Obituaries
Mary Garcia
Jul 20, 2011
Obituary for Mary G. Garcia Long-time Durango resident Mary G. Garcia died Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Durango. She was 81. Mrs. Garcia was born February 12, 1930, in Dulce, N.M., to Estanislado and Pauline Archuleta. She grew up in Dulce and Lumberton. At the age of 12 she moved to Durango to the home she lived in for the...
Alice Park
Jul 17, 2011
Obituary for Alice E. Park Alice Eugenia Estella Strobel Park died Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Durango, Colo. She was 97. Mrs. Park was born August 13, 1913, in Denver, Colo., the daughter of Harley and May Strobel. Mrs. Park lived more than 90 years in Durango, having retired in 1978 with 33 years of service with the telephone company....
Reece Kelly
Jul 15, 2011
Obituary for Reece Kelly Fort Lewis College professor emeritus Reece Kelly died Friday, July 15, 2011, in Durango from complications of renal cell carcinoma. He was one week shy of his 73rd birthday. Mr. Kelly was born to George Bernard and Thelma Doris “Babe” Kelly on July 23, 1938, in Utica, Mont. His mother died when Mr. Kelly, their 11th...
Marie Cordova
Jul 11, 2011
Obituary for Marie "Frances" Cordova Maria Francisca “Frances” Cordova, 89, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo. A funeral service will be Friday, July 15, 2011 at 11:00 P.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Father Joseph Gallegos of Sacred Heart Catholic Church will be officiating. Burial will occur at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango....
Christine Westcott
Jul 11, 2011
Obituary for Christine M. Westcott Christine M. Westcott passed away peacefully Monday, July 11, 2011 in her Durango home. She was 54. Mrs. Westcott was born to John and Rosemary Mahalovich on September 12, 1956 in Gallup, New Mexico. Following graduation from high school, she joined the U.S. Army where she studied nursing through the Walter Reed Institute of Nursing,...
James McCann
Jul 8, 2011
Obituary for James P. McCann James Price McCann, 79, died Friday, July 08, 2011 north of Durango, Colorado. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Hood Mortuary Chapel in Durango. Mr. McCann was born February 12, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the son of Kenneth and Lorene McCann. Jim was reared by his grandparents...
Bernadine Leyshon
Jul 7, 2011
Obituary for Bernadine A. Leyshon Bernadine Ann Leyshon died Thursday, July 7, 2011 in Denver, Colo. She was 78. A memorial service, officiated by Pastor George Brayton, will be held Tuesday, July 12, at 2 PM at the Holiday Hills Community Church in Federal Heights, Colorado. Visitation will be Saturday, July 16 at 10 AM at Hood Mortuary in Durango...
Joel White JR.
Jul 6, 2011
Obituary for Joel E. White Jr. Joel Edward White, Jr., retired neurosurgeon, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2011 at his home in Durango, Colorado. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on January 14, 1935 and attended schools there. Dr. White earned a B. S. from Ohio Wesleyan College, a M.S. in Neurophysiology from Ohio State University, and an M.D....
Helen Moss
Jul 2, 2011
Obituary for Helen P. Moss Helen Prestwich Moss died of natural causes on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Durango, Colorado. She was 94 years old. Helen was born in Moroni, Utah on August 27, 1916, to Joseph Prestwich and Nartha (Smith) Prestwich. She was the third of four children: Joseph Glen Prestwich (deceased), Enid (Prestwich) Nielson (deceased), Helen (Prestwich) Moss,...
John Gary
Jul 1, 2011
Obituary for John R. Gary John Rees Gary died Friday, July 1, 2011, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. He was 70. Mr. Gary was born September 19, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo., son of Arthur and Harriette (Rees) Gary. He grew up in Illinois, and he enjoyed playing golf in high school and college. Mr. Gary served in...
Edison Hickman
Jun 29, 2011
Obituary for Edison D. Hickman Edison Dean Hickman, 89, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 10 A.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Father Larry Gallegos C.R. will be officiating. Burial will occur at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield. Mr. Hickman...
Kevin Vigil
Jun 29, 2011
Obituary for Kevin G. Vigil Kevin Gary Vigil, former resident of Pueblo and currently of Durango, passed away early Wednesday, June 29, 2011, from health complications. Kevin was born in Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 18, 1962, son of Pamphilo "Pancho" and Victoria Vigil. He went to East High School in Pueblo, Colo., and graduated in 1980. He entered the Immaculate Heart...
Irene Kapp
Jun 26, 2011
Obituary for Irene L. Kapp Irene Louise Kapp died Sunday, June 26, 2011, in Durango, Colo. She was 97. Mrs. Kapp was born Feb 10, 1914, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of Wilson and Alma Henry. Later she moved to St. Louis, Mo., with her parents. In the 1930s she married Euclid Tabor in St. Louis and the couple had three...
Patricia Sheets
Jun 22, 2011
Obituary for Patricia M. Sheets Longtime Durango resident Patricia Marie Sheets passed away June 22, 2011, at home. Pat was born to George and Gladys Wright Burch August 10, 1935, in North Platte, Neb. She attended North Platte schools, where she met and married Harold Dee Sheets August 16, 1952. Harold went to work for Gamble’s Hardware stores. They made...
Nyla Newbrough
Jun 21, 2011
Obituary for Nyla Dee Newbrough Longtime Durango resident, Nyla Dee Newbrough, died at Berthoud Living Center in Berthoud, CO on June 21, 2011. Due to her failing health, Nyla had resided with her daughter,Karla, and family for the past 2 years. She was 89. Nyla was born to Jerry and Hazel (Boal) Anderson on November 8, 1921, in Salina, KS....
Inger Gundersen
Jun 21, 2011
Obituary for Inger B. Gundersen Durango resident Inger Bergliot Gundersen died Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at Four Corners Health Care Center. She was 92. Known as “Mossa,” she was born to Leif and Gudrun Forsth on Feb. 17, 1919, in Ostre Baerum, Norway. She was the middle child of five and the only girl. Mrs. Gundersen grew up as a...
Laroy Crow
Jun 20, 2011
Obituary for Laroy E. Crow Durango resident Laroy F. Crow died Monday, June 20, 2011, in Durango. He was 85. Laroy was born Aug. 16, 1925, in Sulfur, OK, son of Lee and Annie Crow. He grew up in Cortez, CO, and graduated from Cortez High School. He served in the Navy during World War II. He attended the old...
Margaret Glasco
Jun 17, 2011
Obituary for Margaret L. Glasco Longtime Durango resident Margaret Louise Glasco, known as Peggy, passed away peacefully at home on June 17, 2011. Peggy was born to Jean and Stewart Thompson in Fort Defiance, Arizona, on October 27, 1937. She grew up on the Navajo Nation with her sister Sydney and brother Vaughn, as her mother and father operated the...
Dorothy Gardner
Jun 14, 2011
Obituary for Dorothy E. Gardner Durango native Dorothy Evelyn Gardner died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in Durango. She was 82. Mrs. Gardner was born to Fred and Ruth McLaughlin on Dec. 5, 1928, in Durango. She was one of seven children. She grew up in Durango and graduated from Durango High School. After marrying, Mrs. Gardner left Durango and returned...
Robert Emmanuel
Jun 14, 2011
Obituary for Robert J. Emmanuel Durango resident Robert John "Bob" Emmanuel died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, of multiple myeloma, in Durango, Colo. He was 86. Bob was born August 17, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pa., to John Stanley and Florence Emmanuel. After graduation from Upper Darby High School, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Wooster College and...
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