Obituaries
Larry Richard Fish passed away on March 8, 2022, following a stroke and a battle with metastatic melanoma. Known by many as simply Fish, or Mr. Warm and Wonderful, Larry was born July 6, 1942, in...
Rhoda Isikwha Boolowon, age 79, of Gambell, Alaska, passed away on February 18, 2022 with her loved ones by her side. Rhoda was born February 18, 1943 to Ina Waalla and Harold Tiiwri Koonooka...
On February 16, 2022, Harold Edward Garrison Jr. “Pete,” loving husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, and grandfather, passed away peacefully in Anchorage, Alaska after a long courageous battle...
Vernon Roy “Chubby” Olson passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, March 6, 14 days after being diagnosed with cancer. He was born at Nook fish camp east of Nome to John Helmer Olson, who was...
Pat Straub lived most of his life in Nome except for two brief periods outside and his time in the Navy Seabees.
He was a heavy equipment operator and he had a natural talent for driving truck which...
J. Van Greenly, age 90, passed away on February 4, 2022. He was born January 8, 1932, in Akron, Ohio, to Russell James Greenly and Anne Frances (Hoover) Greenly. He will be interred in New Britain,...
Ralph Julian Saccheus was born November 25, 1937 to David and Jeanne Saccheus in Elim, and passed on January 9, 2022 in Anchorage. Ralph was the fifth of 11 children.
Ralph married Arlene K....
Norman Wayne Stiles, “Norm” was born to Lloyd and Josephine McClemore in Bastrop, Louisiana on July 12, 1935; he died December 16, 2021 in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Norm’s childhood was filled with...
Louis passed away peacefully on November 12, 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska, not able to recover from a massive heart attack. His family was at his side. Before he passed, Louis and his longtime partner...
George Foot was born in Kalispell, Montana, February 8, 1957, the son of Harold and Fusae Foot. His parents met in Fukuoka, Japan, where Harold was serving as an army medic in the U.S. hospital there...
