Obituaries
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...
Bonnie Luhmann
Jul 28, 2011
Obituary for Bonnie Luhmann Nettie Bonita “Bonnie” Luhmann, 81, died Thursday, July 28, 2011, in Durango, Colo. A memorial service and scattering of cremated remains will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at Opal Lake near Pagosa Springs. Mrs. Luhmann was born June 15, 1930, in Carthage, N.Y., the daughter of Frank and Maude Camidge. Bonnie grew...
Wanda Koshak
Jul 26, 2011
Obituary for Wanda June Koshak Wanda June Koshak died of natural causes on July 26, 2011, in Durango, Colo. She was 90. June was born June 7, 1921, in Longmont, Colo., to Fannie and Cyrus Dillard. She grew up with her three brothers and nine sisters on the farm in Boulder County. June worked in and ran her own restaurants...
Owen Wibstad
Jul 23, 2011
Obituary for Owen A. Wibstad Owen Arthur Wibstad died Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Ignacio, Colo. He was 91. Mr. Wibstad was born October 22, 1919, in Mohall, N.D., the son of Albert and Thea Wibstad. He was raised in Ypsilanti, N.D. He served in the Army in Normandy during World War II. He and Marion McKinley were married in...
John Halencak
Jul 21, 2011
Obituary for John H. Halencak John H. Halencak of Bayfield, Colorado, born March 29, 1941 on a farm outside of Vernon, Texas, died July 21, 2000. He succumbed to a long illness from cancer in his home in Forest Lakes, Colorado. John was the youngest of eight children born to and predeceased by Fred and Carrie Halencak, his parents, of...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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