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Soldotna resident Jeffrey Alan Ring, 30, died Nov. 9, 2004, at Providence Alaska Medical Center, of a brain aneurysm.
A service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in Kenai, at the Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory.
Officiating at the service will be Alan Humphries.
Mr. Ring was born on June 19, 1974 in Tacoma, Wash. He was a high-school graduate and became a resident of Soldotna in 1993. He also lived in Anchorage.
Mr. Ring worked for BJ Services and loved fishing, camping, boating and hunting.
His loved ones wrote, "Jeff was a wonderful husband, father and friend. He loved the outdoors, whether it be fishing, camping or four-wheeling. We love him and miss him."
He is survived by his wife, Danielle Ring; daughter, Sierra, and son, Troy of Soldotna; mother, Diana Ring, and father, Jerry Ring, of Anchorage; brother, Jeromy Ring, and sister-in-law, Terri Ring, of Wasilla; nephew, Taylor Hoplin of Anchorage; brother-in-law, Dean Squires, and sister-in-law, Ali Squires, of Soldotna; sister-in-law, Shanna Roderick, and brother-in-law, Marc Roderick, of Anchor Point; father-in-law, Gary Squires, and stepmother-in-law, Nancy Squires, of Homer; mother-in-law, Cathy Myers and Art Myers of Vassar, Mich.; grandmothers, Phyliss Dickey and Phyliss Ring of Hartford City, Ind., and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Jericho Ring, and grandfathers, Walter Ring Sr. and Rodger Dickey.
Memorial donations may be made to Alaska USA Federal Credit account number 110222RI. Arrangements were made by Anchorage Funeral Home and Crematory.