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James Evan Petersen
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James Evan Petersen
By News Staff 
August 11, 2021
James Evan Petersen died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Montrose, CO surrounded by his family. Jim was born October 26, 1928 to Evan and Pearl Wright Petersen in Las Animas, CO. After graduating from Bent ...
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Priscilla Ely Warren
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Priscilla Ely Warren
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Born in San Mateo, California, Priscilla worked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, setting chokers for a logging company and serving as a firefighter there. She moved to Silverton, Colorado, in 1978 wher...
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Harry Raymond Noland
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Harry Raymond Noland
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Harry was born October 24, 1972, to Bill and Marilyn Noland of Ridgway, Colorado where he was raised. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed living and working on Pleasant Valley Ranch and hunting and fish...
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
Nancy Lorraine (Lahvic) Borman (age 83) of Montrose, CO passed away peacefully at home July 18, 2021. She is survived by her husband Tom; daughters Kay (Scott) Arbough of Castle Rock, CO and Lisa (Ken...
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Jack Eugene Clark Sr.
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
Jack Eugene Clark Sr. Born November 20, 1925, passed away at his home in Ouray, Colorado, on July 8th, 2021 at the age of 95 years. Jack was proceeded in death by his father Lister F. Clark and mother...
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H. Daryl Klein
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H. Daryl Klein
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
H. Daryl Klein was a Dust Bowl baby, born July 17, 1930. His family farmed in eastern Colorado until he was 5. After years of drought, a bank failure, where they lost all their savings, and the other ...
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Paul Nicholas McElrea
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Paul Nicholas McElrea
By News Staff 
July 15, 2021
Paul Nicholas McElrea was born on February 4, 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the eldest of three sons of Richard and Rosemary McElrea. Tragically he was found deceased on July 7, 2021, at a...
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Richard B. Zortman
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Richard B. Zortman
By News Staff 
July 1, 2021
Richard was born to Horace E. and Gretta (Bethel) Zortman in Fowler, Kansas on July 26, 1938. He died suddenly and unexpectedly in Denver, Colorado on June 19, 2021. In 1986 he married his wife of thi...
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Wayne M. Nash
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Wayne M. Nash
By News Staff 
June 16, 2021
Wayne Morris Nash was born on July 1, 1925 to Walter H. and Alta (Chambers) Nash in Red Wing, Minnesota. Wayne attended public schools in Red Wing, graduating in 1943. His love of sports developed in ...
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Ralph Lowery
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Ralph Lowery
By News Staff 
June 10, 2021
Ralph Lowery, 58, of Ridgway, CO passed away unexpectedly May 28th, 2021. He was born in 1962 in Montrose, CO to Lester and Delphane Lowery. As a boy, he could be found playing in the dirt with his tr...
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Larry Fredrick Falk
By News Staff 
May 26, 2021
Larry Fredrick Falk of Ridgway died peacefully on April 27, after a brief illness. Larry was born on Feb. 8, 1949 in Dearborn, MI, the only child of Ernest Falk Jr. and Joyce Howard. He spent the firs...
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE
By News Staff 
May 19, 2021
Dec. 11, 1920-Dec. 14, 2020 Elaine Kessler went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2020. We will celebrate her life on May 24 at the Ouray Christian Fellowship church at 10:00 o'clock. Following the serv...
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Thomas David Griffiths
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Thomas David Griffiths
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
Thomas David Griffiths, 77, of Johnstown died on January 15, 2021, at the Hillcrest Assisted Living Center in Loveland. He was born in an Army hospital on September 12, 1943, in Washington D.C. to Tho...
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Jeff Norman
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Jeff Norman
By News Staff 
April 28, 2021
I remember when my dad taught me how to ski, when I was maybe four years old. My mother was a ski instructor, and so she tried to teach me using the “correct” methods, using “pizza, french fries,” etc...
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Gail Lynn Tafoya-Kuboske
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Gail Lynn Tafoya-Kuboske
By News Staff 
April 14, 2021
Gail passed away of natural causes unexpectedly. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Edward Tafoya & Maryjane Gann. She was the 4th child of 6 kids. She moved to Denver, Colorado, when she was 10 ye...
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Joseph A. ‘Joe’ Rogers
By News Staff 
March 25, 2021
Joseph A. ‘Joe’ Rogers, 71, died Jan. 9, 2021, at Montrose Memorial Hospital, from a cardiac event. Joe was born Mar. 18, 1949 in Pueblo, CO, to Joseph Leo Valdez and Georgia A. Valdez. He was the old...
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Janice Mayfield
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Janice Mayfield
By News Staff 
March 11, 2021
Janice Mayfield at age 91 passed away in her Montrose, Colorado home on March 5, 2021. After a long bout with COPD, she suffered a seizure a week before she finally succumbed while surrounded by her l...
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Candida Gold
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Candida Gold
By News Staff 
March 11, 2021
Our community lost a dear friend and light this past week. Candida Gold passed away peacefully surrounded by loving care at HopeWest in Grand Junction on Wednesday, March 4th. If you knew her, you lov...
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Raymond Albert Markey
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Raymond Albert Markey
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Raymond Albert Markey died of natural causes at his home in Ouray, Colorado on February 19, 2021. Ray was born to Arthur Markey and Inez (Kauffman) Markey on lime 14,1949 in Montrose, Colorado. He gre...
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Bruce Osenberg
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Bruce Osenberg
By News Staff 
March 4, 2021
Bruce it Osenberg, 82, peacefully made his way to heaven on Feb. 21, with loved ones at his side. His beloved dog Cassie Joy was also close by. Bruce was born on January 30, 1939 in DeKalb, IL to Erwi...
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Volunteers saved an 11-year-old girl from the bottom of a cliff thanks largely to the skills of Mike Gibbs, who's made a career out of training rescuers
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By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
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County spurns prairie dog control request
Commissioners say they're unwilling, unable to adopt restrictions; resident withdraws lawsuit threat
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
Ouray County leaders last week snuffed a resident’s request to require property owners to control prairie dogs, citing a legal inability and unwillingness to do so. At the start of a Feb. 11 work sess...
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February 18, 2026
The Ridgway Town Council approved three measures at its meeting on Feb. 11 to boost affordable housing in the town. Ridgway applying for ADU grant Ridgway is applying for a grant that will allow it to...
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