CHARLES EDMONDS

Palmer resident Charles Arthur Edmonds, 83, died of natural causes at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage on June 22, 2008.

A memorial service will be at 6:30 p.m. June 27 at the Alpine Inn in Sutton, followed by a celebration of life.

Edmonds was born Sept. 15, 1924, in Browning, Mont. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942-1945 during World War II. He began his Alaska residency in 1932 and lived in Anchorage, Palmer, Chickaloon, Sutton, Copper Center, Ketchikan, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and Nome.

Edmonds was employed as big game guide, truck driver, cook, miner, rancher, commercial fisherman, rodeo rider, worked for Matanuska Electric Association, gave trail rides and was a bush pilot. He was a member of the Moose and Elks lodges and American Legion.

Edmonds was also inducted in the Miners Hall of Fame in 2007. His passions were horses and hunting.

He family states, “He liked everybody and everybody liked him.”

Edmonds is survived by his sister, Pearl Faulk, of Anchorage; sons, Gilbert Edmonds of Arizona and Michael Edmonds of Palmer; daughter, Amanda Swavely of Palmer; grandchildren, Carl Gaines, Tammy Sunderland, Michael Edmonds Jr., Chad Edmonds, Kirsten Morlan and Stephan Edmonds; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Arrangements entrusted to Kehl’s Palmer Mortuary.