Ridge Earl Durand
1933 - 2002 (69 years)
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Name Ridge Earl Durand Born 1 Apr 1933 Greeley, Weld, Colorado 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] - age 7 in 1940
Gender Male Name Dudley Hamilton Howery [7] Name Tate Wakpa Wanbli Name Wind River Eagle Residence 1935 Greeley, Weld, Colorado [3] Residence 1940 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [3] Residence 1940 Greeley, Weld, Colorado Residence 1953 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [8] Residence 1959 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [8] Residence 1996–2002 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [9] Died 29 Sep 2002 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [4, 5, 10] Buried 16 Oct 2002 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming [5] Address:
Greenhill CemeteryPerson ID I53653 Swanstrom Last Modified 10 Nov 2021
Family Living Children 1. Living 2. Evonne René Howery, b. 29 Jan 1957, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah , d. 27 Oct 2013, American Fork, Utah, Utah (Age 56 years)3. Living Last Modified 8 Dec 2021 Family ID F225 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Ridge Earl Durand Dudley Hamilton Howery Jr ridgeride Ridge Earl Durand 63743142_1438003020 Howery Dudley 1933 birth certificate
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Notes - His birth name was Dudley Hamilton Howery, Jr. He was a jeweler, rancher, painter and sculptor. He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming where his family settled when he was about five (1939, but his mother's obituary says 1942). He appears on the 1940 census twice, once in Laramie in his parents' household, and once in Greeley in his grandmother's household.
He completed the 8th grade. In his youth he worked for a ranch in the hills east of Laramie. In 1955 he was a jeweller, working for his father at Howery's in Laramie and living on a ranch on Highway 287 just north of Tie Siding. He bought a ranch near Glendevey, Colorado about 1966 and later took up art professionally. On 31 March 1973 he changed his name to Ridge Earl Durand. Most of his children followed suit. After his father's death in 1983 he changed his name to W. R. Eagle, short for Wind River Eagle, the English form of his Sioux name Tate Wakpa Wanbli. In 1989 he changed his name back to its original form, but continued to use the name Durand professionally.
He was a blood brother of Lakota Medicine Man Pete Catches (Petaga Yuha Mani) and was himself a member of the Eagle Medicine Men's Society.
In 1975 or 1976 he became a mail-order minister in a Baptist denomination.
After his divorce from Charlene Rassmussen in 1984, he lived at 10 Rabbit Run Trail (768 State Hwy 230).
He died in 2002 after a lengthy stay in a nursing home, being treated for cadio-pulmonary disorder.
- His birth name was Dudley Hamilton Howery, Jr. He was a jeweler, rancher, painter and sculptor. He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming where his family settled when he was about five (1939, but his mother's obituary says 1942). He appears on the 1940 census twice, once in Laramie in his parents' household, and once in Greeley in his grandmother's household.
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Sources - [S2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
- [S75] U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2.
- [S88] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Laramie, Albany, Wyoming; Roll: m-t0627-04568; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 1-7.
- [S210] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
- [S1522] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
- [S557] Birth record, Dudley Howdey, Colorado 1933-4753.
- [S553] Court record, District Court, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Case No. 6303.
- [S78] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
- [S175] U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, City: Laramie; State: Wyoming; Year(s): 1996-2002.
- [S2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 520-26-0064; Issue State: Wyoming; Issue Date: Before 1951.
- [S2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.