People

: Hilary Wordham; Contributor to "Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal," (source: Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal)

: Hilda Ann (Walther) Cary; She was born in Mustang, Oklahoma to Friedrich “Fritz” Walther and Martha (Exner) Walther. Her father was a farmer and Swiss immigrant. Her mother was a homemaker and German immigrant. She attended the Red Hill Grade School, Mustang High School, Cameron Junior College, and Central State College in Oklahoma. She worked in a school in Oklahoma prior to World War II. During the war, she worked in a bomber factory in San Diego. She married Joseph H. Cary in San Diego on February 12, 1944. She moved with him to Mesa County, Colorado in November of 1945. They lived in Grand Junction from 1945 to 1949, Fruita from 1949 to 1951, and Loma after 1951. The 1950 US Census shows them living near Highway 50 with their two sons. One of their sons died of leukemia in 1957. She worked as a teacher for three years at the Loma School, as a farmer, and as a homemaker. In 1983, at the time of her oral history interview, she and Joseph were living at 1206 R Road, five miles northwest of Loma, and hoping to farm there for as long as possible. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Loma, and a vice president and president of the United Presbyterian Women. She died in Twin Falls, Idaho and is buried in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery.

: Hildur Anderson; Hildur Hoaglund Anderson, born June 21, 1907, in Aspen, was the youngest of Mary and Charles Hoaglund's six children. The family built and lived on what is now the Anderson Ranch Arts Center on Brush Creek in Snowmass Village. Anderson attended school in the one-room Brush Creek school house, and then Aspen High School. She received a teaching certificate from Western State College and later returned to college to earn her bachelors degree. She married Bill Anderson in Rifle in 1937. They had four children—Bert, Ed, Jim and Margie—and lived on the ranch at Snowmass. The family later moved into Aspen where they ran Anderson's Stables. She taught school at Brush Creek, Old Snowmass, Woody Creek, Crested Butte, Rifle and Aspen. She taught several generations of Aspen students and was runner-up for Colorado Teacher of the Year. Anderson was well known in the Roaring Fork Valley for playing the accordion and piano and provided music for many dances and events throughout her life. She could play all night without repeating a song. Her students and their parent adored her and she was a friend to everyone. --Aspen Hall of Fame bio —Photo: Aspen Historical Society

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