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
Helen Rathbun, Grandma and Mom to most, was born Dec. 27, 1934 in Big River, Alaska to Gleman and Martha
Palmer resident Joyce Deane Adams Rosenthal died at home with family on Feb. 19. She was buried in the Palmer
Anchorage resident Eric Logan, 43, died Feb. 21 of a heart attack while snowmobiling in the mountains of Petersville. A
Randall “Randy” William Hamann, 62, died Feb. 18 at home in Palmer of colon cancer. Randy was born Dec. 15,
Alaska pioneer and former Matanuska Colony Project worker Vivian Stoddard Laurie, 93, died Feb. 14 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.
Ronald F. DeGarmo , 81 died Feb.. 20 at his home in Wasilla of natural causes. Ron was born Sept. 28,
Wasilla resident Ellen Anne Valley, 63, died Nov. 17, 2008 at her home. A service was held on Nov. 29
Vernis Dwain Lanz, 54, of Wasilla, died Jan. 27 at his home. Born Feb. 3, 1954 in Redmond, Ore., he
Longtime, well-known Talkeetna resident, Michael J. Fisher, passed away at his home on Feb. 8., following days of loving
Deborah E. von Scheben, 60, of Big Lake, died of cancer Feb. 13. She was born July 27, 1948 in
Sutton resident David Robert Fortin, Jr., 31, died Feb. 13 in Sutton. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m.
Former Palmer resident Phillip Lazenby, 85, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 28 in Bellevue, Wash. Mr. Lazenby