Obituaries
Juliana Watson
Dec 1, 2015
Obituary for Juliana Reyes Watson Juliana Watson , 78, of Bayfield, Colorado, died 12/1/2015 At home, surrounded by family . Born 3/4/1937. She is survived by her husband, Glen, a son: Robert, 5 sisters and many friends and extended family. She is preceded in death by a brother. A rosary will be recited on Sunday 12/6/2015 at 4:00 p.m. at...
Gilbert Carrell
Dec 1, 2015
Obituary for Gilbert L. "Gil" Carrell Gil passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 1, 2015, surrounded by family and friends. Born April 21, 1920, he was 95 years young. Gil was a very kind, loving man. He was very proud for the opportunity to have served his country as a US Marine "Sargent" in World War II. He always enjoyed sharing...
Betty Fahrion
Dec 1, 2015
Betty Fahrion passed away peacefully on 12/1/2015 in Pagosa Springs, CO. Betty was born 2/22/1929 in Flagstaff, AZ to Bob & Bessie Patton. The family moved to Ignacio in the 1930s. Betty attended school in Bayfield where she graduated as Valedictorian in 1946. She married Don Fahrion on 9/9/1949 in Tierra Amarilla, NM; they had five children. Betty was a...
Isidro Talamante
Nov 29, 2015
Isidro "Al" Talamante passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015, in Durango, surrounded by family. He was 57 years old. Al was born January 3, 1958, in Durango to Isidor and Ursulita Talamante. He grew up in Durango and joined the U.S. Air force after high school. Upon his return he met Holly Strail and they shared a long relationship. Al...
Steven Scholz
Nov 27, 2015
Steven Brian Scholz passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at his home in Durango. He was 57 years old. Steve was born December 7, 1957 to Paul Alfred Scholz and Rita Marie Malloy of California. He spent most of his upbringing in California. Steve was a passionate chef who loved to serve the community and the children of Durango through...
"Bud" Raymond Hansen
Nov 26, 2015
“Bud” Raymond C Hansen passed away on November 26 Of Congestive Heart Failure. He was 70 Bud was born June 1, 1945 to John Frank and Frieda Rohrig Hansen in Glenwood Springs, CO. He grew up on Divide Creek near Silt, CO. In his teens, his Family moved to Denver, where he attended Lake Jr. High and Graduating from West...
Billie Burns
Nov 25, 2015
Billie Valentine Burns, 68, of Bayfield, Colorado, died 11/25/2015 peacefully with her husband by her side. Born 9/26/1947. Billie is survived by her husband Ron Burns, 3 daughters Debra (Bjarne), Denise, and Dawn(David), 1 son Tony(Clara), 3 sisters Valerie, Marjorie, Jimmie Jay, 1 brother Mike Valentine, 7 grandchildren, & 5 great grandchildren.
Mitchell Baker
Nov 24, 2015
Obituary for Mitchell T. "Mitch" Baker Mitchell T. Baker ,55 of Durango, CO was born Dec. 2, 1959 to father Clem E. Baker and mother Mercedes Rock. Mitch, as he was known, passed away at his home Nov. 24. Just 8 days shy of his 56th birthday. Mitchell grew up on the Southern Ute reservation in Ignacio where he attended...
Lillie Osgood
Nov 20, 2015
Lillie is survived by her son Matt Osgood; daughters JoAnn Shultz and Colleen Brunner; grandchildren Kayla, Dede, and Rick. Lillie is preceded in death by her husband T. Garth Osgood and son Allen G. Osgood.
Gene Sinex
Nov 18, 2015
Gene O. Sinex was born in Oklahoma City on December 13, 1917, the youngest of three boys of James A. Sinex and Willa Mae Miller Sinex. He passed on at his residence in Cape Girardeau, MO on November 18, 2015. Gene and his brothers grew up in an area of Oklahoma City known as the Miller Community divided by Miller...
Cheryl DeMarco Mellor
Nov 17, 2015
Cheryl Patrice DeMarco Mellor passed away peacefully at her home in Bayfield on November 17th, 2015. She was 34 years old. Cheryl was born March 19th, 1981 in Grand Blanc Michigan to John and Pat DeMarco. The youngest of three children, Cheryl was an active child always involved in sports like water polo, swimming, golf and tennis. She had fond...
Emelia Trujillo
Nov 15, 2015
Obituary for Emelia "Emily" Trujillo (Romero) Emily Romero Trujillo went to be with our Savior Jesus Christ Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Four Corners Health Care. She was 94 years old. Emily was born February 25, 1921, to Antonio Romero and Dolores (Lola) Sanchez in Durango,CO. Emily met the love of her life in 1940 Feliberto Trujillo. Together they had...
Cipriana McCoy
Nov 14, 2015
Cipriana “Prana” McCoy, the Matriarch of LaBoca, died peacefully at her son’s home in Ignacio, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, November 14. She was 94. Prana was born on the Pine River at the headwaters of what is now the Navajo Dam. She spent her entire life in the LaBoca-Ignacio area. After her husband died, she stayed on the...

Shirley Morris
Nov 12, 2015
Obituary for Shirley Davis Morris Shirley Davis Morris passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Durango, Colorado, surrounded by family. She was 88 years old. Shirley was born June 25,1927, to Calvin V. Davis and Ruth Clewell in Bronxville, NY. She graduated from Central High School, Fountain City, TN, in 1945, and Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, in 1949. She...
Charlotte Sieber
Nov 11, 2015
Charlotte Eva Sieber, of Durango, Colorado, died on November 11, 2015, she was 54 years old. She is survived by her husband, Brad, daughter, Scarlett (Fiance: Troy), son, Sven, and Velvet. She was a very loving and compassionate wife and mother and will be dearly missed by many. Visitation will be held on Monday from 6-8 pm at Hood Mortuary....
Josephine Howe Lister
Nov 10, 2015
Ignacio resident, Josephine Howe Lister died Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at her home from complications of a long illness. She was 68. Josephine was born July 27, 1947 in Ignacio, Colorado. Her parents were Rosemarie Howe and Sylvia T. Valdez. She grew up and attended schools in Cortez, Colorado, before marrying her now ex-husband. They had four children Josephine and...
Frederic Gaskell Jr
Nov 9, 2015
Frederic (Rick) Haviland Gaskell, Jr. 11-8-42 to 11-9-15 Rick passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday morning, November 9, 2015 from a bilateral embolism in Durango, Colorado. He was born in Rye, New York to Katharine and Frederic Gaskell. Rick graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Santa Clara (where he...
William Smith Sr
Nov 9, 2015
William Ray was born on the 16th of November, 1928 in Wyandotte, MI. Bill attended school in Romulus, MI in a one room classroom in a wooden building. He was educated at the Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, MI and graduated from high school in Fox Lake, Il. After Graduating he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Detroit, MI. His...