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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
Obituaries
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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Priscilla Ely Warren
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Priscilla Ely Warren
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Born in San Mateo, California, Priscilla worked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, setting chokers for a logging company and serving as a firefighter there. She moved to Silverton, Colorado, in 1978 wher...
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Harry Raymond Noland
Obituaries
Harry Raymond Noland
By News Staff 
August 4, 2021
Harry was born October 24, 1972, to Bill and Marilyn Noland of Ridgway, Colorado where he was raised. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed living and working on Pleasant Valley Ranch and hunting and fish...
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
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Nancy Lorraine Borman
By News Staff 
July 28, 2021
Nancy Lorraine (Lahvic) Borman (age 83) of Montrose, CO passed away peacefully at home July 18, 2021. She is survived by her husband Tom; daughters Kay (Scott) Arbough of Castle Rock, CO and Lisa (Ken...
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Jack Eugene Clark Sr.
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
Jack Eugene Clark Sr. Born November 20, 1925, passed away at his home in Ouray, Colorado, on July 8th, 2021 at the age of 95 years. Jack was proceeded in death by his father Lister F. Clark and mother...
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H. Daryl Klein
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H. Daryl Klein
By News Staff 
July 21, 2021
H. Daryl Klein was a Dust Bowl baby, born July 17, 1930. His family farmed in eastern Colorado until he was 5. After years of drought, a bank failure, where they lost all their savings, and the other ...
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Vehicle problems toss wrench at sheriff
Maintenance costs pile up as agency wrestles with delays in replacing patrol cars
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Gio Mendoza’s coworkers thought he was missing for more than an hour. Emergency dispatchers were scrambling to get in touch with him. They had no idea the Ouray County sheriff’s investigator was stran...
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Resident: Tax money should fund ‘creatives’
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
A Ridgway woman is proposing the town give "creative" residents a monthly, unconditional cash payment to encourage them to stay living and working in town. Ridgway resident Tia Mihelarakis proposed a ...
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Commissioner opposes change to cost-savings policy
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett voted against a minor change to the county's new cost-savings policy, citing unclear language as the reason she canceled her attendance at a statewide conference...
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County OKs budget, will diminish savings
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 10, 2025
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect the county's disaster fund balance heading into 2026. Ouray County commissioners approved the county's 2026 budget during their regul...
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