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Richard Bert Hansen, 85, passed away June 20, 2016 in Palm Springs, California. He was born in Cordova, Alaska on December 8, 1930 to Grace and William Hansen. Richard grew up in Cordova and Juneau, Alaska loving sports, particularly basketball. His Juneau High School basketball team won the state championship in 1950. In his 20s his city league basketball team won the Gold Medal Championship and he was named MVP. After serving in the Marines during the Korean Conflict he returned to Douglas and married Patricia Ann Balog in 1955. He and his... Full story
Ben Gabriel Gross, 43 passed away on June 5, 2016. A celebration of Ben’s life will be held at the Sons of Norway Hall on Fri., June 24 at 4 p.m. A full obituary will follow....
Caley Neil McCay, 43, passed away on June 5, 2016 due to natural causes. Caley was born on March 3, 1973 in Tacoma, Wash. to Rick and Jean (Martinsen) McCay. Two years later Caley became a big brother for the first time when his sister Tatra was born. The family then moved and lived throughout Southeast AK before eventually making their permanent home in Petersburg. After the family settled in Petersburg, Caley would become a big brother eight more times upon the adoption of his younger... Full story
Lesley Stella Older Croxton, 89, was born on May 17, 1926 to William and Frances Older in Adreian, Mich. She was four years old when she moved with her parents and sister Lee to California. She met Loren Croxton as the U.S. entered WWII, and they married when he returned after serving in MacArthur's Seventh Fleet in the South Pacific. Together they graduated from Oregon State University, and soon opened a mink ranch in Oregon, where their daughters Ruth and Mary were born. With the post-war decl... Full story
Dan Wesley Crane, 75, died on March 15, 2016. He was born on December 2, 1941 and raised in Denver, Colo., to a third generation railroading family. He began his love affair with Alaska as a nine year old boy. He would read through a large stack of "Alaska Sportsman" magazines while his folks played a weekly game of pinochle at the neighbor's house. Articles and pictures about trapping, hunting, fishing, and building log cabins fueled his imagination. He planned to move to Alaska, be self-suffic... Full story
Drew (Tom) Stearns, 78, passed into glory on May 7, 2016 after a short illness. Tom was born in Boston, Mass. on Nov. 8, 1937 and adopted at birth by Drew and Illa Stearns. He grew up in a very athletic family starting to ski at age three. He later in life went on to be part of the US Olympic team and competed extensively. Tom served in the US Army for two years actively and in reserves for five years. He went to the University of Maine and enrolled in construction engineering later obtaining... Full story
Robert (Bob) L. Bailey, 80, went to be with the Lord April 30, 2016 at Petersburg Medical Center accompanied by his wife Judy Bailey. He was born December 22, 1935, in Guthrie Center, Iowa, the son of Hayden and Jeanette Bailey. He was one of four children and married to Judith Chester on June 6, 1999. Bob graduated from high school and joined the military. He served for six years and earned three purple hearts. He loved to travel and worked his way across the country. He worked on the oil... Full story
July 1, 1944 – March 31, 2016 It is with deep sorrow that we report the recent passing of Warren W. "Butch" Bailey, MD, a former resident of Petersburg and recent resident of Qualicum Beach, B.C. Warren was born in Ketchikan and raised in Petersburg as a member of the "Hill Gang". Upon graduation from PHS in 1962, Warren went on to attend Montana State University and Tufts University School of Medicine. After completing a cardiac surgery residency at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Warren... Full story
Walter A. Welton, 64, of Veneta, Ore. died Feb. 27, 2016 at his home after a fight with heart complications and Parkinson's. He was born in Covina, Calif. Aug. 25, 1951 to Eldean and John Welton. They moved to Elmira, Ore., and while living there, he attended and then eventually graduated from Elmira High School. He attended Lane Community College, and took up welding classes. He did marry Carolyn and had two daughters Bobbie and Dondie. In 1976, they moved to Petersburg, Alaska and explored... Full story
Linda M. Abbott, 73, passed away on Jan. 23, 2016 in Anchorage, Alaska with her loving husband Wes by her side. She was born on Oct. 25, 1942 in Petersburg, Alaska to Harry and Hellen (Bell) Bean. Linda spent her younger years in Skagway, Alaska where she attended primary school and graduated from Skagway High School. She received EMS training and after choosing to live as one of God's children, became a lifelong student of the Holy Bible. Memberships included ANB/ANS and Assembly of God... Full story
Vivian Elida Westre, 95, passed away February 12, 2016, with her two children at her side at Petersburg Medical Center Long Term Care. She was born July 17, 1920 in Ketchikan, Alaska to Gifford and Agnes Close. Her father built a home next to Sunny Point Cannery near where the Ketchikan ferry terminal exists today. Vivian spoke fondly of her childhood there and shared many interesting stories about her pet bear cub. At age 14 the family moved to Petersburg where her father worked for the U.S.... Full story
Ruth Margarith Lee Powels died on the evening of her 92nd birthday, Feb. 17, 2016. She was a resident of San Ramon, Calif. for many decades. She was a native of Petersburg, Alaska, the daughter of two Norwegian immigrants Harold Lee and Magnhild (Husby) Lee. Her father was the captain of the famous "good ship" fishing boat Vesta. Ruth became known around the small island town as "Sis Lee." In high school Ruth wanted to be a pilot and began taking flying lessons in Alaska. However, when WWII brok... Full story
Linda M. Abbott, 73 Linda M. Abbott, 73, passed away Jan. 23 in Anchorage, Alaska. Linda was born in Petersburg, Alaska to Harry and Helen (Bell) Bean Oct. 25, 1942. Linda spent a large part of her younger years in Skagway, Alaska where she attended primary school and high school, graduating from Skagway High School. She also trained as EMS. Memberships included ANB/ANS and Assembly of God Church. Linda had a variety of jobs. She spent time working in the local canneries, fished on her and her... Full story
William O. Brown, 62, lost his battle with cancer January 16, 2016 in Anchorage, AK. He was born December 29, 1953 to Sara MacFarland of Tacoma, Wa. and Ona (Onie) Brown of Petersburg, Alaska. He was #8 of 10 children. "Bill" with his bright baby blue eyes resided mostly in Tacoma then later moved to Anchorage. He was a logger, framer, and a Computer Tech. He is survived by his children Dannielle Brown, Crystal Estell, and Dustin James-Brown; his grandchildren Michael Mann, Quintin Brown, and... Full story
Ned Pence, 78, passed away January 15, 2016 peacefully at home. Ned was born on July 21, 1937. He grew up in Mackay, Idaho, with his parents and four brothers. In 1955 he left Mackay to attend the College of Forestry at the University of Idaho to study Forest Management. He received his B.S. degree in Forest Management in 1959 and married Arleen Westfall, the love of his life in Salmon, Idaho. After graduation he worked at many jobs as a professional forester in Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and... Full story
Sandra Darlene Wolf, 66, died on December 8, 2015 in Petersburg, Alaska. She was born in Warren, Ohio on July 15, 1949 to Arthur and Lyda Winyard. Her concern for others lead her to a nursing career and eventually to Ketchikan's Gateway Alcoholism Program. There, as a psychiatric nurse she would handle mentally unstable males weighing twice her weight as she escorted them from Ketchikan to Juneau for treatment. When Sandy would say "sit, or else" they sat. A significant moment in her life came... Full story
The Reverend Thomas Lee (Joseph) Weise, Jr., 46, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, died December 6, 2015, following a cardiac arrest suffered while visiting family members in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Fr. Weise was born January 10, 1969 in South Laguna Beach, Calif. After graduating from Dana Hills High School, he was appointed to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Science While in the... Full story
Norman Lee Cheney, 75, passed away unexpectedly on October 25, 2015, in Petersburg, Alaska. He was born September 22, 1940, to Helen and Ed Cheney in Morton, Wash., the second of eight children. He joined the Navy at seventeen and served for six years. He returned to Washington and worked in a lumber mill before turning to logging. Norman married LaVerne Lester in 1967. He moved the family, wife and daughter Bobbi Jo, to Alaska in 1976. He logged for Pentilla Logging, Reid Bros., and L&P, and... Full story
Laura L. Nelson, 70, went home to heaven on November 17, 2015, in Cape Coral, Fla. after battling pancreatic cancer. She was born on March 14, 1945 in Gore, Ohio to Dolly and Hazel (Breeze) Hartman. She grew up one of five siblings in rural East Clayton, Ohio, graduating from Nelsonville York High School in 1963. Following a cross-country move with her two children, she met and married Lester Nelson of Eugene, Ore. in 1978. Enjoying a career with the U.S. Forest Service that spanned decades,... Full story
Merry Lee Armin born 3/29/1935 passed to Christ in Heaven on 10/30/2015. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and good friend. She will be missed....
Theodore (Ted) William Thomassen, 75, passed away unexpectedly in Sitka, Alaska, on October 16, 2015. Ted was born August 9, 1940 in Petersburg Alaska to Haakon and Eleanor Thomassen. He was an avid commercial fisherman from a very early age, first fishing with his father at a young age on the Baltic. After moving to Sitka Alaska he owned and operated his own commercial fishing vessels for over 40 years. He was also an avid mechanic. Ted was very witty with an infectious laugh and a good sense... Full story
Flora Anne Tagaban, 67, was born May 13,1948 in Wrangell, Alaska. In 1966 she married Clifford Tagaban of Petersburg. They were married for 48 years before her passing on August 14, 2015 in Orlando, Fla. In those years they had three children Cliffor (Speed) Tagaban Jr., Louis Tagaban, and Mary Tagaban. Flora loved her family and children. While she was raising her young family in Petersburg she found joy in serving as the school lunch lady, Drill Team Coach, Tee Ball Coach, Umpire at the... Full story
John Wayne Enge, 65, died at his home in Central Point, Ore., in the early morning of September 3, 2015. The son of John Werner Enge and Carol Winona Anderson Enge, he was born September 12, 1949 in Juneau, Alaska. After his graduation in 1967 from Petersburg High School, he attended Oregon State College in Corvallis where he received degrees in business administration and industrial engineering. John's work experience was varied, but always connected to Alaska: commercial fisherman, seafood... Full story
Ivo Walter Duvall, 96, passed away September 13, 2015. He was born in Orting, Wash. on February 3, 1919 to Charles Oscar and Drusie Ethel Duvall. A survivor of the flu pandemic, he grew up in Petersburg, Alaska and served in the U.S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during WWII. He was a resident of Kinnelon, N.J. for 48 years. He was bright and talented and adept in so many ways. Having grown up in Depression era Alaska and being a native pioneer, he could cook, bake bread, knit,... Full story
Karilyn Eunice Simchuk Reid, 61, passed away peacefully in Spokane, Wash. on September 6, 2015. She was born on April 8, 1954 to Nick and Eunice Simchuk in Spokane and was raised in the area. Karilyn attended Mead Schools and graduated from high school in 1972. She met her first husband, Steve O'Neil, at Spokane Falls Community College and they began traveling to Alaska for the summers. Together they had two children, Cameron and Stacey O'Neil. The family spent their time between Washington and... Full story
