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
Alaska Matanuska Valley pioneer Carl Fritzler, 99, died March 13, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. A
Tammy Irene Wells, 51, died March 18, 2012, at her home in Palmer from chronic illness. She was born Feb.
Longtime Knik resident Daniel Allen Merrill, 45, died unexpectedly March 18, 2012, from injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle
Lifelong Valley resident Dee Woods, 66, died peacefully in his Sutton home March 16, 2012, of lung cancer. He was
Loretta Lee Love, 28, died March 11, 2012, at her home in Big Lake. Her family invites family and friends
Raymond Lester Gakin, 61, formerly of Wasilla, died of respiratory failure March 9, 2012, at Edgewood Vista in Brainerd, Minn.
Palmer resident Betty Howell, 79, died March 5, 2012, in her home with daughter Nancy Robison, granddaughter Melissa Elder, great-
Bobby Wayne Day, 56, died March 6, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. He died of a
Wasilla resident George Higgins Bruce, 87, died March 8, 2012. George was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on Sept. 2, 1924,
Longtime Alaska resident Coby Blaine Thompson, 48, died March 11, 2012, in Wasilla. At Coby’s request, there will be
Roberta P. (Caylor) Helmuth, 76, died unexpectedly, March 12, 2012, at her home in Wasilla. At her request, no services
Josephine R. Caughey, 98, died March 3, 2012. She had lived with daughter, Linda, and son-in-law, Jim Page,