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
Nancy Hollingsworth died peacefully at home with family on Jan. 3 after a long battle with brain cancer. Nancy was
Ralph Rollins, Sr., 79, died Nov. 1 at Graceful Living Assisted Living Home in Anchorage. Ralph was born Aug. 5,
Diana Ann Shakoske, 60, died Oct. 26 at home in Wasilla after to a long battle with cancer. She was
Frieda B. Moran, 86, cherished wife, mother and valued friend died Oct. 9 in Tempe, Ariz. A celebration of life
Dorothy Louise Bailey Knecht, 67, died Oct. 18 at Alaska Regional Hospital of subdural hematoma. She was born July 11,
Joan L. Swavely, 77, died July 27 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. She was born on Jan. 22, 1932 in
Wayne Thomas Cromwell, 55, died peacefully July 1 at his home with his family at his side. He was born
Eagle River resident Nona Patricia Edwards, 62, died at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage on May 25 from respiratory failure.
Wasilla resident Allen Andrew Woellmer, 5, died Feb. 27 at Ronald McDonald House in Seattle, following a lengthy battle with
Eagle River resident Kenneth John Roderick, 58, died on Dec. 9 in Palmer. There will be no services at this
Wasilla resident Marlene L. Strange, 75, died Nov. 1, 2008 of acute leukemia at her home. Strange was born July
Funeral services for long-time Chugiak resident Sidney Ray Reed Jr., 80, will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22