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Harriet Crocker Jackson Schirmer, M.D., 90 died at Wrangell Medical Center, Wrangell, Alaska on July 10, 2017. She was born on September 25, 1926 to Myron Robinson Jackson M.D. and Mildred Wicker Jackson M.D. in Oyster Bay, New York on the outskirts of New York City. In high school she competed in sailing and ping pong, and played flute in the band. She continued to enjoy all three activities well into her 60s. Upon entering medical school at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, she felt strong... Full story
About 50 people gathered at the Petersburg Memorial Cemetery Monday to remember friends and loved ones who died while serving in the military. The Memorial Day ceremony lasted under 30 minutes and included speakers from the Petersburg Ministerial Association who led prayer, read Bible passages and asked for a moment of silence. Preceding the moment of silence was a time for the crowd to shout out names of the people they knew who died in the military. "There is a lot of military history here...
The president of the Ministerial Association Bob Carter, is also the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and he oversees the Samaritan's Purse local Operation Christmas Child program. The annual program brings local churches and community members together to fill up shoe boxes with meaningful gifts for underprivileged children living in poverty. "It's been picking up every year, and the folks in town are very enthusiastic about these boxes," Carter says. "We have some people that go... Full story
Eighteen-year-old Skipper Erickson was the most recent in the Petersburg troop to join the rank of Eagle Scout. Erickson took the scouting oath for the rank in a ceremony on July 3, capping off six years of involvement in the local scouting program. "I've been in the boy scouts here since 6th grade; that's when you can join," Erickson said. "And I've been working to get my Eagle badge until now, getting all the badges and requirements done." Over the years, Erickson has been working on...
Malcolm "Jay" Miller, 74, died July 1, 2015, in Petersburg, Alaska. He was born Sept. 16, 1940, in Haines, Alaska, the son of Edith Marie Young and Malcolm Boyd Miller. His father was from Louisiana and was stationed in the U.S. Army at Ft. Seward in Haines, where he met Edith, who was attending school there but was from Kasaan originally. Jay was of the Haida Tribe of Kasaan and the Raven-Double Fin Killerwhale Clan. He was very proud of his cultural background as well as of being adopted into... Full story
Richard V. Nelson Sr. (Dick) passed away in Anchorage, Alaska two days after his 100th birthday. He was born in Woodenville, Wash. on February 21, 1915 and made his first temporary trip to Alaska on a trolling boat when he was 12 years old. He moved to Sitka permanently in the late 1930s, and soon was skippering boats for the Sheldon Jackson boarding school. He married his wife, Erdine, in Sitka in 1940. When WWII began, his boats were conscripted, so Dick enlisted in the Navy. He served by... Full story
Thomas Patrick Lyons, 54, died on January 26, 2015 in Petersburg, Alaska. He was born on December 20, 1960 to Myron Lyons, Sr. and Gertrude Hallingstad Lyons. His ancestry consists of the Tlingit tribe (Seal Clan) and Norwegian on his mother's side. His father came to Petersburg from Grand Rapids, Minn. His grandmother was Amy Hallingstad, she and his mother Gertrude accomplished much for Tlingit rights, gaining much respect. One of his proudest moments was receiving his GED diploma. He was... Full story
As Christmas draws ever closer, people are shopping for friends, families and strangers as another season of Operation Christmas Child closes, set to send shoeboxes of sundries across the world. The program, operated under the international auspices of Samaritan’s Purse, a non-denominational evangelical Christian organization, has been running since 1993, aiming to deliver boxes of toys and essentials to children of impoverished nations around the globe — since its inception, the group has reported more than 113 million shoeboxes sent to famili... Full story
Petersburg’s Alaska Native Sisterhood and Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 16 will play host to the 102nd annual Grand Camp Oct. 8-11, returning after 43 years of convening elsewhere around Alaska. “Each year the camp itself in each community works to address the needs in the community,’’ said Brenda Louise, ANS 2nd Grand Vice President and member of Petersburg’s Camp 16. “Each community, depending on how big or active the camp is and what issues they see as needing addressing in their environment, would write resolutions and bring them to Gra... Full story
Martha Louise Reid was born on December 6, 1923 in Bellingham, Washington. She was the 1st of six children born to Petersburg, Alaska residents Edgar (Ted) and Caroline Hungerford. Martha passed away, at the age of 90, on August 21, 2014 in Sitka following a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Caroline and baby Martha returned to their home town of Petersburg from Bellingham in the spring of 1924. They joined Martha's father, Ted, and logging partners, Bill and Elvina Stedman with infant son... Full story
Leo Kondro was born Sept. 11, 1950 in Longview, Wash. to Bernard and Helene (Graunitz) Kondro. He died March 18, 2014 at the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle. He grew up in Washington, graduating from Toutle Lake High School in 1968. He played football, basketball and baseball. Early he found a love of hunting and fishing. Leo attended the University of Washington for two years of college. In 1970, Leo transferred to Central Washington State College graduating in 1972. He taught... Full story
Art and Jeanine Hammer's wedding anniversary is on tomorrow's Valentine's Day. Before meeting Jeanine during the summer of 1953, Art, nine years her senior, was used to the bachelor life. "I was just a loose, single guy doing a lot of hunting and fishing, just bumming around," Art said. Jeanine traveled to town with a friend whose sister was married to Art's brother. The pair met at a family dinner at Art's sisters house. They spent the following two weeks together. "We went out together," Art... Full story
Luke 2:13, 14 Luke 2:13, 14: “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” After receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior in 1973 I began a journey of revelation I never expected. Like any other human on the planet my ideas don’t always match God’s. I assumed the declaration of this phrase concerning Jesus was all about world peace. Even Jesus followers had their own ideas as they were being discipled by Jesus the Messiah...
A 14 year old male was taken into custody Saturday evening in connection with the death of Mackenzie Howard. The body of 13 year old Howard was found in the entrance of the Kake Presbyterian Memorial Church Feb. 5 by a community member and has been declared a homicide by Alaska State Troopers. Investigation of evidence and interviews led troopers to arrest the Kake teen. He has been transported to a Department of Juvenile Justice holding facility in Ketchikan and due to the age of the suspect his name and charges that are pending against him... Full story
The body of 13 year old Mackenzie H. Howard was discovered late Tuesday evening, Feb. 5 in the entrance of the Memorial Presbyterian Church by community members. “We are investigating this as a homicide,” Alaska Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Megan Peters said. “There are a lot of rumors and speculation going around and we have to weed through all of them to get to the truth.” Howard's body was sent to Anchorage for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. “The autopsy was completed Friday and we have rece... Full story
September 28-30 Kake Memorial Presbyterian Church will celebrate 100 years of service in the community of Keex’Kwaan (Kake). The Alaska Presbytery of SE Alaska will hold their Fall Stated Meeting with 15 churches being represented. The Alaska Presbytery includes ruling elders and pastors from Presbyterian churches throughout SE Alaska. Contact Rev. Joonho Chang at 907-518-4411 or Elder Mary Ann Kondro at 907-518-1704 for information....
When the M/V Christian pulled into Middle Harbor last Thursday all those aboard were greeted with singing and drumming. The boat's passengers, all members of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood, were welcomed to shore by several ANB/ANS members “singing in” their arrival. Traditional practices for “singing in” visitors dates back to the days when visitors would come by boat to different locations around Southeast Alaska, said Ross Nannauck III. The event was just one sto...
Petersburg residents Tammy Judd and Douglas Jenny were wed March 24, 2012, at Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 in Petersburg, Alaska. Tammy is the daughter of Dixie Myrberg, of Anchorage, and the late Donald D. Judd. Doug was born in Sitka to the late Alma and Harold Jenny. Reverend Robert Carter, a member of PVFD Search and Rescue and Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiated at the ceremony. Doug’s childhood friend Steve Craddick of Fairbanks was best man and Tammy’s dau...
Everett Gustav (Gus) Nelson, age 76, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, in his sleep on December 5, 2011 at his home in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Gus was born to Henrietta and Gustav Nelson on March 11, in Brainerd, Minn. Two months after his birth, Gus’s father died leaving Henrietta alone to raise Gus and his four older brothers and sisters, Donald, Carol, Shirley and Kenneth until she married Henry Gehweier in 1943. Growing up at ‘Camp Nelson’, their small fishing camp and summer resor...
