Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
John Vellone, 84, from Big Lake, died Aug. 9, 2013 at Elmendorf Hospital. He was born June 15, 1929 in San Francisco, Calif.
A graveside service for the Purple Heart recipient is at noon, Sept. 9 at Fort Richardson National Cemetery with full Military Honors. Those attending must line up behind the hearse at the main Fort Richardson Gate no later than 11:40 a.m. to be escorted on base.
Arrangements were entrusted to Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel and Crematory.
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