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Vernon D. Lankenau
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Vernon D. Lankenau
May 29, 2024
June 11, 1930-October 24, 2023 Vernon D. Lankenau of Northlake, Texas and Ouray, Colorado died October 24, 2023; he was 93. A Celebration of Life was held at Dalton and Son Funeral Home in Lewisville,...
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David Dan Dunn
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David Dan Dunn
May 29, 2024
December 27, 1946-May 2, 2024 David (Dave) Dan Dunn was born in Gunnison County hospital on December 27, 1946 to William Henry and Martha A Hutchison Dunn and died May 2, 2024 of a cerebral hemorrhage...
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Anita Vogelaar
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Anita Vogelaar
May 8, 2024
August 31, 1941-May 2, 2024 Anita Vogelaar, 82, passed away on May 2, 2024 at her home in Montrose with her devoted husband David Figgins by her side. Anita, the daughter of Dorothy and Cecil “Skinny”...
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Ronald Floyd Williams Sr.
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Ronald Floyd Williams Sr.
May 8, 2024
May 5, 1941-December 5, 2023 Ronald Floyd Williams Sr., born on May 5,1941, passed away peacefully Dec 5 in Montrose, CO, in his home with his family. Ronald was a gregarious and loving husband, fathe...
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Edward Leyburn Beall Jr.
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Edward Leyburn Beall Jr.
May 8, 2024
April 16, 1944-April 28, 2024 Edward Leyburn Beall Jr. passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, April 28, 2024. He came into this world smiling and left the same way. Ed was born in Calhoun, Geor...
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Noah James Newman
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Noah James Newman
April 17, 2024
May 3, 2002-Jan. 19, 2024 Noah James Newman, 21, died by suicide on January 19, 2024. To say he will be missed is an immense understatement. Born May 3, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada to Jennifer (Adamski...
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Patrick Bernard O’Leary
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Patrick Bernard O’Leary
April 10, 2024
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" — Martin Luther King, Jr. This is the quote from Patrick O’Leary’s email signature. If you were lucky enough to have k...
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Richard Albert Sanders
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Richard Albert Sanders
April 10, 2024
Aug. 30, 1930-March 31, 2024 Dr. Richard Albert Sanders (Dick), 93, of Prescott, AZ died March 31st, Easter Sunday 2024, surrounded by family. Dick was born August 30th, 1930, in Portsmouth, Virginia,...
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George Kernan
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George Kernan
April 10, 2024
May 5, 1929-March 20, 2024 George Kernan passed away at his home in Walnut Creek, CA, on March 20, 2024. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ilene Greene, children, Alan and Jeffrey, daughter- in laws...
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Alan Lee Stapleton
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Alan Lee Stapleton
April 10, 2024
Alan Lee Stapleton, 73, a resident of Loghill Village, Ridgway CO, passed away suddenly on a beautiful, sunny afternoon while walking in the neighborhood in April. Alan was born in the summer of 1950,...
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Vicki Rae Johnson
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Vicki Rae Johnson
April 3, 2024
Vicki Rae Kocan Johnson had a hot glue gun – and she wasn’t afraid to use it. Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Vicki grew up in La Grange with her parents, Victor and Carol Kocan and her sister, Cheryl. The ...
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Stacia Lea Blackwell
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Stacia Lea Blackwell
March 13, 2024
Jan. 28, 1970-March 7, 2024 Beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, Stacia Lea Blackwell passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 7, 2024. A matriarch figure that leaves family and frie...
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Vicki Rae Johnson
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Vicki Rae Johnson
March 13, 2024
Vicki Rae Kocan Johnson had a hot glue gun – and she wasn’t afraid to use it. Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Vicki grew up in La Grange with her parents, Victor and Carol Kocan and her sister, Cheryl. The ...
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Christopher Robert Candee
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Christopher Robert Candee
February 7, 2024
Chris Candee passed away of acute sepsis and respiratory failure at the Montrose Medical Center, CO, in the early morning of Sunday, February 4. He was 76 years of age. After a three-month struggle wi...
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Nancy K. Smith
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Nancy K. Smith
February 7, 2024
Nancy K. Smith, age 95, has passed away peacefully at home in California surrounded by her family. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she graduated from Wayne State University and then began a 36year career i...
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Michael Shaughnessey
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Michael Shaughnessey
January 31, 2024
Feb. 7, 1967-Jan. 3, 2024 Mike “Little Mike,” well known across the board in the horse industry as well as the theatrical industry, passed away due to heart complications on January 3, 2024 in the hom...
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Tamora Hunt Thomas
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Tamora Hunt Thomas
January 17, 2024
December 13, 1950-January 14, 2024 Tamora Hunt Thomas, 73, passed away peacefully on January 14th, 2024, at her home in Ridgway, Colorado, surrounded by her husband Terry and her children, Tracy, LeeA...
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Stephen Bruce Westfall
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Stephen Bruce Westfall
January 17, 2024
Stephen Bruce Westfall, 72, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 1, 2024. Stephen was a retired Aerospace Engineer from Lockheed Martin, a loving husband, father and grandfather...
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Kurt Jacobsen
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Kurt Jacobsen
January 17, 2024
May 5, 1961-January 6, 2024 Make sure you do at least one fun thing and take care of the ones you love every day! That was the mantra Kurt Jacobsen lived his life by. Kurt passed away on January 6, 20...
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Betty Lou DeVeny
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Betty Lou DeVeny
January 3, 2024
April 9, 1928-Dec. 24, 2023 Betty Lou DeVeny, age 95, passed away on December 24, 2023. Betty was born on April 9, 1928, to Carl and Virginia Wolfe in Columbia, Missouri. She attended school in Califo...
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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Helping the helpers: The anatomy of a complex rescue
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
By By Nancy Lofholm Special to the Plaindealer 
February 18, 2026
It took Mike Gibbs all of five seconds on that morning in early August to figure out it was time to execute one of the world’s most complicated rope rescues. A car had tumbled 320 feet off the edge of...
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Bills to give reservoir to Ouray debut in Congress
Administrator: City can afford repair expenses, which are still unknown
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 18, 2026
U.S. House and Senate bills to transfer ownership of Crystal Reservoir from the U.S. Forest Service to the city of Ouray made it to subcommittee hearings in Washington, D.C. last week. Both bills are ...
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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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Ridgway awards visitor services contract to chamber
February 18, 2026
Ridgway will hire the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce for $33,824 per year to support town marketing efforts. “RACC expressed confidence in its ability to execute the scope of work, based on many yea...
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Town approves measures to boost housing affordability
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
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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