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Richard D. Smith
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Richard D. Smith
November 5, 2025
September 1925 – September 2025 Richard “Don” Smith has passed away peacefully at home in California surrounded by his family. He was just shy of his 100th birthday. Don was born in Ontario, Canada, a...
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Ilene MacLennan
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Ilene MacLennan
October 1, 2025
June 1941 – September 2025 Ilene Anita (Jones) MacLennan, widely known as Mimi Mac, passed peacefully in the arms of her son and daughter-in-law. Mimi Mac was born in Waldron, Arkansas in June of 1941...
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Ben Kuehling
Obituaries
Ben Kuehling
October 1, 2025
September 1974 - September 2025 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Ben Kuehling, a beloved son, brother, and friend, who left us too soon on September 8, at the age of 50, following a brief...
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Philip G. Blackford Sr.
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Philip G. Blackford Sr.
September 24, 2025
April 22, 1949 – September 17, 2025 On September 17, 2025, Philip G. Blackford Sr. returned home to the Kingdom of God. He passed early that morning after courageously battling leukemia for more than ...
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Carl Lee McClung
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Carl Lee McClung
September 24, 2025
January 31, 1939 – September 15, 2025 Carl Lee McClung, age 86, of Ridgway, Colorado, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2025, in Montrose. Carl was born on January 31, 1939, in Lawrence, Kansas ...
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David ‘Dave’ Leigh Houtz
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David ‘Dave’ Leigh Houtz
September 10, 2025
June 23, 1953 – September 8, 2025 David Leigh Houtz, lovingly known as Dave, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025, at Ferris Hospice Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. Born on June 23, 1953, i...
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Rik ‘Lucky’ Lane
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Rik ‘Lucky’ Lane
September 10, 2025
Rik "Lucky" Lane came into this world on June 6, 1951, to parents Mary and Richard Lane. Growing up in Ontario, California, he then moved to Ouray in the late 1980s to build and manage his family's re...
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David Paul Bangert
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David Paul Bangert
August 20, 2025
November 2, 1964 – July 30, 2025 David Paul “Dave” Bangert, 60, passed away on July 30, 2025, in Grand Junction, Colorado. A man of remarkable spirit and boundless generosity, Dave left an indelible m...
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Marilyn Mueller
Obituaries
Marilyn Mueller
July 16, 2025
October 15, 1935 – January 22, 2025 Marilyn Ida Thompson Mueller, age 89, passed away of natural causes in Boerne, Texas, on January 22, 2025. She was born in Edinburg, Texas, on October 15, 1935, to ...
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Jack James Fellin
Obituaries
Jack James Fellin
July 16, 2025
December 23, 1933 – July 7, 2025 Jack James Fellin, 91, passed away peacefully at his home on July 7, 2025, in Ouray. He was born on December 23, 1933, at the Perotti family home in Portland, Colorado...
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Darrell Hartigan
Obituaries
Darrell Hartigan
July 9, 2025
September 15, 1947 – May 12, 2025 Darrell’s waiting is done. He received the call on May 12, 2025. The time had come to be reunited with his beloved wife, Catherine, who had been waiting for him since...
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Grace Stoufer
Obituaries
Grace Stoufer
July 9, 2025
August 13, 1953 – May 28, 2025 Grace Stoufer, 71, passed away the night of Wednesday, May 28, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. She had developed an infection as a complication of multiple sclerosis. Gr...
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Eva Schoonover
Obituaries
Eva Schoonover
December 19, 1982 – June 19, 2025
June 23, 2025
Eva Schoonover, 42, of Montrose, Colorado died Thursday, June 19, 2025, at her home in her husband’s arms. Eva was born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on December 19, 1982, to Mark and Lynne Stovice...
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Gene Ulrich
Obituaries
Gene Ulrich
June 18, 2025
March 18, 1946 – June 12, 2025 Gene Ulrich, a member of our Ridgway community, passed away peacefully in his apartment on Thursday, June 12, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. He was a frien...
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Judith Skalla
Obituaries
Judith Skalla
May 14, 2025
May 11, 1939-April 27, 2025 On May 11, 1939, in the high mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, Judith Ann Oliver took her first breath. On April 27, 2025, she took her last, leaving this world quietly...
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Richard Eugene Lyon Jr.
Obituaries
Richard Eugene Lyon Jr.
May 14, 2025
Richard Eugene (Rick) Lyon Jr. (1949 – 2025) passed away peacefully at home in Ridgway on April 24, 2025. Rick was born in 1949 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Richard Eugene (Gene) and Eva Mae Lyon. He ...
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Jeanette ‘Nettie’ Marie Pope
Obituaries
Jeanette ‘Nettie’ Marie Pope
May 7, 2025
Aug. 7, 1945-April 17, 2025 Jeanette “Nettie” Marie Pope passed away peacefully at home on April 17, 2025, with her family by her side. Nettie was born August 7, 1945 in Montrose, Colorado, to Dale an...
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Burton Stern
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Burton Stern
April 30, 2025
March 27, 1933-October 15, 2024 Burt was the oldest of three boys born to Bernard (Ben) Stern, who immigrated to the U.S. from Poland through Ellis Island at the age of 18, and Rose Turner Stern, who ...
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Julia Mae Johnson
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Julia Mae Johnson
April 30, 2025
May 4, 1928-April 5, 2025 Julia was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Thomas W. Meiklejohn and Ella Mae Markow. Julia was an amazing woman, not because she was my mother, but because of how she lived...
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Wallace Wade Anderson Jr.
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Wallace Wade Anderson Jr.
April 30, 2025
July 14, 1942-February 23, 2025 Wallace Wade Anderson Jr., my father, known as Wally by his classmates of Ouray, died February 23, 2025, at the age of 82 from complications of cancer. He fought harder...
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Ridgway girls run down state title
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Ridgway girls run down state title
Young team blows past competition to hoist Class 2A cross country trophy
By By Matt Meyer Special to the Plaindealer 
November 5, 2025
There isn’t a perfect translation for “hill” in Chinese. That's something Natasha Hessler discovered when she arrived at the famous creek crossing during the Colorado State Cross Country Championship ...
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Underwood elected mayor
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ELECTION 2025
Underwood elected mayor
Hart joins council, which needs to fill two spots
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray City Councilor Michael Underwood won election to the mayor’s seat Tuesday night, succeeding on a campaign that emphasized fiscal conservatism and a vow to fix what he perceives as a disconnect b...
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Property tax hikes pass for cemetery, fire districts
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters Tuesday night approved tax increases for the Cedar Hill Cemetery District and the Ouray Fire Protection District. A measure to increase the cemetery district’s mill levy from 0.33 mills to 1 mi...
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ELECTION 2025
Voters approve new county lodging tax
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Voters in unincorporated Ouray County approved a new 6% lodging tax that is expected to provide more than $182,000 in additional funding during a tight 2026 budget year and into the future. The measur...
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ELECTION 2025
Fagrelius, Meruelo win school board seats
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
November 5, 2025
Ouray voters have chosen two former educators to join the Ouray School Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Three candidates competed for two open seats on the school board,...
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