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
Michael Rovito/Frontiersman An Alaska State Trooper suffered back and neck injuries early Monday after his patrol car crashed off
Alaska pioneer, homesteader, gold miner and pilot George Hartley McCullough, 83, died May 31, 2008 at his home in Talkeetna,
Palmer resident Rose Ann Emily Kolberg, 72, died on May 22, 2008 at Mat-Su Regional Hospital in Palmer. She
Former longtime Mat-Su Valley resident David Pippel passed away May 12, 2008, at Hospice House in Harrison, Ark. He
Bob Carnahan, a husband, father, uncle, grandfather, educator, pilot, businessman and Christian leader, died March 21, 2008. He was born
Edward James Haynes Jr., 81, died March 18, 2008, from congestive heart failure at his daughter’s home in Palmer.
Wasilla resident Sandra Judith (Wesenberg) Proetz, 60, died Feb. 15, 2008 at Providence Extended Care Center in Anchorage following a
Janet Louise Sorensen, 58, went to be with our Lord in the early morning of Jan. 21, 2008 at her
Palmer resident Waino Ray Niemi, 68, died at home Jan. 27, 2008, after an extended illness. A memorial service will
Palmer resident Dah T. Tzou, 78, died Dec. 27, 2007 of natural causes at home. A memorial service was held
Mary Barbara Granus, 82, died Jan. 4, 2008, at home in Wasilla with family at her side. Memorial Mass and
Palmer resident Lowell Charles Simpson, 83, passed away Oct. 30, 2007, at home with his family by his side. Simpson