Frank Joseph Spore
Oct 30, 2017
FRANK JOSEPH SPORE Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Frank Joseph Spore will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 4 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary service has been scheduled...
Billy Roy Steel
Oct 29, 2017
Billy Roy Steele was born October 22, 1984 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Steven Eugene and Lyla Jean (Cox) Steele. He passed away on Sunday, October 29 2017 in Grand Junction, Colorado at the age of 33. Surviving Billy are his wife, Jessa Lynn Olsen of Meeker; his daughter, Alexia Isabelle Steel of Des Moines, Iowa; his mom, Lyla...
Letitia Lynelle Pioche
Oct 25, 2017
LETITIA LYNELLE PIOCHE Funeral services for Letitia Lynelle Pioche of Farmington N.M will be held at 10:00am Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Letitia was born May 31, 1973 in Cortez, Colo. the daughter of David Johnson Lee and Marita (Benson) Lee. She passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at her residence in Farmington, N.M. at the age...
John Knight Wing Jr.
Oct 21, 2017
John Wing Jr., 79, of Towaoc, died October 20, 2017 at the Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. He was born October 9, 1938. He is Survived by his children, Glynis and Norman Wall, Jana Mills, David Wing and Charlene Benally; and by his sister Carol Jean Wing. John was a burnot ranger for the Ute Mountain Tribe. He was appointed...
Maria Audilia "Lela" Martinez
Oct 17, 2017
Maria Audilia Lela Martinez went to be with our Lord on October 17, 2017 in Boerne, TX. She was surrounded by loved ones and went peacefully without pain. Maria was born in Ensenada, NM to Manuel Valdez and Josefa Martinez Valdez on 8 July 1926. Maria was one of 10 children. She endured many hardships such as losing her father...
June Iralee Bertram
Oct 17, 2017
June Iralee Bertram was born on June 16, 1935 at Old Ackman, CO to Robin and Marie Hollen. She passed away at her home in Dolores, CO on October 17, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward H. Burris; her brothers, Howard Hollen and Junior Hollen; her sisters, Roberta Hollen, Jean Hollen, Ruth Dewell, and Waneta Martin;...
Jackie Lynn Calhoun
Oct 16, 2017
Jackie Calhoun Nelson Jackie Calhoun Nelson of Bayfield, Co passed away unexpectedly in her home on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the young age of 50. Jackie is survived by her father Clearance Calhoun of Cortez, Co. As well as many siblings. Laurie(Calhoun) Winemiller, Clancy and Charlotte Calhoun of Aztec, NM, Sarah(Calhoun) and Don Miller of Cortez, Co, Jenny(Calhoun) Nichols...
Andrew Andy Rizzo
Oct 14, 2017
Andrew Andy Francis Rizzo passed away 10/14/2017 at the age of 70 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis and Dementia. He is survived by a son and daughter, his mother, a brother and half sister. Andy is a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he served with the Air Force in the 6990th Security Squadron and spent time stationed...
Beverly Vonda Conny
Oct 14, 2017
Beverly Conny was born June 13, 1938 in Nebraska, the daughter of George and Elena Wissink. She passed away on Saturday, October 14th, 2017 in Cortez at the age of 79. She was a beloved Mother and Nana and will be greatly missed by her family. She enjoyed spending time with her family. Beverly is survived by her children, Simone...
Julian Oliver Loomis Sr.
Oct 13, 2017
JULIAN OLIVER LOOMIS SR. Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Julian Oliver Loomis Sr. will be held on Tuesday, October 24 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church at 11:00 a.m. Julian was born January 20, 1950 in Pagosa Springs, Colo. He passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 67. Julian is...
Jo Anna Miller
Oct 11, 2017
On October 11, 2017 at 7:13pm, Jo Anna Miller went to be with her Lord. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Joseph Hamblin (Papa Joe) and Betty Lou Fugitt. She is survived by her husband, Tim Miller; her sister, Jeannie Schenk; her two daughters and their spouses, Wendy and Matt Eytchison, and Hattie Miller and Steve Ward;...
Susan Ann Sanders
Oct 6, 2017
Susan was born May 5, 1961 in Gunnison, Colorado the daughter of Oraly and Ethel (Smith) Muzzy. She passed away on October 6, 2017 at St. Marys Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, Oraly and Ethel Muzzy; her husband, Jon Sanders; and her siblings, Beverly Hughes and Danny Muzzy. She is survived...
Margie Russell
Oct 6, 2017
Margie Russell was born May 11, 1948 to Clay and Jean Bader of Mancos, CO. They lived in town until 1960 then moved up to the ranch. She returned to the house in town in 1981 to raise her family. During her youth, in the Mancos Schools, she was very active in Cheerleading, Methodist Youth Fellowship, Rainbow Girls, and Band....
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...
