Andrew John "Andy" Baca
Mar 8, 2018
Andrew (Andy) John Baca was born in Los Angeles, CA on June 8, 1949. He unexpectedly passed from this world on March 8, 2018 in Cortez, CO. Andy served in the U.S. Army for 4 years, and worked as a construction inspector for the Bureau of Reclamation until retirement. He loved to play golf, enjoyed fishing and his mountains. He...
Beverly T. Brom
Mar 7, 2018
Beverly T. Brom was born March 23, 1930 in Winterset, IA the daughter of Lester and Lois Gertrude (Bruett) Trout. She passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Mancos, CO at the age of 87. Beverly and her family moved from Iowa to Boulder, CO in 1959. Along with her husband, she owned and operated a small business in...
Phillip "Belo" Laner Jr.
Mar 6, 2018
PHILLIP BELO LANER JR. Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Phillip Belo Laner Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 10 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Belo was born August 13, 1970 in Cortez the son of Phillip Laner...
Carmen Good Alksnis
Mar 5, 2018
Carmen Good Alksnis, 70 of Cortez, CO - formally of Gaylord, MI passed away on March 5th in Grand Junction , CO. Carmen is survived by her husband Roland of Cortez and her sons James of Warren, CO, Robert (Dominique) of Gaylord, MI and John of Mason, MI. She is also survived by grand-children Michael, Lynn, Lisa, Nathan, Samantha, Alex...
Bonnie Jacquelyn Boyce
Mar 4, 2018
BONNIE JACQUELYN BOYCE Bonnie Jacquelyn Boyce was born June 8, 1932 in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Kermit and Eva (Harbough) Tillett. She passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at her home at the age of 85. Bonnie was always a strong woman with a heart of gold and a passion for animals, especially horses. You could find her...
Dorris Evelyn Mellott
Feb 25, 2018
DORRIS EVELYN MELLOTT Funeral services for Dorris Evelyn Mellott will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 1 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Dorris was born July 1, 1927 in Cortez the daughter of Hubert and Alma (Brown) Baker. She passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at St. Marys Hospital...
Tammy Lee Gonzales
Feb 24, 2018
Tammy Lee Baty was born to Frank and Rebecca Baty on June 19th, 1974. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but moved many times throughout her childhood before settling finally in Cortez, Colorado, where she would spend the majority of her life. During her late teens, she dropped out of school and began working at the Sonic Drive-In,...
Wilma Darlene Kardokus
Feb 21, 2018
WILMA DARLENE KARDOKUS Funeral services for loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Wilma Darlene Kardokus will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Sammy Jamison will officiate. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A viewing will be held at Ertel Memorial Chapel from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2018. Wilma was...
Helen Vandover
Feb 21, 2018
HELEN VAN DOVER Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Helen Van Dover will be held on Monday, February 26, 2018 at Cortez First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Helen was born December 16, 1928 in Andover, S.D. the daughter of Julius F. and Lucy Rose (Zimney) Dylla. She passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Morning...
Carl Rolston Armstrong
Feb 16, 2018
Carl Rolston Armstrong, born to Franklin Daniel and Bannie Mason Armstrong (both deceased), went home to be with the Lord on February 16, 2018 at the age of 90. Carl was born on September 20, 1927 in Seminole, Oklahoma, and moved to Colorado in 1936 with his parents and three sisters; Claudine Wilhite, Estelle Blaisdell (deceased), and Pearl Risenhoover (deceased)....
Taelar Lynn Rowley
Feb 15, 2018
TAELAR LYNN ROWLEY Memorial services for Mancos resident Taelar Lynn Rowley will be held at noon on Friday, March 9 at the Mancos Cowboy Church. Taelar was born February 4, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah the daughter of Shayne Lyle Rowley and Celeste Dawn Monique Murdock. She passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Childrens Hospital in Aurora,...
Katie Mae Waggoner
Feb 12, 2018
Katie Mae (Dornik) Waggoner passed away in Mancos, CO on February 12, 2018 at the age of 87. Katie was born January 1, 1931 in Bisbee, AZ to Tony S. and Musa Mae (Grosh) Dornik. She lived her early life in Miami, AZ where she graduated from Miami High School and was a member of the marching band. Katie spent...
Caroline Blumve Ebeid
Feb 11, 2018
Caroline Blumve Ebeid, 95, passed peacefully at Valley Inn Nursing Home on February 11, 2018. She is survived by her daughters Cathy Seibert and Christine Heimann, sons Gregory Seibert and Tremaine Ebeid, ten grandchildren and great grandchildren, sisters, and cousins. She was predeceased by her daughter, Nawal Giscard DEstaing. Caroline lived in Pasadena California, Beirut, Lebanon, and mostly, Winston-Salem, North...
Robert Lawrence Harrah Jr.
Feb 10, 2018
ROBERT LAWERNCE BOB HARRAH JR. Robert Lawrence Bob Harrah Jr. was born April 29, 1948 in Ronceverte, West Virginia the son of Robert Harrah Sr. and Blanche Betty (Spitzer) Harrah. He passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at his home at the age of 69. Bob was a member of the Cortez Elks Lodge #1789 an avid golfer and...
Charlotte Mae Baxstrom
Feb 7, 2018
CHARLOTTE MAE BAXSTROM Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident Charlotte Mae Baxstrom will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13 at the Cortez Cemetery. Charlotte was born May 11, 1928 in Mancos, the daughter of Hiram Ensley Baker and Easter Hazel (Nelson) Baker. She passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the Vista Grande Inn at the...
Benjamin Sanchez
Feb 7, 2018
Benjamin Sanchez was born January 13, 1932 in Lumberton, NM the son of Salvador and Ascencion (Valdez) Sanchez. He passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the Vista Grande Inn in Cortez, CO. Benjamin married Tony Eleanor (Romero) Sanchez, on May 15, 1961 in Aztec, NM. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for most of his life and...
Debby Lynn Hammell
Feb 7, 2018
Debby Lynn Davis Hammell, born June 11, 1960 in Denver, Colorado, passed away February 7, 2018 in Cortez, Colorado. Daughter of Orvil and Juanita (McKenzie) Davis. She graduated from Plateau Valley High School May 1978 in Collbran, Colorado. Married Russell Hammell October 2, 1982 in Mesa, Colorado. They had two children, Heather and Donald, twins born March 23, 1984. She...
Sande Jenell Johnson
Feb 6, 2018
Sande Jenell Johnson Born June 8, 1941 Died February 6, 2018 Sande lived in Vancouver, WA. She is survived by Rudy Robles of Bremmerton, WA; Shenda Robles of Vancouver, WA; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren; and her sisters Gloria Loyd, Beverly Opferbuch and Liddie Rose, all of Cortez. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, June 14th...
Rita Mabel Martinez
Jan 31, 2018
RITA MABEL MARTINEZ Mass for lifelong area resident Rita Mabel Martinez will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 3 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Rosary service will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Rita was born May...
Allie Elizabeth "Betty" James
Jan 31, 2018
Allie Elizabeth Baer, always called Betty, was the first child born to William (Bill) and Willie Meadows Baer. She was born in Cortez, Colorado on September 15, 1923 and passed away in Farmington, New Mexico on 31 January, 2018, at age 94. The family lived in Rico, Colorado where her father was a miner. She was especially close to her...
