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Wasilla resident Gary Lee Chance, 67, died Fe. 10 at home from complications of emphysema.
Private graveside services were held at Wasilla Aurora Cemetery.
Gary was born July 23, 1941, in Pendleton, Ore. He came to Wasilla in 1981. He had been employed as a retail hardware salesman. His hobbies and special interests were hunting and fishing.
Survivors are his son, Gary Lee Chance, Jr. of Idaho; daughter-in-law, Vanessa Chance of Idaho; granddaughter, Melinda Chance of Washington state; grandson, Drew Chance of Wasilla; and significant other, Margaret Warren of Wasilla.
Arrangements were with Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel.