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
Rufus James “Duke” Brandon passed away May 3, 2014, at home alongside family in Willow. Rufus was born in Swifton,
Wasilla resident Wayne R. Shaw, 52, passed away May 3, 2014, at his home. Memorial services are planned in Michigan.
Roy E. Cox, 55, of Wasilla, died April 4, 2014, after battling lung cancer. He was born Feb. 4, 1959,
Howard L. Fuller, 78, of Citrus Springs, Florida, passed away April 16, 2014, at HPH Hospice in Lecanto, Florida. Howard
Wasilla resident Phyllis Amy Bates, 89, died on April 24, 2014, at home. A celebration of life is at 3
Talkeetna resident David Gonzales, 66, died peacefully March 25, 2014, at his sister’s in Big Lake. He was born
Tyler Stewart Jones, 18, passed away in Palmer April 11, 2014. Tyler was born in Rock Springs, Wyo., on April
Janet R. (Jennings) Howard died peacefully in her sleep at home on April 11, 2014, of natural causes. Jan was
Imogene “Jean” Harding, 83, of Franklin, West Virginia, passed away April 22, 2014, at Pendleton Manor in Franklin. She was
Specialist Christopher Scott Dombroski, 20, died April 15, 2014, in the Cascade National Forest in Washington state. Funeral mass is
Martin James Hanna, 75, passed away at his home on April 10, 2014. Services are at 2 p.m., April
Donald Allen Potter, 77, of Wasilla, died on March 27, 2014, at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer.