Dove Tree marks 10 years

 

Greg Knight

Ruby Taylor places a pair of doves in remembrance of her husband and daughter on the 10th annual Dove Tree at the Nolan Center last weekend.

The annual Dove Tree ceremony, a remembrance of Wrangellites and family who have passed away during the past 12 months, marked a decade on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Nolan Center.

A total of 46 paper doves, each with the name of a loved one emblazoned upon it in gold ink, were placed on the tree by relatives, friends, and members of the Wrangell Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Wrangell Hospice sponsors the annual event.

Alice Rooney, who takes part in the ceremony as an accompanist on piano, said remembering is way of coming together as a town.

“This is a small and close-knit community,”...



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