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
Michael Frank George, 29, died Dec. 21, 2012, in Atlanta, Ga. He was born July 5, 1983, in Anchorage to
Beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and well-known LDS author and speaker John Marion Pontius, 60, died Dec. 10,
Kathryn Willey, 79, died Nov. 27, 2012, four days short of her 80th birthday. A memorial service is at 1
Palmer resident William (Bill) Earl Hecker, 94, died in his sleep Sept. 11, 2012, at the Palmer Veterans and Pioneers
Wasilla resident Randolph (Randy) Francis, 55, died July 6, 2012. Randy was born Feb. 21, 1957, in Denver, Colo. He
Longtime Alaska resident Helen B. Chadwick Beal, 89, died in her sleep May 21, 2012, six months before her 90th
Marley Reianna Tubbs Chatterton, 29, of Pocatello, Idaho, died May 31, 2012. Marley was born May 8, 1983, in Palmer
John Robert Williams, 62, died of natural causes May 1, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. He
Alaska resident Leola Lynn Meek, 56, died March 24, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. Leola was
James Alonzo “Jim” Oviatt, 84, died Jan. 12, 2012, at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer due to complications
Former Wasilla resident Janet C. Hunter, 66, died Jan. 4, 2012, after suffering a stroke at Castle Medical Center in
Wasilla resident, Deborah "Debbie" Irene Householder, 52, died Jan. 9, 2012, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage