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Loren D. Wallace "Big Wally", 64, passed away on October 22, 2013 at his home in Wrangell, Alaska. He was born on March 27, 1949 in Corvallis, Ore. to Howard and Loretta Wallace of Harbor, Ore. He lived in the Oregon area from 1949-1980. Four years of this he served his country in the Marines, then moved to Wrangell where he made his home. His commercial fishing life kept him coming and going between both towns. His fishing ventures took him many places and he met many people. In 1976 his...
Diane Lavern Ritchie, 62, passed away October 4, 2013, suddenly in Seattle, Wash. from complications from her illness. Diane was born August 19, 1951 to Edward and Karen Johnson in Wrangell, Alaska. She graduated from Wrangell High School; was a cheerleader and on the drill team. She was a dental assistant for Dr. Floyd and later a speech therapist at Evergreen Elementary. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, John Fabrello, Alan Ritchie and brother-in-law, Darrell Allen. She is...
Barbara Ellen Maenhout (Peters), 72, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away Sept. 21, 2013 surrounded by friends and family. Barb was born in Sister Lakes, Mich. Nov. 1, 1940 to Walter and Matilda (Toots) Peters. She graduated from Dowagiac Central High School in Dowagiac, Mich. in 1958. She was married to Dale Maenhout in May of 1961. Barb moved to Wrangell with her family in 1970 and began working at the Wrangell Sentinel newspaper and helped found the Petersburg Pilot with Jamie Bryson. She started...
Kjell Nore, Sr., 84, died on June 29, 2013 in Wrangell, Alaska. He was born to Marie and Per Nore on April 3, 1929 in Wrangell and was a lifelong resident with the exception of his Army tour in Fairbanks. He and Betty Desmond were married on Jan. 9, 1952 and were the proud parents of four children: Betsy, Ruth, Kjell Jr., and Sheryl. His working career included the Army and the Alaska Territorial Guard but mostly in and around the fishing industry. He fished with Al Binkley and his own...
Christian P. Kirschenmann, 62, died in Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Wash. on August 26, 2013. He was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Wash. on May 14, 1952. There he grew up with his father Edgar Kirschenmann, mother Evelyn Johnson along with two sisters and a brother. Christian spent much time in Snoqualmie working in the Weyhers mill until 1978. At that time he decided to move to Alaska where he did some logging, working in the Wrangell mill. Christian made Wrangell his home until 1987 when he...
Irva “Jean” Croston Kuntz, age 91, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2013. Jean was born on July 28, 1921 in Seattle, Wash. the daughter of Irven and Helen Hynds. Jean was a loving wife and wonderful mother who was always there for whomever needed her help. She was a hard worker, opinionated, had a great sense of humor and adored her family. She lived long, laughed hard and loved with all her heart. She was raised in Seattle and moved to Issaquah in 1944. She was a butter wrapper for Alp...
Margaret Rose Seimears, 85, of Wrangell passed away on June 30, 2013. Margaret was born June 1, 1928 in Wrangell to Ruth Sylvester Ritchie and Allan V. Ritchie. She was the oldest of three children including Allan V. Ritchie, Jr. and Judith Ann Ritchie. Margaret grew up in Wrangell and graduated in 1946 from Wrangell High School in a class of six, she was the Salutatorian. Margaret met the love of her life Robert (Bob) L. Seimears in Wrangell at the Den O’Sweets. She was 16 and working for h...
Nicolai Burtcev “Russian Nick”, 64 died June 24, 2013 quietly at home after a long battle with cancer. Nick maintained a positive upbeat attitude throughout the struggle. Nick made Wrangell his home for the last nine years of his life. His journey through this world started August 23, 1948 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He came to the U.S. in the 1970s and became a citizen and lived in many different places over the years, often in university towns. His skills and education allowed him work at var...
Sylvia Lee Bahovec passed away from pancreatic cancer June 26, 2013. She was born in Caldwell, Idaho. Sylvia lead a very exciting life in her youth. She sang and danced on USO tours, later performed on the 3rd biggest cruise ship at the time, the Raffellio, and in clubs in New Jersey. In New York the patrons would clear the floors to watch Sylvia and her husband dance. From living in the Virgin Islands to being a deck boss commercial fishing, she and Lawrence traveled abroad extensively. In...
Nicolai Burtcez “Russian Nic” passed away on or about June 24, 2013. An obituary will follow....
Alison Esther “SonE” Laurie Lewis, 70, passed away in Salem, Ore. on June 29, 2013. SonE was a lifelong Alaska resident, born in Anchorage on Nov. 21, 1942 to Robert and Vivian Laurie. She graduated from Anchorage High School in 1961 before attending the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and meeting her future husband, Gary. She completed her degree in Business Administration at Linfield College. SonE and Gary raised their family in Anchorage and later Palmer, and after some years in Cor...
Former Wrangell resident, Thorne W. Ferguson, Sr. passed away January 6, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nev. with his family by his side. A lifelong Alaskan he was born June 19, 1936 in Wrangell, Alaska the youngest of nine children. He attended school in Wrangell and was very involved in hunting, fishing and playing basketball. He and his future wife, Carol, were high school sweethearts with a love for each other that lasted over 60 years. Carol was a cheerleader and he was a basketball player. He was a me...
Jerry E. Elliot, a resident of Wrangell, Alaska from 1969 to 1989, died at home June 14, 2013. He was born in Amboy, Minn. July 5, 1931. Jerry graduated from Central Valley High School outside Spokane, Wash. in 1949 and shortly thereafter joined the Navy serving 5 years in Korea and Japan. After discharge he went to work for Pacific NW Bell in the Columbia Basin area. He married wife Carol in 1956 and they had 2 daughters. In 1969 they moved the family to Wrangell where Jerry took over the...
James Eric Sundberg, 56, died at home May 18, 2013 in Manson, Washington, after a yearlong battle with mesothelioma, a rare, incurable cancer caused by asbestos exposure. He was born January 18, 1957 in Juneau, Alaska. His parents were Odd B. and Mary J. Sundberg. He graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1975. Summers during his high school years he worked at his Uncle Harry’s fish cannery in Wrangell, Alaska. In 1977, Jim was accepted into the Alaska Carpenter’s Union 2247 App...
Goldie passed away peacefully in Arlington, WA with her family by her side on May 6, 2013. Goldie was the only child born to John and Fern Ludeman on January 29, 2010 in Newport, Oregon. She shared happy memories of her first years in Waldport, Oregon; playing with her cousins, accompanying her father on his small ferry transporting people and goods across the Alsea River, and visiting around town with her pet rooster in her arms. She moved to Wrangell with her parents where they lived and...
Goldie Adelia Sivertsen, 103, died in Arlington, Wash. on May 6, 2013. A Celebration of Life gathering will be planned for a later date. A full obituary will follow....
Millie passed away peacefully in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Jeanie, in Big Lake, Alaska, on April 17, 2013. A true Alaskan Pioneer, she was born in Wrangell, Alaska in June 8, 1918 to Peter and Ida Iversen. When she arrived she had step-brothers Harold, George and Weston, and step sister Hattie then came brother Bernard seven years later. She lived her entire life in Wrangell a town she loved. She married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) D. Grant in Wrangell. With Bill...
Darrell Marvin Allen, 71, died on April 11, 2013 in Wrangell. Darrell served his country in the US Army from 1963-1969. He was a longtime trapper, hunter and commercial fisherman on the F/V Florence A. He loved, cooked, taught and lived for his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine, of 38 years; daughter, Nedia (Steve); sons, Edward (Solene) and Wes (Jennifer); 11 grandchildren, Avery, Dora, Max, Hank and Ellee, Roma and Felix, Chase, Jr., McKenzie and Ricky; brothers, Gary Allen...
Karen Margaret Johnson, 83, passed away April 15, 2013 at Wrangell Medical Center. Karen Margaret Skulstad was born on January 31, 1930 on the island of Unga, Alaska to Dora and Thorvaid. She joined her brother Thorvaid and later came sister Fern and then brother Kenneth. They lived on a dairy/fox farm on Simeonof Island near Unga. Thorvaid was also a fisherman. She often spoke of her interesting childhood on the island. Her father passed away a month before WWII broke out, and all were...
Life-long Alaskan, Carol Anne Kimball, 54, passed away March 14, 2013 at ANMC with her family by her side. Mrs. Kimball was born April 10, 1958 to Alice and Warren Powers, Sr. in Wrangell, Alaska. She was proud to be of Tlingit Indian heritage. She worked as a successful hairdresser to many local clients at Hot Heads, and previously Headlines, Professional Image and Executive Quarters. After years together, Carol married Gary Kimball of Wasilla on November 7, 2005 and they lived happily until cancer took his life in November of 2009. Carol...
William Dennis Eastaugh 1941- 2013 William Dennis Eastaugh died quietly at Wrangell Medical Center very early Tuesday morning, March 19, 2013. He was born in Wrangell at the old Bishop Rowe Hospital on August 25, 1941 and, as it happened, was the very first cesarean delivery ever in Wrangell. He attended grade school in the big old white schoolhouse that stood next to our library. The family lived on Greif Street in the old pink house opposite the Roman Catholic Church. As with many young boys,...
Robert (Rob or Robbie) Allan Seimears, 59, passed away on March 2, 2013. He was born December 27, 1953. He was proud to be a sailor. He started his boating career at 14, working the river boats with his Grandpa, Al Ritchie. He loved running the Stikine River in his youth and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who broke down, letting them use a spare prop or shear pin, teaching newcomers how to “read” the water to find the channel. He started working at the mill at age 17 pulling o...
Christ Massin, 89, passed away on February 16, 2013 in Gardnerville, Nev. at the Carson Valley Senior Living Home following a brief illness. He was born October 21, 1923, in Dickinson, N.D., to Michael and Magdalena Massin.He was the last survivor of 12 children. He was a WWII veteran, serving part of his duty in the Aleutians. After WWII, Christ attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and then moved to the Reno, Nev. area where he held jobs in the bakery industry and recreational trailer...
Pok Sun (Sue) Fields passed away February 8, 2013 at the Wrangell Medical Center Long Term Care Facility. Sue was born in Korea in 1942 to Father, Chan Ho Choe and Mother, Su Kyo Kim-Choe. Both her parents were killed in the Korean War and Sue at 8 years old was raised by her sister. She met Ron Jones a U.S. soldier and married him when she was 25 years old. They spent some time in Germany when Ron was stationed there. Living in the U.S. Ron was a truck driver; Sue would accompany him doing...
Rosalee “Rosie” Ellen Massin, 92, passed away on January 17, 2013 in Wrangell. Rosie was born in April 1920 in Fromberg, Mont. to Chester and Carrie Moore. The family moved to Wrangell in 1936 and lived and worked for a time at a cannery at Burnett Inlet. Rosie married her husband Martin on December 25, 1938 in Wrangell. Rosie worked at several fish/shrimp/crab canneries in Wrangell over the years. She was also a night desk clerk at the Stikine Inn, where she sold the best turkey, roast bee...