Obituaries

Bryan Hight
Aug 25, 2011
Obituary for Bryan L. Hight Ignacio resident Bryan Lee Hight died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at his home of an ongoing illness. He was 39. Mr. Hight was born Oct. 29, 1971, to Josephine Howe and Bradley Hight in Cortez. He graduated from Ignacio High School. An enrolled member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Mr. Hight worked for the...

Byron Red SR.
Aug 24, 2011
Obituary for Byron James "BJ" Red Sr. Byron James Red, Sr., 54, passed on to the Spirit world surrounded by his loved ones in the early morning of August 24, 2011. He was born January 15, 1957, in Durango, Colo. He attended the Ignacio School district and graduated in 1975. He attended SIPI to study Drafting. He began working with...

Margaret Atkins
Aug 23, 2011
Obituary for Margaret E. Atkins Margaret E. Atkins, 84, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, in Durango, Colo. No services are planned at this time and cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango. Marguerite was born July 31, 1927, in Shelby, Mont., the daughter of Henry and Hazel Hankins. She grew up in Shelby. After graduating in Bonners Ferry,...

William Trujillo
Aug 17, 2011
Obituary for William H. Trujillo Lifelong Pagosa Springs resident Willie Trujillo passed away peacefully on August 17, 2011, at the age of 98.5 years after a brief stay at Pine Ridge Extended Care Center in Pagosa Springs, Colo. He was surrounded by three of his close friends and caregivers. Willie was born February 9, 1913, in Pagosa Springs on 7th...

Macel Hahn
Aug 9, 2011
Obituary for Macel M. Hahn Macel M. Hahn died Tuesday, August 9, 2011, in Bayfield, Colo. She was 74. Mrs. Hahn was born May 15, 1937, in Pueblo, Colo., the daughter of Ben and Marge McDowell. As a young lady, she worked at the Diamond Belle Saloon in Durango as a waitress, and later as a clothing salesperson until retirement....

William Jacobsen
Aug 6, 2011
Obituary for William G. Jacobsen William Gilbert Jacobsen, 18, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Ignacio, Colo. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at Hood Mortuary. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, also at Hood Mortuary. There will be a reception at the Oxford Grange...

Paul Dutchie III
Aug 6, 2011
Obituary for Paul W. Dutchie III Paul Whiskers Dutchie III, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Ignacio, Colo. He was 21. Mr. Dutchie was born January 17, 1990, in Shiprock, N.M., son of Benda Kaye Watts and Paul Dutchie. He grew up in Towaoc and attended Cortez Elementary, Manaugh and Mesa School while living in Cortez. In 1998 he moved...

Joshua Jones
Aug 6, 2011
Obituary for Joshua L. Jones Joshua Lance Jones, known as “Josh” to family and friends, left this world on Saturday, August 6, 2011. He was 19 years old. Josh was born to Sherry Bayard and Bo Jones on March 28, 1992, in Durango, Colo., and was the youngest of six children. As a child Josh loved camping, which was a...

Ivy Pulliam
Aug 5, 2011
Obituary for Ivy Lurline Pulliam Ivy Lurline Pulliam died Friday, August 5, 2011, in Durango, Colo. She was 98. Lurline McKamey Pulliam was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, on August 14, 1912, the fourth of five children born to John W. McKamey and Maude E. McKamey. She grew up on her family's farm in Kamey, Texas, a small farming community...

Elsie Martinez
Aug 4, 2011
Obituary for Elsie W. Martinez Former Ignacio resident Elsie Watts Martinez died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, in Albuquerque. She was 79. Mrs. Martinez was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Ignacio. She attended the Indian Boarding School in Ignacio and spent most of her childhood there. She was an enrolled member and elder of the Southern Ute Tribe. On March 1,...

Ron Hilton
Aug 3, 2011
Obituary for Ron S. Hilton Ron Scott Hilton, 51, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at his home in Durango, Colorado. Cremation will occur at Hood Mortuary Crematory in Durango and services will be held in California at a later date. Mr. Hilton was born December 9, 1959 in Long Beach, California the son of Herbert and Vern (Heck) Hilton. Mr....

Kenneth Crowe
Aug 3, 2011
Obituary for Kenneth C. Crowe Kenneth Charles Crowe died at his home in Bayfield on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. He was 58. Mr. Crowe was born in Connersville, Ind., Nov. 15, 1952. He was raised in Indiana and moved to Durango, Colo., in 2006. Upon moving here, Mr. Crowe worked for Narrow Gauge Railroad and Durango Mountain Resort. Later Mr....

Cecelia Quintana
Aug 2, 2011
Obituary for Cecelia F. Quintana Cecelia Felomena Quintana, born April 16, 1921, in Durango, passed away on August 2, 2011, at the age of 90. She was married to Eloy Quintana in 1946 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and spent her life as a homemaker. She lived in Grand Junction, Montrose, and Alamosa, and later retired to Durango. Cecelia is...

Sally Morrissey
Aug 2, 2011
Obituary for Sally Morrissey By Ann Butler, Staff Writer - Durango Herald Whether it was under the guise of Señora San Juan, Girl About Town or Sally Says, Sally Morrissey was the chronicler of La Plata County's community events for The Durango Herald for more than 35 years. She died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at The Valley Inn in Mancos,...

Beverly Zaremba
Aug 2, 2011
Obituary for Beverly "Lee" Zaremba Beverly Smith Zaremba died Tuesday, August 2, 2011, in Durango, Colo. She was 81. Mrs. Zaremba was born July 2, 1930, in Oak Park, Ill., the daughter of Anthony and Dorothy Smith. She graduated from Oak Park High School. She married Hubart B. Zaremba March 10, 1949, in Cicero, Ill. Mrs. Zaremba, also known as...

Hazel Sandoval
Jul 31, 2011
Obituary for Hazel M. Sandoval Hazel M. Sandoval, 55, born Aug. 14, 1956, went to be with the Lord on July 31, 2011. Hazel was a devoted mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend to all she knew and loved. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Hazel was employed at Imprints Wholesale for seven years and...

Juanita Russell
Jul 31, 2011
Obituary for Juanita Russell Juanita Russell, age 93, died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Connie and Leo Lloyd in Bayfield, Colo., where she resided for the past three-and-half years. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. at the Bayfield Church of Christ on Highway 160B. Mr....

Kenneth Kinnaman
Jul 31, 2011
Obituary for Kenneth A. Kinnaman Long time Durango resident Kenneth Kinnaman, age 94, passed away on July 31, 2011, of cancer. He was born December 25, 1916 in Alma, Neb., to Guy and Letha Arkle Kinnaman. Ken grew up in Nebraska. He moved to Durango in 1962, joining McKnight Brothers as gemologist and watchmaker, and developed skill with ski equipment...

Annie Mayfield
Jul 29, 2011
Obituary for Annie M. Mayfield Annie Modine (Hap) Mayfield, 93, Playas, N.M., passed away on July 29, 2011, at Mountain View Hospital in Las Cruces, N.M. She was born February 12, 1918 in Lubbock, Texas, to Perry and Pearl Barnes. She graduated from Sudan High School, Sudan, Texas, and was married to J. F. (Jim) Mayfield in Sudan on March...