Mark with his sisters, Beth, Margaret, and Janet, in 2021 at Switzerland of American Lookout on the Million Dollar Highway. Photo Credit Margaret Westerman
Mark Esper, longtime editor of The Silverton Standard, passed away in his home in Silverton this month. Originally from Flint, Michigan, Mark was the sixth out of seven children born to Leo and Helen Esper
Esper believed the purpose of a newspaper is being a friend to the community. In a 2014 Durango Herald interview he says that does not always mean saying exactly what folks want to hear but alway…
