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By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
Vearl Max Taylor, 62, died Dec. 29, 2005, at Providence Alaska Medical Center, in Anchorage, from complications related to cancer
Norine June Jones, 78, died Aug. 25, 2005, at her home in Wasilla. A service was held Aug. 31, at
Palmer resident Gerald (Jerry) Alan Hann, 62, died of cancer at his home June 13, 2005. Visitation will be at
Palmer resident Jacqueline S. Lawton, 75, died of liver cancer April 10, 2005, at her home. A closed-casket funeral
Wasilla resident Edgar "Bud' John Best, 81, died at his home April 8, 2005. Visitation will be held
Willow resident Patricia Elizabeth (Carlson) Drover, 61, died of cancer at her home on March 15, 2005. A Mass of
Christopher Dean Ryder, 47, died peacefully in his sleep March 10, 2005, at his home in Anchorage, due to complications
Jaxon Kent Logan, 18, of Palmer, died Jan. 21, 2005, in Provo, Utah, while doing one of the things he
Phyllis Nadine (Walls) McElhannon, 65, formerly of the Mat-Su, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at Maranatha Village in Springfield,
Former Alaska resident Maynard D. Londborg, 83, died Sept. 5, 2004, in Westminster, Colo. A family service was held Sept.
Leo Albert Brueggeman, 58, of Big Lake, died July 31, 2004, at Valley Hospital, of natural causes. A visitation and
Wasilla resident Carole Anntoinette Starace-Wiseman, 51, died peacefully in her sleep July 25, 2004, after having suffered from a