Obituaries
Timothy Bruce Daniel
Dec 1, 2022
Timothy Bruce Daniel, better known as Tim or "Papa Tim", was born on April 29, 1956 at 4:31 AM in Durango, CO. He passed away on December 1st, 2022, shortly after celebrating Thanksgiving with his family in Hesperus, CO. Tim's parents were Faye Baird and Carrol Daniel. They moved to Phoenix, AZ where Tim we to high school, but dropped out...
Andrew R. Utecht
Nov 30, 2022
Andrew R. Utecht passed away Friday, November 30, 2022, in Cortez, CO. He was 36 years old. Andrew was born September 16, 1986, to Robert Utecht and Christina Marie Romero Utecht in California. Andrew worked in maintenance and retail but was better known as a barterer. He is survived by his daughter Siren Utecht; sons Zell Utecht and Leon Utecht; his parents Robert...
Ross Smith
Nov 29, 2022
Herbert Ross Smith went home to our Lord on November 29, 2022. He was born on the family farm in Prowers County, Colorado on August 19, 1937, to Clarence and Opal Smith.
Ross was the youngest of 6 children. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Lamar, Colorado, riding horses, working cattle and farming.
He attended high school...
Clarence George Pinnecoose
Nov 27, 2022
Clarence George Pinnecoose (Little Eagle Feather) walked on to the path of his ancestors on November 27, 2022. A father, son, brother, uncle, and friend to many. Clarence was born on June 29, 1976 to Georgia Watts McKinley and the late Sammy E. Pinnecoose. Clarence was a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, he also shared heritage with...
Robert Bruce Clark
Nov 26, 2022
Robert Bruce Clark, 80, of Ignacio, Colorado, died 11/26/2022 at the Hospice House of Durango. He was born 5/20/1942 in California. He asked that his ashes be scattered in the Desert where he held the record for fastest hill climb.He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Patty Clark; daughters, Terri Galvin-Clark and Buffy Oas; 4 grandchildren and 1...
Hollyce Elaine Skelton Hill
Nov 24, 2022
Hollyce Elaine Hill, 91 years of age, of Durango died November 24, 2022 at Cottonwood Inn. Holly was a registered nurse with Denver hospitals and a certified Handwriting Analysis. She was born in Council Bluffs IA on May 26, 1931 by Herman Orlie Skelton and Ruby Ethel Hume. Holly was married to Roy A Hill for many years and resided in...
Daphne Gail Rogers
Nov 24, 2022
Daphne Gail Rogers was born on February 19, 1954 in Las Vegas, NV. She was adopted as a baby by Roy and Virginia Yoder of Gallup, NM. She attended Gallup schools and graduated from Gallup High School in 1972. She attended college at Eastern New Mexico University and graduated in 1976. After college, she worked in the vocational rehabilitation field.
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David Douglas Saxon
Nov 23, 2022
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of our dad, David Douglas Saxon. After a brief battle with an aggressive form of lung cancer that progressed to his brain, he took his last breath on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. He was 68. A man of strong faith, our dad's happiest times were when he was with...
Edwin James "Ed" Smith
Nov 20, 2022
Edwin James “Ed” Smith, 52, of Durango died November 20, 2022, surrounded by his family.
He served two tours as an Army medic and bomb technician in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He was kind hearted and always willing to lend a hand. He looked for the fun in life, but was a stubborn red head. He loved fishing and...
Jane Lenore Maxson
Nov 19, 2022
On November 19, 2022 Jane Lenore Maxson (nee Murdock), left this world after a roller coaster ride of health issues over the last few years. She was 71.
Jane is survived by her favorite brother and sister-in-law, Terry & Jill Murdock, of Santa Maria, California; her beloved nieces, Lisa Bridgewater and Julie Murdock, of Portland, Oregon; her son Erik Maxson, of whom she was...
Floyd Melvin Marshall
Nov 19, 2022
Floyd Melvin Marshall, 84 of Durango, Colorado passed away on Saturday, November 19th in Mercy Hospice House, Durango. He is survived by wife Sandra and son Mathew Ryan. Floyd was born July 31, 1938 in Dola, Ohio to Ralph and Viola Marshall. He graduated from Hardin Northern High School in 1956. On August 31, 1958 he married Sandra Kramer. Floyd...
Joan Marie Rodriquez
Nov 13, 2022
Joan Marie Rodriquez peacefully left her loving family on November 13, 2022. She was deeply loved and will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Joan was born at Taylor hospital in Ignacio, Colorado to Stephen and Mary St. Clair. She was an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.
Joan attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas....
Barbara Manthei Myrick
Nov 11, 2022
Barbara Manthei Myrick, 92, of Durango, Colorado (formerly of Baltimore and Chestertown, Maryland), a lifelong reader and music lover, passed away on November 11, 2022, at Junction Creek Health Center.
Barbara was born on December 20, 1929, in Evanston, Illinois, the most welcomed only child of Albert and Amy Gustafson Manthei. After graduating from Evanston Township High School, she...
John Leroy England
Nov 8, 2022
John Leroy England passed away in his home on November 8, 2022 at age 85. He is survived by his 4 children Monty England, Asa England, Mark England and Beth England; 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; his siblings Ben England and Donna England Groseclose, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his siblings Asa Lee England, Dortha England...
Virginia Jean Wride
Nov 8, 2022
Virginia Jean Wride passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones in the early morning hours of November 8, 2022.
She was adopted by Roy and Opal Lee in 1942 in Roswell, NM, where she grew up. She met and married the love of her life, Noel E. Wride in Durango, Colorado in 1964. Virginia is survived by children Frank N. Wride,...
Edward Charles Hately
Nov 8, 2022
Edward Charles Hately (Ed) left this earth on November 8th 2022. Ed was born on February 2nd 1953 to Jim and Fern Hately at the old Mercy hospital, spending his life in Durango, Colorado. He is preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by brother Mike (Sandra) of Granbury, Texas, Pam Weckerly of Corona, California, and Rob...
Bob Swanemyr
Nov 7, 2022
Robert Leon "Bob" Swanemyr passed away Monday, November 7, 2022. He was 88 years old. Bob was born October 21, 1934, to Rudolph and Lilly Swanemyr in Durango, Colorado and he grew up in Allison, Colorado on the family ranch. Bob graduated from Ignacio High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving stateside. He married Betty Lou Tate on December...
Shirley Jo Engler
Nov 7, 2022
Shirley Jo Tate Engler was born April 9, 1932 to Thelma Barry Tate and Arthur Samuel Tate in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second of ten children. She was surrounded by her five daughters at home when she went home to be with the Lord at the age of 90 on November 7, 2022.
Shirley moved many times with family until they...
Jim Tom Mason
Nov 5, 2022
Jim Tom Mason was born February 28, 1933 in Sweetwater, OK the only child of Wynona Eulla Belle Heard and Giles Eugene Mason. After spending his childhood moving often, he graduated from Albuquerque High School in 1950. He worked for the telephone company and was a SeaBee in the Navy where he traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nova Scotia and Greenland. He graduated...
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