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
Robin Helene Holley, 64, died of cancer July 28, 2008 at home in Wasilla. Two celebration of life events will
Mary Arlene Schock passed away July 31, 2008 at Alaska Regional Hospital from cancer. She was 76. All four of
James Paul Barnes, 31, died Aug. 2, 2008 at his Wasilla home after a long battle with ALS. A funeral
Virgil Lee McCraw, 54 died March 1, 2008 at his Palmer home. A full obituary was published in March. Memorial
Geoffrey S. Loeffler died July 23, 2008 at his Big Lake home after a lengthy illness. Loeffler will be buried
Long-time Alaska pioneer Loranna Mae Petrovich, known to all as “Flicker Red,” died May 14, 2008, at her Williwaw
William H. Moreland Sr., 87, died on July 29, 2008 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. Moreland Sr. served in World
Helen Russell Hamlett, 79, died July 28, 2008 at her Palmer home. Friends are invited to attend the memorial Mass
Annie “Thea” Decker-DeFoi, 32, passed away July 26, 2008. Decker-DeFoi was born Aug. 2, 1975, in Harlingen, Texas,
Susan Diana Chudnofsky, 54, died July 27, 2008 at home in Houston. Viewing and funeral services were held July 31.
Karen Rosene passed away on April 19, 2008 after living 56 fruitful years. Her physical body was cremated shortly afterwards.
Anna Louise Bates, 79, died July 23, 2008, at Ruthie’s Place assisted living in Wasilla due to natural causes.