Walter Elwood Ertel

Walter E. Ertel was born November 6, 1926 in Cortez, the 5th child of Ida M. (Hamilton) and John Walter Ertel. He passed away at Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colo. on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Walt's 20th birthday he married Barbara Jo Gafford of Lewis, Colo. November 6, 2021...