Obituaries
Petra Mullinex
Aug 23, 2013
Obituary for Petra Mullinex (Romero) Lifelong La Plata County resident Petra Romero Mullinex died Friday, Aug. 23 2013, in Ignacio. She was 92. Mrs. Mullinex was born to Juan Andrés and Adelida (Quintana) Romero on Jan. 18, 1921, in La Boca. In 1957, she marred Oran Mullinex in Aztec. Mrs. Mullinex enjoyed quilting, sewing and embroidery, giving many of her...
Lillian Duran
Aug 23, 2013
Obituary for Lillian N. Duran Lillian N. Duran, 71, died Friday, August 23, 2013 at home surrounded by family and friends. Miss Duran died of pancreatic cancer. Miss Duran was born November 17, 1941 in Ignacio, Colorado the daughter of Andres and Lucy Duran. The family lived in Durango, Colorado, and later moved to Ignacio. Lillian graduated from Ignacio High...
Barbara Cole
Aug 22, 2013
Obituary for Barbara Ann Cole (Boggs) “Barb,” as she was affectionately known, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 22, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born in San Diego, Calif., on June 9, 1933, the daughter of Claire and Fredda Boggs. Barb and Dick, her husband and loving partner of 45 years, came to Pagosa Springs from...
Manie Watson
Aug 20, 2013
Obituary for Manie Mardell Watson (Huneycutt) Manie Mardell Huneycutt Watson, wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother of Mesa, Arizona, passed away August 20, 2013, at the age of 92. She was born May 7, 1921, in Fordyce, Arkansas, the second of seven children of Jason and Tessie Huneycutt. Her childhood was happily spent tending cotton, milking cows, feeding chickens,...
Colleen Coker
Aug 19, 2013
Obituary for Colleen A. Coker (Kroeger) Colleen Annette Kroeger Coker, age 58, died peacefully on Monday, August 19, 2013 at her daughter’s home in Lake Oswego, OR. Colleen was born in Durango, CO on December 13, 1954. She is the daughter of John and Ruby Kroeger. Ms. Coker graduated from Durango High School and received a degree in Geology from...
Jennifer Robinson-Perry
Aug 19, 2013
Obituary for Jennifer Lynn Robinson-Perry (Strawn) Jennifer Lynn Robinson-Perry, 51, died Monday, August 19, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 29, 2013, at the River Church, 860 Plymouth Dr. Cremation will occur in Durango. Death resulted from a 20-year battle with leukemia and graft VS host...
Laurie Simons
Aug 18, 2013
Obituary for Laurie Elaine Simons (Meisner) Allison resident Laurie Elaine Simons passed away on August 18, 2013, surrounded by love after a short battle with gall bladder cancer at the age of 52. She was born August 20, 1960, to Gary and Nancy Meisner in Boulder, Colo., the youngest of four children. Laurie’s family moved to Ignacio when Laurie was...
Robert Taylor
Aug 14, 2013
Obituary for Robert C. "Buddy" Taylor Robert Clarence Taylor was born on June 12, 1946, at Taylor Hospital in Ignacio. Parents were Floy Box and Henry Taylor. Robert also acknowledged Euterpe Taylor as his mom, for she raised him until age 18. Robert graduated from Ignacio High School and attended college in Haskell in Kansas, where he met his wife...
Darrell Sheets
Aug 13, 2013
Obituary for Darrell Lynn Sheets Lifelong resident, Darrell Lynn Sheets, 56, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in Durango, Colorado. A memorial service will be held September 1, 2013, on top of Animas Mountain with reception following. Please call Skye for more memorial service information. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Mr. Sheets was born March 20, 1957,...
Eleanor Gass
Aug 13, 2013
Obituary for Eleanor Elizabeth Gass (Caldwell) Eleanor Elizabeth Gass, 98, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Sunshine Gardens West in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church. Pastor Gary Harpel will be officiating. Burial will occur at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Mrs. Gass was born December 2, 1914 on...
Gerald Bolos
Aug 13, 2013
Obituary for Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Bolos Gerald “Jerry” Thomas Bolos, 63, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado . Jerry succumbed to stage 4 cancer which was throughout his body. Mr. Bolos was born November 5, 1949 in Superior, Wisconsin to George and Violet Bolos. Jerry graduated from Superior Senior High in 1967. Jerry and Barbara were married...
John Caldwell
Aug 11, 2013
Obituary for John Logan Caldwell John Logan Caldwell, 28, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 in Durango, Colorado A Memorial Service will be Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Cremation will occur in Durango. Graveside services will follow at Greenmount Cemetery. Mr. Caldwell was born December 24, 1984 in Durango, Colorado the son of Stephen and...
Cecelia Humpy
Aug 3, 2013
Obituary for Cecelia Frances Humpy Denver resident Cecelia Frances Humpy died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Englewood. She was two weeks shy of her 43rd birthday. The cause of death was not disclosed. Ms. Humpy was born to Jerry Humpy and Ellenette Watts on Aug. 16, 1970, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was their second youngest daughter. After growing up on...
Roy Robinson
Aug 3, 2013
Obituary for Roy Gary Robinson On the morning of August 3, 2013, Roy Gary Robinson went home to be with the "Good Lord," as he would say, after a three year battle with cancer. He died peacefully at home in Durango, Colo. surrounded by his family. Roy was 66 years old. Roy was the eldest child born to Glenn and...
Charlotte Ware
Aug 2, 2013
Obituary for Charlotte Ethel Ware Charlotte Ware died on August 3, 2013, one day after her 82nd birthday. Ms. Ware was born to Charles Edward and Helen (Whelan) on August 2, 1931, in Philadelphia, PA. The Ware family moved to New Jersey in 1945. Charlotte worked in marketing and opinion research for 9 years while attending college at Rutgers. In...
Mary Hanson
Aug 1, 2013
Obituary for Mary Helen Hanson (Lucero) Longtime La Plata County resident Mary Helen Hanson died Thursday, August 1, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. Mrs. Hanson was born to Juanito and Macedonia Lucero on October 14, 1944, in Durango. She attended school in the Ignacio and Allison areas. On October 6, 1979, Mrs. Hanson married Carl J....
Sheila Fitzhugh
Jul 29, 2013
Obituary for Sheila Kay Fitzhugh Durango resident Sheila Kay Fitzhugh passed away at her home on Monday, July 29, 2013, at the age of 66. She was born on June 12, 1947, in Borger, Texas. Sheila was employed by Burnett Construction, Durango Construction and later Four Corners Materials. Her career in the construction industry lasted more than 30 years. She...
Melvin Wells
Jul 27, 2013
Obituary for Melvin Ray Wells Longtime Bayfield resident Melvin Ray Wells died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, July 27, 2013. He was 73. Ray was born April 16, 1940, in Durango, Colo., to D.D. and Noble Wells. He married Kheta Ross-Miller November 26, 1999, at the LDS Temple in Monticello, Utah, and had six wonderful kids. He was an...
Loranell Nelson
Jul 21, 2013
Obituary for Loranell Nelson (Anderson) Loranell was born in the depression era (1928)– in western Kansas (Ruleton) and lived in a sod house along the Kansas/Colorado border in a town named Kanorado, during the dust bowl days. Her parents Juanita McClung and Archie Anderson were farmers and it was a tough and meager life, but she wasn’t afraid of work....
Erich Bussian
Jul 20, 2013
Obituary for Erich Paul Bussian Erich Paul Bussian: A Picture of Resilience -- Erich Paul Bussian, husband of Mip van Suchtelen, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his home in Durango, Colorado. Erich was born on August 7, 1959, in Boulder, Colorado, to Auguste Bussian-Watts of Jamestown, Colorado, and Dr. Alfred Erich Bussian of Golden, Colorado. After spending...
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