Obituaries

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...

Dec 20, 2023

 

Tooley “Tools” Box was born on Sunday November 7, 1954, To Alice Box of Ignacio CO. and passed into the spirit world on December 20, 2023, surrounded by his family.

Raised by his grandmother Alma Box, alongside his sister Terry. Tooley graduated with the class of 1972 from Ignacio High School at the age of 18 years old. Tooley...

Dec 19, 2023

Jean Ann Hobbs

Dec. 19, 2023

 

Jean Hobbs, of Durango, died peacefully from acute myocardial ischemia in the Memory Care Unit of Sunshine Gardens Assisted Living, approaching two years in residence. Jean and her husband Will were married December 20, 1972 at Brush Ranch School on the banks of the Pecos River near Tererro, New Mexico. On spring break...

Dec 19, 2023

Jean Ayers (legally Viola Jean) was born December 29, 1927 in Miami, Texas to Jesse & Lilly Daughetee.In 1930, the family moved to Pleasant View, Colorado, and she spent the rest of her life in southwest Colorado, passing on to Heaven from Durango December 19, 2023. Jean married Ernest C. Ayers December 14, 1946 and was a partner in their...

Dec 12, 2023

Robert Leroy Koenig passed away on December 12, 2023 at his home in Durango, CO surrounded by his loving family at the age of 81. Born on May 12, 1942 in Vineland NJ, Bob lived a life of adventure and travel.  Bob was a kind, honest, funny and hardworking individual who will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Bob...

Dec 10, 2023

Karen Lynne Ray was born to Pat and Lila Greer on November 16th, 1962, the youngest of four kids who were raised on the Greer homestead.  While her brothers and sisters loved working cows or helping around the ranch, Karen could always be found in the house wearing her shorts and flip flops.  She just couldn’t wait till she grew...

Dec 7, 2023

On December 7th, Durango lost a talented, kind and unique individual when Ellen Alterman decided to nope out of even the slightest possibility of a second Trump presidency by dying peacefully in her bed surrounded by loved ones.Ellen was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1948 to Miriam Schiff & Abe Alterman. She grew up with an older sister Rima, and a...