El Thomas Quick

Longtime Alaska resident, El Thomas Quick, 79 passed away May 14, 2016 at Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage. His cremated remains will be buried with U.S. Navy honors at 12 Noon Friday May 20, 2016 at Ft Richardson National Cemetery. Please meet outside the Ft Richardson gate at 11:30 am to form the procession. A Celebration of Life will held 4 pm Friday at the AMVETS Post 2, 855 E 38th Avenue Anchorage. El Thomas Quick was born April 11, 1937 in Hamlet, North Carolina. He grew up in Hamlet. He joined the U.S. Navy and served at Kodiak Naval Base in Alaska. After his honorable discharge, he continued to reside in Alaska and worked over 40 years in the Airline industry, primarily with Western and Delta Airlines. In retirement, he drove school bus He loved his family and cars, He enjoyed fishing and traveling and singing karaoke at the AMVETS Post 2. His family wrote:"He lived his life to the fullest.. He will was very loved and will be very missed by family, friends, neighbors and co-workers." Mr Quick is survived by his two children, Rebecca El Nahaku of Auburn, WA and El Thomas Quick, II of Renton, WA; four grandsons, Kekoa, Ikaika, and Kamana Nahaku of Auburn, WA and Sterling Myren of Anchorage.