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
Palmer resident Wendy F. Thompson, 39, died Sept. 10, 2012, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage after battling stage
Longtime Alaskan and Soldotna resident Loretta K. Axtell, 51, died Sept. 8, 2012, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna from
Wasilla resident William C. “Chris” Beaty, 61, died Sept. 3, 2012, near Glacier View on the Glenn Highway, due to
Mary Lou Gerhardt, 78, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. The family will hold
Howard Earl “Rex” Webb — affectionately known to many as “Grandpa” — died Sept. 1, 2012, at the Mat-Su Regional Medical
Cody Lee Parry, 26, died Sept. 1, 2012, near Cantwell. Memorial services are at 1 p.m., Sept. 8, at
Valdez resident Darrel Lee Nease, 74, died Feb. 14, 2012, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Graveside services with
Errol Dean Hamann, 72, died Aug. 3, 2012, at his home in Palmer. He was born Aug. 6, 1939, in
Marvlyn Mae Burleson, 78, of Cottonwood Shores, Texas, died Sept. 3, 2012, at the Sage Brook Nursing Home in Cedar
Wasilla resident George James Jenkins Jr., 64, died Sept. 4, 2012, from acute myelomonocytic leukemia at Mat-Su Regional Medical
Arthur L. “Lee” McDougall, 81, died Aug. 28, 2012, at home surrounded by his family. A celebration of life was
Longtime Alaska resident Ella Blade, 71, died after battling with many health issues. Ella was born in Sacramento, Calif., and