Obituaries
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...
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...
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