PEAK TO PEAK - Each year we take pause to remember those we love and have lost in the year that has passed. Not everyone places an obituary in The Mountain-Ear so this is not a complete list of community members who have walked on in...
Carolyn Sue Henry Good friend and longtime Gilpin County resident, Carolyn Sue Henry, known as Sue, passed on December 12 at age 90. A resident of Gilpin County for over 40 years Sue served on the Gilpin Planning Commission, was chair of the...
Jesse Harrison Scroggins Spratford was a renowned chef who has gone to the big kitchen in the sky. Jesse was born in Denver, Colorado, on March 23, 1976. He was from Ward, Colorado, and died in Ward on November 10, 2024. Jesse was a graduate of...
Sheila Bray, 60, born on January 5, 1964, of Granby, Colorado, passed away unexpectedly at home on November 6, 2024. The daughter of Anthony and Margaret Bray, she grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. In her twenties she followed the Grateful...
Tina was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13, 1973. She lived most of her adult life in Victoria, Texas, and passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by many loving family members in Black Hawk, Colorado, on October 31, 2024. Tina is...
Greg Markle arrived in Colorado from Pennsylvania in the early 1970s and Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties were never the same. A musician, hiker, traveler, actor, director, producer, mischief maker, pilot, and one of the founders of the Fun Club,...
Elizabeth “Libby” Stewart Hatch Ellis was born on May 5, 1931, in New Rochelle, New York, and passed away on September 21, 2024, in Estes Park, Colorado, surrounded by her loving family. She was 93. Libby was a resident of Nederland, Colorado,...
Alfred H. Arias, 84, passed away at home on September 20, 2024. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, on May 25, 1940, the 7th child of Antonia and Benito Arias. He was united in marriage to his wife, …
Long-time Eldora resident Tim Hannon died August 16, 2024, at Boulder Community Hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Anderson, Indiana, on May 20, 1951, to Donald and Ruth (McClain) …
Nancelia Elizabeth Scott Jackson passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024, in Denver, Colorado, not quite making it to 100. She is best known in Gilpin County for being the granddaughter of …
James (Jim) Robert Miller born 1946, died September 4, in a traffic accident in northern Wyoming. Jim was a Colorado native and three-term mayor of Nederland, Colorado. He grew up in Longmont,
Jean Ann Fischer was born to Albert and Rosalie (Erickson) Fischer on December 17, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, and passed away on July 30, 2024, in Estes Park, Colorado. Jean was preceded in
David “Big Dave” Lindberg of Black Hawk, Colorado, died on July 16, 2024. He was born in Ironwood, Michigan, on June 19, 1961, to George David Lindberg and Jean Marie (Goldsworthy)
Tom M. Miller died of natural causes at his home in Rollinsville, on July 3, 2024. He was reading, with his cat and dog nearby - doing what he loved. He was born on September 20, 1946, in
Betty Joe Porter, nee Thompson, died June 28 after a short illness. She was raised in Chicago and Palatine, Illinois. She attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, where she met her
The Covered Wagon Restaurant and Saloon, located at 15 E. 1st Street in Nederland, is hosting a celebration of life on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. We invite all who knew him to
Patrick McCarthy passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, with his wife and children by his side. Born on March 12, 1953, Patrick grew up and attended school in New Jersey. As a teenager he had a
Jay R. Burlingame, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at his home in Gilpin County on March 11, 2024. He was born on October 26, 1964, at Saint Anthony’s Hospital in Denver to Evan
Atashnaa “Medicine Shield” Werner, an adventurous, kind, and sensitive woman who found her spiritual home among the natural beauty and people of the mountain communities of Colorado, died on
With great sadness, the Manes family has lost a member. Robert loved Nederland. Everyday was just as beautiful as it was the first day he arrived. He enjoyed reading SciFi, and camping. He leaves