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
Sterling resident, Dwane Allen Burgess, 68, died Jan. 16, 2010, at Central Peninsula Hospital with his family by his side.
Big Lake resident Bobby L. Spears, 73, died Nov. 27, 2009, at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer.
Michael Edward Palmquist died in his home in Arizona Jan. 5, 2010. He was born in Medford, Ore., on June
Nancy Hollingsworth died peacefully at home with family on Jan. 3 after a long battle with brain cancer. Nancy was
Lucretia P. Rick, 87 of Wasilla, passed away Dec. 24 at her residence. Lucretia asked that no services be held.
Frank Toomey died Dec. 4 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. Frank was born July 17, 1918 in Vancouver, Wash., to
Wasilla and former Fairbanks resident Henry “Hank” Parker, 83, died peacefully Dec. 22 in Wasilla. A memorial gathering is planned
Long-time Anchorage resident Delores “Dee” Heim, 88, died Dec. 9 of pneumonia at Mat-Su Regional Hospital in Palmer.
Donna Jean Durand France, 84, progressed from this life’s adventure on Dec. 10. Donna was pretty serious about everything,
Longtime Soldotna resident, Steven A. Knutson, 61, died Dec. 2 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Memorial services will be
Ada L. Cameron (Mutsy), 62, died Dec. 5 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. There was a private
On Dec. 2, Jay Clifford Hudson, 52, of Hudson Air Service, passed away at Alaska Native Medical Center after a