The Cortez Journal

Obituaries

• Ira Rachel Dean

Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Ira Rachel Dean will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington, N.M.



• Mona May Graves

Mona May Graves of Montrose, passed away May 10, 2012 at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose. She was 76.

• In Loving Memory

Peggy Jean Gill
January 25, 1940 - May 16, 2011

• Betty Arlene Bettencourt Pinder

Memorial services for longtime area resident Betty Arlene Bettencourt Pinder will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at Arriola Bible Church with Pastor Kent Slyter officiating.



• Eileen Cynthia Dickinson

Eileen Cynthia Dickinson, age 55, passed away May 4, 2012 at her home in Dolores after a valiant battle with breast cancer, her husband Jim was by her side. She was born in California on August 12, 1956 to Reinhold (Ron) Heim and Betty Jane Heim and...



• J.G. “Jay” Pults

Funeral services for Cortez resident J.G. “Jay” Pults will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 14 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military Honors will be conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post #75. Cremation will take place following the...



• Patrick Luis Cugnini

Patrick L. Cugnini passed away Friday, May 4, 2012, in his home in Durango, Colo. He was 84.

• Mona May Graves

Mona May Graves of Montrose, passed away May 10, 2012 at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose. She was 76.



• Charles Paul Hartanov

Charles Paul Hartanov passed away May 4, 2012 at his home in Mancos, Colo. He was 62. He is survived by his only child, Dr. Ciela Hartanov and the dog he loved so much, Lieutenant. He was the youngest child of Andrew and Phyllis Hartanov and leaves...



• Robert C. Remai

Robert C. Remai left us 6:40 p.m. Friday, May 4 to join our heavenly father and many of his family members and friends. Robert passed away at home of pancreatic and liver cancer. Robert was born on May 6, l935 in Fontana, Calif. He almost made it to...

• Ira Rachel Dean

Graveside inurnment services for Cortez resident Ira Rachel Dean are pending with Ertel Funeral Home.



• Theodore A. “Ted” DeRosier

Funeral services for former Cortez resident Theodore A. “Ted” DeRosier will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 4 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Empire Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Bishop Spencer Smith will...