Nancy Ann Wiltgen was born on August 11, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois to Benjamin and Charlotte Michna. She passed away peacefully at home on Saturday September 2, 2017 at the age of 78. While living in Mundelein, Illinois she met her future husband Jerry and they were married September 9, 1961 and started their family by welcoming daughters Kathleen and...
Helen Dolores Knight
Sep 2, 2017
Dolores worked as a ranch wife and loved animals from childhood. She raised horses, cattle, sheep and chickens, loved her garden and flowers and raised many orphan animals. She also opened her hand and heart to anyone in need of a place to stay or advice. In her home, there was never a shortage of food at the table, whether...
Shirley Jean Fairbanks
Sep 2, 2017
SHIRLEY JEAN FAIRBANKS A memorial service for longtime Cortez resident, Shirley Jean Fairbanks will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will officiate. Shirley was born April 23, 1935 in Tuskegee, Okla. the daughter of Elen and Opal Marcella (Gower) Cullum. She passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at her...
Orland Gene Hatch
Sep 1, 2017
ORLAND GENE HATCH Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Orland Gene Hatch will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Orland was born December 3, 1959 in Cortez the son of Lewis Truman Hatch and...
Lindy Max Dicken
Aug 26, 2017
Lindy Max Dicken was born December 6, 1929 in Oklahoma, the son of Clara (Bill) and John Paul Dicken. He passed away on August 26, 2017 at his residence in Dove Creek, Colorado at the age of 87. Surviving Max are his children Linda Tope (Jerry) of Dove Creek and Janelle Conklin (Ed) of Greeley, Colorado; and his granddaughter Selene...
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