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- Richard (Dick) Oberto
- Richard (Dick) Oberto was born in Grand Junction, CO to Silvio and Tynne Oberto in July of 1933. Silvio and Tynne had moved to Grand Junction for business reasons during the start of the Great Depression. After a short time, Silvio, Tynne and Dick returned to Telluride. Dick attended school in Telluride and graduated from high school in 1951. Dick graduated from Mesa College (now University) in Grand Junction and then moved on to the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. Dick married Margaret Stroh (also a Telluride graduate of 1954) in March of 1955. Dick served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957 and was stationed at Ft. Lewis in Washington state. After his Army service, Dick and Margaret resided in Grand Junction until 1970 when they moved to Arvada, CO. Dick and Margaret raised their four sons in Grand Junction and Arvada. Prior to moving to Arvada, Dick completed his degree at Colorado University in Chemistry and was employed as a chemist at Hazen Research in Golden until retirement. Margaret passed away in June of 2016 and Dick continues to reside in Arvada. Dick and Margaret have four sons and nine grandchildren.
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- Richard A. "Chupa" Nelson
- Richard A. “Chupa” Nelson arrived in Vail in 1966. He became a respected leader of the Vail Ski Patrol for more than two decades. Working closely with Dr. Jack Eck, Nelson helped create an unprecedented level of professionalism for the Vail Ski Patrol and ski patrolling in North America. Chupa Nelson acted heroically during the 1976 Vail gondola rescue effort wherein two cars tragically fell and four people perished. Nelson initiated the gondola evacuation of surviving trapped skiers by climbing a 125 foot tower, sliding open-air and down-cable on a portable device called an “evacuation bike,” securing the most tenuous gondola car, and safely setting up the belayed lowering of each person. Nelson remained aloft to secure the next gondola car and facilitate the tying in and lowering of its occupants, according to Mary Clare Sheehan Van Dyke, a rescued Vail ski instructor of that next car. After Nelson's safe evacuation of skiers, other Vail Ski Area patrolmen rescued nearly 170 skiers from the gondola that same day. During summers of the early days of Vail, Nelson worked construction. In 1976, he founded his own “employee-owned full-service” general contracting company, R. A. Nelson LLC. Locally active in the Habitat for Humanity program, R.A. Nelson is an award-winning green contractor. Chupa Nelson has also served on several nonprofit organization boards including the Eagle County Open Space Advisory, Vail Valley Foundation, Vail Valley Medical Center, and the Youth Foundation.
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- Richard B. "Dick" Williams
- He was born to Orlo David Williams and Edna (Bonebreak) Williams in Grand Junction, Colorado. His father owned the Independent Abstract Company and the Mesa County Abstract Company. His mother was a homemaker. He grew up in the 1100 block on Ouray Avenue and the 800 block on White Avenue. He attended the Lowell School for the first five grades and was allowed to skip the second grade because of his abilities as a student. He attended the Hawthorne School for seventh grade. He attended Grand Junction Junior High School and Grand Junction High School. Beginning as a sophomore, he worked for the Fair Store. He later worked at the Red Trunk clothing store. He also worked for the Colescott Brothers delivering ice for three summers and delivering milk for Wilkinson's Dairy. He participated in athletics through school and through the Pioneer Club. He played some varsity sports in high school, but was thrown out of basketball because, according to Williams, he was too belligerent as a young man. He did play high school football and also played college football and basketball at Grand Junction Junior College. He transferred to the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1929, where he graduated with a B.A. He succeeded his father as the proprietor of the Independent Abstract Company in 1936 and was active as an actuarial until he sold his company in 1963. He was the president of the Grand Junction Lions Club. He also served on the board of the Daily Sentinel and the Citizens Finance Company. He began public address work calling football games at Lincoln Park in the early 1930’s. He called sporting events there for thirty years. He did public address work at rodeos and festivals all over the Western Slope and tried his hand as a sports announcer on the radio. He played in Hap Harris’s band as a drummer. He was a member of the Shriners, Grand Junction Lions Club, and the Elks.
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- Richard Crespin
- Member of the band Tim+Richard.