Betty Lou Waterman
Oct 3, 2015
Funeral services for Betty Lou Waterman, former area resident, will be held on Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Betty was born on December 2, 1926 in Frederick, Oka. the daughter of William Earl and Orpha Hazel...
Linda Joyce (Thorpe) Mcwilliams
Sep 27, 2015
LINDA JOYCE (THORPE) MCWILLIAMS Graveside inurnment services for lifelong Cortez resident Linda Joyce (Thorpe) McWilliams will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 3 at Cortez Cemetery. Linda was born on August 28, 1952 in Cortez the daughter of Henry and Letta Ellen (Scammahorn) Thorpe. She passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the...
Jeanette Daves
Sep 22, 2015
JEANETTE DAVES Memorial services for Jeanette Daves will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. A reception and celebration of Jeanette's life will follow the service at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Jeanette was born December 16, 1937 in the Lakeview, Colo. community. She was the daughter of Harry and...
Maudie "Jean" Stolz
Sep 20, 2015
MAUDIE "JEAN" STOLZ Memorial services for Maudie "Jean" Stolz a resident of Dolores will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Dolores. Father Pat Valdez will officiate. An inurnment will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 5 at the Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Kansas. Jean...
Jesse Daniel J.D. Rose
Sep 20, 2015
JESSE DANIEL "J.D." ROSE Funeral services for longtime Dolores resident, Jesse Daniel "J.D." Rose, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 26 at Lighthouse Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Pastor Bruce Burkett will officiate. Military honors will be provided by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. J.D. was born in Big Flat, Ark. on...
Douglas William Horther
Sep 19, 2015
Douglas William Horther July 14, 1950-September 19, 2015 Longtime Durango and Dolores resident Douglas William Horther, 65, died peacefully in the company of his loving wife, Lucy, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Doug was born, the first child of William Conrad and Helen Lucille Horther, in Durango, CO. He graduated from Durango High School...
Abedon Ramolo "Abe" Sena
Sep 19, 2015
ABEDON ROMOLO "ABE" SENA Graveside services for 33 year long resident of Cortez, Abedon Romolo "Abe" Sena will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 26 at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Jeff McDonnel will officiate. Abe was born on December 20, 1937 in Pecos, N.M. the son of Patricio and Antonia Sena. He passed away at his Cortez residence on...
James Lewis "Jim" Frantz
Sep 19, 2015
JAMES LEWIS FRANTZ James Lewis Frantz was born August 16, 1944 in Denver, Colo. to Marion Grace Lewis and passed away on September 19, 2015 at his home in Mancos, Colo. After the passing of his mother when he was six years old, Jim lived with various family members until finally being adopted by his grandmother, Amy Frantz and living...
Patricia Ann Gallegos
Sep 17, 2015
PATRICIA ANN GALLEGOS Memorial services for Patricia Ann Gallegos will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22 at Lifeway Baptist Church. Pastor James Vaughn will conduct the services. Pat was born January 19, 1947 in Centerville, Ark. the daughter of Coy Lee and Anna Bell (Bowden) Horne. She passed away at her Dolores home on Thursday, September 17,...
Jimmy Ray Patton
Sep 16, 2015
JIMMIE RAY PATTON Memorial services for longtime area resident Jimmie Ray Patton will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church with Reverend Steve Nofel officiating. Jim was born in Pueblo, Colo. on October 10, 1934 to Ernest Everett and Roberta Lenore (Yowell) Patton. He passed away at Vista Grande Inn on Wednesday,...
Mary Louise Elliott
Sep 15, 2015
MARY LOUISE ELLIOTT Funeral services for longtime area resident Mary Louise Elliott will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Road M Chapel. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery. Bishop Vaughn Cook will conduct. Visitation has been scheduled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at...
Cecilia Mercy Ann Sutton
Sep 15, 2015
CECILIA MERCY ANN SUTTON Funeral services for Cecilia Mercy Ann Sutton will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 at Mountain View Community Church (formerly known as First Baptist Church of Oracle), 1175 N. Appleton Drive, Oracle, Ariz. Interment will follow at Oracle Cemetery. Visitation has been set for 10 a.m. Wednesday morning at the church. Cecilia was...
Patricia Lee Marez
Sep 14, 2015
Memorial Service for Patricia Lee Marez, former Dolores resident, will be held on Saturday, October 24 at 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Private family inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Marvin Graves will officiate. Patricia was born on October 12, 1946 in Dolores, Colo. the daughter of Isaias and Anastasia Martinez. She passed away on September 14, 2015...
Heralicio "Ben" Benjamin Randall
Sep 13, 2015
HERALICIO "BEN" BENJAMIN RANDALL Funeral Mass for Heralicio "Ben" Randall will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2015 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Ben was born October 31, 1949 in Cortez to Belarmino Randall and Helen Lopez Randall. He passed away at home in Dolores, Colo. on Sunday, September 13, 2015. He was 65 years old....
Ernestine Tabbee
Sep 10, 2015
ERNESTINE TABBEE Funeral services for Ernestine Tabbee will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Towaoc Cemetery. Viewing will be held Monday, September 14, 2015 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Ernestine was born November 27, 1965 in Cortez to Clyde Tabbee and Regina Price. She passed...
Roscoe Loren Hawks
Sep 6, 2015
With great sadness we announce the passing of Roscoe Loren Hawks on Sunday, September 6, 2015 in Cortez, CO. RL was born in 1920 in Brownwood, MO; the fifth of eight children of Loren and Laura Hawks. He spent his early boyhood on the family farm, and his teenage years in Cape Girardeau, MO. Like many of his generation, he...
Mary Louise Greenfield
Sep 5, 2015
MARY LOUIS GREENFIELD Graveside services for Mary Louise Greenfield, currently of Purcell, Okla. and formerly from this area, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 12 at Lewis Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Mary was born October 21, 1943. She passed away at Norman Regional Hospital...
Norman Lee Mcclellan
Aug 30, 2015
NORMAN LEE MCCLELLAN Norman Lee McClellan passed away in Dolores, Colo. on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at the age of 85. Norman was born in rural Dolores to Io (Vance) and Morris Ray McClellan on June 16, 1930. Norman married Sylvia Carlson on August 9, 1957 at the Methodist Church in Dolores. They recently celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary. Norman...
Jayme Lee Billings
Aug 28, 2015
JAYME LEE BILLINGS Jayme left this world all too soon. He was a strong man who loved his family and he shared most of his joyous moments with them. He leaves behind the love of his life, Robin. They were together for a memorable 18 years, which is almost half of his life on this Earth. He has two lovely...
John Gordon Byers
Aug 27, 2015
JOHN GORDON BYERS Memorial services for Cortez resident John Gordon Byers will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 26 at Arriola Bible Church. Pastor Kent Slyter will officiate. There will be a gathering for friends and family at the Byers residence immediately following the memorial service at 27430 Road H.6 Cortez. John was born July 14, 1927 in...
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