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Lydia Trujillo
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Lydia Trujillo
By News Staff 
February 24, 2022
Lydia Trujillo of Ouray, Colorado, passed away on February 19th in her home surrounded by her children and many members of their families. She was 94 years old. Lydia was born in Abiquiu, New Mexico, ...
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Gwen T. M. Serra
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Gwen T. M. Serra
By News Staff 
February 3, 2022
Gwendolyn Theresa Marie Serra passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a long battle with Calciphylaxis and kidney disease. Gwen was born August 21, 19...
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Claudia Mae Brummett
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Claudia Mae Brummett
By News Staff 
January 13, 2022
Born on February 28, 1927 in Amarillo, Texas to Mae Kight Brummett and Claude Brummett, Claudia died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on Jan 4, 2022 in Colleyville, TX. Viewing will be at B...
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Michael Ott
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Michael Ott
By News Staff 
January 13, 2022
Rode his 'police edition" big white Harley through the pearly gates of heaven on Dec. 27, 2021. His adventurous and free spirit will ride on. The Bavarian ski legend will be greatly missed by many wor...
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Eleanor M. Leeper
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Eleanor M. Leeper
By News Staff 
January 6, 2022
Eleanor Mae Leeper, 95, died of heart failure at her son’s home in Montrose, Colorado. She was the daughter of Lelia and Oscar Linn in Canton, IL. She graduated from Canton High School and attended Kn...
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David W. Gillis
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David W. Gillis
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
David was born in Miami, Florida, the second of six siblings. He graduated from Florida International University in Miami with a degree in accounting in 1984. David and Sara Sharpe were married in 198...
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Craig F. Schneider
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Craig F. Schneider
By News Staff 
December 9, 2021
Craig F. Schneider, age 73, passed away on November 25th in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born on February 18th, 1948 to Francis and Lillian Schneider and is survived by his two sons, Henry and Peter Sc...
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Steve “Parky” Parkinson
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Steve “Parky” Parkinson
By News Staff 
December 1, 2021
Steve “Parky” Parkinson, of Ridgway, passed away with his family beside him on November 9, 2021 at the age of 67 after tenaciously fighting metastatic prostate cancer for four and a half years. He wil...
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Kaye Don Lathrop
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Kaye Don Lathrop
By News Staff 
November 24, 2021
Kaye was born in Bryan, Ohio and grew up in Macomb, Illinois. He attended West Point Military Academy, graduating in 1955. He and Judith Green met while he was at West Point and she at Vassar College ...
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Dennis William O’Leary
By News Staff 
November 18, 2021
Dennis O’Leary of Ouray, Colorado passed away suddenly on October 27 at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William and Gladys O’Leary and is survived by his loving ...
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Ester Montonati Oct. 11, 1938-Nov. 1, 2021 / Romana Hibbs Nov. 18, 1942-Nov. 4, 2021
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
Both Ester and Romana were born in Regnana, Italy, to Dominico and Clementina (Mattivi) Groff. After immigrating to the United States, they joined their father in Silverton, Colorado. There they grew ...
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William “Bill” Stark Jr.
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William “Bill” Stark Jr.
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
William “Bill” Stark, Jr. passed onward in Colorado Springs on Monday, November 1st of complications from cancer. He was surrounded by loving family members. Bill was born and raised in Ouray, Colorad...
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Vernon Floyd Hudson
By News Staff 
November 11, 2021
Vernon Floyd Hudson, 86, of Ridgway, Colorado, passed away peacefully with his family by his side October 28, 2021. Vernon was born October 29, 1934, in Wheatland, Wyoming, to Floyd and Vesta Hudson. ...
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David M. Drayer
By News Staff 
October 7, 2021
David M. Drayer, 80, of Indianapolis, passed away on September 23, 2021, with his loving family by his side. Born January 14, 1941 in Akron, Ohio, he was the third of four children of Harold T., Sr an...
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Peter Klein
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Peter Klein
By News Staff 
September 22, 2021
Peter Klein (Pete) was born on June 9th, 1942, in Linton, North Dakota. He spent his early years on a ranch outside of Linton, and later moved into town. Pete passed away on September 18th at Hope Wes...
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Maximus Paul Schuetz
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Maximus Paul Schuetz
By News Staff 
September 15, 2021
Maximus passed at the age of 17, peacefully at home, Montrose, CO, from Treatment-Induced Glioblastoma after battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since the age of 22 months. He is survived by his mot...
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Kenneth R. Wyrick
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Kenneth R. Wyrick
By News Staff 
September 15, 2021
Kenneth R. Wyrick, was born February 9, 1944 to John-Duke and Lilly Carlene Wyrick in Mercedes, Texas. Ken passed peacefully at home on September 5, 2021. He faced his death as fearlessly as he led hi...
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Gary C. Wenande
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Gary C. Wenande
By News Staff 
August 18, 2021
Gary was born on February 24, 1939, in Mitchell, South Dakota to John P. and Ann Wenande. He graduated from the University of South Dakota and proudly served in the United States Army and the Minnesot...
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Steven J. Svaldi
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Steven J. Svaldi
By News Staff 
August 18, 2021
Steve was born in Ouray, Colorado to John and Betti Svaldi. He graduated class of 1970 from Ouray High School. He followed in his father's footsteps working in the mines and mills around Colorado. He ...
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James Evan Petersen
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James Evan Petersen
By News Staff 
August 11, 2021
James Evan Petersen died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Montrose, CO surrounded by his family. Jim was born October 26, 1928 to Evan and Pearl Wright Petersen in Las Animas, CO. After graduating from Bent ...
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Police investigating fireworks shot at homes
City plans to enact ban on personal use of pyrotechnics
By Mike Wiggins, Erin McIntyre, Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
June 17, 2025
Police are searching for suspects who shot a barrage of fireworks onto homes on Sunday night, sparking fires in the southern part of Ouray. The explosions startled residents just after 9 p.m., with fi...
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MURAL IN BLOOM
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MURAL IN BLOOM
By Erin McIntyre 
June 12, 2025
Artist Yulia Avgustinovich works on the mural she was commissioned to paint on the southeast side of the Space to Create building in Ridgway on Monday. Avgustinovich, who has been a professional mural...
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Prison ordered in sex assault
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Prison ordered in sex assault
Judge: Crime shows 'true character' of Ridgway man alternately commended, castigated
By Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre mike@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
A judge has sentenced a Ridgway man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in 2023 after he claimed he was drunk and thought she was his wife. Brian Scranton, 49, hugged ...
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Road, retaining wall fixes nearing $300K
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
The cost of repairing County Road 361 and a retaining wall following a large rockfall is nearing $300,000, a sum Ouray County is paying in full. When commissioners declared the event an emergency in F...
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Trail closures could trigger domino effect
With Blue Lakes, part of Imogene Pass off limits,other areas could see more wear and tear
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 11, 2025
Closures of beloved hiking and off-highway vehicle trails in and around Ouray County this summer could congest and pressure other areas. The popular Blue Lakes trailhead is closed through August due t...
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