Obituaries

Local Obituaries in La Plata &

Archuleta Counties

Stafford Washington

Stafford Washington

Sep 4, 2018

Stafford Bean Washington, longtime resident of Ignacio, passed away on September 4, 2018, at Mercy Hospice House in Durango, after a long battle with kidney disease. He was only 68. Stafford was born on November 28, 1949 to Walter and Jane Washington in Ignacio, CO. He served in the US Army. He was a police officer for the Southern Ute...

Martha Rambo

Martha Rambo

Sep 1, 2018

Martha S. Rambo, 90, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 1, 2018. Martha was born April 13, 1928 to Horace and Mildred Shirk in Cincinnati, Ohio. While in high school the Shirks moved out west to Phoenix in 1944 during the depression and rationing of items, including tires. During the trip they had several blowouts causing long delays...

Bernadette Attwood

Bernadette Attwood

Aug 31, 2018

Durango, Colorado - Bernadette (Bee) Attwood (nee Tourville, previous married name Chisholm), a long-time resident of Durango, died peacefully Friday August 31st in her home. Born in 1937 in San Diego, California, Bee quickly adopted the volunteer spirit and a love of culture, books, food and travel from her parents George and Bertha Tourville - a naval officer and college-educated...

Rosabelle Archuletta

Rosabelle Archuletta

Aug 29, 2018

Rosabelle Louise Sanchez Archuletta, born to Fred and Rosabelle Sanchez in Saguache Colorado on November 9, 1927, passed away on August 29, 2018 in Durango Colorado. She is survived by her children Judy Saiz (John) of Denver, James Archuletta (Kathy), Jane Hoops (Marty), Joy Hess (Richard) of Durango, and many, many grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as extended family...

Rita Lee

Rita Lee

Aug 29, 2018

Rita Marie (Gallavan) Lee was born to Dick and Regina Gallavan December 7, 2018 along with her twin brother Richard at Old Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado. She passed away peacefully at her Durango home on August 29, 2018 surrounded by her family. Rita grew up in Durango attending St. Columba Catholic School and Durango High School graduating in 1951....

Alberta Pargin

Alberta Pargin

Aug 29, 2018

A lifetime resident of Ignacio, Alberta Louise Pargin, passed away at Hospice House of Mercy in Durango, on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. She was born to Albert and Tennie Larsen on June 6, 1926 in Dulce, NM. She graduated from Bayfield High School, then attended Fort Lewis College and Pueblo School of Nursing and did training at St Mary Corwin...

Ashley Johnston

Ashley Johnston

Aug 29, 2018

Ashley Kristine Johnston, 27, of Bayfield, Colorado, entered peacefully into her Heavenly Father’s arms, due to a complication from a recent illness, on August 29, 2018. Ashley was born in Montrose, Colorado to Sherrie and Duane Johnston. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her 2 big brothers; Ryan Johnston and Taylor Johnston, 2 nephews; Reegan and Max...

Josephine Fletcher

Josephine Fletcher

Aug 28, 2018

Josephine was a fun loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great great grandmother she loved her whole family more than life itself. She was born in Ignacio , CO Her parents were Earl and Lois Harris. Josephine was very talented. She was a great cook and no one left her table hungry. She also could bake treats that made the...

Harry Amyotte

Harry Amyotte

Aug 25, 2018

Harry Thomas Amyotte, a longtime resident of Darien, CT, died on August 25, 2018 while hiking in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado with his family. He had a heart attack caused by an undiagnosed genetic heart condition. Harry was 55. Harry grew up in Stoughton, Wisconsin and graduated from Stoughton High School in 1981. He attended Lawrence University on...

Wayne Knisley

Wayne Knisley

Aug 23, 2018

Wayne Knisley recently passed away at Mercy Hospital, he was 91. The eldest of 3 brothers, he was born to Roy and Opal Knisley in South Charleston, Ohio on August 11, 1927. At 17, he joined the US Navy in the Pacific and served on the USS Captaine, Point Cruz and the USS Nereus. After an honorable discharge from the...

Fay Martinez

Fay Martinez

Aug 16, 2018

Fay Martinez passed at her home in Durango, Colorado on August 6, 2018. Fay was born in Durango to Bernie & Demetrio Martinez on October 15, 1966. Fay graduated from Durango High School. As a Durango native, she was well known in the community and had many friends. Fay was preceded by her mother Bernie and brother Larry. She is...

Janice Neleigh

Janice Neleigh

Aug 6, 2018

Janice R Neleigh's spirit, left the confines of her mortal body, at 9:02pm, on August 6, 2018 at her room in Evenings Porch Assisted Living. Cremation followed her death. Janice "Jan" was born on December 20th, 1927, the third child of Clyde A and Bessie M Hoover, in Zumbro Falls, MN. The depression years shaped Jan's life in a positive...

Michael Arellano

Michael Arellano

Aug 6, 2018

Michael Renae (Morgan) Arellano 1.21.1969 to 8.6.2018 “You just shined too bright for this life, so I’ll see you in the next one.” Michael passed away peacefully at her home in Spring Creek, NV, after a two year battle with a failed liver transplant. Michael was the daughter of Edward Morgan and Sherry Parks of Durango, CO. She graduated from...

Kathryn Tucker-Thayer

Kathryn Tucker-Thayer

Aug 2, 2018

Kathryn Verline Tucker-Thayer, 58, of Bayfield, CO died August 2, 2018. Born November 20, 1959 in Grand Junction, CO., "Kathy" spent her early years in Western Colorado. At the age of 8, she moved to California with her family, where she attended grade school through high school. Her absolute joy in life were her 14 grandchildren. She always had a...

Becky Sanchez

Becky Sanchez

Aug 1, 2018

Family and friends surrounded Becky Lynn Rochford Sanchez, when she passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at Four Corners Healthcare Center in Durango, Colo. She was 59. Becky died from complications related to cancer and was assisted by Hospice of Mercy. Becky’s family extends heartfelt appreciation to all the caregivers at Mercy Regional Medical and Four Corners Healthcare...

Sage Remington

Sage Remington

Jul 31, 2018

Sage Douglas Remington was born in Ignacio, Colorado on May 22, 1942 to Avon Rabbit and Annabelle T. Eagle. He passed away July 31, 2018 at his home in Ignacio. He was raised by his step father, Clifford House Eagle, and his mother. He was a warrior of conscious, tolerant of diversity and able to embrace it. He was raised...

Grace Erikson

Grace Erikson

Jul 30, 2018

Grace Erikson was born March 25, 1915 and passed away on July 30, 2018. A doctor with a black bag, driving a horse drawn buggy, went to Grace’s parents’ farm in Kersey, Colorado. Grace left this world the way she wanted to, in her own bed, inside her “mud hut” as she called her home in Red Mesa with her...

Jerrold Heber

Jerrold Heber

Jul 29, 2018

Jerrold T. Heber May 6, 1949 - July 29, 2018 Loving husband, father, father-in-law, brother, brother-in-law and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Born Jerrold Thomas Heber in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph and Juanita Heber, the oldest of three children. He lived most of his life in Chicago, attending St. George and...

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