Obituaries

William "Bill" Brandau

William "Bill" Brandau

Dec 21, 2021

William "Bill" Brandau passed away Tuesday, December 21st, 2021, at home. He was 57 years old. Bill was born November 3rd, 1964, to George and Elizabeth Jean Brandau in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. He attended Metro State University of Denver and graduated with a bachelor's in business administration. While in Denver, he met the love of his life, Marilyn, in 1987....

Caryl Gundersen

Caryl Gundersen

Dec 20, 2021

"Mel" past away 12/20/2021 after surgery and a blood clot resulting in a heart attack. He was born 4/12/1935 in Los Angeles, California. Mel enjoyed motorcycles, camping, fishing, dune buggees, all out door fun. He would also look forward to seeing his friends in their coffee club and appreciated being a part of that. Mel leaves behind his wife of...

Samantha Rock

Samantha Rock

Dec 19, 2021

Samantha Rock passed away on December 19, 2021 at Mercy Medical Center with family by her side. She was born on May 5, 2008 to the late Dionna and late Livingston Veneno. Samantha was raised by Marietta & Abel Soto in Denver, CO. She attended Holme Elementary School in Denver, CO. Samantha returned back to Ignacio and attended Ignacio Elementary...

Eleanor Miller

Eleanor Miller

Dec 17, 2021

Eleanor J. Miller passed into the loving arms of her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ on December 17, 2021. Eleanor (Li) Jacobson Miller was born on 01/30/1939 to Charles L. and Marjorie E Jacobson in Los Angeles, Ca. She grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Her fondest memories are with family in Yosemite, Ca and camping in Northern Michigan. She...

Richard Bukovec

Richard Bukovec

Dec 17, 2021

Richard passed away peacefully on December 17th, 2021, at The Valley Inn nursing home in Mancos, Colorado. He was born March 2nd, 1939, at the Old Ochsner Hospital in Durango, Colorado, to his parents, Peter Richard Bukovec and Josephine Luzar Bukovec. Richard lost his mother when he was only 8 years old. After her death, he spent four years at...

Orville McCoy Jr

Orville McCoy Jr

Dec 16, 2021

Orville Lester McCoy, Jr., died December 16, 2021 at Welbrook Transitional Rehabilitation in Farmington, NM. He was 78 years old. "Lester" was born in Chromo, CO. on August 22, 1943 to Orville and Cipriana McCoy. He spent most of his life in the Ignacio, CO area, where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding the range, working cattle and just being outdoors....

Cecily Brown

Cecily Brown

Dec 16, 2021

Cecily Ann Brown passed away on December 16, 2021 with her husband of 46 years by her side. Ann was born on July 5, 1954 to Bob and Joy (Naramore) Cox of Roswell, New Mexico. She had an adventure-filled childhood, as the family moved often for her father’s work, including California and Iowa - where she learned to ride horses....

James (Denny) Norton

James (Denny) Norton

Dec 16, 2021

Denny was born October 8, 1952, in Durango, Colorado and graduated from Durango High School in 1970. He went to Heaven, to meet his maker, on December 16, 2021 after a 2 years battle with lung cancer. He was an avid outdoor fisherman and hunter. For 13 years he ran the concessions at Tamarron Resort. He was employed at the...

Jo Dobbins

Jo Dobbins

Dec 15, 2021

On December 15, 2021, Jo Alene Dobbins, a loving wife and mother of two children passed away at the age of 80. Jo was born on September 9, 1941, in St. Francisville, LA, to Clayton and Alene Rutledge. After spending her youth in Louisiana, Jo attended Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. In 1975 she met the love of her...

Richard Fultner

Richard Fultner

Dec 13, 2021

Richard Gene Fultner Richard passed away peacefully December 13th, 2021, surrounded by loved ones in Durango, Colorado from a short battle with Cancer. He was 76 Years Old. Born in Dallas County, Texas to Bonnie L. Farris and Gene E. Fultner. He spent his youth in Poteau, Oklahoma. He attended Northside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas-Class of ‘63. Shortly...

Gerald Cloud

Gerald Cloud

Dec 12, 2021

Gerald Buck Cloud born December 18, 1958 passed away, December 12, 2021, Día De Our Lady of Guadalupe in Farmington, New Mexico. Gerald was born to Frances Martinez and Gerald Buck Cloud Sr. in Durango, Colorado. Gerald was raised by his grandma, Tonita B. Martinez, in Farmington, New Mexico. Gerald is survived by three sons; John Anthony Payne, Corey Wilson...

CHIG-WA-KIA (gavinn mckinney)

CHIG-WA-KIA (gavinn mckinney)

Dec 11, 2021

CHIG-WA-KIA (gavinn mckinney), Thunder Clan. Potawatomi, Kickapoo, & Assiniboine Nations. Sunrise: 20 December 2005 - Sunset: 11 December 2021. Son of PTISAWQUAH; Loving brother to CHIG-WA-QUAH (stormee mckinney), MIMIKWE (skilah mckinney), MESHAQUAH (tia mckinney) & PNESHIQUAH (toree mckinney); Proud uncle to kaiya mckinney and journee mckinney; Nephew of NAH-NEEM-NUK-SHCUCK (uncle bubba) and OSH-N-NAH (uncle chinney); and numerous family from Potawatomi...

Burton Ward

Burton Ward

Dec 8, 2021

Burton L. Ward March 14, 1943 - December 8, 2021 From humble beginnings on a farm in Swanton, Ohio, Burton Lauren Ward was born third in line after his sisters, Carol Miller and Florence Ort of Swanton to a musically accomplished mother, Winifred L. Ward-Goldsmith. Burton grew up in a Christ-honoring home where music and singing were as much a...

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson

Dec 8, 2021

Mark Clyde Ferguson, 58, of Bayfield, CO was called to heaven on December 8th 2021. The Celebration of Life service will be held on January 15, 2022 at 1:00 pm at Grace Church in Durango, CO. Mark left behind his loving wife, Peggy Ferguson, and children Joshua (and wife Tiffany), Abigail, Katrina (and husband Sam), and Timothy, his grandchildren Evan,...

Gabriel Angle

Gabriel Angle

Dec 6, 2021

Gabriel Vicente Angle passed away December 6th in his home of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. He was born on June 29th, 1972, in Tucson, Arizona. Gabe attended Littleton High School in Colorado where he played lacrosse, swam on the swim team and made lifelong friends. Gabe lived a life of adventure and travel and was most at home in the natural...

John Carlson

John Carlson

Dec 5, 2021

John H. Carlson, age 100, passed away on December 5, 2021. He had a very happy married life of 66 years before his wife, Marguerite, passed in 2019. They were blessed with the following Family: sons Kevin and wife Sammie and two grandchildren Michael (Christy) and Callista; Trent and wife Paula with eight grandchildren, John (Diane), Mikel (Josh), Whitney (Stephen),...

Michael Atencio

Michael Atencio

Dec 5, 2021

A patriarch, husband, father, grandfather and friend was suddenly taken away leaving a significant loss for those he loved and that loved him on December 5, 2021. Michael Eugene Atencio, born in Fruita, Colorado on July 13, 1956 to Orlando and Dorothy Atencio (Vigil), was the oldest of four boys and a pillar of the Atencio family. From a young...

Joshua Middlebrook

Joshua Middlebrook

Dec 4, 2021

Joshua Donovan Middlebrook passed away December 4th, 2021 at his home in Ignacio, Colorado. He was born December 12th, 2003 in Farmington, New Mexico. Joshua attended Ignacio High School and played on the football team during the 2019 season. Josh loved to build with his hands and competed in cabinet making contests with Skills USA. He was on his way...

Robert Wilde

Robert Wilde

Dec 3, 2021

Mr. Robert L. Wilde 1931-2021, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, born July 15, in Williston, North Dakota, passed away on Friday December 3rd in Durango, Colorado. He joins his loving wife of 57 years, Donna Wilde, three brothers and three sisters. On May 22nd 1952, he married Donna Johnson in Bainville Montana. During Bob’s life, he enlisted as...

Delfino Rodriguez

Delfino Rodriguez

Dec 1, 2021

Delfino Rodriguez, born in Sanford, Colorado, on November 25, 1959, passed away on December 1, 2021, in Cortez, Colorado. Delfino “Del” Rodriguez was born in Sanford, Colorado to Manuel and Maria Rodriguez. The family later moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where he went to Putnam Elementary, Lincoln Junior High and Poudre High School. Del was a gifted musician and played...