Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
Janett Larue Grady, 69, died Jan. 6, 2013, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. She was born July
Catherine Mary Cizek, 89, died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 27, 2012, in Anchorage at the home of her daughter
By Verne Rupright Mayor's Corner This is no news flash, but Christmas is next week, a high Christian
Beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and well-known LDS author and speaker John Marion Pontius, 60, died Dec. 10,
Kathryn Willey, 79, died Nov. 27, 2012, four days short of her 80th birthday. A memorial service is at 1
Palmer resident Leonard John Hoffman, 55, died Sept. 18, 2012, at St. Elias Specialty Hospital. Leo, as he was known
Esther Lois Bowen Sparks, 82, died peacefully at her home in Eagle River on June 18, 2012, from complications of
Former Alaska and Mat-Su Valley resident Ruth Mae (McClure) Rupp, 94, of Decatur, Ind., died April 20, 2012. She
Wasilla resident Sheila (née Calder) Fortuine, 78, died March 11, 2012. Born Aug. 11, 1933, in Montreal, Canada, she graduated
William Allen Wright, 41, died Feb. 25, 2012, while at church serving the Lord. Will was born April 9, 1970,
The Rev. Harold Dunaway, orthodox priest and founding pastor of Saint John Orthodox Cathedral in Eagle River, died Jan. 3,
Terry D. Wright, 55, died Nov. 26, 2011. A celebration of life is Dec. 3 at Faith Bible Fellowship on