obituaries
Memorial services for Mike Ouellette of Montrose take place Tuesday, Aug. 24.
Harry Force, dead at 67.
A service was held on Monday, Aug. 23, at the Telluride Town Park.
Memorial services for Mike Ouellette of Montrose will take place Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Rick Steele
Ricky Dean Steele, June 1, 1962 – July 1, 2010
Norwood resident Steve Lidgey died at home Wednesday, July 14, after a quick illness.
Kimberly Anne Youngblood
A Wildflower Lost
Dorothy "Dotti" Ann Harrison
Ridgway resident Dotti Harrison dies at 84.
Kevin R. Smith as Santa Claus, holding Marylin Jones, at Tommy's Bar and Restaurant. (Photo courtesy Stacy Ticsay)
Smith passed away on Monday, June 28, at his Shandoka apartment.

Jesse Permann
Montrose elementary schoolteacher Jesse Permann’s death from cancer plunges entire school into mourning.

Mary ‘Helen’ Pilcher
Memorial services were held Monday for Mary ‘Helen’ Pilcher, who passed away last week in Montrose. She will be buried next to her husband at Telluride’s Lone Tree Cemetery.

Jim Baskfield (Courtesy photo)
Ridgway regular Jim Baskfield dies unexpectedly, in Florida…

George Gleason
BOULDER – George W. Gleason, scientist, skier and Colorado native, died January 1 at his home in Boulder. He was 86.
He will be remembered for his sensitive nature, love of skiing and adventure, o...
Rebecca Hernandez Glenn
Former Telluride resident Beckie Glenn has died, in California. A Jan. 3 service celebrating her life will be held in Telluride, at Christ Church.
Shawn Gibson’s unexpected death in a Montrose work release program is still being investigated. Toxicology reports from the coroner are not expected for several weeks.
Priscilla Duffield, age 91, of Norwood, Colo. passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at her home.
Born April 8, 1918 in Berkeley, Calif., Duffield spent her childhood in Corning, Calif., graduating f...

James K. Campbell
Jim was a resident of Manalapan, FL and Charlevoix MI. He was born July 16, 1918 in Detroit, MI, where he met his loving wife of 55 years, Virginia (Jinny) Fisher Campbell, while he served 55 month...

(Courtesy photo)
June 5 memorial planned for Telluride Academy instructor.
Perina Ranta dies peacefully at home.

Alan Riley (Courtesy photo)
Ridgway resident Alan Barry Riley passed away on March 26, 2009.
photos
BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_

ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
