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- Ann Loper
- Ann Falk Loper was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Loper is a graduate of the University of Colorado (CU) in Boulder. While at CU, she met her lifelong love, William Dean Loper. Ann Loper also raced for the CU ski team and taught skiing in Vail for forty years. She attended her thirtieth reunion of the Veterans Ski Instructors, an organization that memorializes the careers of dedicated ski professionals. The Lopers typically enjoyed annual ski trips to Park City, Utah and Jackson, Wyoming; occasionally, they helicopter skied in Canada. In 1973, Ann and Bill Loper established themselves in Vail. Their business, Prestressed Concrete of Colorado, was involved in several notable buildings and structures: Vail Post Office, Vail Racquet Club, Sandstone Creek Club, Vail International, The Mark, Villa Cortina, the communications tower, the original Lionshead lift houses and Lionshead parking structure. Ann Loper is an accomplished ceramicist who works with horsehair and raku techniques. As a member of the Vail Valley Art Guild (VVAG) and the Denver Potters Association, Loper won many awards in juried art shows. Loper also exhibited in Vail’s first cooperative art gallery in the 1970s - 1980s and in the VVAG Gallery in Eagle. She attended numerous art trainings including programs at Anderson Ranch in Snowmass, Boise State University, and Laloba Ranch in Steamboat Springs. Loper actively volunteered for Vail Public Library and the Eagle Valley Community Fund annual rummage sale. The latter was a popular, long-standing nonprofit that benefited Eagle County charities. She has also performed as a vocalist with Vail’s Mountain Harmony singing troupe. Ann Loper sat on the board of the Eagle Valley Humane Society, while husband Bill served as president for many years. Ann and Bill Loper were married on 25 June 1952 in Boise, Idaho. At the time of Bill’s passing in 2018, the Lopers were married sixty-five years. Three children were born to their union: Amy, Steve, and Ted. The Loper Family Scholarship honors Bill’s memory and benefits artists associated with the VVAG. In 2020, Ann Loper removed to Denver.
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- Ann Porta
- Born in Lafayette, CO on November 16, 1913. Married to Charles Porta. No children.
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- Anna "Laura" (Brown) Turner
- She was born in Buena Vista, Colorado to Bishop Brown and Emma (Yount) Brown. She was a homemaker. She was the wife of Albert Turner (Sr.), who established the Cisco Ranch. At the age of fifty-one, she was killed in a flash flood on Diamond Creek after refusing to climb the hill due to her fear of lightning.
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- Anna (Dyer) Craig
- She was born in Illinois. She married Archie R. Craig in Kansas in 1880. She was later a homemaker on a homestead in Mesa, Colorado with her husband and family.
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- Anna (Garcia) Gallegos
- Anna Gallegos was born in the town of Saguache, Colorado to parents Jose E. Garcia and Alberita (Martinez) Garcia (listed in U.S. Census records as Albania “Almina” Garcia). Her family was descended from Hispanic Americans who had lived in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado for hundreds of years. Her father was a sheepherder who owned his own sheep and watched those of others. Her mother was born in a small town in Northern New Mexico. As a child in Saguache, Anna played girls’ basketball and went to dances. She married Andy J. Gallegos in 1913 and they moved to Gunnison, Colorado, and then to Paonia in 1920. She was a fruit packer in Paonia. She was also a homemaker who raised five children. In 1953, she moved to Grand Junction. There, she worked as a housekeeper and nanny.
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- Anna (Nilsson) Alstatt
- She was born in Sweden on November 26, 1885 and left for the United States in 1910. She settled with her aunt and uncle in Kansas, where she was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She moved to the Mack, Colorado area with her husband Albert Alstatt, where they homesteaded. She was a homemaker who raised five children on the farm.