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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...
Doris Iversen died on November 23, 2012 in Portland, Ore., five days short of her 88th birthday and 66th wedding anniversary to her husband, Bernard “Barney” Iversen. She was surrounded by her family and had lived optimistically while coping with breast cancer for many years. She was the first child of Rudolph and Florence Hagen, born in Minneapolis, Minn. She came to Wrangell with her parents and sisters, Betty and Ruth when they moved to Wrangell in 1945. Her father had been working in Ala...
Rosie Massin passed away on January 17, 2013. A service will be held on Friday, January 31 at 1 p.m. at the Catholic Church with a reception to follow. A full obituary will be published at a later date....
Kathleen C. Fisher, 84, passed away on November 30, 2012 in Anchorage. Kathleen was born February 9, 1928 in Baker, OR to George and Bertha (Munn) Curtis. She married her husband, Robert E. Fisher, on August 25, 1949 in Oregon and lived in Oregon until 1953 before moving to Petersburg. They lived in Petersburg for a year before moving to Wrangell in June 1954 where she lived until 2008, when Kathleen moved to Anchorage. Kathleen took pride in raising her family, and adored her grandchildren....
Sandra Bynum, 60, passed away December 19, 2012 Sandra was born January 10, 1952 and passed away with her family surrounding her. Sandra grew up and resided in Lincoln, Calif. until she married Scott Bynum and moved to Wrangell. After a long illness she moved back to Lincoln to be with family. Sandy was the most warm and loving person to anyone that was fortunate enough to meet or know her. She was always willing lend a helping hand, and ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on. Sandy is survived...
Gladys Gunderson’s obituary that ran in the December 13 issue should have read, Brothers, Theodore, Leonard, and Harold; sisters, Eleanor, Romaine, and Mamie; daughter Rose Ann, son Arnold and great-granddaughter Nanette Scherrer preceded Gladys in death. Gladys is survived by children Sharon Scherrer, Arlene (Mike) Gedney, Eleanor (Bill) Knecht, Charmaine (Carl) Benston, Joe, Lyle and Marcus; 19 grandchildren; and 48 great-grand kids. The Sentinel regrets the error....
James “Jimmy” Shirai, 75 died on December 7, 2012 at Alaska Native Medical Center from complications of a stroke suffered on November 30, 2012. He was born on June 1, 1939 in Ketchikan, Alaska to Harvey and Minnie Eshanclan Shirai. Jimmy was a Raven from the Kids.adi people of Wrangell. He went to Wrangell Institute as a young man and lived with his great-aunt and uncle, Alice and John Joseph. His adopted family were Jim and Edith Stevens and he loved his siblings, Harvey Shirai , (Audrey) and...
Clyde Downs, former Wrangell resident, passed away on December 29 in Mountain Home, Ark. Cards may be sent to his wife Linda Downs, 612 Benton St., Mountain Home, Ark. 72653....
Chris Angelo Cawthorne, 69, passed away peacefully in the Wrangell Hospital on December 3, 2012. He was born in New York City, N.Y. on October 2, 1943. Chris grew up in Miami and the Florida Keys. In 1960 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Italy where he learned to ski. He traveled all over Europe, driving his sports car through the Alps on weekends and days off. In 1964 he watched the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and would later talk about wearing bunny boots at the...
Gladys Gunderson, Shtax’ héen Kwáan, passed away on November 27, 2012 with her family by her side. Gladys was born in Klawock, on August 20, 1927 to Ester Williams Roberts and George Roberts. She was one of eight children, including sisters Eleanor, Irene, Mamie, Romaine, and brothers Theodore, Leonard, and Harold. Gladys grew up in Klawock and then moved to Sitka in 1954 where she worked at the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, where she met Gilbert Gunderson who also worked there. As Gilbert moved bac...
Theodore Lanado Lynch, 61, a career fisherman born and raised in Wrangell, is presumed drowned after going overboard from his boat, the Darlin Michele, while shrimping near Skagway on October 29, 2012. Ted Lynch was a member of a family well known in Wrangell, a child of Michael Lynch Jr., and Rosalina Rosita Lanado (“Nana”) Lynch. The Lynch family moved to Seattle on a seine boat when Ted was 7, but he began fishing summers in Alaska with his father when he was 10, according to family members. Until recently Lynch fished nearly yea...