Obituaries

Caleb Conrad Stewart

Caleb Conrad Stewart

Sep 15, 2024

On Sunday September 15, 2024, we lost the heart of our family when Caleb was called back to our Heavenly Father. Caleb Conrad Stewart was born on another beautiful Sunday afternoon May 24, 2015 in Sun City West AZ. He is survived by his Father - Darren Stewart, his mother - Heidi Wells Stewart, his sister - Alexia and his...

Heather Diane Ebaugh

Heather Diane Ebaugh

Sep 14, 2024

Heather has been the light in many lives. Always a party planner. Her life was difficult as she had some mental issues and didn’t understand her diabetic needs, those complications took her from us way too early. She loved the ocean and dolphins. Always wanted to live in her chalet in the mountains. She has got to be in a...

Phillip Martinez

Phillip Martinez

Sep 9, 2024

Phillip Martinez passed on September 9, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. 

Phillip was born on September 11, 1962, to Nedra Thompson and Max Martinez Sr.

Phillip was a survivor of the Federal Boarding School era and attended the Southern Ute Dormitory from 1967 to 1981. His time in the Dorms brough many opportunities including his lifelong love of the...

Delphia Josie Aguilar

Delphia Josie Aguilar

Sep 8, 2024

Delphia Josie Aguilar passed away on September, 8th 2024 at the age of 93. She was born February, 8th 1931 in Tiffany, Colorado, to Salome Martinez and Cicadio Garcia. Delphia enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren, fishing, cooking up her family's favorite tortillas, and going to Bingo. Delphia, loved her family more than anything, and will be...

Jean Triplett Bixler

Jean Triplett Bixler

Sep 8, 2024

Jean Triplett Bixler died on Sept. 8, 2024, in Durango, Colo. She was 85. 

Jean was born on Aug. 15, 1939, in Bayfield, Colo., the oldest of four children born to Olen and Jennie Lee Triplett. She graduated from Farmington High School in New Mexico in 1957, and she later attended Fort Lewis College in Durango; West Texas State (now West...

Russell L. Crowley

Russell L. Crowley

Sep 7, 2024

Russell was born to Irwin and Bernice Crowley on September 23, 1937 in Chromo, Colorado on the Crowley ranch his Grandfather Pet C Crowley had homesteaded. 

For those who knew Russell, he loved telling stories, especially about his fondest memories. Here are a few of his favorites. 

Russell grew up in a time and place where cowboys, cattle drives, and open ranges...

John David McKnight

John David McKnight

Sep 6, 2024

John (JD/David), born in Alabama in 1954, spent his early years in Lawrenceville, GA. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia before moving to Colorado to further his education. A lifelong member of the NRA, JD developed a deep passion for Colorado's hunting and breathtaking mountains, making the state his home.

His dedication to education was evident throughout...

Emma Carrillo Lujan

Emma Carrillo Lujan

Sep 6, 2024

Emma Carrillo Lujan, 88, passed peacefully Sept 6, 2024 in Farmington. Graveside services will be held at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango, CO, on Monday, Sept 16, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. 

She is survived by children: Joseph (Regina) Alcon, Gina (John) Sandoval, Bernadette Alcon & Patrick (Nicole) Lujan; step-children: Nestor (Loretta) Lujan & Victoria (Dave) Espinosa; sisters: Kate Jaramillo, Diane (Gilbert) Valdez...

Dorothy Irene "Dottie" Johnson

Dorothy Irene "Dottie" Johnson

Sep 6, 2024

Dorothy Irene "Dottie" Johnson passed away Friday, September 6, 2024, at home, surrounded by family. She was 98 years old. A funeral service will be held Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at Christ The King Lutheran Church. Burial will occur at Greenmount Cemetery. 

Dottie was born January 3, 1926, to Hildreth Paul and Esther Cecelia (O'Donnell) Anderson in Pocatello,...

Georgie McAteer

Georgie McAteer

Sep 5, 2024

What do you say about the best human you ever knew in such a short paragraph? Other than thank you Mom for giving us the best mom, grandma, and GG, we could ever have. 

You taught us empathy and love and how to care, sometimes too much. You taught us that family is always worth fighting for and that family isn't...

Judith Ann East Gregory Goolsby

Judith Ann East Gregory Goolsby

Sep 5, 2024

Obituary forJudith Ann East Gregory GoolsbyDecember 23, 1943 - September 5, 2024Written in her own words

“The Big Picture”

Colors burst from one end of the quilt to the other-blocks that tell a story in stitches, beads, patches and paint. If there’s one visible thread tying it all together as I run my hand over the stitches and images, it is a...

Lydia Maria Martinez

Lydia Maria Martinez

Sep 1, 2024

Lydia Maria Martinez, 96, a resident of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, passed away peacefully surrounded by her immediate family on September 1, 2024. Lydia was born to the late Juan Rafael and Antonina Martinez on April 23, 1928, in Rosa, New Mexico. Lydia was a homemaker and is preceded in death by her husband, Manuel E. Martinez, son Sammy G. Martinez...

Gary Don Anglin

Gary Don Anglin

Aug 30, 2024

Gary Don Anglin, known to many as Cowboy, died August 30, 2024, in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. He was born February 13, 1947, to Don and Minnie Jo "Jody" Anglin in Wheeler, Texas. His sister, Pam, was thrilled to have him join their family. She loved him so much she even let him cut teeth on her chin. He had an...

James Ronald "Ron" Burkett

James Ronald "Ron" Burkett

Aug 30, 2024

James Ronald Burkett was born March 11, 1941 in Norman, Oklahoma to Jesse and Wanda Burkett. He attended University High School where he ran track, played baseball and basketball, played trumpet in the band, and sang in the chorus. At the University of Oklahoma, he was a member of the Glee Club, joined Phi Kappa Sigma, and was an ROTC...

Ann Marie Toledo

Ann Marie Toledo

Aug 30, 2024

Ann Marie (Witherspoon) Toledo

Was born in Akron, Ohio on June 5, 1954 and died August 30th, 2024 in Durango, Colorado.

She graduated from Maumee High School in Maumee, Ohio in 1972. She acquired her dental hygienist certificate in Perrysburg, Ohio. She continued in her profession enlisting in the US Navy and rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. While working in...

Sandra McGregor

Sandra McGregor

Aug 28, 2024

Sandra McGregor, born in Springfield, Ohio, on June 30, 1944, to Jeannette Elizabeth Alexander and David Ross McGregor, passed away peacefully with hospice care on August 28, 2024, in Durango, Colorado. Sandy was a vibrant soul and a fabulous storyteller, whose smile lit up every room she entered. She was always ready for an adventure and taught her children to...

Mary Sue Walker

Mary Sue Walker

Aug 28, 2024

It is with a heavy heart that we remember Mary Sue Walker (Cox). She was a truly giving,

loving, and caring person with a kind soul who passed away on August 28th, 2024, at her home in

Bayfield, Colorado. Born in Laferia, Texas on August 30th, 1942, to Ruben and Emma Cox. She

was preceded in death by her siblings Lemual, Lawrence, Allen,...

Christopher Lewis Block

Christopher Lewis Block

Aug 28, 2024

Christopher Lewis Block died on August 28, 2024 at his residence in Durango from medical complications following a recent illness. Chris was born in Long Beach, California on March 29, 1984 and grew up there as well as in Seabrook, Texas where he finished high school in 2002. He attended Fort Lewis College for two years and made Durango his...

Rebbeca Hood Thomas

Rebbeca Hood Thomas

Aug 25, 2024

Rebbeca "Becky" Hood Thomas, 64, of Wickenburg, Arizona, died 8/25/2024, at Boswell Medical Center, Born 4/10/1960.A service will be held at 10:00a.m September 6, 2024 at Greenmount Cemetery Durango, Colorado.Rebbeca "Becky" Hood Thomas, Daughter of John and Mary Jane Hood passed away in Wickenburg, AZ after a battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Walter Thomas, her mother...