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
James Edwin Nicholson, 73, died Dec. 25, 2004, at Valley Hospital in Palmer. No service will be held. Mr. Nicholson
Lifelong Alaska resident Gabriel Squire (Egure), 19, died Dec. 24, 2004, at his home in Anchorage. A visitation will be
Jack H. Mills, 65, of Big Lake, died of cancer at the home of friends on Dec. 29, 2005. Mr.
Palmer resident Joy Ann Naumann, 68, died Dec. 25, 2004, at Tranquility Home in Palmer. A visitation is scheduled for
Palmer resident Joyce Herrin, 80, died of cancer Dec. 19, 2005, at the Palmer Pioneers' Home. She requested no
Wasilla resident William "Wild Bill" Nelson, 67, died Dec. 25, 2004, at an assisted living home in Wasilla.
Wasilla resident William Leonard Loe, 58, died at his home on Dec. 19, 2004. A public visitation was held Sunday,
Former longtime Willow resident Amanda Beth Ross, 37, died peacefully due to lupus, on Dec. 8, 2004, in Anchorage. A
Palmer resident Muriel Ann Hill died at her home surrounded by family on Dec. 25, 2004. A memorial service was
Wasilla resident Linda Elaine Mitchell, 56, died at her home Dec. 24, 2004. A memorial service will be held at
Wasilla resident Hazel Stella (Hanson) Lanz, 81, died of natural causes at Valley Hospital in Palmer on Dec. 11, 2004.
Wasilla resident Robert Nelson VanGorder, 73, died Dec. 15, 2004, from complications resulting from heart surgery at Alaska Regional Hospital