Jack Irvin Pike

Wasilla resident Jack Irvin Pike, 56, died of natural causes Oct. 16, 2011, at Alaska Regional Medical Center in Anchorage.

Memorial services were Oct. 22 at Sacred Heart Church. Father Scott Garrett officiated.

Jack was born Oct. 4, 1955, to Robert Irvin and Althea Mae (Rugg) Pike in Lewiston, Maine. He entered the U.S. Army in 1973 serving four years until he transferred into the U.S. Coast Guard, where he served 20 years and retired in 2001. Jack had lived in Kodiak from 1991 to 1996 before moving to Maine. He had lived in Maine until 2007, when he returned to Alaska and took residency in Wasilla.

“Jack was a family man who loved everyone unconditionally. He will be extremely missed,” wrote the family.

Jack is survived by his wife of 26 years, Irene M. Pike of Wasilla; mother, Althea Pike of Waterford, Maine; daughters, Jaimi Pike of Sebastian, Fla., Alecia Pike of Wasilla and Abbi-Gayle Sterlacci of San Antonio, Texas; sons, Christopher Pike of South Carolina and Jack Pike II of Wasilla; daughter, Aleksys Hegge of Charlottesville, Va.; sons, Shawn and Joseph Pike, both of Wasilla; granddaughters, Nora Hegge of Charlottesville, Va., and Isabella Sterlacci of San Antonio, Texas; brothers, Steve, Wayne, Kevin, Bobby and Brad, all of Maine; and sisters, Pam, Terry and Linda, all of Maine.

Arrangements were by Valley Funeral Home and Crematory.