March 2, 2007

Adare William Cleveland

Anchorage resident Adare William Cleveland, 20, died Feb. 19, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq.

A service, officiated by Stan Roach, was Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Anchorage Baptist Temple. Military honors were given at Fort Richardson National Cemetery.

He was born Jan. 14, 1987, in Ontario, Ore. He attended school at West High and Family Partnership, later joining the U.S. Army. He became a resident of Anchorage in September 2000. He was employed at Carrs, Airline Support, Chilis Too, Thrifty Car Rental, and Qdoba during 2001 to 2005.

He was affiliated with Ore- Ida Judo Club as a youth, Boy Scouts, and the West High choir and band. He won awards for student of the month and military awards. He enjoyed country music and ranching.

His family wrote, &#8220Adare could be a real charmer. As a child, I used to take him to the airport to watch the planes and have a picnic. He had numerous friends, including some of the homeless. He wanted to join Anchorage Police Department. His first motivation for wanting to join was to be able to drive the cars fast. When he decided on the Army, he chose the cavalry as his great-grandfather and a favorite uncle had been cavalry.”

He is survived by his mother, Dianne Cleveland; father, William Simonds Jr.; grandmothers, Delores Palmer and Betty Simonds; sister, Maylyn Cleveland; aunt and uncle, Nikki and Lee Cleveland; surrogate mother, Esther Wehr; and numerous other aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Robbie Cleveland.

Memorial donations can be made to Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250 or St. Judes Hospital, 505 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN, 38105.

Local arrangements were provided by Witzleben Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

Wilma Ione

Barrett

Former Anchorage resident Wilma Ione Barrett, 94, died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, surrounded by family and friends at the Cambridge Health Care Center in Cambridge, Minn. She had resided in Cambridge for more than 20 years.

Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2007, at the Cambridge Heath Care Center in Cambridge.

She was born April 28, 1912, in Sheffield, Iowa, and her love of cooking for large groups was related back to her country roots. She moved from Arizona to Alaska with her husband, Wayne, in June 1961 in a 1955 Plymouth via the Alaska Highway with two adults, five children and a dog.

Together they raised the five children, Ramon, JoAnne, Wayne Jr., Cheryl and Gregory. Two children now remain in Alaska and one in Minnesota. The couple enjoyed traveling and after her husband's retirement, they moved to California, Arizona and Mississippi, ending up in Minnesota to be near their daughter, Cheryl and her husband, Jim.

She was a homemaker for the majority of her life and one of her greatest loves was tending her flower garden, feeding the squirrels and sharing lemon drops with all the grandchildren. After her children were grown, the couple opened their home to foster care, imparting their religious beliefs and values in the foster care area.

She also spent several years as an election volunteer for

her district in local, state

and national elections in Anchorage.

She was preceded in death by her husband in April 2003; sons, Wayne Jr. and Gregory; and granddaughter, Angie

Herbert.

She is survived by her son, Ramon and his wife Anne of Kenai; daughter, JoAnne Skonberg and her husband Rick of Wasilla; daughter, Cheryl Bird and her husband Jim of Grandee, Minn.; daughter in-law, Dawn Barrett; 11 grandchildren, Steve, Kenneth and Bobby Ziegler, Shannon Edens, Renee Bible, Karen Conti, Joe and Nick Barrett, Shane and Brandee Mahar, and Jessie Bird; and 22 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to C.H.C.C. toward the Senior Activities Fund, 548 W. First Ave., Cambridge, MN 55008.

Local arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.

Rambom Ishaevich Mardakhaev

Rambom Ishaevich Mardakhaev was born July 12, 1967, in Baku, Azerbaijan. He lived most of his life in Azerbaijan before moving to Moscow in Russia, and then Wasilla in October of 2000.

He died Feb. 25. His family and friends in Alaska, Azerbaijan, Israel, and around the world mourn his loss.

He worked for Nana Management Co. as a custodian for Palmer High School. He loved Alaska summers and loved to fish, barbecue shashlik, and enjoy the great outdoors.

As a Jew, he loved and feared the Lord. He was an honest and good man. He will be sorely missed by those who knew him. He loved his family very much.

He is survived by his wife, Lilia; his children, Daniel, Revekkah, Svetlana, Ester and David.

A service is scheduled for noon Friday, March 2, 2007, at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. For more information, people can contact his close friend, Jesse Carnahan at 775-5377.

Grover Cleveland Davis

Longtime Palmer resident Grover Cleveland Davis, 92, died Feb. 15, 2007, at Creekside Manor Assisted Living Home in Wasilla. He resided in the Palmer-Wasilla area for nearly 30 years.

He is survived by his sons, Johnnie of Paso Robles, Calif., Darryl of Davis, Calif., and Jimmy of Moreno Valley, Calif.; daughter, Margaret, a 10-year resident of Alaska who now resides in Boise, Idaho; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was born in Swenson, Texas, in 1914, the second of eight children. He migrated to California in the late 1930s, moved to Oregon in the early 1970s, and finally moved to Alaska in the late 1970s, where he considered himself to be finally at home.

Early on, he picked fruit in the San Joaquin Valley, Calif., during the dust bowl years. He spent most of his remaining life involved in some capacity with livestock. He was part-owner of a livestock auction in Paso Robles, where he owned and operated a livestock hauling business. He raised cattle, sheep, horses and hogs, and generally engaged in the many other business matters surrounding livestock. He was a contract buyer for meat packing companies, regularly rode in Pioneer Day and similar parades, sponsored and supported youth livestock activities at fairs, and organized and conducted weekend rodeos for youth and amateur aspiring cowboys.

For his time in the Palmer-Wasilla area, he raised hogs, traded in cattle and horses, assisted in various ways at the Alaska State Fair, and generally kept busy with what it takes to live and survive as a long-term Alaska resident.

He was a lifelong hunter and fisherman and all-around outdoorsman. In California and Oregon, he hunted deer, elk, wild pigeons and doves, horse-packing and camping throughout the Sierra and Cascade mountains. In Alaska, he hunted moose, sheep, goats and ptarmigan. He fished for trout, Dolly Varden, halibut and all species of salmon - silvers being his favorite. He most enjoyed these activities with his children during their many trips to Alaska to visit &#8220Pop.”

At a gathering of his children in the coming summer, his cremated remains are to be scattered at a place in Alaska very special to him.

Arrangements were with Valley Funeral Home and Crematory in Wasilla.