Lois Marie Harris
Jan 31, 2017
LOIS MARIE HARRIS Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Lois Marie Harris will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 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. Lois was born October 17, 1927 in Comanche, Tex. the daughter of James...
Eddie Ray Becher
Jan 30, 2017
EDDIE RAY BECHER The sunlight dimmed the morning of January 30, 2017, when Eddie Ray Becher chose to leave us at age 69. Eddie Ray was born November 25, 1947 to Elvin (Bud) Becher and Ramona Becher. Because he was born with Down Syndrome he faced many challenges throughout his life. Just a little slower he met those challenges and...
Esther "Evelyn" Eppich
Jan 30, 2017
ESTHER "EVELYN" EPPICH Prayer service for lifelong Mancos resident Esther "Evelyn" Eppich will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 5 at St. Rita Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Rita Catholic Church and graveside inurnment will take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery later this spring. Evelyn was born January 28, 1923 in Durango the daughter...
Dana Lorean Norton
Jan 29, 2017
DANA LOREAN NORTON Dana Lorean Norton was born in Dallas, Tex. on July 11, 1920 to Omar and Ruby (Ashworth) Wells. She passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living in Cortez, Colo. Dana came with her family to Ackman, Colo. (later Pleasant View) in 1934 and lived there for the next 65 years. She married...
Justin Len Dodson
Jan 28, 2017
JUSTIN LEN DODSON Funeral services for Cortez resident Justin Len Dodson will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Justin was born August 28, 1961 in Durango, Colo. the son of Paul Leonard Dodson Jr. and Allie Adeline (Gladden) Dodson....
Joshua Ryan Stratton
Jan 26, 2017
JOSHUA RYAN STRATTON Joshua Ryan Stratton, 35, of Lewis passed away peacefully at his home on January 26, 2017. Josh was born March 28, 1981 in Cortez, Colorado at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Josh lived in the Cortez/Mancos area for most of his life. He never strayed far from his home because everyone and everything he loved was within his reach....
James "Clinton" Medley
Jan 23, 2017
JAMES "CLINTON" MEDLEY A celebration of life for James "Clinton" Medley, a lifelong resident of Cahone, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 3 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Clinton was born June 9, 1937 in Cedar Point, Utah the son of James Franklin and Ruby Mae (Toles) Medley. He passed away on Monday, January 23, 2017...
Christa R. Cushman
Jan 20, 2017
CHRISTA R. CUSHMAN Celebration of Christa R. Cushman's life will take place on Saturday, February 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dolores Community Center. Christa was born November 27, 1935 in Goerlitz, Germany the daughter of Alfred and Katharina (Tietz) Herzig. She passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at her Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 81.
Frank Wesley Boston
Jan 19, 2017
Frank Wesley Boston, also referred to as "Frankie" or just "Boston", was born September 23, 1924 and departed this life on January 19, 2017 in the same town of his birth; Mancos, Colorado. A lifelong resident of Colorado, Frank grew up in Mancos where he attended school, worked on the family ranch, and helped his stepfather at the Red Arrow...
Maria Emilia "Emily" Gallegos
Jan 19, 2017
MARIA EMILIA "EMILY" GALLEGOS Funeral Mass for lifelong Cortez resident Maria Emilia "Emily" Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 23 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Rosary service will be held on Sunday, January 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Emily...
Erma "Jean" Morrill
Jan 19, 2017
ERMA "JEAN" MORRILL Memorial services for Erma "Jean" Morrill, 83 of Dolores, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Jim Welch will officiate. Jean was born July 1, 1933 in Syracuse, Kans. the daughter of Alfred Ulysses and Gladys (Crouch) Alexander. She passed away at her home on January 19, 2017. Jean...
Beau D. Ayers
Jan 18, 2017
BEAU D. AYERS Memorial services for Beau D. Ayers will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 at the Cortez First United Methodist Church. Reverend Will Morris will officiate. Beau D. Ayers was born on Wednesday, June 24, 1981 in Cortez, Colo. He passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at his home in Cortez. He was 35...
Mona "Faye" Culp
Jan 18, 2017
MONA "FAYE" CULP Faye Culp was born on February 5, 1921 in Bayfield, Colorado to Charles and Fannie Yingling. She passed from this world at the Valley Inn in Mancos on January 18, 2017 at the age of 95. Preceding her in death were her husband of 75 years, Russel Culp; and four brothers, three sisters and two grandsons. Faye...
Edward "Hays" Leonard
Jan 16, 2017
Longtime Arriola resident, Edward "Hays" Leonard, age 73, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 16, 2017 in Paradise, California. He was born September 7, 1943 in Cortez to Paul and Hazel Leonard. Hays was one of five siblings including Peggy, Ronnie, Lorraine, and Linley. He grew up in Arriola and was a 1961 graduate of the...
Irma Herrmann
Jan 15, 2017
Everyone fortunate to have met Irma Herrmann has been made better for it. Her enthusiasm for life was far-reaching, right up to her untimely passing on Sunday, January 15. She was 91 years old. Born Irma Jean Latham on October 29, 1925 in Berlin, Oklahoma, Irma would someday marry an amazing, Renaissance man named Gunther Herrmann, who had been born...
Linda Ruth Creel
Jan 12, 2017
LINDA RUTH CREEL Linda Ruth Creel was born December 17, 1947 in Porter, Okla. the daughter of Frank Ray and Wilma Ruth (Snowden) Moon. She passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at her Dolores residence at the age of 69. Surviving Linda are her children, Jerry Dean Turner Jr. of Dolores and Katherine Elaine Dean of Houston, Tex.; her...
Nancy Anne (Kline) Edwards
Jan 8, 2017
Nancy Anne (Kline) Edwards was born November 5, 1950 to Earl and Esther Kline, in Seattle, Washington. Nancy graduated from high school in Falls Church, Va. On March 23, 1973 she married John L Edwards. Nancy passed away at Vista Grande Inn on January 8, 2017. Nancy and John moved from Virginia to Denver, Colorado in 1976 and fell in...
Barbara Ruth "Bobbie" Lewis
Jan 7, 2017
BARBARA RUTH "BOBBIE" (GOODE) LEWIS Funeral services for lifelong area resident, Barbara Ruth "Bobbie" (Goode) Lewis will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 12 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Bobbie was born on September 3, 1930 in Mancos to John Ward and Velma (Journey) Goode. She passed away...
Ruth Elizabeth Humphreys
Jan 6, 2017
RUTH ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS Memorial services for longtime Dove Creek resident Ruth Elizabeth Humphreys will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 9 at the Dove Creek First United Methodist Church. Pastor Cherie Cobb will officiate. Ruth was born July 29, 1922 in Anaheim, Calif. the daughter of Gilbert and Hazel (Warren) Davis. She passed away on Friday, January 6,...
Lena Faye Reid Keck Barnett
Jan 5, 2017
LENA FAYE REID KECK BARNETT Lena Keck Barnett, passed away peacefully on the morning of January 5th, 2017, in Cortez, Colorado. Lena was born on June 29th, 1928 in Bonita, Texas to William D. Reid and Mealy Melvina Hollars. She was quite a beautiful child and young lady and lived up to the meaning of her birthplace Bonita (beautiful). She...
