obituaries
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1980s KOTO radio newsman Bob Brickell passed away at age 83.
BAD BOYS ON BIKE – J. Michael Brown at the helm, with Paragon Sports founder Ned Mulford, in 1992. (Photo by Ingrid Lundahl)
Nov 02, 2011 | 4 | 46 |
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An untold number of people bought skis, bicycles, and more, from J. Michael.
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<B>SKI ADVENTURE</B> – Michael and Buzz Johnson, in the early summer of
1992, on the high narrow ridge above Ophir before dropping into the first
basin en route to skiing Bear Creek. (Courtesy photo)
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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The life of longtime San Miguel County resident Michael Johnson will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 22, in Norwood, at Two Candles. Johnson died on Aug. 14.
BEAN BOWERS IN PATAGONIA (Courtesy photo)
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Ridgway’s Bean Bowers lost his six-month battle with cancer on July 10.
Mark Blakeman
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Mark Blakeman, longtime resident of Montrose, CO and friend to many, passed away peacefully, but unexpectedly on Thursday, July 7, 2011. He was 50.
Mark, with his wife, the former Sheila Walsh of...
Ted Steele
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Steele was a full time Telluride resident for ten years, a part-time local for 35.
Karl Nicholas Kyle, longtime Telluride ski patroller and Vietnam veteran, photographed in February with his grandson, Austin Blake, age 3. Kyle died unexpectedly on May 31 at his Hillside home. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A ski patrolman for 33 years, Kyle died suddenly at home at the age of 62.
Tahoe extreme Athlete Allison Kreutzen touched many in Ridgway and Ouray. (Courtesy photo)
May 12, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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Beloved Ridgway/Ouray nurse/adventurer Allison Kreutzen died April 26, with her boyfriend Kip Garre, in an avalanche in California’s eastern Sierra.
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Longtime Telluride resident Bob Luhm dies in Seattle.
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James Doyle Spor died Jan. 17 at his home in Olathe. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia, in 2009.
Jan 13, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
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37-year-old Andrew Steven Kondracki dies of undetermined causes at his father’s home in Trout Lake.
George Newton Swift (June 26, 1910-Nov. 21, 2010)
Dec 01, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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An enormous number of people were touched by knowing him over his long and very active life.
Aaron Cruttenden
Nov 15, 2010 | 0 | 14 |
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The remains of Army Sgt. Cruttenden, 25, of Norwood and Mesa, Ariz., arrived at Montrose Regional Airport on Monday. Photos by Barton Glasser
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OURAY COUNTY – Arthur Ivan “Art” Dougherty, for more than two decades the sheriff of Ouray County (in the 1960s, 70s and 80s), died at the V.A. Medical Center in Grand Junction on Oct. 10. He was 8...
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 | 15 |
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Ridgway resident Almon Wilson 'Will' Coulter, 1931-2010, died in New Mexico, Sept. 24.
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)