Obituaries
Lorraine Romero
Mar 17, 2014
Obituary for Lorraine Patricia "Lori" Romero Lorraine Patricia “Lori” (Morfin) Romero, 57, died Monday, March 17, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. A rosary will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Saturday, March 22, at 10:00 a.m. and the Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. Lori was born March 17, 1957 in Fairview, New Mexico, the daughter...
Traci Berlin-Wyngaert
Mar 15, 2014
Obituary for Traci D. Berlin-Wyngaert Traci D. Berlin-Wyngaert, 48, died Saturday, March 15, 2014. Services will be announced at a later date. She passed away due to natural causes. Traci was born March 16, 1965 in Los Angeles, Calif. the daughter of Harry and Joan Berlin. She grew up in LA and finished her primary education. Traci lived in San...
Beatrice Baker
Mar 15, 2014
Obituary for Beatrice Leilani Baker Beatrice Leilani Baker, 65, died Saturday, March 15, 2014 in Hesperus, Colorado. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. A gathering for friends and family will be held at the V.F.W. Post on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the downstairs gathering area. Mrs. Baker was born February 7, 1949 in...
Austin Jane
Mar 15, 2014
Obituary for Austin Marie Jane Jane Marie (Keeler) Austin 87, passed away on March 15th, 2014. A 48 year resident of Durango, Colorado, Jane was born October 1926 in Cortez, Colorado, to Rex and Bertha Keeler. The family moved to Lewis, north of Cortez,where Jane grew up on a farm and attended Lewis Elementary. Jane rode her horse to Garret...
Deanne Kilpatrick
Mar 14, 2014
Obituary for Deanne Kilpatrick Deanne Kilpatrick, 90, died Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Valley Inn in Mancos, Colorado. Private services will be held at a later date to celebrate Deanne and her late husband of 73 ½ years, Bud. Deanne was born August 11, 1923 in Rosine, Kentucky the daughter of William and Daisy Lively. She grew up Cleveland,...
Lenora Martinez
Mar 14, 2014
Obituary for Lenora Mary Martinez (Corrales) Lenora Mary Martinez, 81, died Friday, March 14, 2014 at at home in Ignacio, Colorado. Visitation will be held at Hood Mortuary on Monday, March 17th, 2014 at 4:00 p.m., and a rosary will follow at 6:00 p.m. also on Monday. A funeral will be Tuesday, March 18th at 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart...
India Sage
Mar 11, 2014
Obituary for India Summer Sage India Summer Sage, 26, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at home in Ignacio, Colorado. Recitation of the rosary will be said at St. Ignatius Catholic Church on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. A wake will follow at the family home at 151 Jefferson in Ignacio. A Funeral Service will be Friday, March 14,...
Gregg Cuthbert
Mar 8, 2014
Obituary for Gregg William Cuthbert Gregg William Cuthbert, 50, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in Bayfield, Colorado. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango and memorial services will be held at a later date. Mr. Cuthbert was born September 2, 1963 in Houston, Texas the son of Ronald and Cindy (Callaway) Cuthbert. Gregg attended primary and secondary schools...
Barbara Britten
Mar 6, 2014
Obituary for Barbara Joice Britten (Carroll) Barbara Joice Britten, 85, died Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Durango. Mrs. Britten was born Dec. 31, 1928, in Clovis, Calif., the daughter of Hamp and Alice Carroll. She graduated from high school in San Diego in 1946. She was married to Chuck Branton for 17 years, and they had four children. For 15...
Donna Evans
Mar 6, 2014
Obituary for Donna Rea Evans (Anderson) On Thursday, March 6, 2014 Donna Rea Evans, 81, went to the Lord from complications of Alzheimer’s in Durango, Colorado, surrounded by friends and family. Donna is survived by her husband Bert Evans, children Ronsie Harvey, San Diego, Calif., Rick Hessler, Durango,Colo., Kristy Oliver, Bosise, Idaho. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and...
George Oldfield, Jr.
Mar 6, 2014
Obituary for George Stockton Oldfield, Jr. George Stockton Oldfield, Jr., 97, long-time resident of Dryside (southwest of Hesperus), Colorado and Farmington, New Mexico died on Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Farmington, New Mexico. George Oldfield was born in Hesperus, CO on a homestead secured by his pioneering parents. He graduated from High School in Marvel Colorado. He served in World...
Mary Shah
Mar 5, 2014
Obituary for Mary Jean "Jean" Shah (Maulding) Mary Jean Shah, 69, died Wednesday, March 05, 2014, at Durango, Colorado, after collapsing while skiing at Wolf Creek Ski Area. Jean was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Florence and Roy Maulding on September 11, 1944. She graduated from high school in 1962 and later earned a BA in art history and...
Russell Schuetz
Mar 2, 2014
Obituary for Russell Herman Schuetz On Sunday, March 2, 2014, surrounded by his family, Russell Herman Schuetz, 71, passed away at his Ignacio, CO, home from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in the Town of Middleton, WI, on March 4, 1942, to Elmore and Viola Schuetz, he grew up in and around the Madison area helping his parents on...
Anita Carden
Feb 27, 2014
Obituary for Anita Carden (VanNatter) ANITA Van Natter CARDEN, passed away February 27, 2014 at her home. She was 77. She joined her family and friends in Paradise to await her final resurrection into Celestial glory. Anita was born October 23, 1936 in Whitman’s Creek, West VA, daughter of Anna Mae (Carter) and Percy Chester VanNatter, a coal miner in...

Edna Potter
Feb 24, 2014
Obituary for Edna Merle Potter (Collins) Edna Merle Potter of Durango, CO passed away on February 24, 2014. She was born in Detroit, Texas on March 27, 1931 to Annie Neely Collins and John Henry Collins. Her brother Clifford Collins preceded her in death. Her sister Mary Soloman lives currently in Amarillo, Texas. After a youth spent in West Texas,...

Karen Witcher
Feb 24, 2014
Obituary for Karen Maydeen Witcher (Sego) Karen Maydeen Witcher, 66, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in Durango, Colorado . A funeral will be Friday, February 28, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at The Sanford Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bishop Clay Jackson will be officiating. Burial will occur at Sanford Cemetery in Sanford, Colorado. Mrs. Witcher was born May...
Marvin Conrad
Feb 22, 2014
Obituary for Marvin Lyne Conrad Longtime resident of Bayfield, Marvin Conrad, passed away on Saturday, February 22 after a 19 month battle with leukemia. Marvin was born in Burbank CA, February 6, 1935 to Walter and Billie Conrad. He graduated from Durango High School in 1952. He went on to graduate from Fort Lewis College with an AA degree in...
Rosalie Dahmer
Feb 22, 2014
Obituary for Rosalie Dahmer (Kramer) Rosalie Dahmer, 90, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colorado. Rosalie Dahmer, born in Fort Scott Kansas on April 7, 1923 to Elsie Golden Thompson and John Franklin Kramer. She served in the Women’s Army Corps as a clerk typist, and this is where her love of knitting first began....
Charlene Baumgardner
Feb 18, 2014
Obituary for Charlene Bucy Baumgardner Memorial services for Charlene Bucy Baumgardner of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Ignacio Community Church in Ignacio, Colorado. Charlene passed away on February 18, 2014, in her home. She was born on April 22, 1927, to Fred and Ethel Bucy in Lynn County, Texas. She...
Darren Schmutz
Feb 17, 2014
Obituary for Darren Ray Schmutz Darren Ray Schmutz was born on January 5, 1979 and left this earth on February 17, 2014. Darren was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Doug and LaRita Schmutz, as the fifth of thirteen children. He graduated in 1997 from La Cueva High School, where he was involved in the ROTC program. Darren married Janna...