Obituaries
Cecelia Humpy
Aug 3, 2013
Obituary for Cecelia Frances Humpy Denver resident Cecelia Frances Humpy died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Englewood. She was two weeks shy of her 43rd birthday. The cause of death was not disclosed. Ms. Humpy was born to Jerry Humpy and Ellenette Watts on Aug. 16, 1970, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was their second youngest daughter. After growing up on...
Roy Robinson
Aug 3, 2013
Obituary for Roy Gary Robinson On the morning of August 3, 2013, Roy Gary Robinson went home to be with the "Good Lord," as he would say, after a three year battle with cancer. He died peacefully at home in Durango, Colo. surrounded by his family. Roy was 66 years old. Roy was the eldest child born to Glenn and...
Charlotte Ware
Aug 2, 2013
Obituary for Charlotte Ethel Ware Charlotte Ware died on August 3, 2013, one day after her 82nd birthday. Ms. Ware was born to Charles Edward and Helen (Whelan) on August 2, 1931, in Philadelphia, PA. The Ware family moved to New Jersey in 1945. Charlotte worked in marketing and opinion research for 9 years while attending college at Rutgers. In...
Mary Hanson
Aug 1, 2013
Obituary for Mary Helen Hanson (Lucero) Longtime La Plata County resident Mary Helen Hanson died Thursday, August 1, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. Mrs. Hanson was born to Juanito and Macedonia Lucero on October 14, 1944, in Durango. She attended school in the Ignacio and Allison areas. On October 6, 1979, Mrs. Hanson married Carl J....
Sheila Fitzhugh
Jul 29, 2013
Obituary for Sheila Kay Fitzhugh Durango resident Sheila Kay Fitzhugh passed away at her home on Monday, July 29, 2013, at the age of 66. She was born on June 12, 1947, in Borger, Texas. Sheila was employed by Burnett Construction, Durango Construction and later Four Corners Materials. Her career in the construction industry lasted more than 30 years. She...
Melvin Wells
Jul 27, 2013
Obituary for Melvin Ray Wells Longtime Bayfield resident Melvin Ray Wells died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, July 27, 2013. He was 73. Ray was born April 16, 1940, in Durango, Colo., to D.D. and Noble Wells. He married Kheta Ross-Miller November 26, 1999, at the LDS Temple in Monticello, Utah, and had six wonderful kids. He was an...
Loranell Nelson
Jul 21, 2013
Obituary for Loranell Nelson (Anderson) Loranell was born in the depression era (1928)– in western Kansas (Ruleton) and lived in a sod house along the Kansas/Colorado border in a town named Kanorado, during the dust bowl days. Her parents Juanita McClung and Archie Anderson were farmers and it was a tough and meager life, but she wasn’t afraid of work....
Marjorie Hoff
Jul 20, 2013
Obituary for Marjorie Katheryn Hoff (Gallfus) Marjorie Katheryn Gallfus Hoff died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at her home near Ignacio, Colo., from lung cancer. She was 68. She was born July 30, 1944, in Rolla, N.D., to Alfred and Mary Gallfus, the eleventh of fourteen children. She attended Rolla High School, and later moved to Anaheim, Calif., where she met...
Erich Bussian
Jul 20, 2013
Obituary for Erich Paul Bussian Erich Paul Bussian: A Picture of Resilience -- Erich Paul Bussian, husband of Mip van Suchtelen, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his home in Durango, Colorado. Erich was born on August 7, 1959, in Boulder, Colorado, to Auguste Bussian-Watts of Jamestown, Colorado, and Dr. Alfred Erich Bussian of Golden, Colorado. After spending...
Vivian Emrich
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Vivian Elaine Emrich (Muench) Vivian Elaine Emrich, 84, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in Durango, Colo., due to a short fight with cancer. A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Durango. Mrs. Emrich was born June 14, 1929, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Frederic...
Janet Hinderer
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Janet Kay Hinderer Janet Hinderer liked making lists and plans. Grocery lists, craft material lists, and weekly schedules, she brought order and structure to all of her projects. Raising a daughter and two sons first in Williston, North Dakota, and later here in Durango, things were not always easy. But Janet was pragmatic and organized. If it took...
Nixie Hayo
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Nixie Joanne Hayo Durango resident Nixie Joanne Hayo died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 75. Mrs. Hayo was born Oct. 4, 1937, in Great Bend, Kan., the daughter of Marvin and Virginia Hunt. She graduated from high school in California. She married George Edward Hayo...
Louis Rieser
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Louis Martin "Lou" Rieser Louis Martin Rieser, (Lou), 91, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at home in Durango, Colo. A memorial gathering will be Saturday, August 3, 2013, in Carbondale, Colo. (exact location to be determined). Lou was born April 18, 1922, in Manhattan, N.Y., the son of Louis and Helen Rieser. He grew up in both New...
Bruce Kirkpatrick
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Bruce McIntyre Kirkpatrick Bruce McIntyre Kirkpatrick died at his home July 16, 2013 after a brief and sudden illness at age 79. He had been a Durango resident since 1967. Bruce was born in Topeka, KS on December 27, 1933. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hazen Leon Kirkpatrick and Clarice Privott Kirkpatrick, and former spouse,...
Robert Tyner
Jul 16, 2013
Obituary for Robert H. "Bob" Tyner Native Durango area resident, Robert H. “Bob” Tyner died of natural causes at Sunshine Gardens Country Home on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. He was 98. Mr. Tyner was born May 14, 1915, to George Henry Tyner, Jr. and Elizabeth Bradley Banks Tyner on a ranch located in the Florida River Valley about 12 miles...
Terry Youngflesh
Jul 15, 2013
Obituary for Terry Lynn Youngflesh Bayfield resident Terry Lynn Youngflesh, 64, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colo. His passing was due to natural causes. Though born May 18, 1949, in Akron, Ohio, Terry spent much of his childhood in San Diego, California, graduating from San Dieguito High School in 1967. Terry, along with...
Frank Adams
Jul 13, 2013
Obituary for Frank Jess Adams Frank Jess Adams, 85, former long-time resident of Durango, died Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Farmington, after a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease. Frank, son of Jess and Dorothea Adams, was born April 6, 1928, in Louisville, Ky., and moved to Durango at an early age, graduating from Durango High School. He served in the...
Fritz Ruybal
Jul 8, 2013
Obituary for Fritz Ernest Ruybal Fritz Ernest Ruybal, 89, died Monday, July 8, 2013, in Durango, Colorado. A memorial service will be Thursday, July 11, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., at the Southern Ute Memorial Chapel in Ignacio, Colo. Known to all as Ernest, he was born January 22, 1924, in Ignacio, the son of Tomas and Adelida Ruybal and grew...
Charlotte Langford
Jul 7, 2013
Obituary for Charlotte Lynn Langford (Larsen) Charlotte L. Langford, 49, passed away peacefully at her home in Red Mesa, Colo., on July 7, 2013. The third of eight children born to Kent and Carolyn Larsen, Charlotte was born on January 4, 1964, in Pocatello, Idaho, and soon after moved with her family to the Washington, D.C. area. After graduating from...
Sharon Stein
Jul 6, 2013
Obituary for Sharon Jean Stein Sharon Jean Stein, 65, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Durango, Colo. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Durango. Sharon was born August 17, 1947, in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Sidney and Wisteria Blaha. She grew up in Houston and attended...
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