Obituaries for November 14, 2000GORDON SHANIGAN

Wasilla resident and student Gordon James Shanigan, 19, died Nov. 8, 2000, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident at Mile 71 of the Seward Highway near Girdwood.

Services were held Saturday, Nov. 11, at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. Cremation followed the services and his ashes will be taken to the family plot in Pilot Point in the spring.

Gordon was born March 3, 1981, in Anchorage. He lived in Pilot Point for 10 years, two years in Homer, and seven years in Wasilla.

He worked as a Bristol Bay fisherman. His hobbies were hunting, fishing and basketball.

His family said: "Sonny was extremely well liked by his fellow students and teachers, and the people he worked with. We shall miss his smiling face. He is loved."

Survivors are his adoptive mother, Mary Abalama of Wasilla; biological mother, Kari Stiles of Mead, Okla.; stepfather, Terry Stiles; brother, Shelby Stiles; sister, Muranda Stiles, also of Mead, Okla.; grandfather, Eli Bragg Neketa of Port Heiden; uncles, James and Gordon Shanigan of Wasilla; aunts, Wendy Apalone of Egegik, Nikki Shanigan of Big Lake, Frieda Byars of Anchorage, and Laney Shanigan of Juneau; and 15 first cousins.

In lieu of flowers please donate to MADD, 3600 Arctic Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99518.