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Al Taylor, 83, passed peacefully in his sleep June 7, 2012. Allen Martin Taylor was born at home in Floydata, Texas to John Allen Taylor and Elzie Elizabeth (Bever) Taylor on July 5, 1928. His five year old uncle ran for the doctor and the doctor arrived late, intoxicated and ran his Model A right into the front porch. Allen’s grandmother therefore delivered him. His first bed was a shoe box on the oven door because he was premature at only four pounds. Allen was the oldest of five children a...
Christina Gale Glass, 36, passed away May 11, 2012, in Anchorage. “Chrissie” Glass was born on June 16, 1976 in Wrangell. Chrissie lived much of her life in Wrangell where she had many lifelong friendships. Chrissie took great joy in scrap booking and beading. She loved scrap booking so much that she opened her own business in Wrangell. Chrissie is survived by her loving son Eric James of Wrangell, father and stepmother, Gale and Debbie Glass, brothers Will Barlow of Talkeetna and Jordan Gla...
Diana Marie Knapp, 29, died April 22, 2102 in Anchorage. Born November 8, 1982 to Jerry and Lu Knapp, Diana was the youngest of four children. She was affectionately known as blueberry pie by her sister Leslie. Left to cherish her memory and whom she loved so much are her parents, Jerry and Lu Knapp, grandparents Broker and Carol Brady, siblings, Marca, Leslie and Jerry, and nephews, Nicholas, Zachary, Christopher, Riley and one great niece Jocelyn, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and...
Charles (Skip) McKibben, 74, passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with cancer on March 12 at the Wrangell Medical Center. He was surrounded by family and friends. Skip was born in Wrangell on May 19, 1937. He was an original river rat, having been conceived on the Stikine River. The middle child of Lena (Ellis) McKibben, he was raised on the river where he acquired his life long love for nature and the great outdoors. He was known for constantly building and testing water...
Mike Carney, 76, died January 27, 2012. Mike was born in LaConner, Wash. on June 21, 1935 and moved soon after to Kittitas, Wash. where he was raised with six brothers and three sisters on a farm. Mike married Helen in June of 1957. He moved with his family to Alaska, starting in Metlakatla in 1960 and then to Wrangell in 1971. Mike worked as a millwright and a sawyer, later becoming a foreman. When Mike was not working, he was always fishing or hunting; a true outdoorsman. After Mike retired...
Elsie Jeanne McFarland, 72, died February 16, 2012. Elsie grew up in Wrangell and graduated from Wrangell High School in 1957. After living in Wrangell she moved to Canada for nine years, then moving to Washington. She graduated from nursing school in Moses Lake, Wash, in 1975. Her parents Homer Earl Rooney and Ester Ruby Rooney, and her son Paul Edward Nosler Verrall precede her in death. Elise is survived by her husband of 27 years Arnold J. McFarland, eight children; Thell, David, Reba, Bobbie, Hope, Carol, Shirley and Roxina, two brothers;...
John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke Lake. Young John spent his first ten years subsisting with the family in the lifestyle of wood stoves, coal oil lamps, outhouses, and water buckets. They survived on a menu of venison and fish in addition to vegetables grown in a big garden. Early on in John’s life he spent summers trolling with C...
Patrick W. Lloyd, 94, died February 3, 2012 in his sleep, in Anacortes, Wash. Mr. Lloyd was born on September 7, 1917, at Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was the eldest son of Frank Lloyd, Alaska fisherman and salmon cannery man, and Jennie Heath Lloyd, daughter of Eugene Arthur Heath, early Alaska homesteader, land developer and newspaper publisher. Mr. Lloyd grew up in Ketchikan and graduated from Ketchikan High School. He attended the University of Washington for two...
Ronald Patrick Fennimore, 65, died February 6, 2012. Ron was born in Seattle, Wash. to Paul and Mabel Fennimore on April 2, 1946. Ron lived in Mt Angel, Ore. as a child in 1960 the family moved to Wrangell. After graduation Ron attended automotive school in Oregon city, Ore. from 1964 to 1966, followed by enlistment in the Navy from 1967 to 1971 serving in Vietnam. In 1968 Ron married the love of his life and high school sweetheart Evi Erickson. Following his Navy service the family returned to...
Edward Mark Glenz, 80, passed away January 27, 2012 at his home in Wrangell. Ed was born July 9, 1931 to Edward and Helene Glenz in Portland, Ore. The family home was in Castle Rock, Wash. Ed came north 60 years ago to work in the logging camps. He had a store, fuel dock, and a fish station in Meyer Chuck where he lived for 45 years. He commercial trolled on the F/V Good Luck. He enjoyed gardening and wood lathe work. Edward is survived by his wife, Marian of 53 years, one daughter Teresa...
Kenneth Goodrich 73, of Ketchikan, died January 11, 2012, after a long illness. Ken was born April 22 1938, in Juneau, the son of the late Lloyd E. Goodrich and Thelma (Edwards) Goodrich. He was the oldest of 3 siblings. He grew up in Wrangell graduating from Wrangell High School in 1956. Ken survived alcohol to go on to enjoy a long career helping others battle addiction. He moved to Ketchikan in the early 70’s where he eventually worked at the KAR House and for the Ketchikan Gateway Human S...
On December 15, 2010 Joy Lee Watts, 47, passed away quietly in her sleep with her husband, Dale at her side and a smile on her face. Joy’s life may have ended sooner than her family ever thought it would but Joy left many smiles for them to remember. Joy was the best mother and wife that her family could have ever been blessed to have. At Joy’s request there was no service held, she wanted no tears, just smiles. January 17 Joy would have been celebrating her 48th birthday. Her family wishes tha...
Richard Rinehart Sr, passed away peacefully just before noon Thursday, December 29th. He was a great father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, uncle, and a real good man. He was a respected elder and leader of his people. His passions were his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren (Rinehart’s, Powell’s, Churchill’s and Oliver), fishing and his organizations (ANB, American Legion, T&H, WCA and more). He loved his wife Joann and he loved Wrangell. Richard led a long life with hono...
Jerry Powers, 73, passed away on December 2, 2011 in Kamiah, Idaho. Jerry grew up in Wrangell and fished with his dad for many years. He moved to Tacoma 45 years ago, but still returned to Wrangell to go commercial fishing, the last years with Ted Buttle. He was preceded in death by his wife Charlene, his parents Warren and Isabelle Powers. He is survived by his children, Leann, Michelle and Donald, (their mother is former Bonnie Sylvester), his sister Donna, brothers, Warren and Darrell...
Robert Randall (Randy) Sansom, 57, died on December 10, 2011, in Wrangell, after a long struggle with heart disease. He was born October 12, 1954, or as he liked to say “Columbus Day, 1954”, in Kerrville, Texas to Bob and Georgie Sansom. Randy was a happy child and an outgoing adult. He never met a stranger. He attended Tivy Schools in Kerrville, Texas. In spite of a learning disability, Randy learned to do yard work and wash dishes while attending the Green House facility for handicapped...
Florence Imogene Petticrew passed away on September 8, 2011. Imogene was born in Arcata, CA on February 27, 1916, to parents Charles A. and Lyra C. Dahle West. Imogene had one sibling; a brother, Alfred C. “Tim” West who joined the family two years later and the two became the best of friends. Imogene moved to Petersburg Ak in 1919 at the age of 3, where her father was employed as a wharfinger for Alaska Steam Ship Lines. Imogene attended school in Petersburg and subsequently met and mar...
Bruce David Buddeau, 61, passed away in Portland, Ore. on November 14, 2011 following a traffic accident on November 6. Bruce lived for a time in Wrangell and had many friends here. His brother John Buddeau of Gresham, Ore. and his sisters, Karen Buddeau of Sandy, Ore. and Lucinda Warren of Vancouver, Wash, survive him....
Anna Mae Baldwin, 76, of Wrangell, Alaska, a native of Pratt, Kansas, died Monday, November 21, 2011 at home. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Pratt, Kansas April 8, 1935, the daughter of Clarence and Esther (Miller) Rose. She married Daniel S. Baldwin on August 6, 1955. Mrs. Baldwin retired from Wrangell Air Service as office manager. Later she ran a home daycare for many years. Anna Mae was also a missionary with Baptist Bible Fellowship. She was a member of Wrangell Bible Baptist Church for many...
Lillith (Lil) Bauman Yancey, 93, a long-time resident of Wrangell was called to be with the Lord on Oct. 5, 2011 in the comfort of her own home. Born in 1918 in Ladysmith, Wis., Lil graduated from the Minnesota Bible College and took music classes at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. She taught music for several years, during which time she met and married Lyle Yancey in 1953. In 1960, a son, Eric Lyle Yancey was born. Lil’s family moved quite a bit, mostly around Montana, Wyoming and Idaho w...
John D. Fabrello, 69, of Juneau, died October 27, 2011 after a six and a half year battle with prostate cancer. He was born in Carlton, Minn. to the late Antonio and Anna Fabrello, on June 19, 1942. John graduated from Wrenshall High School in 1960. John was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, honorably discharged in 1967 after spending time on the USS Chickasaw and USS Ajax. He started his family in San Diego, Calif. moving to Brookings, Ore. before relocating to Alaska in 1972 where he lived since....
Michael A. Howell, 60, died Oct. 17, 2011. at home after a long illness with his family at his side. Mike was born May 7, 1951, in Everett, Wash. to Doug and Jackie Howell. He was the oldest son of five children, which includes sisters Loretta and Sue, brothers Marvin and Ronnie. Mike graduated from Forks High School in 1969. He married Rinda Kay Winger in 1969, and they made their home in Forks, Wash. Mike served in the Army from September 1970 to September 1973, serving overseas in Germany...