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Vernon Pleasant Jr.
Obituaries
Vernon Pleasant Jr.
By News Staff 
November 12, 2020
Vernon Sessions Pleasant, Jr., age 66, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Merit Health River Oaks in Flowood, MS. A memorial service will be planned at a later date. Vernon was born on June 22,1...
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James “Jim” Dee Noble
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James “Jim” Dee Noble
By News Staff 
November 12, 2020
James “Jim” Dee Noble, 8o, of Evergreen, passed away October 24, 2020. Jim was born to Edith (Hanlon) and Howard Noble in Montrose, CO. Jim grew up shepherding and ranching on the western slope. He mo...
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Ferris Elwood “Rocky” River
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Ferris Elwood “Rocky” River
By News Staff 
November 5, 2020
Ouray native son and diehard baseball fan Ferris Elwood “Rocky” River rounded the bases and closed out the final inning of his life in Ventura County Calif. on Oct. 27, 2020 - the very day his beloved...
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Kathleen May Peck
By News Staff 
August 27, 2020
Kathleen May "Kay" PECK (Lair), age 97, formerly of Ouray passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, NV. Kay was born in Durango, Colorado on September 2nd, 1922 and lived there for most of ...
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Darrel Rogers Cox
Obituaries
Darrel Rogers Cox
By News Staff 
August 20, 2020
Darrel Rogers Cox passed away on August 3, 2020, with his wife Cindy by his side, just as she had always been. Darrel was an extraordinary man who was appreciated by a broad spectrum of society for hi...
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Vincent Lawrence Kontny
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Vincent Lawrence Kontny
By News Staff 
August 12, 2020
Vince Kontny passed away peacefully in his sleep August 9, 2020, at his home on the Centennial Ranch in Ouray County, Colorado, at age 83. Vince, or Larry as he was known until he joined the U.S. Navy...
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE
By News Staff 
August 5, 2020
A “celebration of life” service will be held on Saturday, August 22 at i p.m. at Grace Community Church, 16731 Woodgate Road, in Montrose. Use the South Gymnasium entrance and park in the west side Gy...
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Nancy L. Price
Obituaries
Nancy L. Price
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
Nancy L. Price, 89, died on Sunday, July 5 in Grand Junction after a brief illness. Nancy was born in 1931 in Los Angeles, CA to the late Roland and Margaret Riess. Nancy grew up in California and Iow...
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Daniel Shane Hudson
Obituaries
Daniel Shane Hudson
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
On the morning of July 5, 2020, our beloved father, brother, husband and caretaker left his earthly home. Daniel was born to Lynn and Michael Hudson in Montrose, Colorado and spent his childhood in Ou...
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Edmund Kenneth von Delden
Obituaries
Edmund Kenneth von Delden
By News Staff 
July 8, 2020
Edmund Kenneth von Delden went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 3, 2010, at age 87, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Edmund K. von Delden was born to the proud pa...
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Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling Hallstrand
Obituaries
Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling Hallstrand
By News Staff 
July 8, 2020
Marcy Grace MacKintosh was born Dec. 14, 1922 in Jacksonville, Fla. and passed June 13, 2020 in Ridgway, Colorado. Her parents were John MacKintosh and Margaret Higgens. Marcy was aware and fully awar...
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Richard Louis Spirek Jr.
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Richard Louis Spirek Jr.
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
Richard Louis Spirek Jr. (Dick) was born on July 10, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to Richard Louis Spirek Sr. and Ruth E. (nee Schirmer) Spirek. He passed away peacefully on Monday, June 15, 2020. Dick i...
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Mary Ellen (M-E) Spirek
Obituaries
Mary Ellen (M-E) Spirek
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
Mary Ellen (M-E) (nee Ratajik) Spirek was born on February 19, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois to Walter A. Ratajik and Eleanor E. (nee Kestler) Ratajik. She passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 21, six d...
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Lynnda Rene Hess Watts
Obituaries
Lynnda Rene Hess Watts
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved family member, Lynnda Rene Hess Watts, who lost her hard-fought battle with cancer on June I5, 2020 and made her journey to be with her fami...
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Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling
Obituaries
Marcy Grace MacKintosh Snelling
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
She was married to and survived husbands William Snelling and David Hallstrand. Her parents were John MacKintosh and Margaret Higgens. She passed peacefully at home on Saturday, June 13, 2020. She was...
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Serafina Fellin
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Serafina Fellin
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
Serafina Fellin passed away on Sunday June 7, 2020, at the Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, CO after a brief battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Born March 9, 1932, at the Fellin family hom...
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Remembering Walt Rule, a society founder
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Remembering Walt Rule, a society founder
By News Staff 
June 17, 2020
The Ouray County Historical Society received word that Walter Rule, longtime OCHS Board member, died on April 18 of this year. Walt was a remarkable man who loved history and its preservation. Walt wa...
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Obituaries
Benjamin C. Kuehling
By News Staff 
June 11, 2020
Benjamin “Benjy” C. Kuehling III was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 9,1938, the son of Maebelle and Benjamin C. Kuehling, Jr., and grandson of Washington DC Police Captain Benjamin C. Kuehling. B...
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Larry Leeper
Obituaries
Larry Leeper
By News Staff 
June 11, 2020
Larry Leeper of Ouray, CO passed away June 7, 2020 with his wife Alice lying at his side. Larry grew up in Farmington, II, graduated from the University of Illinois and headed west with a goal of warm...
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Walter Wright Rule Jr.
Obituaries
Walter Wright Rule Jr.
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
Walt (Walter) Wright Rule, Jr. gave up his five year struggle with declining health early morning, April 18th at his home in Montrose, with wife Nancy and son Walter III by his side. Walt was born May...
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Keep calm and build on
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Keep calm and build on
By Erin McIntyre 
November 11, 2026
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Water battle likely headed for trial
By Chart Riggall 
November 11, 2026
DELTA – A Colorado water court judge appears likely to let supporters and opponents of a pipeline diversion from Cow Creek into Ridgway Reservoir duke out their claims at a trial scheduled for next ye...
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Shuttle service to shut down
Montrose-Ridgway-Ouray bus will stop at end of year due to lack of local funding
By James Hanlon 
November 11, 2026
The OurWay commuter shuttle service that runs between Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose will shut down at the end of this year due to lack of funding. After nearly three years, the pilot program’s $531,000 ...
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CDOT plans projects for 2027, future
Agency apologizes for lax weed control on highways, eyes more Billy Creek work in 2028
By James Hanlon 
November 11, 2026
The Colorado Department of Transportation has no major construction planned next year in Ouray County, but more projects are in store for the future. CDOT staff presented a roundup of current and futu...
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Ridgway will pull from reserves to cover expenses in 2027
Town to discuss more cuts Nov. 19
By James Hanlon 
November 11, 2026
The town of Ridgway will continue to draw down its general fund reserves to cover expenses in 2027, even as town leaders plan to discuss more budget cuts later this month. During a budget retreat on H...
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