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Karin Leigh Jones
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Karin Leigh Jones
March 12, 2025
January 18, 1954-March 4, 2025 Karin was born on January 18, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Raymond Rose & Edith Broadbent. She was raised in Media, Pennsylvania, and attended P...
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David Louis Jensen
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David Louis Jensen
February 26, 2025
October 5, 1955 - February 9, 2025 But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading signs and sounds as a ...
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Caroline Stevens
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Caroline Stevens
February 5, 2025
July 12, 1947-January 25, 2025 “Peaceful death is really an essential right… There is no greater gift of charity you can give than helping a person to die well.” — Soygal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of...
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Rose Ellena Widegren
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Rose Ellena Widegren
January 22, 2025
January 25, 1946-January 19, 2025 Rose Widegren was born in the doctor's office in Hotchkiss, Colorado, on Jan. 25, 1946. She was the third of five children born to her mother, Agnes Egger Welch, and ...
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Donald L. Moden Jr.
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Donald L. Moden Jr.
January 15, 2025
April 15, 1967-January 7, 2025 On January 7, 2025, Don’s intrepid spirit forever joined the San Juan Mountains he cherished. Don was born in Salina, Kansas, and began his sports endeavors at an early ...
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Robert Aubrey Conder
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Robert Aubrey Conder
January 15, 2025
October 21, 1942-December 6, 2024 Robert Aubrey Conder, known to friends and family as “Bob,” passed away peacefully on December 6, 2024, in Montrose. Colorado. He was 82 years old and resided in Olat...
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Penny C. Starr and Frank C. Starr
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Penny C. Starr and Frank C. Starr
January 15, 2025
Penny C. Starr August 19, 1932-February 8, 2024 Frank C. Starr September 20, 1930-December 27, 2024 Penny C. Starr passed away February 8, 2024 and Frank C. Starr on December 27, 2024. Penny was adopt...
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John H. Linville
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John H. Linville
January 8, 2025
August 14, 1933-December 23, 2024 John H. Linville passed December 23, 2024, in Montrose, Colorado. He was born August 14, 1933, in Harveyville, Kansas, to Nellie Jean (Stanford) and O.M. “Mike” Linvi...
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Olive Ramona Klein
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Olive Ramona Klein
January 8, 2025
December 24, 1934-December 29, 2024 Olive Ramona Klein (Wilson) was born December 24, 1934, in Nucla, Colorado. She went to school in Nucla and finished high school in Ouray, Colorado. Mona passed awa...
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Doris Elaine Swanson nee Wieseman
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Doris Elaine Swanson nee Wieseman
January 8, 2025
February 14, 1930-January 2, 2025 Doris was born February 14, 1930 on a farm near Osceola, Nebraska to Richard Christan and Viola Esther Wieseman. She attended Osceola schools and graduated from Natio...
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Virginia Jane Ast
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Virginia Jane Ast
December 11, 2024
July 21, 1942-December 5, 2024 Virginia Jane Ast, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2024, at the age of 82. A Kansas native, she spent much of her ...
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Joseph Martin Hughes
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Joseph Martin Hughes
December 11, 2024
April 23, 1943-December 1, 2024 Joseph Martin Hughes, 81, raised in Dorchester, South Boston, long time resident of Belvidere and Wheaton, Illinois, more recently of Montrose, Colorado, passed away pe...
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Mary Ann Jordan
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Mary Ann Jordan
December 4, 2024
July 31, 1940-September 18, 2024 Mary Ann Jordan passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California, following a 5 year battle with dementia. Born in Minneapolis, Min...
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Rebecca J. Bellrose
November 20, 2024
Dec. 30, 1948-Oct. 28, 2024 Becky Bellrose, age 75, of Ouray, Colorado, passed away peacefully on October 28, 2024. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend whose kindness and g...
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Bobby Allison
November 6, 2024
January 2, 1948-October 5, 2024 Bobby Allison, beloved musician, husband and father, died October 5, 2024, at his home in Ouray, Colorado surrounded by his family. Born in Levelland, Texas, he followe...
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Nancy Hamilton
November 6, 2024
February 21, 1949-October 28, 2024 Nancy C. Hamilton was born February 21, 1949, in Waynesboro Pennsylvania and died October 28th, 2024, in Hagerstown Maryland. Nancy was the daughter of Bob and Janet...
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Melvin Dean Skalla
October 30, 2024
July 2, 1960-October 22, 2024 Melvin Dean Skalla, 86, passed away on October 22, 2024, in St. George, Utah. He was born on June 30, 1938, in Uravan, CO. He married Judy Oliver in Norwood, CO on July 2...
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Lonnie Jay White
October 23, 2024
October 5, 1951-October 5, 2024 Lonnie was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up spending summers at his grandfather's farm east of Montrose. Every summer they would drive their sheep through t...
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Priscilla Miller Peters
October 16, 2024
May 21, 1939-October 7, 2024 Priscilla Miller Peters, "The Bookwoman" of Cimarron Books and Coffeehouse, passed away peacefully October 7th, 2024, at her home with her sweet kitty Emi by her side. Pri...
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Wanda Kaye Taylor
September 18, 2024
August 10, 1961-September 2, 2024 It is with heavy hearts that we share the sudden loss of our sweet Wanda Kaye Taylor. She passed peacefully on September 2nd, 2024 with her two loving daughters by he...
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
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Ridgway hotel to convert to housing
MTN Lodge owner: Change needed to sustain operations; town leaders worried
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ridgway’s largest hotel plans to convert to construction and hotel workforce housing for a new Four Seasons development in Mountain Village for at least the next four years. MTN Lodge signed an agreem...
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it's unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project w...
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Interim police chief retained through Dec. 31
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has extended the contract of Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey through the end of the year. Harvey was hired as the interim chief in March, replacing Sgt. Gar...
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
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City to hear public input on wayfinding sign solutions
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
September 10, 2025
The Ouray City Council will hold a work session Monday to discuss possible solutions to concerns raised by residents and business owners about new wayfinding signs installed along Main Street earlier ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Article about Space to Create too negative
September 10, 2025
Dear Editor: The origin and theory behind the Space To Create movement is tied to the common phenomenon where creative individuals, looking for affordable and functional space, move into semi-industri...
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