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
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
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...
Charles William "Bill" Grove
Jul 12, 2016
CHARLES WILLIAM "BILL" GROVE Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Charles William "Bill" Grove will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Bill was born November 19, 1938 in Denver, Colo. the son of Ralph William and Florence (Jones) Grove. He passed away on Tuesday, July...
Kathleen Loretta (Faught) Greenlee
Jul 8, 2016
KATHLEEN LORETTA (FAUGHT) GREENLEE Funeral services for longtime Cortez resident Kathleen Loretta (Faught) Greenlee will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 16 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Arriola Cemetery. Kathleen Loretta (Faught) Greenlee, 66, of Cortez, Colorado died suddenly in Durango, on July 8, 2016. Kathy was born on July 29, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan...
Neil Hall
Jul 3, 2016
NEIL HALL Neil Hall was born March 20, 1929 in Boone, Iowa the son of Carl Fredrick and Marian Margaret (Anderson) Hall. He passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Vista Grand Inn at the age of 87. On November 6, 1954, Neil married Marilyn Ann Balfour in North Hollywood, Calif. He loved time spent working with wood and...
Delbert Leroy "Jim" Reed
Jul 1, 2016
DELBERT LEROY "JIM" REED Memorial services for longtime Cortez resident Delbert Leroy "Jim" Reed will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Empire Street in Cortez. Delbert Leroy Reed was born June 7, 1923 in Beatrice, Neb. the son of Alexander Leroy and Viola Fay (Vandergrift) Reed. He passed away on...
Freddie Paul Lopez
Jul 1, 2016
FREDDIE PAUL LOPEZ Funeral Mass for Grand Junction, Colo. resident Freddie Paul Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 9 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, July 8 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. A Rosary service will begin...
Lee Thomas "Woodie" Wood
Jun 27, 2016
LEE THOMAS "WOODIE" WOOD Funeral services for Bayfield resident Lee Thomas "Woodie" Wood will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 8 at Life Church on Highway 160B in Bayfield. Interment will follow at the Bayfield Pine River Cemetery. Woodie was born June 28, 1929 in Hutchinson, Kan. the son of Ranken Thomas and Elma Helen (Farley) Wood. He...
Robert Clarence "Bob" Bales
Jun 25, 2016
ROBERT CLARENCE "BOB" BALES Robert Clarence "Bob" Bales was born January 3, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan the son of Arthur William Bales Jr. and Julia Esma (Richardson) Bales. He passed away on June 25, 2016 at his Lewis residence at the age of 67. Bob spent his career as an Information Data Specialist. He retired from both AT&T and IBM....
Donald Eugene Cooper
Jun 23, 2016
DONALD EUGENE COOPER A memorial service for longtime Cortez resident Donald Eugene Cooper will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 1 at the Cortez American Legion. Military honors will be provided by the Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Don was born June 30, 1942 in Pueblo, Colo. the son of Forest William and Florence Louise (Dennis) Cooper....
Richard Lynn "Rick" Dennison
Jun 19, 2016
RICHARD LYNN "RICK" DENNISON Funeral services for Norwood, Colo. resident Richard Lynn "Rick" Dennison will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 24 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday morning from 9:00 to service time. Rick was born December 19, 1957 in Cortez the son of Vernon Oscar and...
Phyllis Jean Gapp
Jun 17, 2016
PHYLLIS JEAN (COX) GAPP Phyllis Jean (Cox) Gapp was born March 20, 1938. She grew up under the loving guidance of her parents, Cecil and Helen M. (Brown) Cox in Cheyenne, Wyo. and welcomed her sister, Marilyn "Joanne" when she was eight years old. All of her school years were spent in Cheyenne. In 1956, Phyllis met John "Jack" Gapp,...
Charles Edward "Buddy" Johnson
May 29, 2016
CHARLES EDWARD "BUDDY" JOHNSON Charles Edward Johnson, known to many as Bud Johnson and a life-long resident of Dolores, Colorado, passed this life on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the age of 90 at his residence in Taylorsville, Utah beside his family. He was born to Navie Sophia Sagrillo Johnson and Samuel Edward Johnson October 10, 1925 in their family...
Stanley Eugene Daves
May 28, 2016
STANLEY EUGENE DAVES Funeral services for Stanley Eugene Daves, 62, of Dove Creek will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 3, at the new Dove Creek High School Auditorium. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Stanley was born January 15, 1954 in Cortez to James Floyd and Glennis Ardena (Atkinson) Daves. He passed away in Dove Creek...
Betty Pauline Bearly
May 26, 2016
BETTY PAULINE BEARLY Funeral services for longtime Lewis resident Betty Pauline Bearly will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Betty Pauline (Haney) Bearly was born to Charles Berk and Maggie Myrtle Haney on October 30, 1924, in a home West of Ackman, Colorado. A child of a...
Debra Ann May
May 25, 2016
DEBRA ANN MAY Funeral services for longtime Towaoc resident Debra Ann May will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 28 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at West Water Cemetery near Blanding, Utah. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Ertel Chapel. Debra was born June 27, 1969 in Monticello, Utah the daughter...
Sam Eugene Crain
May 25, 2016
SAM EUGENE CRAIN Funeral services for longtime Dove Creek resident Sam Eugene Crain will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27 at the Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Dove Creek Cemetery. Sam was born October 29, 1926 in Porum, Okla. the son of Luke and Ada (Johnson) Crain. He passed away on Wednesday,...
Kenneth Ray Saunders
May 24, 2016
KENNETH RAY SAUNDERS Funeral services for Kenneth Ray Saunders of Cortez, Colo. are scheduled at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center. Kenneth was born April 22, 1960 in Cortez, Colo. He passed away May 24, 2016. Kenneth was the only child of Lavena E. (Gardner) Saunders and John R. Saunders Jr. Kenneth truly...
Richard Marlin "Dick" Jackson
May 24, 2016
RICHARD MARLIN "DICK" JACKSON Richard Marlin "Dick" Jackson was born June 19, 1933 in Terre Haute, Ind. the son of Marlin and Leona (Wenzel) Jackson. He passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Valley Inn Nursing Home at the age of 82. On December 29, 1951, Dick married Nancy Sue Coffenberry, the love of his life. Dick was a...
