Obituaries
Eloida Allen
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Eloida Allen Lifelong resident Eloida Allen passed away June 17 at Four Corners Nursing Home. She was born in Dulce, N.M., Sept. 21, 1914. Eloida was adopted at an early age by area rancher Homer Ford and his wife Rose. After graduating from Durango High School in 1932, she attended business school in Albuquerque. In 1938 she married...
Eloida Allen
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Eloida Allen Lifelong resident Eloida Allen passed away June 17 at Four Corners Nursing Home. She was born in Dulce, N.M., Sept. 21, 1914. Eloida was adopted at an early age by area rancher Homer Ford and his wife Rose. After graduating from Durango High School in 1932, she attended business school in Albuquerque. In 1938 she married...
Irma McNamara
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Irma J. McNamara Irma J. McNamara was born in Durango on December 15, 1916, to parents Arthur Henry Ford and Mary Therese Neary Ford Hammer. She passed away peacefully on June 17, 2012, at Sunshine Gardens West. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia F. Brees and Mary Ann Beavers (Dick); grandsons Joseph P. Tibbetts (Liz) and Richard...
Ginny Hutchins
Jun 16, 2012
Obituary for Ginny G. Hutchins Ginny Graham Hutchins, 41, died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at home in Durango, Colo. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, and the Rev. Susan Blue of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be officiating. Mrs. Hutchins was born July 5, 1970,...
Mary Moreno
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Mary L. Moreno Durango resident Mary L. Moreno died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. She was 73. Mrs. Moreno was born to Victor and Laura Escojeda on October 27, 1938, in Gallup, N.M. In 1954 she married Martin Moreno, and ten years later they moved to the Durango area. She filled...
Wynafred Plunk
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Wynafred S. Plunk Wynafred S. “Wynkie” Plunk died Thursday, June 14, 2012, in Durango, Colo. She was 56. Mrs. Plunk was born September 26, 1955, in Athens, Ala., daughter of Wallace and Louise Steele. She grew up in Athens, Ala., and graduated from Mississippi University for Women in 1978. She was an accomplished gymnast in high school and...
Mary Simmons
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Mary A. Simmons Mary A. Simmons, 94, died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at home in Mancos, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Mrs. Simmons was born October 25, 1917 in Palmer Lake, Colorado the daughter of August and Emma...
Thomas Howe
Jun 10, 2012
Obituary for Thomas V. Howe Thomas Victor Howe, 76, died Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Kaseman Hospice in Albuquerque, N.M. Mr. Howe lived in Dulce, N.M. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Hood Mortuary Chapel and visitation will occur prior to services from 9 to 10 a.m. Cremation will follow services at...
MaryAnn Hayduke
Jun 7, 2012
Obituary for MaryAnn "Mimi" Hayduke MaryAnn (Mimi) Hayduke, 92, died Thursday, June 7, 2012, in her home in Durango, Colorado. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at St. Columba Catholic Church with a reception following. Father James Koenigsfeld of St. Columba Catholic Church will be officiating. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory...
Jeffrey Sweet
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Jeffrey H. Sweet Jeffrey Howard Sweet passed on to The Other Side on Monday, June 4, 2012. He fought a brave battle for eight years against bone marrow cancer, and now he is finally out of pain and flying free. Jeffrey was born March 17th, 1954, to Richard H. Sweet and Barbara Harris, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. After graduating...
Allen Trimmer
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Allen H. Trimmer Allen Trimmer of Hope Town, Abaco Bahamas, Durango, Colorado, and Blakely Island, Washington, died June 4, 2012, in Durango peacefully, surrounded by love, after a brief illness. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1920, the only child of Howard C. Trimmer and Maude Worden Trimmer. His was a true a rags to riches story....
Curtis Kennedy
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Curtis E. Kennedy Durango resident Curtis Eugene Kennedy died Monday, June 4, 2012. He was 56 years old. Mr. Kennedy was born to Gene and Alice Kennedy on October 7, 1955, in Durango. He grew up in Hesperus, Colorado, graduating from Durango High School in 1974. In September 1981, Curtis married Tracy L. Haygood in Durango. Mr. Kennedy...
Donald MD
Jun 1, 2012
Obituary for Donald H. Johnson, MD Retired anesthesiologist Donald Harvey Johnson, MD, died Friday, June 1, 2012, of complications resulting from a fall. He was 81 years old. Born to school-teachers Robert and Alma Johnson, Don grew up in suburban New Jersey. An exceptionally smart and driven student, he received a full scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania after getting...
Clara Mayfield
May 31, 2012
Obituary for Clara M. Mayfield Clara Maxine Mayfield, 96, of Durango, CO, passed away on May 31, 2012, at her home in Durango. She was preceded in death by her husband, Slim Mayfield, her sister, Annie Mayfield, her brothers, Holly Barnes, R.H. Barnes and John Barnes. She was born May 5, 1916 in Lubbock, TX to Perry and Pearl Barnes....
John Parker
May 30, 2012
Obituary for John E. Parker John Edward Parker, 50, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Durango, Colo. A memorial service will be Monday, June 4, 2012, at 12:00 P.M. at The River Church. Pastor Dana Holman of New Hope Church will be officiating. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Mr. Parker was born May 17, 1962, in...
Marion Patterson
May 29, 2012
Obituary for Marion L. Patterson Marion Louise Patterson, 94, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Michael Patterson & Rev. Daniel Martin will be officiating. Burial will occur at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Mrs. Patterson was born December 17, 1917 in Indio,...
Troy Pugh
May 29, 2012
Obituary for Troy M. Pugh Troy Mitchell Pugh, age 50, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Durango, Colorado. Troy was born April 20, 1962, in Denver, and was adopted by Bill and Barbara Pugh when he was three months old. Troy grew up in Durango, graduating from Durango High School in 1982. He attended Fort Lewis College for a short...
Anna Scott
May 29, 2012
Obituary for Anna M. Howe Scott Anna Marie Howe Scott, 88, last of the Shoshone family and a longtime resident of Ignacio, died May 29, 2012, in her home in Ignacio. Anna was born March 8, 1924, to Frank Howe Jr., and Flora Shoshone Howe at her uncle Ed Howe's house on 172 north of where the new casino is...
Morris Ferguson
May 27, 2012
Obituary for Morris E. Ferguson Morris Edward Ferguson, 75, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, in Durango, Colorado. Services will be held at a later date and cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Mr. Ferguson was born September 29, 1936, in Grand Junction, Colo., the son of Frank and Irene Ferguson. He moved to San Diego, Calif., in...
Virginia Miller
May 26, 2012
Obituary for Virginia Miller Virginia Miller, 94, of Crystal River, Fla., died of natural causes on May 26, 2012. She was born to Alva and Frances West on May 31, 1917, in Little Rock, Ark. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School, and she was married to George E. Runshang, Sr., in 1937 in Little Rock. Mrs. Miller was...
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