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
Palmer resident William A. McKillican, 85, died of colon cancer at his home Jan. 3, 2003. At his request there
Sandra Ann Tallman, 55, died Jan. 1, 2003, at Valley Hospital in Palmer. Mrs. Tallman was born Dec. 3, 1947,
Willow resident Donald W. O'Connell, 71, died at his home Dec. 25, 2002. A graveside service with full
Long-time Matanuska Valley resident David C. Kepler, 77, passed away Dec. 15, 2002, in Anchorage. A memorial service for
Robert Bebee, also known as Casper, died suddenly at the age of 18. He died at home in Wasilla during
Jean Walbridge Runyon Holinger, 97, of Belgrade, Maine, died Dec. 13, 2002, following a short illness. She was the mother
Palmer resident Lisa Marie McIntosh, 29, died Dec. 7, 2002, at Valley Hospital in Palmer. A memorial service will be
Anchorage resident Andrea Carolyn Leonard, 58, died of complications of a long-term liver ailment on Nov. 27, 2002, while
Luise Jade died peacefully on Dec. 15, 2002, at the Pioneers Home in Palmer, surrounded by her immediate family. She
Butte resident Jean A. Smart, 74, died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 14, 2002, with her husband and daughters at
Beverly Susan Johnson, 52, died peacefully after a long battle with breast cancer, on Dec. 13, 2002, in her Eagle
Wasilla resident Albert "Pip" Smeeden, 45, died Dec. 8, 2002, at his mother's home in Anchorage.