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Thomas Wilkins Henderson
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Thomas Wilkins Henderson
August 16, 2023
Died August 4, 2023 Tom Henderson, a man of character, humor and endurance, left his earthly life from home in Ouray on August 4, 2023, after one week in hospice care. Tom lived a long and full life d...
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Tamara Lynn Knutson
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Tamara Lynn Knutson
August 9, 2023
Oct. 15, 1959-July 26, 2023 Tamara Lynn Knutson (63) passed away on July 26, 2023 at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, after a 40 year brave battle with cancer. Tamara was born October 15, 1959 in Milwaukee...
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Robert ‘Bob’ Jancar’
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Robert ‘Bob’ Jancar’
July 19, 2023
March 8, 1940-July 2, 2023 Robert “Bob” Jancar, 83, of Ridgway, Colorado, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, July 2nd, with his wife Carol and daughter Leanna and son Tim by his side. Bob was born...
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Nancy Cook-Candee
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Nancy Cook-Candee
July 12, 2023
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Gerald “Jerry” George
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Gerald “Jerry” George
July 5, 2023
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Judy B. Frantz
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Judy B. Frantz
June 28, 2023
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Marian Lynn Smyth
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Marian Lynn Smyth
June 14, 2023
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Pamela Jane Fay
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Pamela Jane Fay
June 7, 2023
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Robert David McCarty
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Robert David McCarty
By News Staff 
May 31, 2023
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Jennifer Kay Mitchell Slafter
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Jennifer Kay Mitchell Slafter
By News Staff 
May 24, 2023
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Laura Marie Huddleston
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Laura Marie Huddleston
May 24, 2023
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Sandra C. Jefferson
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Sandra C. Jefferson
By News Staff 
May 10, 2023
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Dorothy E. Dougherty
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Dorothy E. Dougherty
By News Staff 
March 15, 2023
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Sandra Sue Smith
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Sandra Sue Smith
By News Staff 
March 1, 2023
July 11, 1944-Feb. 19, 2023 Sandra Sue Smith, was born in Aurora, Colorado on July 11th, 1944. She graduated from Granby, Colorado, then married Thomas Tucker in September 29, 1962. She had her 1st bo...
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Aline ‘Ricky’ McDaniel
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Aline ‘Ricky’ McDaniel
By News Staff 
March 1, 2023
Nov. 6, 1930-Feb. 26, 2023 Ricky was born in Rockford, IL, delivered by her physician father. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. A. Howard Erickson and Marie (Richardson) Erickson, brother A. How...
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Maria Rebecca Trujillo
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Maria Rebecca Trujillo
By News Staff 
March 1, 2023
June 6, 1925-Feb. 21, 2023 Rebecca Trujillo, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away in the early morning of February 21, 2023. She was 97 years of age. Rebecca was born on June 6,...
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Carl Gerhart Schwenk
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Carl Gerhart Schwenk
By News Staff 
February 23, 2023
Dec. 20, 1936-Feb. 18, 2023 Carl Schwenk, age 86, of Ridgway, was born in West Reading, PA on Dec. 20, 1936. He was the second son of the late Wayland G. and Elva B. (Gerhart) Schwenk, and was pre-dec...
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Frances Lorene Talbert
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Frances Lorene Talbert
By News Staff 
February 15, 2023
Frances Lorene (Fournier) Talbert was born on the family ranch in Pleasant Valley in 1924 to Eugene and Gladys (Rudd) Fournier. Frances passed away Feb. 7, 2023, at the age of 98. She graduated from R...
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Richard ‘Rick’ Allen River
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Richard ‘Rick’ Allen River
By News Staff 
January 25, 2023
Sept. 2, 1944-Jan. 10, 2023 Richard Allen River, 78, of Ouray, Colorado, sadly left us on January 10, 2023. Rick was born to Elwood and Alene (Fellin) River in the Miners Hospital in Ouray where he gr...
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Danny Wesseling
Obituaries
Danny Wesseling
By News Staff 
January 5, 2023
Mere words cannot describe this man, the gas man. His life celebration will be held at 11 a.m. on January 14, 2023, at the Elks Lodge #492, 421 Main Street in Ouray. He is survived by his mother, thre...
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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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