Obituaries
Kathryn Ellen Berg
Dec 31, 2024
Kathryn Ellen Berg, beloved sister, mother, and grandmother, died in Durango, Colorado, on December 31, 2024.Kathy was born January 22, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second of three children born to Sidney H. Berg (1912–1971) and Layle Weinberg Berg (1912–2002).The family moved to Colorado in 1948. Kathy attended Palmer Elementary, East Junior High, and Wasson High School in...
Linda Mae Bunk
Dec 31, 2024
Linda Mae Bunk, née Goggin, treasured wife, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on December 31st, 2024, at her home in Durango, CO. Comforted in her final days by cherished family and friends, she departed this world peacefully, maintaining her sparkling humor and grace till the very last.
Linda was born the third of four children on November 15th, 1953, in...
Alan Lyndale Schooley
Dec 31, 2024
Alan Lyndale Schooley was born on February 27, 1969, in Guymon, Oklahoma. He passed away the morning of New Year’s Eve, 2024, ending his courageous journey with Young Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and Posterior Cortical Atrophy.
He spent his early childhood years in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he loved hanging out at OSU football games and living the wonderful life of a kid...
Gabriela E. Maestas
Dec 29, 2024
Gabriela Elsie Maestas, a beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 29th 2024 while surrounded by all of her children.
Born August 5, 1939, in Durango, Colorado, to Antonio and Aurora Maestas, Gabriela “Ella” was one of nine children: three boys and six girls. From a young age, Ella's deep faith and love for...
Anita Wigton
Dec 28, 2024
Anita Kay Wigton was born May 26, 1953 in Booth Roy Memorial Hospital in Goodland, KS to
Loranell Anderson & Albert LaVern Nelson. She was a preemie & weighed just 4.5 lbs., fitting
inside a shoebox.
She was raised on a farm & ranch 26 miles from town where hard work & tenacity were
expected. Her parents, along with sister, Kristi, earned the Kansas...
Frank G. Salerno
Dec 26, 2024
Frank G. Salerno passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at home. He was 94 years old. Services will be held at a later date Frank was born June 12, 1930, to Salvatore F. Salerno and Bertha Sophie Dammier in Highland, New York. He served in the U.S. Airforce. He was married to Melba Salerno. He is survived by his sister, Roseann Wade.He...
Georgia Ann Patcheck
Dec 24, 2024
Georgia Ann Patcheck, peacefully left this world at the family ranch on December 24th , 2024, just in time to join her Lord in heaven for Christmas. She will forever be remembered for her vibrant spirit and unwavering love.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, Georgia spent her childhood summers in Cherry Creek, Colorado with her cousin Carolyn. It was there that she...
Peggy Jo (Bay) Ellis
Dec 22, 2024
Peggy Jo Bay, 75, of Pagosa Springs, CO, died 12/22/2024 in Durango, CO. She was born 12/11/1949 in Liberty, TX. She was feisty and honest with a zeal for life! She was a friend to many and very generous. No services will be held. Peggy will be missed by her loved ones.
Tammy Gail Sullivan
Dec 14, 2024
Tammy Gail Sullivan, age 48, passed away December 14, 2024 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
A wife, a mother, a grandma too, this is the legacy we have from you. You taught us love and how to fight. You gave us strength, you gave us might.A stronger person would be hard to find, and in your heart you were always kind. You...
Terry L. Gillespie
Dec 13, 2024
Terry Lee Gillespie passed away peacefully at his home in Ignacio Colorado on December 13th.
Terry was born in Grand Junction, Colorado to Robert “Bob” Preston and Lillie Reba Gillespie. The family moved to Moab Utah where Terry grew up fishing, farming, and his all-time favorite, hunting.
Terry joined the Navy in January of 1961, and was honorably discharged in 1963.
Terry married...
Patricia I. Messier
Dec 11, 2024
Patricia I. (Ellis) Messier peacefully transitioned into eternal life on December 11, 2024 at her Durango, Colorado home of 48 years, as she had always wanted. She was born February 26, 1935 to Orin Ellis and Florine Stotts in Denver, CO. Her family moved around the country for a while, finally settling in Pasadena CA. Patricia graduated high school from...
Marshall Fred Herrera
Dec 9, 2024
Marshall F. Herrera, 92, of Marvel Co passed away peacefully on December 9th 2024. He was born January 30, 1932 to Marcelino J and Dorothy T Herrera at the family home near Marvel, the third of six children. Tommy, Tony, Marshall, Levi, Teresa and Pete. He attended school thru the 8th grade in the Marvel school system. The family’s main transportation...
Lillian Elizabeth Bodine
Dec 6, 2024
Lillian Bodine (Bowden) passed away Friday, December 6th, 2024 at her home. She was born September 6th, 1950, at the old Mercy Hospital in Durango. When she was young her family moved to Boise, Idaho. A few years later they moved back to Oxford and lived on the family farm. Later in her teen years the family lived on East...
Byron "Barney" James Dunn
Dec 6, 2024
Barney was native of Durango, Colorado. He graduated from Durango High School in 1968/ After high school Barney enlisted in the Army. He was a lifetime member of the Elks Club and The American Legion in Durango. Barney loved being a regular at the Billy Goat Saloon in Bayfield. He is survived by his sister Laura Dunn. Barney is preceded...
Lillian Wiley
Dec 1, 2024
Lillian Beatrice Wiley passed away Sunday, December 1st, 2024, in Durango, Colorado. She was 89 years old.
Lillian was born May 3, 1935, to Joseph and Alice Ice in Wiley, Colorado. She grew up in eastern Colorado and graduated in 1953 from Pritchett High School. She married Stanley Wiley on May 19, 1953. Stanley was enlisted in the US Army and...
Thomas Gerald Artzberger
Nov 29, 2024
Tom Artzberger age seventy eight, passed Nov 29th, 2024 after having lived the last 17 years in Pagosa Springs CO with his wife of 55 years, Sandy. This ended a fabulous, loving, and caring life together involving trains, 40 yrs of small ship cruising, and ice cream. Originally from Pittsburgh PA, Tom met Sandy in Milwaukee WI when he was...
Grace Free Mayo
Nov 28, 2024
On September 23rd, 1934, Grace was born in Abilene, TX. To Henry Lee and Clyde Summers. She and her four sisters were raised on a small ranch in Pietown, NM. Grace married John Mayo on October 26th, 1957. They had two daughters, Melanie and Martha.
Grace made any place that she lived feel like home, and anyone that came to her...
Duane Allan Smith
Nov 26, 2024
Duane Allan Smith, 87, of Durango, Colorado passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, November 26, 2024, surrounded by family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Duane was born in San Diego, California on April 20, 1937, to LT(USN) Stanley Smith and Ila Smith, at Point Loma where they were stationed during WWII. At the time Stanley was a Prisioner of War...
Weldon Tillman Ballew
Nov 23, 2024
A memorial service for Weldon Ballew, 82, of Ignacio, Colorado will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 30, 2024 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 120 County Road 319, Ignacio, CO 81137.
Weldon Ballew passed away early Saturday morning, November 23, 2024.
What words could be used to describe Weldon? Many have said he was a kind man, a man...
Jeremy Addison Harmon
Nov 22, 2024
Jeremy Addison Harmon, 50, of Durango, Colorado, joined the angels on November 22, 2024. He was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on June 12, 1974. Jeremy was raised in Woodstock, Connecticut, where he attended Woodstock Academy and later Hyde School in Bath, Maine. His adventurous spirit led him to Hawaii, where he visited his sister MaryAnn and soon fell in love...
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