Felix Adakai
Apr 11, 2016
FELIX ADAKAI Funeral services for Cortez resident Felix Adakai will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Reverend Henry McKerry will officiate. Felix was born September 15, 1982 in Shiprock, N.M. the son of Sam and Mamie (Herrera) Adakai. He passed away Monday, April 11, 2016 at his...
Bennie L. Valencia
Apr 9, 2016
BENNIE L. VALENCIA Funeral Mass for longtime Cortez resident Bennie L. Valencia will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 15 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Inurnment will take place at Ignacio Catholic Cemetery. Rosary services will be held Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the church. Bennie was born April 27,...
Joe Ann Mattson
Apr 8, 2016
Graveside services for lifelong area resident, Joe Ann Mattson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Joe Ann was born on May 19, 1953 in Cortez, Colo. the daughter of Joe F. and Feloniz Maria (Lucero) Espinoza. She passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 at her Mancos residence...
Anthony Pete "Tony" Ferdinando
Apr 7, 2016
ANTHONY PETE "TONY" FERDINANDO Anthony Pete "Tony" Ferdinando was born January 16, 1922 in Durango, Colo. the son of Oreste and Giovanna (Frasca) Ferdinando. He passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Vista Mesa Assisted Living Center in Cortez at the age of 94. Surviving Tony are his children, Shirley Ann Moates of Florida, Ann Tonia Hankins of Scottsdale,...
Robert "Bob" Charles Rouse
Apr 7, 2016
Robert "Bob" Charles Rouse was born August 24, 1931 in Pocahontas County, Iowa. He is the son of Archie R. and Elsie C. (Larson) Rouse. He passed away on April 7, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, CO at the age of 84. Bob graduated from Spirit Lake, IA High School in 1950. Bob served in the Army...
Sammy Borrego
Apr 4, 2016
SAMMY BORREGO Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident, Sammy Borrego will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2016 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cortez. Reverend Pat Valdez, C. R. will officiate. A Rosary Service will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7p.m. at Ertel Funeral Home. Sammy Borrego was born on June 27,...
Billy Jerrold Higgins
Apr 3, 2016
Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident, Billy Jerrold Higgins, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mancos, Colo. Billy was born on July 12, 1949 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Allen Denton and Louise Margueritte (Miller) Higgins. Billy passed away on Sunday, April 3,...
Loren Robert Codding
Apr 2, 2016
Memorial services for longtime Dolores resident, Loren Robert Codding, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Dolores. Pastor Cherie Cobb will officiate. Loren was born on July 25, 1926 in Medina, Ohio the son of John Arvillo and Iva Maude (Baysinger) Codding. Loren passed away at his residence on...
Amy R. Salinas
Apr 2, 2016
Funeral Mass for Cortez resident Amy R. Salinas will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edinburg, Tex. Interment will follow at Valley Memorial Garden Cemetery in Mission, Tex. Rosary services will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at Funeraria del Angel in Mission Tex. Amy was born March 3, 1918 in...
William Donald "Bill" Tortoriello Sr.
Apr 2, 2016
WILLIAM DONALD "BILL" TORTORIELLO SR. Cortez resident, William Donald "Bill" Tortoriello Sr., passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital, Cortez, Colo. on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the age of 95. The family has chosen cremation without services. Bill was born on March 25, 1921 in Chicago, Ill. the son of William Donald Tortoriello Sr. and Johanna (Baraglio) Tortoriello. Bill married...
Janice Lou Mcgrath
Apr 1, 2016
Janice (Jan) Lou McGrath, 72, of Cortez, Colorado, died April 1, 2016 after a courageous ten-year battle with MDS and then leukemia. Jan was born in El Centro, California on June 4, 1943 to Fred and Elda Sterzing. After graduating from Central Union High School in El Centro, she attended Arizona State College (now NAU) where she was an active...
Josephine Julia Quintana
Mar 31, 2016
Funeral Mass for longtime area resident Josephine Julia "Lovey" Quintana will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 8 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. A Rosary Service will be held on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Lovey was born December 17, 1944...
Loraine Wanda Shippy
Mar 21, 2016
Graveside services for longtime resident, Loraine Wanda Shippy, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Arriola Cemetery. Pastor Doug Carver will preside. Loraine was born on July 21, 1932 in Grants Pass, Ore. the daughter of Pliny and Opal Eels Jerome. Loraine passed away at her residence on Monday, March 21, 2016 at the age...
Raymond Lopez
Mar 15, 2016
Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Raymond Lopez will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Raymond Lopez was born on June 21, 1947 in Miranda Springs, Colo. the son...
Ted Wilson Winbourn
Mar 15, 2016
Memorial services for lifelong Cortez resident, Ted Wilson Winbourn, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Lewis Arriola Community Center. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Ted Wilson Winbourn was born on November 16, 1939 in Cortez, Colo. the son of Leonard Douglas and Dora Huddleston Winbourn. Ted passed away at his residence on March 15,...
Carol Ann Cantsee
Mar 14, 2016
Funeral services for Towaoc resident, Carol Ann Cantsee, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday, March 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Carol Ann Cantsee was born on June 30, 1961 in Monticello, Utah, the daughter...
Walter J. Turner
Mar 11, 2016
WALTER J. TURNER Walter "Shorty" Turner was born on July 13, 1924 to Ben and Hazel Turner. Walter was raised on farms in the Ignacio, Bayfield, and Arboles areas with his parents and seven brothers and three sisters. In his adult life, Walter plowed snow on Wolf Creek Pass for the Colorado State Highway Department and he worked in a...
Cecilia Anne (Hillerman) Grubbs
Mar 6, 2016
Cecilia Anne (Hillerman) Grubbs passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, March 6, 2016. Cecilia was born October 20, 1951 to Cecil and Nelda (Coffey) Hillerman in Ada, Oklahoma. She was raised in Oklahoma City and Tecumseh Oklahoma. She was an excellent cook, loved collecting cookbooks, had an exceptional "green thumb," enjoyed growing plants and was an avid reader and...
Loyce Ann Mcghghy
Mar 4, 2016
Memorial services for Pleasant View resident, Loyce Ann McGhghy will be held at a later date. Loyce Ann McGhghy was born on July 13, 1953 in Portales, N.M. the daughter of James Monte and Roverta Agnes Burns Long. Loyce passed away on March 4, 2016 at the age of 62 at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Loyce served as a volunteer for...
James Kale "Jim" Mcneley
Mar 4, 2016
JAMES KALE MCNELEY Funeral services for Cortez resident James Kale "Jim" McNeley will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery, Jim was born July 25, 1931 in Des Moines, Iowa the son of Glen Golden and Marjorie Faye (Haussman) McNeley. He passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016...
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