People

: Gene Luby

: Gene Robins; A volunteer with the Mesa County Oral History Project.

: Gene Schilling

: Gene Simpson

: Gene Tankersley

: Gene W. Campbell

: General Norman Schwartzkopf; From the Telluridenews.com: "As the news of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf’s death echoed around the world last week, high-ranking colleagues, journalists and politicians remembered him mostly for his illustrious and heroic military career. But in Telluride, where Schwarzkopf and his wife were part-time locals for 20 years, friends recalled a charitable human being and avid outdoorsman who would lead local veterans in the Fourth of July Parade and who played a founding role in The Telluride Foundation. “The general took everything asked of him by the community seriously; he loved and was committed to the Telluride community,” said Ron Allred, who was a founding co-chair of the Telluride Foundation alongside Schwarzkopf. “Telluride and our nation have lost a wonderful and genuine hero.” Schwarzkopf passed away on Thursday in Tampa, Fla., from complications from pneumonia. He was 78. The retired four-star general had led a distinguished and decorated military career and was widely celebrated as one of the greatest military giants of his era. He was a West Point graduate who served two tours as a combat soldier in Vietnam, earning three Silver Stars for valor plus a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and three Distinguished Service Medals. But he was perhaps best known for commanding the U.S.-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. He was also a dedicated father and husband, a friend to many and a generous member of the Telluride community. Schwarzkopf retired from the Army in 1992. Around that time, he and his wife, Brenda, moved to Telluride and built a home in the Ski Ranches. They had been part-time residents ever since. He was involved in the Telluride Foundation, taught fly-fishing to kids at Wild West Fest and often led the veterans who marched in the July 4 parade. Diego Veitia, a long-time friend of Schwarzkopf’s, said the Army man Schwarzkopf was strong, stoic and serious. “But to us, he was a kind, gentle, happy, warm, loving person,” Veitia said. “He was a bright human being. He was an incredible father and lovely husband, just a wonderful human being.” Vietia and Schwarzkopf were members of a weekly poker group that would meet on Monday nights to play cards and take occasional trips together to places like Napa Valley, Alaska and Costa Rica. He remembers going skeet shooting and salmon fishing with the general, who he described as a passionate hunter and a giving person. Allred met Schwarzkopf soon after the general moved to town, and the two served as founding co-chairs on the Telluride Foundation, the non-profit foundation that provides support to many local causes and organizations. Allred said Schwarzkopf loved Telluride and was more than happy to help launch the Foundation. He staunchly supported its goals of giving to local causes and those in need. “He was very enthusiastic about it,” Allred said. After sitting as co-chair with Allred from 2000-2006, Schwarzkopf went on to serve as co-chair with Mark Dalton from 2007-2009. He retired from the board in 2009, but continued to serve as the honorary chairman. Dalton said in a statement that it was an honor to serve alongside Schwarzkopf. “Telluride has lost a wonderful friend and inspiring leader,” Dalton said in the statement. Schwarzkopf was best known publicly in Telluride for his participation in the Fourth of July parade, where he would assemble and salute local veterans, shake their hands and lead them. “It was very touching and it was very humbling to be in the parade with him,” said Deacon Mike Doehrman. “I think he was a very good man who served his country.” Brian Ahern, another veteran, said shaking the hand of a four-star general was incredibly meaningful. “He always made a point that he would come down and actually shake everybody’s hands,” Ahern said. “For me, that’s like meeting a president or a prime minister, not something that happens every day.” Ahern called Schwarzkopf’s death “a huge loss for the entire nation.” Schwarzkopf was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, N.J., where his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., was founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police. As a teenager Norman accompanied his father to Iran, where the elder Schwarzkopf trained the country’s national police force and was an adviser to Reza Pahlavi, the young Shah of Iran. Young Norman studied there and in Switzerland, Germany and Italy, then followed in his father’s footsteps to West Point, graduating in 1956 with an engineering degree. After stints in the U.S. and abroad, he earned a master’s degree in engineering at the University of Southern California and later taught missile engineering at West Point. Schwarzkopf saw combat twice — in Vietnam and Grenada — in a career that included command of units from platoon to theater size. He served in his last military assignment in Tampa as commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. — The Associated Press contributed to this report."--taken from: https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_92a3966a-22ba-571d-99ee-69cd9909f881.html