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Donna Lea Larsen, 70, died on February 15, 2017. Donna was born on March 24, 1946 to Rosella and Ray Gibson joining her brother Dennis and just seven minutes ahead of her identical twin sister Dorris. Her baby brother Bill rounded out the family a couple of years later. Donna grew up in the Pittsburgh, California area and graduated from Pittsburgh High in 1964. She married Leon Harvey shortly after high school, and had her first child Kathleen (aka Toot) in February 1968. In August of 1968 Donna...
Marion St. Clair, 96, died on Feb. 17, 2017 in Wrangell, Alaska. She was born on May 20, 1920 in Meanook, Alberta, Canada to John E. and Lillian Peterson. Mom loved all of her caretakers and friends at long-term care. She cracked everyone up with her funny comments and stories at lunch time. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank (Bud) St. Clair; sisters, Ilah King, Grace Fletcher; brothers, Joe, John, and Frank Peterson and son, Scott D. St. Clair. She is survived by; brothers, Bob...
Born May 20, 1931 in Madras, Oregon, Russell T. Patrick, 85, passed away February 5, 2017. Russ graduated from Madras High School in 1951. He married Barbara Lee Sharnbroich on November 3, 1956 at the University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Russ spent many years working in lumber mills in both Oregon and Alaska. After moving to Washington State in 1979 he worked 18 years both on the road and in the shop doing tire repair. After "retiring" from Les Schwab he spent 12 years working in the deli...
Ted Haux passed away on Sat., Feb. 4. More information will follow....
John, 80, passed away on December 23, 2016 in Yuma, Arizona. He was born in Marshall, Texas to Virginia Bell Hall and John Bryan Hall, Jr. on May 25, 1936. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1954 and East Texas State University in 1958, whereupon he moved to Saint Mary's, Idaho in search of good fishing. He taught math and shop there for two years and then moved to Seward, Alaska in search of even better fishing. Turns out the fishing in Seward was great, but the earthquakes were a...
Norma J. Rath (Smith) Goodman, 76, passed from this life with family at her side after a long battle with breast cancer on November 21, 2016. She was born in Carrol, Iowa on August 11, 1940. She graduated from Liberty Center High School in Liberty Center, Iowa then furthered her education at Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines, Iowa. After working for the state of Iowa for several years Norma and her family moved to North Pole, Alaska in 1976. There she worked and retired as a Medical...
Dianna Kay Gadd, 53, affectionately known as Kay Kay passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 11, 2016 after a long battle with cancer surrounded by family and close friend Willa Franks. She was born to the late Chet Maleski, Sr. and Virginia Maleski on March 21, 1963 at Wrangell's old Bishop Rowe hospital. Being the youngest, she was welcomed by seven brothers and only sister Sue. She enjoyed being with her family and her animals. She was a great cook and enjoyed baking, gardening,...
Jeremy Anthony Neel, 24, the son of Emilie Hansen Turner and Mitch Turner and Daniel and Janice Neel, and brother of Bradley Neel passed away on October 3, 2016. Jeremy was born on September 23, 1992 at Everett General Hospital. He was raised in Mukilteo, where he made his life's deepest connections. He attended Columbia Elementary School, Harbor Pointe Middle School, Kamiak High School and Edmonds Community College. He had numerous jobs after graduation but most recently worked in the...
Gerald Lee Hall, 73 died on Oct. 24, 2016. He was born on February 27, 1943, to Marion Louise and Glenn E. Hall, in Seattle, Washington. A year later his mother and dad divorced and his mother married Thomas C. Charlton, who in 1952 moved the family to Wrangell. Gerald attended school in Wrangell and graduated in 1962. He moved out on his own right after high school and he and Mel Gadd shared an apartment for awhile. He started work at the saw mill on the log pond. It was very hard work but he t...
Sue (Susan) Linda (Almquist) Gabrinski, 63, died Oct. 16, 2016, with her family by her side. Sue fought colon cancer beginning in May 2013. Sue was born in Wrangell, Alaska on June 19, 1953. In 1954 the family moved back to Willmar, Minnesota. In 1975, she earned her degree in Special Education from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While teaching in Petersburg, Alaska, she met and married Tom Grabinksi on Aug. 20, 1977. The family moved to Bozeman in the fall of 1979 and lived there until moving to Troy in 1991. Sue is survived...
Elizabeth (Lou) Ercolin, 84, passed from this life the morning of October 9, 2016 in Sparks, Nevada, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born on November 10, 1931 in Vero Beach, Florida, to William Thomas McClellan and Emma Young. She graduated from High School in Vero Beach and married the love of her life, Patrick R. Ercolin on June 10, 1950. They were married for 52 years until his passing in 2002. They raised six children, the two youngest were born in Germany where her...
Albert G. Feller, Sr., 95, died peacefully at his home in Ketchikan, Alaska on September 21, 2016. He was born on January 21, 1921, in Wrangell to Otto Feller, Sr. and Susie Cooday Feller. Al was a member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. He was Tlingit of the Kik'sadi, Raven/Frog, of the Sun House in Wrangell. He was a lifetime member of VFW and American Legion and a member of the ANB/ANS. Al served his country honorably during World War II and spent 3 ½ years in the...
Born at home November 29, 1923 in Barnet, Vermont, Dot spent her early years in a loving family with her parents Edward and Alice Morton Johnson and her younger brother Edward. She attended grade school in Barnet, high school at McIndoes Academy. She graduated from Lynden, a Vermont state college. Dot started her teaching career in 1943 in a one room school with all 8 grades in Comerford, Vermont. After teaching in schools in Vermont and Massachusetts, she moved to Alaska with her first...
Samuel Hudson Cornthwaite passed away suddenly after falling ill to acute pancreatitis on September 6th, in a Beijing China hospital, with his sister Hannah by his side. Sam grew up in Petersburg, Alaska and in 2001 he made the move with his parents to Montana, attending Petersburg Elementary school and then Shields Valley Schools where he graduated in 2008. As you look back on his short 26 yrs of life, he always had an interest in people and fishing. At a very young age he was known be able to...
Richard Arlen Klinke, 75, passed away August 15, 2016. He was born February 5, 1941 to Allen (Bud) and Agda Klinke in Bagley, Minnesota. He was the third of nine children. He joined the Air Force after graduating High School, and then went to the interior of Alaska. He met his wife Dolores and moved to Wrangell in 1967. They had three children, Lavonne, Kalcie, their third child, Kelvin passed away shortly after birth in 1974. Richard worked in the lumber industry starting at the downtown mill...
Richard Arlen Klinke passed away on August 15th. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 27 at Harbor Light Assembly of God at 1:00 p.m., Graveside Services to follow at Sunset Gardens Cemetery. A full obituary will follow in the near future....
Matt Thompson, 50, died in Wrangell on June 24, 2016. He was born on December 24, 1965 in Petersburg, Alaska to Jim and Clara Thompson. They moved in 1968 and made their home in Wrangell. Matt loved to fish, hunt, camp and boat, however the one thing he cherished the most was spending time with his family and friends, catching up on what was happening with them. For the most part of his career he worked in the construction industry all over the state for many different companies. He had a good...
Marge Byrd, 81, passed peacefully on July 24, 2016 surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was Tlingit, Yeil Kiks.adi. Her Tlingit names were Shaawat Shoo Ku and Teey Tix' Tlaa. Born January 14, 1935, she was the youngest of eight children of James and Louise Bradley. At age 20, she married the love of her life, Lee C. Byrd. Together they had five children. We have lost a wonderful woman, not just her family or this community but everyone that made her acquaintance. Not only did they...
Alice Lehnert, 102, passed away at the Alaska Native Medical Center on July 11, 2016. Alice belonged to the Tlingit Nation, her Moiety was the Wolf, Tribe was Shtax'heen Kwaan, Clan was Sik'nx,'adi, and she belonged to the X'aan Hit House. Alice was born in Wrangell, Alaska on November 26, 1913. She graduated from Sheldon Jackson in Sitka then spent many years living and working in Wrangell and Anchorage. From running dog sleds on the Stikine River when she was young, to walking wherever she...
Stephanie E. Johnson, 70, went to be with her Heavenly Father July 8, 2016, after battling Alzheimer's for eight years. Stephanie was born in Tillamook, Oregon to Stan and Fran Smouse on January 28, 1946. Stephanie was raised in Tillamook and graduated from Tillamook High School in 1964. She attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon for one year and Eugene Business College for one year. While attending business college, Stephanie met her husband Terry Johnson. They were married...
Lester passed away August 30, 2015, in Morgantown, West Virginia, with his partner of 40 years, Joyce Bryner, by his side. In March 2015, Lester turned 100 years old and many family members and friends traveled to West Virginia, to help him celebrate. He was born in Whitney, Nebraska on March 24, 1915 to Harry L. and Teresa (Blust) Jones. Most of his life was spent in West Seattle, Washington, where he worked for Red, White & Blue Fuel, before starting his own business, Les Jones Oil Burner...
Dorothy 'Dot' Dow, 94, passed away on July 13, 2016. She was born in Wilton, Maine, July 8, 1922, the youngest of three children. She graduated from Wilton Academy and attended secretarial school before WWII. She married Levi S. Dow, Jr., on December 22, 1946. After having four children, she trained at Fort Kent Normal School, a teacher's college in Fort Kent, Maine, and began her teaching career in Allagash, Maine in the mid 1950s, eventually obtaining a Master's Degree in Education from the...
Matthew Leon Thompson, 50, passed away June 24, 2016 after a long struggle with cancer. A celebration of his life will take place in Wrangell at a later date....
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...
Debra McCormack (nee Ferguson), 60, passed away in the comfort of her family on June 30, 2015 after a long fought battle with cancer. She was born at Bishop Rowe Hospital in Wrangell, Alaska on October 23, 1954. She grew up and graduated from high school in Wrangell, Class of 1972. She attended college at the University of Oregon and University of Alaska Anchorage, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She married Jim McCormack, who also grew up in Wrangell in...