Obituaries
Karen Witcher
Feb 24, 2014
Obituary for Karen Maydeen Witcher (Sego) Karen Maydeen Witcher, 66, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in Durango, Colorado . A funeral will be Friday, February 28, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at The Sanford Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bishop Clay Jackson will be officiating. Burial will occur at Sanford Cemetery in Sanford, Colorado. Mrs. Witcher was born May...
Marvin Conrad
Feb 22, 2014
Obituary for Marvin Lyne Conrad Longtime resident of Bayfield, Marvin Conrad, passed away on Saturday, February 22 after a 19 month battle with leukemia. Marvin was born in Burbank CA, February 6, 1935 to Walter and Billie Conrad. He graduated from Durango High School in 1952. He went on to graduate from Fort Lewis College with an AA degree in...
Rosalie Dahmer
Feb 22, 2014
Obituary for Rosalie Dahmer (Kramer) Rosalie Dahmer, 90, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colorado. Rosalie Dahmer, born in Fort Scott Kansas on April 7, 1923 to Elsie Golden Thompson and John Franklin Kramer. She served in the Women’s Army Corps as a clerk typist, and this is where her love of knitting first began....
Charlene Baumgardner
Feb 18, 2014
Obituary for Charlene Bucy Baumgardner Memorial services for Charlene Bucy Baumgardner of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Ignacio Community Church in Ignacio, Colorado. Charlene passed away on February 18, 2014, in her home. She was born on April 22, 1927, to Fred and Ethel Bucy in Lynn County, Texas. She...
Darren Schmutz
Feb 17, 2014
Obituary for Darren Ray Schmutz Darren Ray Schmutz was born on January 5, 1979 and left this earth on February 17, 2014. Darren was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Doug and LaRita Schmutz, as the fifth of thirteen children. He graduated in 1997 from La Cueva High School, where he was involved in the ROTC program. Darren married Janna...
Jerry Fry
Feb 17, 2014
Obituary for Jerry Don Fry Jerry Don Fry, 62, died Monday, February 17, 2014. A Memorial Service will be Friday, February 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Mr. Fry was born September 15, 1951 in Sweetwater, Texas the son of Charles and Dora Fry. Jerry grew up in Ft. Worth, Tex. and at the age of 17,...
Ann Gates
Feb 16, 2014
Obituary for Ann Marie Gates (Mattingly) Durango resident Ann (Mattingly) Gates died of cancer Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at her home in Durango. She was 56.Also affectionately known as “Annie,” she was born to Bill and Mary Mattingly on Sept. 22, 1957, in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was the fifth of 10 children and graduated from Bishop Luers High School...
Randy McKee
Feb 11, 2014
Obituary for Randy Lee McKee Randy Lee McKee, 60, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colorado from complications of H1N1. A gathering of family and friends will be on Saturday, February 22nd followed by a Reception at 2:00. Randy was born January 10, 1954 in Colorado Springs, Colo. the son of Leroy and Esther McKee....
Karen Drysdale
Jan 31, 2014
Obituary for Karen S. Drysdale (Sechrist) Karen S. Drysdale, 58, passed Friday, January 31, 2014 in Durango, Colorado, A Celebration of Life service will be February 7th, 2014, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Alamosa , Colo., at 2pm. Karen was born September 1, 1955 in Casper, Wyoming the daughter of Dwight and Norma Sechrist. She grew up on a...
Theodore Begshaw
Jan 25, 2014
Obituary for Theodore Leslie Begshaw Theodore Leslie Begshaw, 87, Farmington, NM died Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, CO. Cremation was at Hood Mortuary in Durango. A Private burial of ashes will occur at a later date in Paola, KS. Mr. Begshaw was born December 4, 1926 in Miami County, KS the son of Leslie...
Brenda Newsom
Jan 25, 2014
Obituary for Brenda Joy Newsom (Howell) Brenda Joy Newsom, 61, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Farmington, New Mexico . Private family services will be at later date. Mrs. Newsom was born November 4, 1952 in Lubbock, Texas the daughter of Chuck and June Howell. She graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Tex., in 1971. She attended L.I.F.E. Bible...
George Whitt
Jan 24, 2014
Obituary for George Thomas Whitt George Thomas Whitt left this world for the Kingdom of Heaven on January 24, 2014 at home in Ignacio. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Ignacio Elementary School Multi-purpose Room (115 Ute St, Ignacio). George was born on December 2, 1935 to his parents Leon and Edna Whitt....
Jeanie Lauth
Jan 18, 2014
Obituary for Jeanie Gwen Lauth Jeanie Gwen Harrison Lauth, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2014 at her home in Breen, Colorado after a brief battle with cancer. Jeanie was born February 28, 1956, in Durango, Colorado, the youngest daughter of Keith and Gertie Harrison. Residing in Durango her entire life, Jeanie is survived by her husband, Bob Lauth, celebrating...
Thomas Everette, Jr.
Jan 18, 2014
Obituary for Thomas F. "Tom" Everette, Jr. Thomas F. Everette, Jr., 70, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado, after a brief but intense battle with cancer. Tom was born in Birmingham, AL, on May 5, 1943, to Thomas and Elizabeth Everette. After high school, he joined the Navy and served on the USS...
Frances Sadler
Jan 17, 2014
Obituary for Frances Caroline Sadler (Shuger) Frances Caroline Sadler, 90, of Kingwood, Texas, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014. She was born on March 12, 1923 in Moscow, Iowa, to Frank and Carrie Shuger. Frances married her high school sweetheart, Robert C. Sadler on December 24, 1946. She was an accomplished woman in business and finance, and an excellent...
Robert McCaw
Jan 16, 2014
Obituary for Robert Bruce McCaw Long time Oxford area resident Robert Bruce McCaw passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at his winter home in Chandler, Arizona. He was two weeks shy of his 83rd birthday. Bob was born January 28, 1931 to Forest and Amy McCaw at his parents’ home in Oxford, Colorado. He rode a horse to the...
John Coffell
Jan 16, 2014
Obituary for John Edward Coffell John Edward Coffell, 88, died Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Durango, Co. Cremation will occur.Mr. Coffell was born February 26, 1925 in Peach Orchard, Arkansas the son of Richard and Mae Coffell. John was the oldest of two brothers.Mr. Coffell met the love of his life, Ocie Lorene Cooper in Peach Orchard, Arkansas in 1944...
Kristine Gilleland
Jan 15, 2014
Obituary for Kristine Gilleland (Williams) Kristine Williams Gilleland, 75, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at home in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Monday, January 20, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Bayfield, Colorado (1690 Hwy 160 B, Bayfield, CO 81122). Bishop John Phillips from the Durango 2nd Ward will be...
Loraine Bracewell, Jr.
Jan 12, 2014
Obituary for Loraine Matthew "Matt" Bracewell, Jr. Durango resident Matt Bracewell passed peacefully January 12, 2014 at Four Corners Health Care Center, he was 87. Matt was born & raised in Fort Worth, Texas by his adoring parents, L. M. Bracewell Sr. and Berneice Pitt Bracewell. He knew every neighbor on his street by name and was a social butterfly...
Luinda Stricklin
Jan 11, 2014
Obituary for Luinda Ruth Stricklin Ruth Stricklin, of Bayfield, Colorado, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, in Amarillo, Texas. Ruth was born in Douglas, Arizona on May 11, 1917. She and her husband bought a home at Vallecito Resort where they retired in 1972. She moved to the town of Bayfield in 1987, following her husband’s passing where she remained until...
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