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James Daniel Fenderson, 58, passed away on July 25, 2017. He was born to Ernestine and Clarence Fenderson on October 20, 1958 in Kittery, Maine. He moved to Wrangell, Alaska in the early 1990s to live out his dreams. He loved hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Susan Hludik and Gail Bernier; and brother John Fenderson. He is survived by: brothers Jeff and Joseph Fenderson; and sisters Paula Carl and Janet Knight. A memorial gathering will take place on Fri., Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. at the home of Ronnie and Clara,...
Laurel Anne Floor, 35, passed away on September 19, 2017 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska with her mother and sister by her side. Laurel passed away from an abrupt illness. She was born in Ashland, Oregon on June 20, 1982. She was preceded in death by her father David Lee Aldredge and grandmother Anne Westensee of Talent, Oregon. She left behind two daughters, six year old Miss Alexandria Marie Floor of Talkeetna and 14 month old, Miss Patricia Joy Hern of Anchorage; her mother Jamie...
Lance Eugene Ingle, 78, passed away quietly with his family around him in Ketchikan, Alaska on July 14, 2017. He was born to Sharky and Irene Ingle on May 25, 1939. He grew up in Wrangell, Alaska and lived there until locating to Ketchikan for health reasons. Lance did many things in his lifetime. He ran for political office, was the manager of the Alaska Lumber and Pulp Wrangell Mill as well as the 6 mile mill in Wrangell. He sat on the Alaska Airlines Board until he retired from the mill. He...
Richard William Larson, 77, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away on September 4, 2017 after a short bout with cancer. He died in a Las Vegas hospital after being airlifted from Arizona. He was born in Wenatchee, Washington on November 17, 1939 to Arthur Wm. and Lillian Marie Larson. When he was six, they moved to Prescott, Arizona, along with his younger sister. He grew up there fishing, hunting, and riding his horse. He even delivered newspapers on horseback. He loved telling the "story" that in...
David L. Martin, 72 died September 28 in Anchorage. Legacy Funeral Homes of Anchorage is handling arrangements....
Amy Jo (Tomlinson) Sarff passed away in her home in Whale Pass, Alaska, September 2, 2017. Amy was born June 12, 1957 in Fairfield, California (Travis Air Force Base) to Joseph Tomlinson and Doreen Duffy Tomlinson. After the couple divorced, Doreen packed up the kids and moved back to Wrangell, Alaska where she later married Harry Churchill. With their ever growing family, the couple moved from Wrangell to New York, then California, Washington and finally back to Wrangell. It was in Wrangell,...
Annie Armstrong got her wish, to die at home, and was united with the Lord, July 23rd 2017. She began her life April 11th, 1921 having been born in her parents' house near Omeeme Ontario Canada. She joined a large extended family and was the 2nd of 4 children. Parents were Francis {FAnny} Fee and Charles William Fee. Her nickname was wee Annie. She had no intention of moving as she had established a business raising Turkeys for the local Oshawa market. Everything changed when she met her...
Colleene P. Carlson Brososky, 87 passed away on December 14, 2016 at the Petersburg Medical Center. She was born to Ellery and Ann Carlson on August 18, 1929, in the Petersburg Alaska Territory. She attended business college in Terre Haute, Indiana. In her lifetime she enjoyed many different jobs including being a bookkeeper, assistant manager for Montgomery Ward, professional seamstress working in her home and various other businesses throughout Seattle. Her most prized occupation was that of...
Robert Leroy Seimears, 87, passed away on June 6, 2017 in Wrangell, Alaska. He had been in a Long Term Care resident for five years. Robert was born August 5, 1929 in Bellingham, Washington to Clara and William Seimears joining brothers Ralph and Wayne. At age 15 Robert (BoB) ventured out on his own. He went to work as a deckhand on a Seattle fish packer northbound to Wrangell where he met Margaret Rose Ritchie. On November 27, 1948 he and Margaret married in Index, Washington. They lived in Wra...
Robert (Bob) Gould, 73, passed away on July 20, 2017 holding the hands of his wife Celine Gould at the family home in Nanoose Bay, B.C. He was born in High Prairie, Alberta, Canada on April 17, 1944. In his own special way, Bob has changed the lives of many. Whether a ride up the River or an argument given, Bob would not shy from any. With a moustached grin and piercing blue eyes, he made you feel important. Bob Gould was a true pioneer of the lower Stikine River and a forever patriot. He was a...
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...
Christopher Raymond Feller, 60, passed away April 22, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska at the Alaska Native Medical Center. He was born in Wrangell, Alaska on March 5, 1957, the youngest and fifth child of John and Carol Feller. Christopher lived most of his life in Wrangell and graduated from Wrangell High the class of 1976. He was a hard worker on his brother-in-law's seine boat F/V Miss Susan. He worked at the local lumber mill until it closed in 1994 and again, when it reopened for a few years...
Shannan Lee Phillips, 41, passed away on June 2, 2017 from health complications in Wenatchee, Washingon. Shannan was born on June 10, 1975 to Leland and Arlene Phillips, in Wrangell, Alaska and lived in Wrangell for most of her life. While still in high school, she started her family young by having her first daughter with her first husband, John Moody. She graduated from Wrangell High School and proceeded to live in Wrangell where she and John added another daughter into their family. After...
Shannan Lee Phillips passed away on June 2, 2017. Services will be held at Harbor Light Assembly Of God, Friday, June 30 at 3 pm. Full obituary to follow....
Edward George Kuntz passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017. Services will be held at Harbor Light, Friday, June 2, at 3 p.m. Full obituary to follow....
Dan Wickman, 73, left this earth on May 1, 2017. Born September 29, 1943 in Wrangell, Alaska to Robert and Helena Wickman, Dan was a Native Alaskan and member of the Tlinget tribe, as well as a Vietnam War veteran. He was an avid crabber, fisherman, and hunter and had an unparalleled knowledge of construction related skills: electrical, plumbing, heating systems, and remodeling. Dan was captain of the Wrangell Fire Department, an EMT, and EMT instructor and a member of the Southeast Alaska EMS...
Marian Glenz, 80, of Wrangell, Alaska died on April 26, 2017 at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She was born to Buckshot and Irene Woolery on August19, 1936, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She grew up in Port Protection, Ketchikan, Meyers Chuck and Wrangell. She graduated from Main School in Ketchikan and worked for her parents in Port Protection, fished commercially and ran the U.S Post Office in Meyers Chuck. She married Ed Glenz in 1958 in Ketchikan, and they were happily married for 54 years. Glenz was preceded in death...
Catherine M. Greer died on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Temple, Texas care facility. She was born on September 14, 1922 to Paul Martin Stark and Anna Missiorski in Granite City, Illinois. She married the love of her life Bert E. Greer on July 18, 1942 in St Charles, Missouri. She lived in Granite City, Illinois from 1922-1954 and moved to Troy, Texas in 1954. They started their family November 20, 1944 with their first born child. Catherine was a homemaker and worked in Temple until her...
Mike H. Hay, 78 passed away in Wrangell with his family by his side on April 28, 2017. He was born on August 30, 1938 in Bakersfield, California to Joyce and Virginia Hay and moved to Wrangell with them and his younger sister Suzy in 1943 when he was five. He was drafted in 1961 and became a paratrooper in the U.S Army, stationed in Okinawa. That same year he married Carol and they spent 56 wonderful years together. They had three children, Tammy, Jeni and Chuck. Mike was a commercial fisherman...
Clifford Orlando White, 91, passed away on Christmas Day, 2016 in Des Moines, Washington. Clifford was a longtime resident in Wrangell, Alaska, and considered it his home. Clifford was born on September 30, 1925 in McCook, Nebraska, but lived on a farm near Oberlin, Kansas. A combination of the depression and dust bowl in the 1930's, caused the family to lose the farm and migrate to Pueblo, Colorado at the age of 9. At an early age, he started a career in house building and remodeling. This was...
Charlotte Lynne Robinson-Neff, 48, died on March 25, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. She was born to Noah (Dale) and Linda on February 4, 1969, in Monroe, Louisiana. Charlotte was a licensed hairdresser from the time she was 16. One of the shops she owned and operated was Charlottes Cutting Corner in Wrangell. Charlotte worked as a Personal Care Attendant and worked at the school while still doing hairdressing on the side. She managed and ran Bjorge House, an assisted living home for more than 10 yea...
Virginia "Ginny" Ellen Gillen/Allen, 73, of Wrangell, Alaska, died April 3, 2017 in her Wrangell home surrounded by her family. She was born August 29, 1943 to the late James and Madge Gillen, and was the third of eight children and was raised in Wrangell. Ginny was married to Gary Allen Sr. and had four children, Lynn, Gary Jr., Theresa, and Penny. Ginny also had 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Ginny was most notably known to Wrangell residents for her voice on KSTK, her oil...
Joyce Bryner passed away on April 1, 2017, in Morgan Town West, Virginia. Obituary and service time will follow at a later date....
Twila Mae (Winters) Appleton Briskar, 90, of Curwensville died on March 26, 2017 at UPMC Altoona. Born on October 10, 1926 in Curwensville, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Violet (Craddock) Winters. She was a graduate of Curwensville High School in 1945 and a lifelong member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Curwensville. She was employed by Sheertex Hosiery and Bayer Clothing. On March 8, 1946, she married Miles Appleton Sr. who preceded her in death on July 23, 1976. On February 11,...
Lois Bakke Hope, 84, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2017 while living in the memory care unit at Patriots Glen in Bellevue, Washington. Lois was born November 29, 1932 to Tink and Maggie Bakke in Wrangell, Alaska. She later joined the US Army with her sister Seena. After the Army, she lived and worked in Seattle where she met the love of her life, William (Bill) Hope. After they were married in 1967, she moved to Unalaska, where Bill fished king crab with his boat the Shellfish. While...