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
Former Alaska and Mat-Su Valley resident Ruth Mae (McClure) Rupp, 94, of Decatur, Ind., died April 20, 2012. She
Daniela “Denny” Adams, 89, died April 4, 2012, at her home in Wasilla from cancer. She was born Oct. 22,
Soldotna resident Adrea Louise Hamrick, 31, died March 26, 2012, in Soldotna. Bishop Eric Massey will officiate at funeral services
Wasilla resident Sheila (née Calder) Fortuine, 78, died March 11, 2012. Born Aug. 11, 1933, in Montreal, Canada, she graduated
William Allen Wright, 41, died Feb. 25, 2012, while at church serving the Lord. Will was born April 9, 1970,
Elizabeth “Betty” Hobbs, 79, died Feb. 26, 2012. Betty was born on Oct. 13, 1932, in Los Angeles, Calif., to
Former Wasilla resident Janet C. Hunter, 66, died Jan. 4, 2012, after suffering a stroke at Castle Medical Center in
The Rev. Harold Dunaway, orthodox priest and founding pastor of Saint John Orthodox Cathedral in Eagle River, died Jan. 3,
Michael Dayle Gray, 54, died Dec. 21, 2011, at his home in Wasilla following a short illness. A viewing is
Terry D. Wright, 55, died Nov. 26, 2011. A celebration of life is Dec. 3 at Faith Bible Fellowship on
Matthew Robert Katsur, 8, son of Robert and Bonnie Katsur of Wasilla, died Oct. 4, 2011, from complications due to
Lifelong Alaskan Mark David Watkins, 63, died at 11:30 a.m., Sept. 26, 2011. Mark was born July 18,