Though this year’s Dove Tree public ceremony was canceled due to weather and dangerous driving conditions on Dec. 1, Hospice of Wrangell has hung paper doves on the tree at the Nolan Center for 52 residents, family and friends who have passed away.
“It includes several people who died more than a year ago, but obituaries or gatherings happened later. Some of these people had no obituary in the Sentinel,” explained hospice volunteer Alice Rooney.
The public event has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Nolan Center.
The tree — an annual tradition dating back more than 20 years — will remain up through the new year, and blank paper doves are available at the tree display for people to add additional names.
Hospice of Wrangell added the following names:
Lyle Earl Benitz
Chuck Bissonet
Suzanne “Suzie” Byford
Shirley Jean Bartlett
Janet Buness
Shandell Barlow
Kim Thruston Christian
David Roy Churchill
Carl Campbell
John Church
Ken Davidson Sr.
Chris Dahl
Linda Davidson
Tina Doak
Brian Hernando Fennimore
Otto Florschutz
Mike Gedney
Steven Brian Gerard
Daniel “Dan” James Gross Jr.
Tony (Oskolkoff) Gularte
Susan “Suzy” Virginia Hay
Timothy Heller
Beth Heller
Mara Heller
Derek Heller
Kara Heller
Marlene Johnston
Patty Jean Kautz
Doreen “Stretch” Keso
Willard Dee Lowe
Loretta “Jeanne” Lindley
Lillian Patricia Lackey
Steve Little
Richard Marks
Edward “Ed” Roland Ness
Charles Martin Nore
Lenny Petersen
Barbara Lee Patrick
Jacobus “Jack” Pino
James Randolph Rinehart
Riley Rooney
Travis Saunders
Arnold “Arnie” Sandness
David Michael “Mike” Saunders Sr.
Harold Snoddy
Rebecca “Becky” Simpson
Robert “Snuffy” Shilts
David Sturdevant
William “Will” Cook Snyder
Jon Smith
Barbara Taylor
Kim (House) Tyner
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