TImothy Wetherhorn

Wasilla resident Timothy Ian Wetherhorn, 54, died Aug. 7, 2007, aboard The Nordic Mistress in Whittier.

A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Best Western Lake Lucille Inn, 1300 West Lake Lucille Drive in Wasilla. Friends and family are welcome.

Wetherhorn was born Feb. 2, 1953, in Columbus, Ga. He arrived in Alaska in 1963, residing in Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley.

He went to work as a salesman and mechanic at many of the motorcycle dealerships around Alaska and was captain of his own boat, the Decided II, during the Valdez oil spill. He also worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and built NASCAR race trucks in South Carolina for two years.

Wetherhorn had many projects and interests, including hunting, fishing, motorcycles, snowmobiling, exploring Alaska by boat, anything mechanical, old cars, telling many stories, catching and canning fish, cooking, being on the ocean and, his greatest joy of all, teaching his sons all he knew.

Most recently, he found great joy when he landed his dream job chartering Nordic tugs on the ocean. His ashes will be spread in Nuka Bay at a later date.

He is survived by his true love, Rhonda Grahm; parents Mitchell and Janet Wetherhorn; sons Ian (Alice) Wetherhorn and Neville (Megan) Wetherhorn; sisters and brother Mitchell (Lou) Wetherhorn, Roslyn Wetherhorn, Sherri (Malcolm) Helps and Jane (Nick) Monsen; granddaughter Saylor; and numerous relatives in Alaska and England. He was preceded in death by nephews Erik and Duane.

Arrangements are with Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary.