Obituaries

Barbara Minnie Baskett

Barbara Minnie Baskett

Aug 18, 2016

BARBARA MINNIE BASKETT Funeral services for longtime resident Barbara Minnie Baskett will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 22 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, M Road Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Tim Lanier will conduct. Barbara was born July 14, 1934 the daughter of Thomas Jesse and Birdie Rachel (Dennison)...

Wilma Meca Ladd Johnson Lindquist

Wilma Meca Ladd Johnson Lindquist

Aug 18, 2016

WILMA MECA LADD JOHNSON LINDQUIST Memorial services for former Cortez resident Wilma Meca Ladd Johnson Lindquist will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 27 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Wilma was born in Norwood, Colo. on July 24, 1934 and grew up in Ridgway and Dove Creek. Wilma...

Shirley Rae Dixon Mcdaniel

Shirley Rae Dixon Mcdaniel

Aug 18, 2016

SHIRLEY RAE DIXON MCDANIEL Shirley Rae Dixon McDaniel passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016 in her home in Cortez, Colorado. Shirley was born on September 2, 1935 in Delta, Colorado to Vernice Lorraine (Pratt) Dixon and Charles Hover Dixon. In 1955 she married Harlan Lee McDaniel. They moved to Cortez in 1960 where together they raised three children. Shirley...

Betty Joe Flora

Betty Joe Flora

Aug 16, 2016

BETTY JO FLORA Betty Jo Flora was born August 5, 1927 in Quinter, Kan. the daughter of Vernon Ezra and Daisy Lillian (Rash) Blickenstaff. She passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at the age of 89. Surviving Betty Jo are her children, Debbie Casias (Bob) of Dolores, Bart Flora (Maureen) of Seattle, Wash.,...

Chance Randall Davidson

Chance Randall Davidson

Aug 16, 2016

CHANCE RANDALL DAVIDSON Memorial services for Dolores resident Chance Randall Davidson will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 20 at Lighthouse Baptist Church. Chance was born December 13, 1997 in Wichita, Kan. He passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his residence at the age of 18. Surviving Chance are his parents, Randy and Laurel Davidson of...

Clark Eugene Watkins

Clark Eugene Watkins

Aug 15, 2016

CLARK EUGENE WATKINS Clark Eugene Watkins was born September 19, 1961 in Cortez the son of Eugene Garry and Sandra Alice (Sagrillo) Watkins. He passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 54. Clark was a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He enjoyed time spent outdoors and he was an...

Byron Vance Fish

Byron Vance Fish

Aug 14, 2016

BYRON VANCE FISH Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Byron Vance Fish will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 18 at the Fish Family Cemetery and Farm. Byron was born July 26, 1971 in Cortez the son of Glen Alfred and Sheila Kaye (Norris) Fish. He passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at...

Shirley Diederich

Shirley Diederich

Aug 10, 2016

SHIRLEY DIERDERICH Funeral services for Cortez resident Shirley Diederich will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 20 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Peel Cemetery. Shirley Diederich, wife of Robert "Bob" Diederich passed away at home in Cortez on August 10, 2016. She was born in Egnar, Colo. on February 6, 1938, the 10th child of...

Tea Rene Faith Gonsalez

Tea Rene Faith Gonsalez

Aug 5, 2016

TEA RENE FAITH GONSALEZ Funeral services for Tea Rene Faith Gonsalez will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Tea, the daughter of David Gonsalez and Mariel Mares, came into and left this world on Friday, August 5, 2016. She is survived by her parents; by her siblings, Mabel Martinez, Matthew Gonsalez, Hinata Gonsalez,...

Robert Lee "Bob" Mustoe

Robert Lee "Bob" Mustoe

Aug 3, 2016

ROBERT LEE "BOB" MUSTOE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Robert Lee "Bob" Mustoe will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 8 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Bishop Tim Lanier will conduct. Inurnment will follow at Goodman Point Cemetery. Robert Lee Mustoe (Bob) passed away on August 3, 2016 in Cortez,...

Jerry Lynn Elliott

Jerry Lynn Elliott

Jul 31, 2016

JERRY LYNN ELLIOTT Funeral services for lifelong area resident Jerry Lynn Elliott will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 8 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Bishop Tim Lanier will conduct. Jerry was born September 3, 1941 in Dolores the son of Duffy Taft and Martha...

Thomas Patrick "Tom" Gass

Thomas Patrick "Tom" Gass

Jul 28, 2016

THOMAS PATRICK "TOM" GASS Thomas Patrick "Tom" Gass was born June 7, 1949 in Belleville, Ill. the son of Joseph and Dolores (Fiedler) Gass. He passed away at his residence in Cahone on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the age of 67. Tom married Andrea Tucker in 1986 in Cortez. He enjoyed the outdoors. Hiking, skiing, and hunting were some...

Verda Cowles Hilliker

Verda Cowles Hilliker

Jul 26, 2016

VERDA COWLES HILLIKER Verda Cowles Hilliker was born March 17, 1930 in Garden City, Mich. the daughter of Dewey and Verda (Connor) Cowles. She passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at Vista Grande Inn Nursing Home at the age of 86. Verda's father ran a saw mill when she was a child. She also lived in Alaska with her...

Sophie C. Speer

Sophie C. Speer

Jul 26, 2016

SOPHIE C. SPEER Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Sophie C. Speer will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 1 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. A Rosary Service will take place Sunday evening at 7 p.m. at the church. Sophie was born August 24, 1920 in Dulce, N.M. the daughter...

Andre Uriel Madrid

Andre Uriel Madrid

Jul 24, 2016

ANDRE URIEL MADRID Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident Andre Uriel Madrid will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 at Cortez Cemetery. Andre was born February 6, 1985 in Cortez the son of Johnandrew Wilfred and Maria Bertha (Campuzano) Madrid. He passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at his residence at the age of 31....

Edwin Oliver Liukko

Edwin Oliver Liukko

Jul 23, 2016

EDWIN OLIVER LIUKKO Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Edwin Oliver Liukko will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27 at the Evangel Assembly of God Church. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery with military honors provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Edwin Oliver Liukko was born in Newport, New Hampshire on February 19, 1927....

John Lincoln Fury

John Lincoln Fury

Jul 20, 2016

JOHN LINCOLN FURY Funeral services for lifelong Dove Creek resident John Lincoln Fury will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26 at Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Mr. Travis Randolph will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. John was born...

Anita Lynn Vialpando

Anita Lynn Vialpando

Jul 19, 2016

ANITA LYNN VIALPANDO Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident Anita Lynn Vialpando will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 23 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Anita was born November 17, 1970 in Durango the daughter of Raymond Rumaidito...

Rozella Ann Weed

Rozella Ann Weed

Jul 17, 2016

ROZELLA ANN WEED Rozella Ann Weed was born December 15, 1934 in Holly, Colo. the daughter of William and Beulah (Dwyer) Glover. She passed away at her Dolores residence on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the age of 81. Rozella was a nurse at Valley Inn Nursing Home in Mancos for many years. She enjoyed time spent outdoors camping and...

Cordell Joseph Paytiamo

Cordell Joseph Paytiamo

Jul 13, 2016

CORDELL JOSEPH PAYTIAMO Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Cordell Joseph Paytiamo will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Cordell was born November 1, 1964 in Cortez the son of Howard and Rose Ann (Williams) Paytiamo. He passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in Cortez at...