Obituaries
Cheryl DeMarco Mellor
Nov 17, 2015
Cheryl Patrice DeMarco Mellor passed away peacefully at her home in Bayfield on November 17th, 2015. She was 34 years old. Cheryl was born March 19th, 1981 in Grand Blanc Michigan to John and Pat DeMarco. The youngest of three children, Cheryl was an active child always involved in sports like water polo, swimming, golf and tennis. She had fond...
Emelia Trujillo
Nov 15, 2015
Obituary for Emelia "Emily" Trujillo (Romero) Emily Romero Trujillo went to be with our Savior Jesus Christ Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Four Corners Health Care. She was 94 years old. Emily was born February 25, 1921, to Antonio Romero and Dolores (Lola) Sanchez in Durango,CO. Emily met the love of her life in 1940 Feliberto Trujillo. Together they had...
Cipriana McCoy
Nov 14, 2015
Cipriana “Prana” McCoy, the Matriarch of LaBoca, died peacefully at her son’s home in Ignacio, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, November 14. She was 94. Prana was born on the Pine River at the headwaters of what is now the Navajo Dam. She spent her entire life in the LaBoca-Ignacio area. After her husband died, she stayed on the...
Shirley Morris
Nov 12, 2015
Obituary for Shirley Davis Morris Shirley Davis Morris passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Durango, Colorado, surrounded by family. She was 88 years old. Shirley was born June 25,1927, to Calvin V. Davis and Ruth Clewell in Bronxville, NY. She graduated from Central High School, Fountain City, TN, in 1945, and Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, in 1949. She...
Charlotte Sieber
Nov 11, 2015
Charlotte Eva Sieber, of Durango, Colorado, died on November 11, 2015, she was 54 years old. She is survived by her husband, Brad, daughter, Scarlett (Fiance: Troy), son, Sven, and Velvet. She was a very loving and compassionate wife and mother and will be dearly missed by many. Visitation will be held on Monday from 6-8 pm at Hood Mortuary....
Josephine Howe Lister
Nov 10, 2015
Ignacio resident, Josephine Howe Lister died Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at her home from complications of a long illness. She was 68. Josephine was born July 27, 1947 in Ignacio, Colorado. Her parents were Rosemarie Howe and Sylvia T. Valdez. She grew up and attended schools in Cortez, Colorado, before marrying her now ex-husband. They had four children Josephine and...
Frederic Gaskell Jr
Nov 9, 2015
Frederic (Rick) Haviland Gaskell, Jr. 11-8-42 to 11-9-15 Rick passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday morning, November 9, 2015 from a bilateral embolism in Durango, Colorado. He was born in Rye, New York to Katharine and Frederic Gaskell. Rick graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Santa Clara (where he...
William Smith Sr
Nov 9, 2015
William Ray was born on the 16th of November, 1928 in Wyandotte, MI. Bill attended school in Romulus, MI in a one room classroom in a wooden building. He was educated at the Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, MI and graduated from high school in Fox Lake, Il. After Graduating he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Detroit, MI. His...
Charles Potter
Nov 9, 2015
Charles Irvin Potter passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was born at Mercy Hospital in Durango Colorado, on June 6, 1936 to Martha Eugenia (Conroy) and Marvin Duel Potter. He was raised first in Towoac and later Ignacio, Colorado where he played for the town baseball team and graduated from Ignacio High School....
Dewey Lattin Jr
Nov 6, 2015
Dewey Lattin Jr went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 6th, 2015. Born April 5th, 1926 to George Dewitey and Hilda Mae Lattin in Pagosa Springs, CO. After school he joined the Navy in 1943-1949, where he was stationed in Florida, Long Beach, Pearl Harbor, Midway, Shanghai and other places in China. Dewey knew how long he...
Etta Johnston
Nov 5, 2015
Obituary for Etta Lou Johnston (Barrett) Etta Lou Barrett Johnston passed away peacefully on November 5, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center. She was 88. Etta was born in Davenport, Oklahoma on December 10, 1926 to L Barrett and Cora Mae Foster. She was one of 7 siblings in a very close, loving, and happy family. Most of her young life...
Johnny Boughan
Nov 1, 2015
Obituary for Johnny G. Boughan Johnny G. Boughan passed away surrounded by family in Farmington, New Mexico on November 1, 2015. Johnny served proudly in the U.S. Army from 1953 - 1955. Johnny married his wife Elizabeth Hildenbland in June of 1956. The lived on the Florida Mesa for 32 years where they raised their four children. In 1995 Johnny...
Orlando Griego
Oct 29, 2015
Orlando Alex Griego passed away peacefully Thursday, October 29, 2015, at his home surrounded by family. He was 89 years old. Orlando was born August 21, 1926, to Joe Victor Griego and Matilda Talamante in Edith, CO. He served proudly in the U.S. Army and was a combat veteran in the Korean War. Orlando met the love of his life...
Sybil Torbett
Oct 29, 2015
Sybil Torbett , 100 years old, of Durango, Colorado, died 10/29/2015 at Four Corners Health Care Center . Born 7/23/1915. Sybil is survived by her son Leslie (Lucille); Grandsons William & Matthew; Numerous nephews, nieces & cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband Leslie Sr. Sybil was a devout Christian and found strength in her faith; reading the...
John Necchi
Oct 24, 2015
Obituary for John Necchi Longtime resident John Necchi passed into eternity October 24, 2015 in Castle Rock, Colorado at the age of 93. John and his brother, Fred, were well known builders & contractors in the Durango area. John and Fred started their business in the 1950's in Durango plastering, stuccoing, & doing concrete work. Among their many projects they...
Robert Morlan
Oct 21, 2015
Obituary for Robert Howell Morlan Robert H. Morlan of Durango and Bayfield, CO passed away peacefully, on October 21, 2015, with his family surrounding him. Skype allowed his oldest daughter and her family in Idaho to also be there in love and support. He was born to Vena (Bryant) and Joseph Morlan on Nov. 1, 1933 at Mercy Hospital in...
Jane Hemphill
Oct 19, 2015
Longtime Durango resident, Jane Louis Hemphill, 89, died from complications of Parkinson’s disease on October 19, 2015 at Four Corners Health Center. The daughter of Austin and Jessie (Scroggin) Schaffenacker, Jane was born October 1, 1926 and was raised in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois and graduated from Mt. Pulaski Township High School in 1944. She continued her education at Western Illinois...
Denten Davis
Oct 16, 2015
Obituary for Denten Gale Davis Denten Gale Davis died Friday, October 16, 2015 after a year-long battle with Leukemia. He is preceded in death by his father Clarence Davis. He is survived by his mother, Donna Davis; wife, Debra Teller; son Garett Davis (Holly); daughter Leslie Read (Will); stepchildren Tamara Ritter (Perry), Teara Doedo (Micah), Tiffany Teller; grandchildren Elliot Davis,...
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