Serenus Wall
Apr 29, 2016
SERENUS WALL Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Serenus Wall will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4 at the Towaoc Recreation Center. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Serenus was born October 24, 1954 in Cortez the son of Alfred Wall...
Wilbur Earl Atkins
Apr 28, 2016
WILBUR EARL ATKINS Graveside inurnment service for longtime Cortez resident Wilbur Earl Atkins will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 6 at Cortez Cemetery. Wilbur was born December 23, 1930 in Fowler, Colo. the son of Roy Alden and Lillie (Krause) Atkins. He passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington...
Abe Ben Valdez
Apr 28, 2016
ABE BEN VALDEZ A celebration of life potluck and remembrance for Abe Ben Valdez will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 at the Dolores Community Center. Abe was born February 7, 1942 in Brawley, Calif. the son of Filbert and Virginia (Maestas) Valdez. He passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Vista Grande Inn...
Linda Sue Reed
Apr 28, 2016
LINDA SUE REED Linda Sue Reed was born January 14, 1954 in Independence, Kan. the daughter of Walter and Jolene (Biggs) Raney. She passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at her Cortez residence at the age of 62. On August 30, 1974, Linda married Roger C. Reed in Cortez. The couple shared 41 years together. Linda worked at Havran...
Patricia Rae "Patti" Plemons
Apr 25, 2016
PATRICIA RAE "PATTI" PLEMONS Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Patricia Rae "Patti" Plemons will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 2 at Rock Springs Community Church. Pastor David Ramsey will officiate. The family invites everyone to join them for a meal following the service, also to be held at the church. Patti was born June 22, 1952...
Jimmie Wayne King
Apr 25, 2016
JIMMIE WAYNE KING Graveside services for longtime area resident Jimmie Wayne King will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Jim was born May 4, 1930 in Childress, Tex. the son of Newell and Mary Ella (Allan) King. He passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 at his residence in Lewis at the age...
Edith Marian West
Apr 24, 2016
EDITH MARIAN WEST Edith Marian West was born November 28, 1926 to Ernest Powell and Lollabelle DeMoss in Independence, MO. She passed away peacefully and painlessly surrounded by family and loved ones on April 24, 2016. Marian's family lived in Odessa, MO until relocating to Cortez, Colorado in 1936. Prior to graduating from Montezuma Cortez High School in 1943 at...
Lawrence Zane Wright
Apr 23, 2016
LAWRENCE ZANE WRIGHT Graveside services for longtime Mancos resident Lawrence Zane Wright will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at the Wright residence 42122 Road N.25 in Mancos. Zane was born May 2, 1931 in El Centro, Calif. the son of Harry and Leta (Carter) Wright. He passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at his residence...
Tommy Milton Lopez
Apr 15, 2016
Graveside inurnment services for lifelong area resident, Tommy Milton Lopez, will be held 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 21 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Reverend Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. Tommy was born on December 14, 1932 in Mancos the son of Frank and Juanita (Espinoza) Lopez. Tommy passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016 at his Dolores residence at the...
Rolando Torres
Apr 14, 2016
ROLANDO TORRES Rolando Torres was born on September 27, 1931 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba the son of Arsenio and Maria Sugranas Monfort Torres. Rolando passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Vista Grande Inn, Colo. at the age of 84. Surviving Rolando are his children, Rick Torres (Betty) of Cortez, Colo. and Ricardo Torres (Ivy) of Ashville, N.C.;...
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...
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