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
Donna Louise Ashton of Wasilla was reunited with her Lord on June 26, 2008. Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on June
A.W. Yarborough Jr., 45, died June 23, 2008 in Willow. A memorial service will be at 6:30 p.
Lorene Marie Jondahl, 83, passed away June 23, 2008, at Mat-Su Regional Hospital due to lung cancer. A celebration
David L. Champion Sr., 77, died June 26, 2008, on the family homestead in Wasilla of natural causes. A private
Wasilla resident Sandra Lou Knudson-Hinchee, 70, died June 20, 2008, from complications due to neuro-fibromitosis at Heidi’s
Palmer resident Charles Arthur Edmonds, 83, died of natural causes at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage on June 22,
Donnavon Shane Shanigan, 32, died June 22, 2008, at the Mat-Su Resort in Wasilla. A celebration of his life
Wasilla resident Melvin Ray Jones, 65, died at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on June 18, 2008, with his longtime friend and
James Joseph “Jimmie Joe” Woods left this world June 22, 2008. His family was blessed to be by his side.
Gordon Randolph Shanigan, 53, died June 21, 2008, at home in Wasilla. A celebration of his life will begin at
Palmer resident John David Jarvis, 80, died at the Elmendorf Hospital on June 24, 2008. A service will be held
Alaska Native elder Pete Bobby (Fitka), 95, passed away early in the morning June 24, 2008. Bobby and family were