Louis Raymond Caywood

Memorial Mass for Wasilla resident Louis Raymond Caywood, 68, is at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 4, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father William Fournier officiating.

Louis died May 30, 2011, with his family at his side. He was born Oct. 19, 1942, in Saratoga, Wyo., to Emmett W. and Dorothy B. Caywood.

He came to Alaska with his parents in 1951. He attended schools in Moose Pass, Palmer, Spenard, Skagway and graduated from Copper Valley High School in 1961.

Louis worked out of the Operating Engineers and the United Mine Workers unions as a heavy equipment operator. He worked for five years for the family business in Healy and did home deliveries for Fisher’s Fuel. Louis retired from Crowley Petroleum as a long-haul truck driver in 2010.

Louis enjoyed amateur radio, fishing, driving truck, his work mates, apple pie with vanilla ice cream, scenic views of Alaska and family.

Louis is survived by his wife of 47 years, Roberta Caywood; his children and their spouses, Taryn and Craig Nichols, Janice and Troy Kraft, Joan and Kevin Johnson, Dorothy and Randy Custer, Christopher and Ivy Caywood, and Bernadette and Mace Blakely; 20 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; his brother and his wife, Richard and Kathy Caywood; brother-in-law Gene Corbin; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother and sister-in-law, Chesley and JoAnn McGriff; sister, Emmetta Corbin; niece, Lelani Roy; nephews, David and Steven Caywood; and grandson, Cole Blakely.

Arrangements were by Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel and Crematory of Wasilla.