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Walter Elwood Ertel

1926 - 2022

BORN

1926

DIED

2022

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Ertel Funeral Home

42 N Market St

Cortez, Colorado

Walter Ertel Obituary

Walter Elwood Ertel, 95, of Grand Junction, CO formerly of Cortez, CO, died 5/24/2022, at Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, CO, Born 11/6/1926. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at Ertel Memorial Chapel, Cortez, CO. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Walt Ertel to Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association Scholarship Fund, PO Box 393, Cortez, CO 81321. Services are under the direction of Ertel Funeral Home. To send condolences or to view the full obituary, log on to www.ertelfuneralhome.com and click on the obituary section.

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Published by The Journal on May 26, 2022.

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