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Colleen L. Hought, 64, died on August 16, 2020 in Eugene, Oregon. She was born on May 2, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Lurine and Mac McGee. She grew up in Wrangell, Alaska. Dave Hought can be reached at 2374 E. Irwin, Eugene, OR 97402 The family plans to scatter her ashes in Alaska at a later date....
Darrel Gross passed away July 30 of cancer in Wrangell at SEARHC Medical Center. An obituary will follow....
Hollis Ellis Hayes, 47, died on July 18, 2020, in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was born on Sept. 26, 1972, in Wrangell, Alaska. He attended Wrangell Elementary School, Wrangell High School, Ketchikan High School and Juneau-Douglas High School. Hayes resided in Wrangell until 1989, when he relocated to Ketchikan. In 1990, he moved to Juneau for a few years before moving back to Wrangell. He then moved back to Ketchikan. He worked as a cook at Godfather's Pizza in the late 1990s before working for 15...
Joyce Vivian Twiss, 86, died July 16, 2020 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born October 13, 1933 to Ben and Martha Twiss in Riverside, California. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer during her pregnancy and bedridden until her passing when Joyce was 12 years old. She was a wild and hyper child, and with her mother confined to bed, she had an unconventional home life. She was raised with the help of her father's seven younger brothers and nuns from the Catholic school she...
Catherine (Cathy) Marie Warner, 59, lost her fight and passed away June 6, 2020, in Wrangell, Alaska. She was born November 28, 1960 in Vernonia, Oregon, the daughter of William G. and Lucille (Smejkal) Titus. She went to Vernonia High School. She married Dennis Bartlett in 1978 and settled in Wrangell, Alaska and had two kids; Christina and Darryl. In 1992 Cathy and Earl Warner met at City Market and were together until his death in 2000. She and Dan Doak have been together for the last 19...
Floyd Steven Ramsey, 61, died on May 25, 2020. He was born to Dudley and Esther Ramsey in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 15, 1959. He was raised in Palm Springs, California and Newport Beach. He loved being a Cub Scout and worked in the food service industry and trained as a teenager to be a foreign auto mechanic by four German immigrants. His father was a chef at the Riveria which was a hotspot for the "Rat Pack," Peter Loftus, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. His mother...
George Albert Casey, 76, died on June 17, 2020 in Modesto, California. He was born on March 20, 1944 to Tatiana Sofia Ermeloff in Wrangell, Alaska. He met and married the woman of his dreams, Kristin (Peterson), in 1969. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Modesto where George worked various heavy equipment jobs and as a volunteer firefighter before being hired on at Modesto Fire Department in 1973 where he proudly served for 27 years. George was adept at keeping it light in the hardest of times...
Robert Marsh Nilsen. 87, died on June 19, 2020. His voyage began on October 21, 1932 on Lummi Island in Washington State. Bob was the third oldest of ten children born to Mathias (Matt) and Thelma Nilsen. Bob had six sisters and three brothers. Bob married the love of his life, Carroll on December 15, 1955 and they fished together some forty years, raising their five children on numerous boats. It was not unusual to see the Nilsen kids climbing over boats and roaming the docks during fishing...
In the past 4 consecutive years this newspaper has been recognized by the Alaska Press Club for its quality writing and overall excellence. But award winning stories mean nothing if they aren't read. Subscribers are the lifeblood of a community newspaper. Without readers, our work is for naught. Despite the prolific numbers of social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, the Sentinel enables community discussions. Letters to the Editor were the first and most commonly used community...
Fred John Bache, 78 died April 2, 2020, at home with the love and support of his family and friends. He was born in Aberdeen, Washington on June 7, 1941, to Swiss immigrants August Bache and Johanna Stuber-Bache. He went to schools in Aberdeen, graduating from Weatherwax High School in 1959, Grays Harbor College in 1961, and then completing his undergraduate and advanced degrees at the University of Washington School of Dentistry in 1966. He supported his education by working for Mayr Brothers Logging Company and commercial halibut fishing in...
Janet Lee Teague passed away in Wrangell, Alaska on March 15, 2020. She was born on January 31, 1937 in Portland, Oregon to Russell and Dorothy Weaver. She and her parents were some of the early pioneers of Alaska, moving to Valdez in the early 1950s. It was in Valdez that Janet met the love of her life, Frank Teague. On July 1, 1955, Janet and Frank began a 64 year journey together which took them to Anchorage, around the state, around the world and ended as it had always been; side by side. Be...
Janet Teague died on March 15, 2020. The place and time of a service will be determined later....
The Celebration of Life for Randy Ferdinand scheduled for Saturday, March 21 has been postponed due to the COVID-19/Coronavirus closures of public facilities. It will be rescheduled for a later date....
It is with deepest sorrow to say that on Jan. 2nd ,2020, Jordan Marsh Birchell, beloved son, husband, father and brother passed away suddenly... -Anyone that knew Jordan, even just a little, lost a shinning light in their lives. Jordan's life began on August 18th, 1990 as the middle child of Ed and Marsha. He grew up in Petersburg spending most of his childhood camping with cousins in the summer and snowmobiling in winter. Many of his childhood days were spent with friends fishing along...
Ken Perry of Timber and Marine Supply in Ketchikan, Alaska passed away on March 4. Service will be in Ketchikan, April 4 at the Ted Ferry Center. Time of service to be determined later....
Eugene (Gene) Mark Hiebert passed away in his sleep in Manila, Philippines on January 20, 2020. He was 84 years old. He was born to Leonard and Clara Hiebert on April 18, 1935 in Napa, California. Gene spent his childhood in Napa, learning how to work and live off the land. He was home schooled for much of his childhood. Though not a religious man, he strived to live a good, honest life, to always work hard and not be a burden to anyone. At age 18, Gene moved to Wrangell to be a logger at his Un...
Harriet Ann Bangs died on January 18, 2020 after a short illness. Her Celebration of Life service will be held in Wrangell, Alaska this coming spring. Details will be announced at a later date....
Most obituaries began with death but this talks about how Robert R. Armstrong lived: A man known for his quick wit, steadfast sayings and dedication to work. Whether building a rock wall with the excavator or solving complex heating, plumbing or electrical issues there wasn't anything Rob couldn't fix. He could tell you stories of building hydroelectric projects in Southeast Alaska, he worked on nearly all of them. A skilled carpenter and master cement mason, his trowel finished dams at Swan...
John Lloyd Maxand, 80, died December 28, 2019 at home in Wrangell, Alaska. He was born in Wrangell on January 2, 1939 to John and Gertrude (Gerty) Maxand. He graduated from Wrangell High School in 1956 and was accepted to a college in California, but stayed in Wrangell for his younger brother and sisters when their mother passed away. John married Lynn (Jabusch) in 1961 and raised their son Jim in Wrangell. John was active in the community as a member of the Elks Lodge; Past President of the Pio...
Ira Merrill loving husband and father passed away on November 27, 2019 at the age of 83. He was born in 1936 in Eureka, California. Even from a young age he loved fishing, both commercial and sport, animals and outdoor adventure. His highly developed sense of adventure and love for wild places and fishing brought him to Alaska in 1969, where he almost immediately continued to commercial fish. In 1970 he married Lucille and they began many happy years of fishing and exploration on the Alaskan...
Charlotte Edna Churchill went to her "reward" on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019, wrapped in the arms of her loving husband of 37 years, Bill Churchill of Wrangell, Alaska. Born Charlotte Edna Hubert on May 8, 1924 in Sitka, Alaska, Charlotte had many hobbies including beading, cooking, weaving, knitting and reading. She was a lifetime member of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, (ANS) Camp # 1. She was preceded in death by brothers, Arthur and Rosco Max and sisters, Jean Anderson and Edith...
Johanna Marie (Bradley) Joseph, 74, passed away in Wrangell, Alaska on October 16, 2019 after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Wrangell on February 20, 1945 to Henry Bradley and Theodosia ( "Fanny" ) Nauska. She was Aleut and Tlingit (Raven, and Frog from the Sun House.) Johanna lived and loved her whole life in Wrangell. She graduated from Wrangell High School, during which time she worked for the parents of her girlfriend, Linda Goodrich, in their restaurant. She married Morgan...
William Joe Stover, 75, died on October 8, 2019. He was born November 12, 1943 to William L. Stover and Mildred Ann Stover in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the eldest of 13 children. He came to Alaska in 1964 and quickly came to love it and made Wrangell his home. He married Pamela Kaye McCormick in 1966 and together they had two children Kimberly and Nicole. Joe made a career in the safety industry and worked throughout Alaska until his retirement in 2005. He was preceded in death by: sister June;...
Robert (Bob) Michael Maxand, 78, died June 10, 2019, in Boise, Idaho. Bob was born in Wrangell, Alaska on February 14, 1941. He graduated from Wrangell High School in 1960. He then spent three years in the U.S Army stationed in Germany, where he was a civil engineer with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of the Wrangell Elks Lodge, and the Amercian Legion. He helped with the building of the existing Legion Hall. He spent 12 consecutive years on the Wrangell City Council, was a...
Stephani Ann Ruks, 77, died on August 16, 2019, in Wrangell, Alaska. Ann was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved with her family to Wrangell when she was young. She graduated from Wrangell High School in 1961 and worked in Nome and Anchorage and the Alaska Pipeline in Valdez. She lived 18 years in Arizona before returning home to Wrangell where she worked at Wrangell Medical Center until her retirement. Ann was a member of the hospital auxiliary and served in hospice for many years. She was...