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
Dominick DiGregorio, 72, died Nov. 29, 2011, at St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, Wash. A memorial service in his honor
Lifelong Mat-Su resident James K Wilson, 62, died April 8, 2011, at home of a heart attack. A celebration
Jim Helling was a passionate and avid skier who lost his life doing what he loved on March 19, 2011.
Emily Ruby Olson, 61, a Clarks Point and Wasilla resident, died Jan. 3, 2011, after a courageous battle with heart
Marty Lovejoy, 55, died Dec. 11, 2010, at his home in Sutton. A celebration of life was Dec. 17 at
Charles Walter Chiritree, 66, died Nov. 21, 2010, at Mat-Su Regional Hospital. Charles was born April 12, 1944, in
Charles Walter Chiritree, 66, died Nov. 21, 2010, at Mat-Su Regional Hospital. Charles was born April 12, 1944, in
Longtime Alaska resident, Austin Helmers, 93, passed away March 5, 2010, at the Alaska Veterans and Pioneers Home in Palmer
Palmer resident Shawn Arthur Anderson passed away Feb. 17, 2010, at the age of 29 from hypothermia while hiking at
Long time Big Lake resident Kenneth (Ken) Dale Briggs, 76, died Dec. 6 at his home in Fort Mahave, Ariz.
Marlin Joseph Grasser, 80, died of natural causes Sept. 2 at the 3rd Medical Group Hospital on Elmendorf Air Force
John Stephen (Steve) Pendleton, 59, former Mat-Su Valley resident, passed away July 6 at the Robert J. Dole Veteran’