JUDY MCINTOSH

Former Palmer and Kodiak resident Judy McIntosh, 63, died Dec. 11, 2004, at her home in Appleton, Wash.

A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Wash.

Mrs. McIntosh was born April 4, 1941, in Vancouver, Wash., to John and Juanita Fitzgerald. She graduated from Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash., where she lived most of her years before moving to Palmer.

Mrs. McIntosh married James F. McIntosh in 1958 in Stevenson, Wash. She and her husband moved to Palmer in 1982. She drove a school bus for 10 years and then the couple moved to Kodiak in 1993, where she worked as a school bus driver and trainer for five years.

In retirement, she enjoyed archery, hunting, fishing and especially riding four-wheelers and snowmachines in the woods.

Mrs. McIntosh was a member of the National Archery Association and the Washington State Archery Association.

She is survived by her husband, James F. McIntosh of Appleton, Wash.; son, James J. McIntosh of Spokane, Wash.; daughter, Janet A. McIntosh of Spokane; sister, Linda Bessey of Elkton, Ore.; brother, John D. Fitzgerald of Battleground, Wash., and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, all of Spokane.

ANDREW L. PERKINS

Alaska resident Andrew Lee Perkins, 28, died at his home in Houston on Dec. 9, 2004.

Mr. Perkins was born Nov. 26, 1976, in Quincy, Calif. He moved to Alaska in 1996 and settled in the Houston area. He worked for McDonald's restaurant as a cleanup person and worked as a cook for most of his life.

His family wrote, "He was a good son and loved his brother and sister very much. He will be missed by a lot of people."

He is survived by his father, Terry R. Jones; mother, Donna C. Jones; brother, Timothy R. Jones and sister, Sonya M. Jones.

Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory in Wasilla.

SYLVIA A. WOLF

Sylvia A. Wolf, a lifelong Alaskan, died peacefully at her home Dec. 12, 2004, after a brief illness.

A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Lazy Mountain Bible Church in Palmer.

Mrs. Wolf was born Sylvia A. Nelson on Feb. 22, 1937, in Palmer, to Matanuska Valley colonists Paul and Margaret Nelson.

In 1964, she started a home-based business that at the time was called "Amway," and over the remaining years of her life she built and maintained a business that spans Alaska and the United States' worldwide markets.

Mrs. Wolf was an entrepreneur and strong advocate of the free enterprise way of life. She was active in the community by being on the board of the Crisis Pregnancy Center.

Her interests were reading, working on her flower beds, swimming laps at Palmer High School pool and building her network

of friends and business associates.

Mrs. Wolf was preceded in death by her father, Paul Nelson, and her infant son, David Wolf.

Her family wrote, "Sylvia will be greatly missed by her family and friends who knew her as a compassionate and caring person. Sylvia touched the lives and hearts of myriad people who knew her through her positive outlook on life, her deep relationship with Christ and her ongoing desire for people to become all they were designed to be."

She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Daniel Wolf; sons, Dan Wolf of Anchorage and Gary Wolf of Palmer; daughters, Naomi Hanks of Anchorage and Marina Coulombe of Palmer; mother, Margaret Nelson; sisters, Norma Marshall, Ruth Bailey, Janice Swartzbacker, Rita Colver and Pauline Standifer; grandchildren, Corene Swisher, Ryan Wolf, Cody Wolf, Lindsey, Megan, Steve and Peter Hanks, J.P. and Andre Coulombe and her great-grandson, Jude Swisher.

It was Mrs. Wolf's wish that donations be made to World Vision, P.O. Box 70200, Tacoma, WA 98481-0200.

Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla.