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By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
Richard Cyril McAllister, 81, died March 6, 2013, in Yuma, Ariz. He was born Sept. 20, 1931, in Pine River,
Hannah Marie Williamson, 16, died March 10, 2013. She was born on Dec. 19, 1996, the fourth of five siblings.
L. Vernon Moore, 85, died Feb. 21, 2013 in Wasilla. At his request, there will be no service. Vern was
William A. “Bill” Drake, 65, died March 10, 2013, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Kyle Forebush will officiate
Mary Lou (Mertes) Bradford, 80, of Palmer, died March 12, 2013 peacefully at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. She was
Wasilla resident John G. “Big John” Huizenga, 53, died March 8, 2013, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. A
William Spencer Robinson, 57, a longtime Alaska resident, died at home on Feb. 26, 2013. Memorial services will be held
Longtime Alaska resident Cecil Montean Hobbs, 90, died March 3, 2013. Born in Conway, Ark., on Nov. 12, 1922, Montean,
Palmer resident Paul A. Palmer, 77, died March 6, 2013, from liver failure as a result of damage related to
Patrick Joseph Allen, 55, of Wasilla died from a heart attack in his home on Feb. 23, 2013. Born Sept.
Selden Jacob Endes, 73, died March 1, 2013. Selden was born Sept. 26, 1939, in Gregory, S.D., to Ted
Lifelong Alaskan and longtime Valdez resident Betty Jean (Buzby) Wells, 91, died Feb. 23, 2013, at the Wickersham House in