Obituaries
Eva Marie Johnson was born Feb. 21, 1916 in Chicago, Ill. the daughter of Charles and Eve (Stresser) Polich. She passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 at her Mancos home at the age of 95.
A Remembrance Service will be held for Lester Oscar Holden on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses with Loren Kerr officiating. Les was a 32 year resident of this area.
Graveside services for Cortez resident Thomas James Chase will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Monticello City Cemetery. Bishop Bruce Adams will conduct.
Cindy Cooper Churning lost her hard battle with cancer on Jan. 25, 2012. Cindy was born on June 14, 1958 to Carl and Bessie (Malony) Cooper in Iola, Kan.
Mary Lorene Harrison Sweitzer, born Dec. 18, 1930 in Newport, Ind., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 14, 2012.
Charles “Charlie” Everette Harper, 78, of Dolores, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at his home in Dolores, after having determinedly fought his last earthly battle. He was born April 13, 1933, in Hurst, Ill., to Charles and Loretta Zimmerman...
Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Verna Gertrude Towne will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 at Mancos First Baptist Church with Chaplain Rick Gregory officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Penny Lynn (Pennington) Sorlagas Smith was born Jan. 13, 1955 in Cortez. She joined our Heavenly Father on Feb. 11, 2012 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. after a lengthy illness.
On Feb. 11, 2012, at about 4:50 a.m., Danny K. Keith lost his life to throat cancer after a five year courageous battle.
Jasper Weaver went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 12, 1930 in Cortez to Newt Weaver and Eva Henderson Weaver.
Bettye Ann Berry was born March 3, 1931 and passed from this life at San Juan RegionalMedical Center in Farmington, N.M. on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.
BettyeAnn recently moved to Farmington from Cortez, where she had lived for 35 years.
Martha Jean Creswell Spotts was born on Jan. 8, 1919, in Coulterville, Ill., to the Rev. Andrew and Eleanor (Wilson) Creswell, and passed away at Vista Grande Inn in Cortez, on Feb. 11, 2012, at age 93. Jean grew up in Pontiac, Mich., and attended...
