Obituaries

Jan 24, 2024

Michael was born August 26th, 1995, at Gunnison Valley Hospital to Robert and Janelle Kukuk. 

He was a miracle baby that they had waited so long to have and hold, and really had given up hope on conceiving a child prior to his conception. As a young boy he enjoyed playing around Santa Maria Reservoir with his little sister Melanie and...

Jan 23, 2024

Mary Maxine Lattin passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at home, surrounded by family. She was 91 years old. A Rosary will be recited Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. and Eulogy to be read at 9:30 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. all at Pope John Paul II Catholic Church on South Pagosa...

Jan 23, 2024

Douglas A. Rock (81) passed away on January 23, 2024, in Ignacio, Colorado. Doug was born to Ralph and Charlotte Rock on May 28, 1942, in Pennsylvania. They moved to Wyoming when he was 6, and he grew up in Dubois and Lander. He was a welder by trade, working in powerplants and the oil field. He enjoyed the outdoors,...

Jan 23, 2024

Life-long resident LaVonne M. Newman passed away peacefully on January 23, 2024, at the age of 88. Born on July 20, 1935, in the Logging Camps in the high timber up north, La Vonne’s life was a tapestry of love, family, and hard work. 

LaVonne was an avid outdoors woman, in her prime, and was dedicated to her family. She was...

Jan 17, 2024

Kathi Lou Creech passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024, in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. She was 69 years old.   Kathi was born April 28, 1954, to Frank and Melba Salerno at the Alameda Naval Air Force base in California. As a child Kathi loved being with her parents and traveling the world (as an Air Force brat). Her biggest love...

Jan 12, 2024

Harry E. Fassett Jr., 96, of Durango, passed away on January 12, 2024 at home surrounded by his family. Harry was born in Durango to Harry Edmond and Nella Elvera (Carr) Fassett on December 27, 1927. At 16 he got his pilot’s license and later joined the Air Force and fought in the Korean War. He met Glenda Murray in...

Jan 11, 2024

John was born in Durango Colorado on April 24, 1954 to John and Edna Pearl (Gilchrist) Cugnini. He was raised on his parents’ Florida Mesa ranch and was a life-long resident of the area. He died January 11, 2024 at Mercy Hospice Home surrounded by family. John attended Durango High School and San Juan Vocational-Technical school. John joined the United...

Jan 11, 2024

George is survived by his loving wife Sandee Capehart and children, Callee Wells (Mark), Aztec , NM, Jamie Boone (Eric), Aztec, NM, Joshua Capehart (Juli Christy), Farmington, NM, Daniel Capehart (Daisy), Bloomfield, NM, Caleb Capehart, Greeley, CO; grandchildren, Emily Boone, Hoquiam, WA, Lauren Boone, Durango, CO, Keaton Christy, Farmington, NM, Margaret Horne (Steven), Farmington, NM, Henry Boone (Bailey Chavez), Switzerland, Olivia Wells, Aztec, NM, Dawson...

Jan 10, 2024

Clara Mae was born in Blanca, Colorado to Carl and Dorothy (Tyson) Asay. She was raised in the San Luis Valley, and the oldest of 4 children. Clara Mae was raised with a strong belief in her Lord Jesus Christ and a love for her family and community. She instilled these traits in her children and family throughout life. Clara...

Jan 7, 2024

Jan 6, 2024

Richard Lee Jefferson, 63, passed Saturday, January 6th, 2024.

Richard Lee Jefferson was born May 9th, 1960 in Del Norte, Colo., to Robert Jefferson and Catherine Jefferson. He grew up here on the Southern Ute Reservation with his siblings Robbi Mann and Robert Jefferson. Ric loved his family, basketball, his community, and knowledge. He loved passing on his knowledge and...

Jan 5, 2024

Durango, CO/Milton, VT - Kenneth “Greg” Riddle, 64, died of natural causes on January 5th, 2024 doing one of the many things he loved, skiing. He lived his life to the absolute fullest until he took a shortcut to heaven from 10,000 feet above sea level.

Greg was born in Philadelphia, PA on 11/6/1959 to his parents Kelly and Inge Riddle....

Jan 5, 2024

Mary Ann Newton Weaver was born on November 18, 1950 to Jane Drake-Newton and Tom B. Newton in La Boca, Colorado. She was the youngest of 8 siblings. Mary Ann graduated Ignacio High School in 1969. After graduation she attended the M.T.I. business college in California. She also worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Albuquerque, NM. After...

Jan 4, 2024

Jessica Lynn Carpenter – loving wife, mother, sister, and friend – passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024, in Durango, CO at the Mercy Hospice House after a 5-year battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at Hood Mortuary in Durango, CO on January 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm.

Jessica was born on February 6, 1967, to Bentley...

Jan 4, 2024

The family is presently working on an obituary.

Jan 2, 2024

Joshua Lee Brashear joined Jesus in heaven on January 2, 2024. Joshua was born on June 16, 1987 in Albuquerque, NM and grew up to be a very bright and witty young man. When he was four years old, the family moved to Hesperus, CO. Joshua attended Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary, New Life Academy, and Excel Charter School where he...

Dec 29, 2023

 

Kenneth “Kenny” Frost made his journey to the spirit world on December 29, 2023, in Durango, Colorado. He was born November 12, 1954, in Ignacio, Colorado, to Kathleen Frost.

Kenny grew up on the Southern Ute Reservation and attended Ignacio High School, graduating at age 15. He was a star athlete in fastpitch softball, and in basketball he played...

Dec 29, 2023

Dean Richard Kennedy passed from this earthly life after a long fight with double pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) on December 29, 2023. He was born in Aurora, Illinois on January 25, 1945, to Richard Leroy Kennedy and Alberta Parkhurst and later moved with his family to Los Alamos, NM where he lived until his mid-30’s working as...

Dec 23, 2023

Elizabeth Ann Cary was born December 29, 1937, in Cary, North Carolina, to Vance and Mary (Beale) Rhodes, and her soul passed on to heaven peacefully at her home in Durango, Colorado, on December 15, 2023. Liz was the second of eight siblings in the Rhodes family, with an older sister, Elsie, followed by John, Dorothy, David, Linda, Keith, and...

Dec 22, 2023

Raymond (Greenman) Frost Jr. (61) died Friday, December 22, 2023. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his passing. Raymond Frost Jr. was born October 15th, 1962 to Raymond Frost Sr. and Mary Ellen in Durango, CO. He graduated from Ignacio High School and was an enrolled member to the Southern Ute Tribe. Raymond joined the Air...