Obituaries
Sammy Willis
Oct 26, 2014
Obituary for Sammy N. Willis (Hotchkiss) “A mother is someone who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.” (Unknown) Our mother, Sammy N. Willis, 96-years-old, peacefully left our world on October 26, 2014, at her home in Durango. A Colorado pioneer from a legendary Hotchkiss ranching family, she had a strong will...
Jake Candelaria
Oct 24, 2014
Obituary for Jake J. Candelaria Jake passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 at Cottonwood Inn and Rehabilitation Center in Durango, Colorado due to renal failure. He was 80 years old. Jake was born to Jake and Vivian (Gonzales) Candelaria June 1, 1934 in Arboles, Colorado. He was the second of nine children. His ancestors were some of the early settlers...
Suzanne Buchanan
Oct 20, 2014
Obituary for Suzanne Alyce "Sue" Buchanan Suzanne Alyce Buchanan, 86, died Monday, October 20, 2014 at home in Durango, Colorado. A private gathering of family and friends to honor her life will be scheduled for a later date. Sue was born on February 24, 1928 in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Arthur and Marjorie Nygren. She attended Seattle public schools...
Bernadine Bullock
Oct 19, 2014
Obituary for Bernadine Rudd Bullock Bernadine Bullock, 80, died Sunday, October 19, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A memorial service will be held at the Silverton Church on the Hill on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Bernadine will be interred at Hillside Cemetery. Bernadine was born July 20, 1934 in Southland, Texas the daughter of Bernerd and LaVerne Rudd...
William Scholten
Oct 19, 2014
Obituary for William Martin "Chilli" Scholten William Martin “Chilli” Scholten, 49, died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at home in Durango, Colorado. Per his request, no services are planned at this time. Chilli’s passing was due to a short battle with cancer. Chilli was born December 5, 1964 in Yale, Oklahoma, the son of Cecil and Alice Scholten. He grew up...
Robert Cooper
Oct 19, 2014
Oxford resident Robert Charles Cooper died of brain cancer Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was 64. Known as "Bob," he was born to Bernerd Mack and Alma Chrysella (Parks) Cooper on March 25, 1950, in Durango. The second of three children, he grew up on the family ranch in the Animas Valley. In 1969, Mr....
Tommy Martin
Oct 18, 2014
Obituary for Tommy Lee Martin Tommy L. Martin died on October 18, 2014, at the age of 88. He was born in Holden, Missouri, to Thomas and Laura Martin on July 20, 1926. He joined the Air Force on his 18th birthday and was honorably discharged several years later. He married Lillian Pearce on September 3, 1950, in Lakewood, Colorado....
Edna Eddy
Oct 16, 2014
Edna L Eddy passed away on October 16 2014 at approximately 6pm. She was 85 years old. She died of natural causes surrounded by family. She was born April 25 1929 in Lumberton NM to Jose Manuel Lobato and Emma Valdez Montoya. She was the oldest daughter in a family of nine children. In 1948 she trained at Mercy Hospital...
Patricia Morris
Oct 15, 2014
Patricia Janet Morris, 79, died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A Celebration of Pat’s Life will be Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, in Durango. Pat was born April 2, 1935 in Fruita, Colorado, the daughter of Dave and Maude McCluskey. She grew up in Durango and Grand Junction, Colo. and graduated...
Burel Mangrum
Oct 15, 2014
Obituary for Burel Mangrum Durango resident, Burel W. Mangrum, passed away on October 15, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Arlene Teeters Mangrum and his devoted friend and companion, Sylvia Trout. He is survived by his son Michael Mangrum (Kay) of Texas; and two grand-daughters Amanda and Lauren. He was born on July 2, 1929 and...
Robert Woodhull, Sr.
Oct 14, 2014
Obituary for Robert Lee "Woody" Woodhull, Sr. Robert Lee “Woody” Woodhull, Sr., 63, died Tuesday, October 14, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. No services are planned at this time and a viewing will be held at Hood Mortuary from 2-7 p.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2014. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Woody died due to a short...
Steven Hine
Oct 12, 2014
Bayfield resident Steven Richard Hine died October 12, 2014. Steve was a lifelong resident of beautiful La Plata County. Steve passed away due to a heart attack while doing one of the things he loved the most, working cows on the mountain. Steve and his beloved wife Linda enjoyed countless hours on their horses doing any job that honored the...
Helena Simmons
Oct 12, 2014
Obituary for Helena May Simmons ongtime Durango resident Helena Simmons died Sunday, October 12, 2014, at the Cottonwood Inn Care Facility in Durango. She was 92. Helena May Hogler was born Nov. 2, 1921, to Louis and Rose Hogler in Durango. She graduated from Durango High School in 1940. In 1941, she began work with Mountain Bell Telephone Co., and...
Edgar Riecke
Oct 11, 2014
Edgar Riecke, Retired Chemist and Competitive Bike Racer, Dead at 69. Edgar Erick Riecke died in a motorcycle incident in Garfield County, Utah on Saturday, October 11, 2014. He is preceded by his mother Helen Riecke and his father Ray Riecke. He is survived by his sisters Linda Conlon and Sandra Webster; his children Jeffrey Riecke, Katherine Riecke, and Sarah...
Ruth Dove
Oct 10, 2014
Ruth passed peacefully from this life the evening of October 10, 2014. She was 91 years old. She was born Ruth Mae Dilley on May 20, 1923 in Bennet, NE to Frank E. Dilley and Retta May (Jones) Dilley, and moved to Spearville, KS in a covered wagon in 1925. At age 18, shortly after graduating high school in Spearville,...
June Siner
Oct 8, 2014
June Ellen Siner, 87, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Monday, October 13, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at the Pine Valley Church in Bayfield and Pastor Scott Kujath will be officiating. The committal service to her final resting place will follow at Pine River Cemetery overlooking the Pine River in Bayfield. June...
Ruth Marquez
Oct 7, 2014
Obituary for Ruth Marquez Ruth Marquez passed away on October 7, 2014, at home in Pagosa Springs, CO at the age of 92. A rosary will be said Friday, October 10, 2014 at 6pm, the Mass will be held Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 10am, both at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs. Burial will occur...
Gary Macpherson
Oct 6, 2014
Gary D. MacPherson, 63, passed from this life on Monday, October 6, 2014 in Cortez, Colorado. He was born on October 14, 1950 in Carmel, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents Helen and Claude Macpherson. He is survived by Scott E. MacPherson, brother; Sandra L. MacPherson, former spouse and mother to his children. His children include Jennifer...
Florence Gold
Oct 4, 2014
Obituary for Florence Elaine "Elaine" Gold Elaine Gold, 71, died Saturday, October 04, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. at the Allison Grange Hall. Elaine was born May 4, 1943 in Falfa, Colorado, the daughter of Howard and Florence Self. She attended school in Ignacio, Colo. She married Perry Palmer...
Mary Gurule
Oct 4, 2014
Obituary for Mary Ofelia Gurule Mary Gurule passed away October 4, 2014 at the University of Colorado Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, October 10, 2014, at 10am, at Pope John Paul II Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs, CO. Burial will occur at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, CO following the Mass. Mary was born to Cresencio and...
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