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David Charles Skitt
Mar 21st, 1938 - Apr 13th, 2021
Anchorage, Alaska, resident David Skitt, 83, passed away in Anchorage on April 13, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, at The Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage. Dave was born on March 21, 1938, in New York City, where he lived until he achieved his...
Tsuguo Arai
Feb 21st, 1936 - Nov 11th, 2022
Tsuguo Arai passed away on Nov. 11, 2022, surrounded by family. Born in Kobe, Japan, Tsuguo was raised by his four older sisters after his mother's death. He was 9 years old when over half of Kobe was destroyed during World War II bombings. Tsuguo attended Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya,...
Kathleen Ann Traxinger
Aug 21st, 1939 - Jul 21st, 2022
Longtime Alaskan and homesteading matriarch Kathleen Ann Traxinger, 82, passed away at home with a rosary in hand surrounded by love. Kathleen was born on Aug. 21, 1939, in Houston, Texas. Kathleen, aka Mamma Trax, came to Alaska in 1957, met her Honey Larry Traxinger and were engaged in 10 days,...
Tillie C. Gray
May 25th, 1926 - Jul 27th, 2022
Tillie Gray, born May 25,1926 passed away on July 27, 2022. Tillie was born on a farm in North Dakota. Tillie and her husband Wally moved to Alaska in 1970 where she worked on the pipeline, waitressed and was a bartender at the Polar Bar, Woodshed and 19 years at the American Legion, Post 1. She...
Patricia Ann Ziemba
Aug 14th, 1950 - Aug 5th, 2022
Patricia Ann Ziemba passed away after a year and a half battle with cancer on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, surrounded by loved ones at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. She was an incredible mother, sister, aunt and friend to many. Patty was born in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 14, 1950, to Chester...
William "Bill" Dix
Oct 28th, 1940 - Apr 8th, 2021
William (Bill) A. Dix passed away peacefully April 8, 2021 at Alaska Regional Hospital. Bill was born October 28, 1940 and was 80 at the time of his passing. Bill was preceded in death by his parents: Helen Kibbee (mother) and Tom Kibbee (blended family), Nathan Dix (father), and his brother James...
Judith Lynne Laney
Jun 6th, 1949 - Apr 7th, 2021
After a prolonged illness, Judy Laney passed away peacefully at home, at the age of 71, with her family by her side. She was born in Portland, Ore., to George and Irene (Ashenbrenner) Brown and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, with her family in 1951. She graduated from East Anchorage High School in...
Sandra Lee Borgan
Nov 10th, 1937 - Apr 9th, 2021
Sandra Lee Borgan went home to the Lord on April 9, 2021 after a brief illness. Sandy was born in Indiana to Chester and Edith (Tweedy) Booher. She lived in Indiana and Kentucky before coming to Alaska on vacation in 1960. There she met (and married) Eugene Fred Borgan and made Alaska her home....
Sharon Rae Pipino
Feb 16th, 1950 - Jul 30th, 2022
Sharon Rae Pipino passed away at her home in Anchorage, Alaska, at the age of 72, on the morning of Saturday, July 30, 2022. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic lymphoma a month earlier. Her family is grateful that she is no longer in pain and suffers no more. She was born on Feb. 16,...
Frank Peter Flavin
Nov 22nd, 1946 - Jun 12th, 2022
Photographer Frank Peter Flavin passed away on June 12, 2022, completing a full and adventurous life. He arrived in Anchorage as a US Army photographer assigned to Fort Richardson, and his last assignment was the Military Appreciation Picnic at JBER – an event he loved. Full circle. Frank was born...
Rita Cheryl Wilson
Aug 11th, 1944 - Jun 17th, 2022
Rita Cheryl (Atkins) Wilson was born in San Francisco, Calif., to Chester and Marie (Church) Hanna. Her early childhood was spent in Germany where her stepfather was based after WWII - it's a great coincidence that Rita's husband Jeff was born in the same hospital five years earlier. The Army sent...
Karen Michelle Southwood
Jan 5th, 1965 - Oct 16th, 2022
On Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at 4:20 a.m., Karen Southwood a loving wife, daughter, sister, aunt and amazing friend, passed away, at the age of 57. Karen was born at Saint Joseph's Fairbanks Hospital on Jan. 5, 1965, to Marjorie and Fred Shields. She was raised in Anderson, Alaska, and attended...
Elizabeth Jean Montbriand
Sep 19th, 1923 - Jun 24th, 2022
Elizabeth Jean Montbriand (née Stott) born in Bemidji, MN, 19 September 1923 to Alfred W. Stott and Lenna E. Stott (née King), Elizabeth Jean Montbriand passed on 24 June 2022 at her second home in Peters Creek, Alaska. Even though she passed at her Peters Creek home, her Bunnell street residence...
Cordice Lee Simmons
Nov 3rd, 1950 - Jun 17th, 2022
Cordice L. Simmons of Anchorage, Alaska departed this life on June 17, 2022, at Providence Alaska Medical Center. Services will be held at 1pm on July 9th at CME Church, 3600 Macinnes St., Anchorage. Cordice was born November 3, 1950, in Long Beach County, California to the late Clifton and Juanita...
Klaus Plikat
Apr 24th, 1943 - Jun 21st, 2022
Longtime Anchorage resident, Klaus Plikat, passed away peacefully at home on June 21 surrounded by his family. Klaus was born April 24, 1943, in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany to Erich and Wilma Plikat. They immigrated to the United States in 1955 and settled in Camas Valley, Oregon. Following high...
James Allen Swanson
Jul 31st, 1956 - May 28th, 2022
James Allen Swanson, 65, passed away due to cancer on May 28, 2022, at his home in Wasilla, Alaska. Jim was born on July 31,1956 in Long Beach, California to Burton and Patricia (Meskimen) Swanson. He studied veterinary medicine at Fort Steilacoom Community College in Washington state. Jim has...
Julie Ann Washburn
Feb 8th, 1958 - May 1st, 2022
Julie Ann Washburn (Phinney), age 64, passed unexpectedly after battling lung disease in Wasilla, Alaska on May 1, 2022. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Joel Washburn, children Brandi Mayo and Tony Wolf, Amanda and Micah Satterly, Chad and Amanda Swarthout, grandsons Bradley and Austyn...
David Eric McClure
Sep 14th, 1954 - Feb 3rd, 2021
David Eric McClure, 66, of Anchorage, Alaska, died on Feb. 3, 2021. He was born on Sept. 14, 1954, in Johnstown, Pa., and raised in Ligonier Valley, Pa., McClure was a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania and the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University. He came to Alaska in 1979, as...
Myrtle Louise Midkiff
Jul 29th, 1944 - Nov 6th, 2022
Myrtle "Louise" Midkiff from Wasilla, Alaska, aged 78, passed on November 6, 2022. Louise was born on July 29, 1944 in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Surviving siblings are William C. and Walter "Roy" Midkiff. She was known for her love of music and enjoyed singing and playing the harpsichord at the...
Jon Calvert Dawson
Jul 29th, 1935 - Mar 28th, 2022
LTC Jon Calvert Dawson (ret.), 86, passed away on March 28, 2022, peacefully at home with family by his side. Jon was born in McCook, Nebraska. He met the love of his life, Phyllis Marie Ditus, while in high school, and married Phyllis when the two of them were seniors at the University of...
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