Benjamin Bruce Sellers, a long-time resident of Basalt and Carbondale, died of heart failure at his home on April 17. Born and raised in Westchester County, New York, Ben attended Boston University for a couple of years and then, following Mark Twain’s advice, he “lit out for the territories,” ending up in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco […]
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Evelyn Ellsworth Condit Aug. 28, 1956 – March 20, 2023
Evelyn (Evvie, Ev) was born in the city of Passaic, New Jersey. She passed away peacefully on March 20 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Evvie spent her childhood in New Jersey and moved to the mountains of Colorado in the late 1970s. She raised her three children in Carbondale and spent many years loving […]
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Monk J. Burkmier May 28, 1944 – April 30, 2023
Monk J. Burkmier, “Monk” to his friends, was born in the Bay Area of California on May 28, 1944, the “year of the bad penny” as he liked to say. He grew up primarily in foster homes and an orphanage in Los Angeles called the Lark Ellen School for Boys. He learned early how to […]
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Obituary: Alan Dean Joyner
Alan Dean Joyner, 63, of Grand Junction, passed away May 8 at Saint Mary’s hospital with his family by his side. Alan was born on Feb. 9, 1960 in Rangely to Bill and Shirley (Nightingale) Joyner. He spent his childhood in Northglenn, and his high school years in Carbondale. He was a graduate from Roaring Fork […]
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Scott Bowie
With full hearts, we celebrate the life of Scott Bowie. Scott was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1949. After college, he set out to conquer all of Colorado’s 14ers. Upon arriving in Aspen, he stopped and never left. It’s where he met and married Betsy Thaete and began his career with Mollica and Associates — […]
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Barbara O’Neil Ross
Barbara O’Neil Ross was born in 1931 in New York City to Viola (née Dotterer) and Henry Eli O’Neil. From Greenwich, Connecticut, the family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Barbara attended the wonderful John Burroughs School, which nurtured her talent for art. She spent two years at Vassar College before transferring to Stanford University, […]
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Gayla Tippett September 8, 1953 – April 15, 2023
Former Carbondale and Glenwood Springs resident — storyteller, children’s librarian, arts director, actress, zoo worker — Gayla Jo Tippett died on April 15, 2023. She was 69. Gayla was born on Sept. 8, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Olin and Lois Jeanne Tippett, the youngest of four children from that marriage. After graduating from […]
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Bill Myers – July 21, 1936 – March 24, 2023
It is with great sorrow that we share the peaceful passing of William J. Myers on March 24 at the age of 86, with his loving wife, Jo Ellen by his side. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 41 years, Jo Ellen, and by his four children, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Predeceased […]
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Obituary: Joel Thomas Shute
Joel Thomas Shute was born to Steve and Lisa in Glenwood Springs on Friday the 13th, March 1987. He grew up in the mountains in Oak Meadows and on the Western Slope. When still in diapers, he jumped out of the backpack and hiked most of the trail to Hanging Lake, then first skied at […]
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Obituary: Mark McElroy
Mark McElroy was born in Flagler, Colorado, on Oct. 27, 1953, to Lawrence and Eunice McElroy and a loving family of nine. Brothers and sisters include Mickey (Gene) Hase, Margaret (Gary) Hanagan, Patricia, Charlotte, Larry (Nancy), Mike, Lester (Diane) McElroy and Kristy (Tony) Ornelas. Nieces and nephews are too numerous to list, but loved deeply. […]