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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vernon Glenn Hughes, age 87, son of Allen Glenwood Hughes and Cleo Nadine Hulsey, stepson of Leroy Phares, was born June 25, 1933 in Elvins, MO. He passed away February 18, 2021, at Texas County Memor...

Bruce Bergman, age 84, passed away in peace surrounded by his loved ones Friday, February 12, 2021. He was originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, but had been a resident of Ridgway, Colorado, for the past ...

Most people who come to Ridgway are going somewhere else. It’s a two-valley town, an upstream town—usually, a visitor approaches on Highway 550, climbing the steady rise of the Uncompahgre Valley. On ...

Norma J. (Westlund) Clark, 94, of Naperville Illinois, passed away January 28, 2021. Norma was born in Chicago, Illinois where she met and fell in love with Max L Clark. They were married on February ...

Al Rossi was one of a kind. Born at home in Ouray, Colorado, on the morning of June 30, 1936, he was the beloved only son of Levy Lucy Zanella Rossi and John Simon Rossi. He was doted on by his two ol...

Peter Randolph Decker, 86, educator, soldier, rancher, public servant, scholar, author, and patriarch, died on the morning of December 12, 2020, with his beloved wife Deedee at his side after a life w...