Obituaries
Gloria Lawton
Jun 22, 2012
Obituary for Gloria B. Lawton Durango resident Gloria Bowker Lawton died Friday, June 22, 2012, in the Hospice of Mercy Room at Four Corners Health Care Center. She was 92. Mrs. Lawton was born to Francisco Medina and Maria Moraga de Medina on May 12, 1920, in Bisbee, Ariz. She was one of 11 children and grew up in Bisbee...
Wanda Kenner
Jun 20, 2012
Obituary for Wanda L. Kenner Wanda Lee Kenner, 89, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colorado. Visitation will be held at Hood Mortuary Chapel on Sunday, June 24, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Services will be held also at Hood Mortuary Chapel on Monday, June 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., with...
Jennifer Chambers-Neff
Jun 19, 2012
Obituary for Jennifer L. Chambers-Neff Durango resident Jennifer L. Chambers-Neff passed away from cancer at her home on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. She was 61. Jennifer, also known as Jenny, was born to Dean Melvin Chambers and Laurena Georgia Wyatt on January 3, 1951 in Fullerton, Calif. She grew up in Dana Point, Calif. and graduated San Clemente High School...
Margaret Spining
Jun 18, 2012
Obituary for Margaret L. Spining Margaret Lawrene Spining passed away on June 18, 2012, just sixteen days after her 93rd birthday at Four Corners Healthcare Center from complications of age, stroke and heart disease. She was born in Durango, June 2, 1919, the eldest daughter of Alvin "Red" and Charlotte Kimsey, and the first baby delivered in Durango by Dr....
Eloida Allen
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Eloida Allen Lifelong resident Eloida Allen passed away June 17 at Four Corners Nursing Home. She was born in Dulce, N.M., Sept. 21, 1914. Eloida was adopted at an early age by area rancher Homer Ford and his wife Rose. After graduating from Durango High School in 1932, she attended business school in Albuquerque. In 1938 she married...
Eloida Allen
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Eloida Allen Lifelong resident Eloida Allen passed away June 17 at Four Corners Nursing Home. She was born in Dulce, N.M., Sept. 21, 1914. Eloida was adopted at an early age by area rancher Homer Ford and his wife Rose. After graduating from Durango High School in 1932, she attended business school in Albuquerque. In 1938 she married...
Irma McNamara
Jun 17, 2012
Obituary for Irma J. McNamara Irma J. McNamara was born in Durango on December 15, 1916, to parents Arthur Henry Ford and Mary Therese Neary Ford Hammer. She passed away peacefully on June 17, 2012, at Sunshine Gardens West. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia F. Brees and Mary Ann Beavers (Dick); grandsons Joseph P. Tibbetts (Liz) and Richard...
Ginny Hutchins
Jun 16, 2012
Obituary for Ginny G. Hutchins Ginny Graham Hutchins, 41, died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at home in Durango, Colo. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, and the Rev. Susan Blue of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be officiating. Mrs. Hutchins was born July 5, 1970,...
Mary Simmons
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Mary A. Simmons Mary A. Simmons, 94, died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at home in Mancos, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Mrs. Simmons was born October 25, 1917 in Palmer Lake, Colorado the daughter of August and Emma...
Mary Moreno
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Mary L. Moreno Durango resident Mary L. Moreno died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo. She was 73. Mrs. Moreno was born to Victor and Laura Escojeda on October 27, 1938, in Gallup, N.M. In 1954 she married Martin Moreno, and ten years later they moved to the Durango area. She filled...
Wynafred Plunk
Jun 14, 2012
Obituary for Wynafred S. Plunk Wynafred S. “Wynkie” Plunk died Thursday, June 14, 2012, in Durango, Colo. She was 56. Mrs. Plunk was born September 26, 1955, in Athens, Ala., daughter of Wallace and Louise Steele. She grew up in Athens, Ala., and graduated from Mississippi University for Women in 1978. She was an accomplished gymnast in high school and...
Thomas Howe
Jun 10, 2012
Obituary for Thomas V. Howe Thomas Victor Howe, 76, died Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Kaseman Hospice in Albuquerque, N.M. Mr. Howe lived in Dulce, N.M. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Hood Mortuary Chapel and visitation will occur prior to services from 9 to 10 a.m. Cremation will follow services at...
MaryAnn Hayduke
Jun 7, 2012
Obituary for MaryAnn "Mimi" Hayduke MaryAnn (Mimi) Hayduke, 92, died Thursday, June 7, 2012, in her home in Durango, Colorado. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at St. Columba Catholic Church with a reception following. Father James Koenigsfeld of St. Columba Catholic Church will be officiating. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory...
Curtis Kennedy
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Curtis E. Kennedy Durango resident Curtis Eugene Kennedy died Monday, June 4, 2012. He was 56 years old. Mr. Kennedy was born to Gene and Alice Kennedy on October 7, 1955, in Durango. He grew up in Hesperus, Colorado, graduating from Durango High School in 1974. In September 1981, Curtis married Tracy L. Haygood in Durango. Mr. Kennedy...
Allen Trimmer
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Allen H. Trimmer Allen Trimmer of Hope Town, Abaco Bahamas, Durango, Colorado, and Blakely Island, Washington, died June 4, 2012, in Durango peacefully, surrounded by love, after a brief illness. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1920, the only child of Howard C. Trimmer and Maude Worden Trimmer. His was a true a rags to riches story....
Jeffrey Sweet
Jun 4, 2012
Obituary for Jeffrey H. Sweet Jeffrey Howard Sweet passed on to The Other Side on Monday, June 4, 2012. He fought a brave battle for eight years against bone marrow cancer, and now he is finally out of pain and flying free. Jeffrey was born March 17th, 1954, to Richard H. Sweet and Barbara Harris, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. After graduating...
Donald MD
Jun 1, 2012
Obituary for Donald H. Johnson, MD Retired anesthesiologist Donald Harvey Johnson, MD, died Friday, June 1, 2012, of complications resulting from a fall. He was 81 years old. Born to school-teachers Robert and Alma Johnson, Don grew up in suburban New Jersey. An exceptionally smart and driven student, he received a full scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania after getting...
Clara Mayfield
May 31, 2012
Obituary for Clara M. Mayfield Clara Maxine Mayfield, 96, of Durango, CO, passed away on May 31, 2012, at her home in Durango. She was preceded in death by her husband, Slim Mayfield, her sister, Annie Mayfield, her brothers, Holly Barnes, R.H. Barnes and John Barnes. She was born May 5, 1916 in Lubbock, TX to Perry and Pearl Barnes....
John Parker
May 30, 2012
Obituary for John E. Parker John Edward Parker, 50, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Durango, Colo. A memorial service will be Monday, June 4, 2012, at 12:00 P.M. at The River Church. Pastor Dana Holman of New Hope Church will be officiating. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Mr. Parker was born May 17, 1962, in...
Marion Patterson
May 29, 2012
Obituary for Marion L. Patterson Marion Louise Patterson, 94, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Durango, Colorado. A Funeral Service will be Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. at Hood Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Michael Patterson & Rev. Daniel Martin will be officiating. Burial will occur at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Mrs. Patterson was born December 17, 1917 in Indio,...
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