Obituaries

Michael Humbert
Mar 4, 2012
Obituary for Michael A. Humbert Michael (Big Mike) Humbert passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012. He was born February 2, 1961, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He married LaGay Bardin in Silverton, Colo., July 5, 2001. Mike is survived by his wife, LaGay, and son, Brandon, of Durango; mother, Kathleen Burns, and father, Lance (Karen) Humbert, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and...

Thurlow Cowell
Mar 2, 2012
Obituary for Thurlow E. "Joe" Cowell Thurlow E. "Joe" Cowell, 88, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. Funeral services will be held under the direction of Reeb Funeral Home of Sylvania, Ohio. Interment will take place at Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania, Ohio. Mr. Cowell was born January 29, 1924, in Silica, Ohio, the...

Gloria Lopez
Feb 29, 2012
Obituary for Gloria M. Lopez Long time Durango resident Gloria Lopez passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012, in Colorado Springs. Gloria was born July 8, 1951, in Monte Vista, Colo. She grew up in Monte Vista and Sanford, Colo., graduating from Sanford High School. She went on to attend college in Trinidad, Colo. On September 2, 1972, Gloria married Herold...

Bonnie Ferrell
Feb 29, 2012
Obituary for Bonnie Jo Ferrell Durango resident Bonnie Jo Ferrell died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Four Corners Health Care Center after a long battle with cancer. She was 85. Mrs. Ferrell was born February 6, 1927, in Marion, Ind., the daughter of Lester and Lydia Van Camp. She graduated from Centerville High School in Wayne County, Indiana, and attended...

Carla Mulkey
Feb 28, 2012
Obituary for Carla A. Mulkey Longtime Durango resident Carla Ann Mulkey passed on February 28, 2012. She died of natural causes at her home. Mrs. Mulkey was born to Carl E. and Martha A. Larimore on March 15, 1950, in Cortez, Colorado. She was raised in the Four Corners area, graduated Montezuma Cortez High School in 1968, then Fort Lewis...

Jason Wright
Feb 25, 2012
Obituary for Jason C. Wright Durango resident Jason Craig Wright died Saturday, February 25, 2012, in Durango, Colo. He was 21. Jason was born April 12, 1990, in Durango, the son of James and Nina Wright. He grew up in Ignacio and Bayfield, Colo., and in Perryton, Texas. As a farmer and rancher, he excelled in mechanical work, welding, and...

Betty Campbell
Feb 25, 2012
Obituary for Betty J. Campbell Betty Jean Campbell of Marvel, Colo., passed away Saturday evening, Feb. 25, 2012, in Mancos, Colo. She was 83. Mrs. Campbell was born September 25, 1928, in Farmington, N.M., the daughter of Lloyd Orr Long and Matilda Christine (Hellekson) Long. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Campbell; her parents; a sister, Helen...

Ricky Hayes
Feb 25, 2012
Obituary for Ricky N. Hayes Ricky Nelson Hayes died Saturday, February 25, 2012, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colo. He was 31. Mr. Hayes was born Nov. 24, 1980, in Ft. Carson, Colo., the son of Ira Hayes and Joan Olguin. Ricky attended schools in Cortez, Ignacio, and, most recently, Pueblo Community College in Durango. Ricky had a great...

Martha Wommer
Feb 22, 2012
Obituary for Martha Gosney "Evelyn" Wommer Longtime resident Martha Evelyn Gosney Wommer passed peacefully at her home February 22, 2012, surrounded by family. She was 101. Evelyn, as she was known to friends and family, was born November 13, 1910, in Byers, Kansas. She grew up crossing the plains of Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. She graduated Byers Rural High School...

Patricia Vicenti
Feb 19, 2012
Obituary for Patricia N. Vicenti Patricia Nell Manwell Vicenti passed at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., on February 19, 2012. Patricia was born June 9, 1977, in Durango, Colo., to Aaron Manwell and Glenda Vigil. She grew up in Dulce, N.M. Patricia attended St. Francis Catholic School in Lumberton, N.M., and graduated from Dulce High School. She was...

Debbie Tasevoli
Feb 18, 2012
Obituary for Debbie Carrasco Tasevoli Debbie Carrasco Tasevoli died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at home in Hesperus, Colo. She was 51. Debbie was born September 18, 1960, in Roswell, N. M., the daughter of Melvin and Frankie Graham. Debbie grew up in Roswell, and later lived in Lake City and Grand Junction, Colo. She worked as a waitress in Durango...

Grace Swanson
Feb 18, 2012
Obituary for Grace M. Swanson Grace Marie Swanson, a loving wife, homemaker, partner, compassionate friend of many and lover of horses, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center. She was born June 27, 1931, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, daughter of John and Eva Musil, and grew up in Boulder, Colo. She was graduated from University of...

Joe Goulet
Feb 14, 2012
Obituary for Joe "Fly" Goulet Durango resident Joe (Fly) Goulet died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was 69. The cause of death was complications from Parkinson’s disease. Joe was born in Chicago on September 8, 1942 to Mary and Joe Goulet. He grew up on the South Side of the city and graduated from Brother...

Shirley Robbins
Feb 14, 2012
Obituary for Shirley A. Robbins Durango resident, Shirley Robbins, was called home to be with our Lord, February 14, 2012. She was 68. Shirley was born May 4, 1943, in Florence, Colo. She moved to Wyoming for 16 years, then moved back to Florence for 19 years and she has lived in Durango for the past 12 years. Shirley worked...

Mary Shearer
Feb 13, 2012
Obituary for Mary Jo Shearer Mary Jo Shearer, 95, mother of Pat La May (Ted La May) of Durango and Karen Kerlin of Aurora, Colo., died February 13, 2012, in Durango. She was born to Lloyd L. Brown and Josephine Harrington Brown on June 14, 1916, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. She was a graduate of Colorado University, member of P.E.O....

Kimber Brown
Feb 12, 2012
Obituary for Kimber M. Brown Kimber Michelle Brown, 5, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, in Durango. A memorial service will be Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 5 p.m.. at Fort Lewis College Concert Hall. Kimber was born May 22, 2006, in Durango, Colo., the daughter of Mike Brown and Raelyn Anderson-Brown. She has grown up in Durango and attended kindergarten...

Tatum Logan
Feb 12, 2012
Obituary for Tatum R. Logan Ignacio resident Tatum Renee Logan, 36, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at home. Tatum was born January 9, 1976, in Phoenix, Ariz., the daughter of Edwin and Marlene Strickland. She grew up in Phoenix and she married her best friend, Jason Dean Logan, there on December 8, 1994. She was an adventurous person who enjoyed...

Tony Lopez
Feb 11, 2012
Obituary for Tony S. Lopez Tony S. Lopez, 84, passed away after a short illness on Saturday, February 11, 2012, in Durango, Colo. Tony was born August 26, 1927, in Arboles, Colo., to Margarito Lopez and Theodorita Espinoza Lopez. He was born and raised on the family ranch in Arboles until he was called upon to serve his country. Tony...

Irma Snooks
Feb 10, 2012
Obituary for Irma S. Snooks Irma Steele Snooks passed away in Bullhead City, Ariz., on February 10, 2012, two weeks shy of her ninetieth birthday. She was a fifth-generation native of Colorado and a descendant of some of the earliest colonial immigrants to come to this country. She was born February 24, 1922, in Bayfield to Earl Glenn and Corinne...

W.B. Appenzeller
Feb 9, 2012
Obituary for W.B. "Bill" Appenzeller William B. “Bill” Appenzeller, 91, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012, surrounded by his family at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango. Recitation of the rosary will be said on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 6 p.m. at St. Peter – St. Rosa Catholic Church in Arboles. A mass of Christian Burial will...