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Jessie Fern Ayers

Jessie Fern Ayers

Dec 23, 2015

Funeral service for longtime Cahone resident, Jessie Fern Ayers, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 30 at First Baptist Church, Dove Creek. Interment will follow in Cahone Cemetery. Pastor Sam Thompson will officiate. Jessie was born August 30, 1917 in Sand Springs, Okla, the daughter of Alvea and Alice Rosana Williams Toles. She passed away on Wednesday,...

Marie Myrtle Winters

Marie Myrtle Winters

Dec 21, 2015

MARIE MYRTLE WINTERS Memorial services for lifelong area resident Marie Myrtle Winters will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Marie was born April 27, 1924 in Lewis, Colo. the daughter of John and Ann (Elliott) Tibbets. She passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015 at Vista Grande Inn at the age of 91....

Isabelle Ruth Lopez

Isabelle Ruth Lopez

Dec 19, 2015

ISABELLE RUTH LOPEZ Graveside services for lifelong area resident Isabelle Ruth Lopez will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23 at Summit Ridge Cemetery. Isabelle was born December 19, 1931 in Blanding, Utah the daughter of Charles and Mollie (Maestas) Quintana. She passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her Dolores residence at the age of 84....

Charles Anthony Thompson Sr

Charles Anthony Thompson Sr

Dec 15, 2015

Longtime area resident, Charles Anthony Thompson Sr., passed away on December 15, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 70. Cremation has taken place. Charles Anthony Thompson Sr. was born on January 26, 1945 in DeQueen, Ark. the son of Edgar Anthony and Charlene (Baker) Thompson. Charles was a member of the N.R.A. and was a lifetime logger....

William Clarence Lemons

William Clarence Lemons

Dec 14, 2015

Celebration of Life for Cortez resident, William Clarence Lemons will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 pm on Thursday, December 17 at the Cortez Recreation Center. Bill was born on February 4, 1934 in Garvin County, Okla. the son of Emmett Orin and Lola Effie (Johnson) Lemons. Bill passed away on December 14, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital, Cortez at...

Dolores Marie Johnson

Dolores Marie Johnson

Dec 14, 2015

Celebration of Life for lifelong Cortez resident, Dolores Marie Johnson will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 19th at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Dolores Johnson was born in Cortez, Colo. on May the 15th, 1936. She passed away at St Marys Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. on December 14, 2015 at the age of 78. Dolores is survived by...

Jack Grove Niemann

Jack Grove Niemann

Dec 12, 2015

Graveside services for Cortez resident, Jack Grove Niemann will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 19 at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:30 pm to 6 pm on Friday, December 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Jack was born on September 29, 1928 in San Diego, Calif. the son of Carl and Ruth Grove Niemann. He passed...

Nancy Beatrice Ruiz

Nancy Beatrice Ruiz

Dec 12, 2015

Memorial Mass for longtime resident, Nancy Beatrice Ruiz, will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 18 at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at Cortez Cemetery, Father Pat Valdez, C.R. will officiate. A Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 17 at the Church. Our Lord called Nancy home on December 12, 2015....

Alfred Toney Marez

Alfred Toney Marez

Dec 11, 2015

Funeral services for former area resident, Alfred Toney Marez will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 18 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 17 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Fred was born on April 23, 1923 in Gallup, N.M. the son of Jose...

Brainard Alvin Cuthair

Brainard Alvin Cuthair

Dec 7, 2015

Graveside services for lifelong Towaoc resident Brainard Alvin Cuthair will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 11 at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Wake service will be held Thursday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at 540 Fox Avenue in Towaoc. Brainard was born August 15, 1966...

Brainard Alvin Cuthair

Brainard Alvin Cuthair

Dec 7, 2015

Graveside services for lifelong Towaoc resident Brainard Alvin Cuthair will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 11 at Towaoc Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Wake service will be held Thursday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at 540 Fox Avenue in Towaoc. Brainard was born August 15, 1966...

Claudia Nell Blair

Claudia Nell Blair

Dec 6, 2015

CLAUDIA NELL BLAIR Celebration of Life for longtime resident, Claudia Nell Blair will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Destination Grill and Conference Center (formerly Koko's). Service conducted by Dr. Pamela F. Brown. Claudia was born September 16, 1928 the daughter of Claude Dixon and Alva Nell (Pigman) Caler in Hindman, Ky. She passed away...

Lorraine (Williams) Lackey

Lorraine (Williams) Lackey

Dec 1, 2015

LORRAINE (WILLIAMS) LACKEY Funeral Services for longtime area resident, Lorraine (Williams) Lackey will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 4 at the First Assembly of God Church. Pastors Jamie Johnson and Marvin Graves will officiate. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Lorraine was born on May 12, 1936 to Clyde Henry and Viola (Pippen) Williams in Harrisonburg, La....

Gwenda Louise Vallery

Gwenda Louise Vallery

Nov 30, 2015

GWENDA LOUISE VALLERY Memorial services for longtime area resident Gwenda Louise Vallery will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Gwenda was born November 17, 1952 in Louisville, Colo. the daughter of Barbara Lybarger. She passed away on Monday, November 30, 2015 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 63. On November 18,...

Julie Ann Greer Rietz

Julie Ann Greer Rietz

Nov 28, 2015

JULIE ANN GREER RIETZ Memorial services for longtime Mancos resident Julie Ann Greer Rietz will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 12 at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Julie was born February 27, 1957 in Toul Rosieres, France the daughter of Lawrence Allen and Lenna (Lang) Smith. She passed away on Saturday, November...

Lois Arlene Lancaster

Lois Arlene Lancaster

Nov 27, 2015

Lois Arlene Lancaster died peacefully, November 27th, 2015, in Tucson, AZ at the age of 92. She was born in Mehan, OK and moved to Colorado in 1945. Lois was predeceased by her husband, of 53 years, William "Bill" Lancaster, two infant children; her parents; five brothers; and first husband, Wesley Lockard. She is survived by her brother, Jim Axtell...

James Joseph Adams

James Joseph Adams

Nov 25, 2015

JAMES JOSEPH ADAMS Mass of Christian Burial for long-time resident, James Joseph "Jim" Adams will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 28 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Jim was born September 19, 1935 in Anamosa, Iowa the son of Robert and Mary Gertrude Hendersen Northrup. He passed away November 25, 2015 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Durango at...

Jacqueline Sperry Morrison

Jacqueline Sperry Morrison

Nov 24, 2015

Memorial services for Cortez resident, Jacqueline Sperry Morrison, will be held at a later date. Jacqueline Sperry Morrison was born September 11, 1940 in New Haven, Conn. the daughter of Robert Truman and Virginia Glass Sperry. Jacky passed away on November 24th at the Valley Inn, Mancos at the age of 75. Jacky married Joseph Ephraim Morrison on June 25,...

Darrel Eugene Ellis

Darrel Eugene Ellis

Nov 23, 2015

DARREL EUGENE ELLIS Darrel Eugene Ellis passed away November 23, 2015. Darrel was born July 30, 1934 to Vernon C Ellis and Fern Decker Ellis in Mancos, CO. He was the oldest of four children. He grew up in Mancos in the home his grandfather built and he also raised his children in the same family home. He met the...

Mariah Rose Silas

Mariah Rose Silas

Nov 23, 2015

Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident Mariah Rose Silas will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 30 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow. Visitation has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Mariah was born February 20, 1997 in Shiprock, N.M. the daughter of Alexander Dale Silas and Carol Ann...

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