Obituaries
Roger Werner
Nov 3, 2022
Roger Christopher Werner passed away in his home in Bayfield, CO surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer on November 3rd, 2022. Roger was born May 7, 1957 to Harry & Jeanne Werner in Cleveland, OH and was raised in Denver, CO.
Roger was a master plumber and a proud owner of his own company, Polar Plumbing and...
Glen Marler
Nov 2, 2022
Glen Marler, 98, died peacefully November 2, 2022, with his family by his side in Pagosa Springs. A resident of Durango for 68 years, Glen will be remembered as the loving patriarch of his family and a kind, caring, and generous man.
Glen was born in Rock Castle County, Ky. on July 6, 1924, as the eldest of seven...
Vickie Santistevan
Oct 29, 2022
Vickie Santistevan passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022, at home, called to her heavenly home. She was 70 years old.
Vickie was born May 26, 1952, to Joe and Nellie Mestas. She grew up in Durango and Ignacio and graduated from Ignacio High School in 1970. She married Dale Santistevan on April 16, 1989. She worked for the Southern Ute...
Clyde Wayne Collier
Oct 28, 2022
Clyde left us after a losing his battle with Cancer on 10/28/2022, he was born on born 03/31/1952. He enjoyed fishing, writing and playing music.
He is predeceased by: John Eagles, grandfather; Juanita Eagles, Grandmother; Carol Lembke, Mother.
He is survived by: John Collier, brother; Carolyn Guccione, sister; Georgianna Neil, sister; Georgia Carroll, aunt; Kevin Neil, nephew; Veronica Salka, Darci...
Bette Ruth Wyatt Bell
Oct 27, 2022
Bette Ruth Wyatt Bell passed into the presence of Jesus on October 27, 2022, at the age of 97 in Durango, Colorado. She was born in Tahoka, Texas, on May 8, 1925, to Notley and Opal Wyatt, the second of four children. After graduating from high school, Bette moved to Lubbock, Texas, where she enjoyed working as a secretary...
Pauline Jayne Rosten
Oct 22, 2022
Pauline Jayne Rosten passed away October 22, 2022, in Durango, CO. She was born May 13, 1932 in National Mine, Michigan to Paul and Helen Solka. Pauline married Roy Rosten in 1950 in the home of her parents. After the wedding, she moved in with her mother-in-law, while Roy served in Korea. After moving to Detroit, she worked in the...
Yvonne Joline Martinez
Oct 21, 2022
Yvonne Joline Martinez, loving mother of three, and adoring wife to Christopher Martinez, peacefully departed this Earth on October 21, 2022, after a long battle of multiple sclerosis and heart failure. She was 65 years old. It would be wrong to say that Yvonne lost her battle because she never stopped fighting. No matter how sick she was, she was...
Eurma Glee Batchelor
Oct 21, 2022
Eurma Glee Batchelor passed away on October 21, 2022 peacefully in her sleep, at 91 years of age. She was born in Cortez, CO on March 3, 1931 to Hubert W. and Jenny Samson where she grew up with her sisters and brother.
Eurma went to school in Cortez and took some college courses at Fort Lewis College in...
Gina Lou Hampton
Oct 20, 2022
Gina Lou Hampton of Durango, CO passed away on Oct 20th, 2022, surrounded by her family, she was 69 years old.
Essential to Gina were her relationships with God and her family, which would also lead her to giving back. She grew up as a devoted girl scout and after graduating high school, she spent 2 months in Guatemala...
Blanche Louise Payne
Oct 20, 2022
Blanche Louise Payne, 85, of Ignacio, Colorado, died on October 20, 2022. She was born on February 12, 1937.
She is survived by her children, Gene Linson, Marcella Martinez, Cheryl Payne, and Linda Payne; brothers, Louie Boughan and Earl Boughan. Blanche has numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Blanche is preceded in death by her son, Scott Payne;...
Michael Thunder
Oct 15, 2022
Michael Thunder, 77, peacefully departed this life on Saturday October 15thsurrounded by family and friends in his home. Michael was a tea master, a writer, a gardener, a scholar, a chef, a teacher, an artist, a merchant, a mentor, a horse whisperer, a realtor and passionate friend. Michael combined an inquiring mind with a vigorous spirit. He overflowed with humor...
Lorelei Barnes
Oct 15, 2022
Lorelei Irene Self Barnes went to be with her heavenly Father on October 15, 2022 after a short but courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. She was born in Falfa, Colorado on July 25, 1937 into the pioneer family of Raymond G. Self and Edith Morrison Self. Lorelei spent her childhood being her daddies’ helper on the families Florida Mesa Farm....
Joyce Somers
Oct 15, 2022
Joyce Martin Somers earned her angel wings an October 15, 2022. Mrs. Somers was born on July 4 ,1933 in the Bronx. N.Y., daughter to Cyril F. Martins and Clara Ferreira-Cabral Martins of Georgetown, British Guyana, New York City, NY., and Pacific Palisades, CA. Joyce attended Cathedral H.S. in Manhattan, NY graduating in June, 1950: continuing her education at Syracuse...
Andrea Casias
Oct 14, 2022
Andrea F. Casias passed on Friday, October 14 surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. Andrea was born in Tiffany, Colorado on May 18, 1952. She attended school in Ignacio, Colorado. As a young adult her dream was to visit all 50 U.S. States. Andrea was able to visit over 40 states before her passing. Andrea...
Bonnie Jung
Oct 11, 2022
Bonnie Lynn Jung was born July 9, 1933 in Albia, Iowa and passed away on October 11, 2022 in Durango, Colorado.
Bonnie the youngest of four children born to Raymond Creighton Newman I and Patricia Lillian Alford.
In 1948, Bonnie married Robert Herman Anstead and from that marriage 3 children were born: Robert, Frank and Pann Dora. This marriage later...
Christina Ojohn
Oct 11, 2022
Christina Marie Ojohn passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2022, in Phoenix AZ. She was 38 years old. Christina was born July 3, 1984, to Franklin Harrison Bixby and Cecelia Tabatha Ojohn in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in Denver and Graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. She attended Arapahoe Community College and obtained an associate’s degree. She was a...
Donald Brinks
Oct 6, 2022
Don Brinks died October 6, 2022 at his home in Pagosa Springs. He was born January 20.1929 in South Haven, Michigan to Jake and Evelyn Brinks. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister. He was a dairy farmer in Michigan and a realtor in Colorado. With his first wife, Shirley he had 4 children: Brian, Kathryn, Barry and Kristen; 4...
Mary Ruth Krause (Pool)
Oct 3, 2022
Mary Ruth Krause (Pool), 77, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022, at home in Durango, Colorado, following a recent illness.Mary Ruth was born November 30, 1944, to William C. Pool and Sarah Jeanette Pool in Thorndale, Texas. Her family moved to Austin, Texas in 1945 when her father, William C. Pool, returned from military service.
Mary Ruth graduated...
Robert Richards
Sep 30, 2022
Robert Goodman Kean Richards, 56, passed away on August 30, 2022 at his home in Aztec, New Mexico. Robert was born September 21, 1966 in Durango, Colorado to Kean and Rena Richards. Robert is survived by his cat, Honey Cat, his longtime life partner; his parents, Kean and Rena Richards; his siblings Laura Richards, Kenneth Richards, Calvin Richards, Ross Jacket,...
Joseph Somogyi
Sep 25, 2022
Joseph unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, September 25th, 2022 in Durango, Colorado. Joseph Wagner Somogyi was born on April 12th, 1981 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a special and welcomed addition to Joe and Linda's family in the summer of 1981. Joe was a graduate of the class of '99, from St. Catherine's High School in Racine, Wisconsin. Along the...
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