LORRAINE CORDELL (KALMBACH) HUSKINS

A celebration of life will be held June 28 for Lorraine Cordell (Kalmbach) Huskins, 62. She died of cancer on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at her home in Phoenix, Ariz., surrounded by her family.

She was born Dec. 7, 1940, in South Dakota to John and Helen Kalmbach. She married Curtis "Lee" Huskins in 1970 and moved to Alaska in 1975. They moved to Phoenix in 1992.

According to her family, she loved to come back to Alaska in the summer. "She was a tremendous gardener and a wonderful friend to many people. She had a heart for those less fortunate than her, and was always doing things to brighten up our days." She was a member of The Valley Cathedral in Phoenix. She also enjoyed bowling once a week with the girls in Wasilla and Phoenix.

She is survived by her husband Curtis Lee Huskins of Phoenix; daughters Dawn and her husband Jake Marquez, of Wasilla, Felice and her husband Lance Bennett, of Anchorage; son Ken and his wife Bonnie Stetter; mother, Helen Kalmbach, of Lead, S.D.; brother John and his wife Donna Kalmbach of Snohomish, Wash.; sister Debra and her husband Marlo Heupel also of Lead; grandchildren, Trustin, Myrranda, Cristopher, Chantell and Blake. She was preceded in death by her father John, son Troy Stetter and granddaughter Crystal Stetter.

Her family noted that they are looking forward to seeing her again.

The celebration of life will take place at 2 p.m. at the Birch Harbor Baptist Church on Mile 4 Knik-Goose Bay Road.