Merle D. "Curley" Pearce

Longtime La Plata County resident Merle D. "Curley" Pearce, died Friday, April 18, 2014, in Durango. He was 74.Mr. Pearce was born to Leo Berton and Grace Irene (Williams) Pearce on Jan. 3, 1940, in Lakeside, Ariz.In 1945, the Pearce family moved to Bloomfield, N.M. One of six children, Mr....