{"id":1314371,"date":"2019-09-07T19:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T01:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/earnest-eugene-gene-hardy-november-4-1935-august-31-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T19:08:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T01:08:01","slug":"earnest-eugene-gene-hardy-november-4-1935-august-31-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/earnest-eugene-gene-hardy-november-4-1935-august-31-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Earnest Eugene \u201cGene\u201d Hardy (November 4, 1935 \u2014 August 31, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Obit-Hardy-gpi-090819.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Obit-Hardy-gpi-090819.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Obit-Hardy-gpi-090819-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Earnest Eugene \u201cGene\u201d Hardy, 83, of New Castle, Colorado, passed away in his home on August 31, 2019. Gene was born in Mobile, Alabama, on November 4, 1935, to C.L. and Tommie Hardy. He worked in powerline construction all across the country before settling in Colorado, where he enjoyed riding horses, four-wheeling, hunting and camping. He is survived by a brother, Tom (Barbara) Hardy; his children, Earnest Eugene \u201cBo\u201d (Wanda) Hardy, and Jody (Daniel) Rosette; his grandchildren, Tyler (Landon) Hardy, Tamra (Jed) Daman, Tiffany (Jeff) Golovich, Amanda Robb, Ethan Mercer and Kristen Mercer; and great-grandchildren, Mackenzie and Kimberlyn Daman, Kaden and Kolten Golovich and Luke Lang. At Gene\u2019s request, he will be cremated and no services will be held. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to: Friends of the Mustangs, P.O. Box 2771, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/obituaries\/earnest-eugene-gene-hardy-november-4-1935-august-31-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earnest Eugene \u201cGene\u201d Hardy, 83, of New Castle, Colorado, passed away in his home on August 31, 2019. Gene was born in Mobile, Alabama, on November 4, 1935, to C.L. and Tommie Hardy. He worked in powerline construction all across the country before settling in Colorado, where he enjoyed riding horses, four-wheeling, hunting and camping. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 02:55:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}