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- Laurie Buniger
- A volunteer for the Mesa County Oral History Project.
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- Laurie Payton
- A volunteer with the Mesa County Oral History Project.
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- Lawrence "Fuzzy" Aubert
- A Twentieth century Western Slope sheep rancher. He was born to Florenz Aubert and Grace (Larralde) Aubert in Price, Utah. His parents were both immigrants from France. His father was a sheepherder and his mother was a homemaker. In 1926, Florenz homesteaded land on Pinon Mesa in Mesa County, Colorado. The family spent the summers there, where they grazed sheep, and returned to Utah in time for the children to start school in the fall. They attempted to farm on Glade Park, but were foiled by drought and the Depression. Fuzzy attended the South Side and Notre Dame Elementary Schools in Price. He graduated from Carbon High School in 1938. He then attended Carbon Jr. College for one year before transferring to Utah State University in Logan. He left school in 1942 in order to serve in the US Army during World War II. He attained the rank rank of Captain while serving stateside. He married Claudia Bawden of Utah in Camp Pickett, Virginia on April 6, 1946. He spent his life as a sheep rancher. Beginning in 1978, he also worked as a Title Insurance Manager. His wife Claudia was a homemaker and a banker. Lawrence was the president of the Mesa County Wool Growers, chairman of the Monticello District Advisary Board for the Bureau of Land Management, a Mesa County Commissioner from 1969 to 1977, a member of the Grand Junction ASC Committee, a member of the Federal Land Bank board of directors, and an original founder of the Walker Field Airport Authority Board. He received a distinguished service award as director of Industrial Development Inc. in Grand Junction, a commendation for Outstanding Community Service from the Fruita, Palisade, and Grand Junction chambers of commerce, a Mesa County Mental Health citation, and an Outstanding Service Award from the Colorado Association of Counties for his work on advisory councils. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and is buried in the Odd Fellows section of the Orchard Mesa Cemetery. He died at the age of 85.