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
Anthony J. Dampier, 77, died Dec. 6, 2012, at his residence in Wasilla. A “Wind in the Willows”-inspired celebration
Virginia Mae “Aunt Jenny” “Gigi” Cullers, 75, died Dec. 16, 2012, at the Wasilla home of her granddaughter, Wanda Haisley,
Longtime Alaska artist Otis “Scott” McDaniel, 86, died Dec. 17, 2012, at Alaska Native Medical Center surrounded by family and
Faye Eileen Erwin, 78, died Dec.14, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Peter’s Creek. A service is
Jacqueline Mary Slumberger Grow, 89, died Dec. 7, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer with daughter Sally,
Wasilla resident Erika Suzette (Hastie) Forton, 59, died at home Dec. 12, 2012, with her loving husband at her side.
David L. Strickland, 60, died Dec. 13, 2012, at his residence in Wasilla. A memorial service is at 3 p.
Barbara J. Schweigert, 63, died on Dec. 8, 2012, at Providence Horizon House in Anchorage. Eagerly waiting from above, Barbara
Beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and well-known LDS author and speaker John Marion Pontius, 60, died Dec. 10,
Joan M. Kiernan, 73, died Dec. 1, 2012, at her home in Wasilla. A service is at 2 p.m.
Homer resident Patricia Louise Horton, 71, died Dec. 6, 2012, at Main Street Assisted Living in Homer. No services are
Arthur A. Allaire, 84, died Nov. 22, 2012. He was born Dec. 26, 1927, in Lawrence, Mass. Art proudly served