Obituaries
Robert Woodhull, Sr.
Oct 14, 2014
Obituary for Robert Lee "Woody" Woodhull, Sr. Robert Lee “Woody” Woodhull, Sr., 63, died Tuesday, October 14, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. No services are planned at this time and a viewing will be held at Hood Mortuary from 2-7 p.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2014. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Woody died due to a short...

Helena Simmons
Oct 12, 2014
Obituary for Helena May Simmons ongtime Durango resident Helena Simmons died Sunday, October 12, 2014, at the Cottonwood Inn Care Facility in Durango. She was 92. Helena May Hogler was born Nov. 2, 1921, to Louis and Rose Hogler in Durango. She graduated from Durango High School in 1940. In 1941, she began work with Mountain Bell Telephone Co., and...
Steven Hine
Oct 12, 2014
Bayfield resident Steven Richard Hine died October 12, 2014. Steve was a lifelong resident of beautiful La Plata County. Steve passed away due to a heart attack while doing one of the things he loved the most, working cows on the mountain. Steve and his beloved wife Linda enjoyed countless hours on their horses doing any job that honored the...
Edgar Riecke
Oct 11, 2014
Edgar Riecke, Retired Chemist and Competitive Bike Racer, Dead at 69. Edgar Erick Riecke died in a motorcycle incident in Garfield County, Utah on Saturday, October 11, 2014. He is preceded by his mother Helen Riecke and his father Ray Riecke. He is survived by his sisters Linda Conlon and Sandra Webster; his children Jeffrey Riecke, Katherine Riecke, and Sarah...
Ruth Dove
Oct 10, 2014
Ruth passed peacefully from this life the evening of October 10, 2014. She was 91 years old. She was born Ruth Mae Dilley on May 20, 1923 in Bennet, NE to Frank E. Dilley and Retta May (Jones) Dilley, and moved to Spearville, KS in a covered wagon in 1925. At age 18, shortly after graduating high school in Spearville,...
June Siner
Oct 8, 2014
June Ellen Siner, 87, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Monday, October 13, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at the Pine Valley Church in Bayfield and Pastor Scott Kujath will be officiating. The committal service to her final resting place will follow at Pine River Cemetery overlooking the Pine River in Bayfield. June...
Ruth Marquez
Oct 7, 2014
Obituary for Ruth Marquez Ruth Marquez passed away on October 7, 2014, at home in Pagosa Springs, CO at the age of 92. A rosary will be said Friday, October 10, 2014 at 6pm, the Mass will be held Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 10am, both at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs. Burial will occur...
Gary Macpherson
Oct 6, 2014
Gary D. MacPherson, 63, passed from this life on Monday, October 6, 2014 in Cortez, Colorado. He was born on October 14, 1950 in Carmel, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents Helen and Claude Macpherson. He is survived by Scott E. MacPherson, brother; Sandra L. MacPherson, former spouse and mother to his children. His children include Jennifer...
Curtis Olguin
Oct 4, 2014
Obituary for Curtis Brian "Brian" Olguin Curtis “Brian” Olguin passed away Saturday October 4, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A rosary will be held at Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in Ignacio, Colorado on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, October 9, 2014 10:00 A.M. also at Saint Ignatius Catholic Church, officiated by...

Florence Gold
Oct 4, 2014
Obituary for Florence Elaine "Elaine" Gold Elaine Gold, 71, died Saturday, October 04, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. at the Allison Grange Hall. Elaine was born May 4, 1943 in Falfa, Colorado, the daughter of Howard and Florence Self. She attended school in Ignacio, Colo. She married Perry Palmer...
Mary Gurule
Oct 4, 2014
Obituary for Mary Ofelia Gurule Mary Gurule passed away October 4, 2014 at the University of Colorado Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, October 10, 2014, at 10am, at Pope John Paul II Catholic Church in Pagosa Springs, CO. Burial will occur at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, CO following the Mass. Mary was born to Cresencio and...
Marian Rizzo
Oct 3, 2014
Marian Beryl Rizzo, 85, died Friday, October 3, 2014 at home in Durango, Colorado of natural causes. Mrs. Rizzo lived in Durango, Colorado for 10 years. A celebration of life will be held at First United Methodists Church of Durango on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 10:00am. Mrs. Rizzo was born March 11, 1929 in Albion, Nebraska the daughter of...
Doris Goff
Oct 2, 2014
Obituary for Doris Goff Doris “Jeanne” Goff (Jeanne) passed away on October 2, 2014, from complications of COPD. At the time of her death she was living in The Sunshine Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Durango, Colorado. She was born June 22, 1922 in Hill City, Kansas. Before moving to Durango in 1954, Jeanne lived in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
Cathryine Leonard
Oct 1, 2014
Cathryine R. Leonard, 98, died Wednesday, October 01, 2014 at her home in Bondad, Colorado . The family has already held a celebration of life and no other services will be held at this time. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Cathryine was born May 26, 1916 in Bondad, Colorado the daughter of Burr and Sahra Sutton....
Tammy Lynn Dunn
Sep 30, 2014
Tammy Dunn died September 30, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center, at 47 years of age. A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 6, 2014 at the Durango Cowboy Church at 6 p.m., with a reception to follow. She was born in Reading, PA to her parents Frederick and Jennifer Folk and has one sister, Katrina Walker. She moved...
Andrea Ochoa
Sep 30, 2014
Obituary for Andrea Adelina Ochoa Andrea Adelina Ochoa, 88, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. A rosary will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, October 6, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, officiated by Father Don...
Russell Bonds
Sep 30, 2014
Obituary for Russell "Junior" Bonds Russell J. “Junior” Bonds, 84, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at his life-long home in Durango, Colorado. He lived in Bondad, Colorado for his entire life. A joint celebration of life will be held for Junior and his wife JoAnna on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:00 am in the Exhibit Hall of the La...
Bennett Thompson
Sep 28, 2014
Obituary for Bennett Cloud Thompson Bennett Cloud Thompson, 78, died Sunday, September 28, 2014, in Ignacio, Colorado. A wake will be on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 7:00pm at 5051 County Road 521, Ignacio, Colorado 81137. A Funeral Service will be Friday, October 3, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at The Sky Ute Casino Event Center and Pastor Kelly Winlock will...
Loleet Watts
Sep 28, 2014
Obituary for Loleet Ernestine "Ernie" Watts Loleet Ernestine “Ernie” Watts, 62, died Sunday, September 28, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. Visitation will be held at Hood Mortuary on Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. A sunrise service will be held at Hood Mortuary on Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. The funeral will be held Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 10:00...
Kathryn Michael
Sep 28, 2014
Obituary for Kathryn F. Michael (Jones) Kathryn passed away Sept. 28, 2014 at the age of 88. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, in Durango. She was born Dec. 27, 1925 to Streeter and Luella Jones in Durango, CO. She was born in her grandmother’s (Rosetta Tunneson...