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Elizabeth Kiefer
Longtime Juneau resident Elizabeth "Betty" L. (Hanifan) Kiefer, 74, died Sept. 12, 2003, in Wenatchee, Wash., after a short battle with cancer.
She was born Aug. 5, 1929, in Mankota, Minn. She came to Juneau in 1962 with her first husband, Robert Hanifan, and was an Alaska resident from that time on. She left Alaska for a couple of years in the early 1990s to travel the country by motor home with her second husband, Jack Kiefer. After Jack's death in 1993, she returned to Juneau.
A memorial service followed by a reception will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Juneau Elks Lodge at 109 S. Franklin St.
Ethel Rose Naish
Former Juneau resident Ethel Rose (Bayers) Naish, 90, died Feb. 26, 2004, at Riverside Healthcare in Missoula, Mont.
She was born Nov. 21, 1913, in Sitka. She is the fourth of the six children of Harry Fervin (Tay) Bayers and Vera Ivana Soboleff. Her maternal grandparents were Rev. Father Ivan Soboleff and Olga (Leudke) Soboleff. Ivan was one of the early Russian Orthodox priests in Sitka and the first Russian Orthodox priest in Killisnoo.
Her childhood was spent in many Southeast Alaskan communities, albeit her principle home was on Star Hill in Juneau. As a young adult, she was a usherette in the Capital Theater. This experience gave her a love for the silver screen, an avocation she enjoyed all of her life.
In August 1935, she married Darrell Naish of Bremerton, Wash. Darrell served with the territorial game commission and the Department of Public Health. During the late 1940s, he served as captain of the M.V. Hygiene, bringing much needed medical and dental care to the outlying communities of Southeast Alaska.
According to family members, "Ethel was always an Alaskan first and while she and Darrell lived in many ports - Juneau was her homeport. The most prominent picture in her home, outside of family, was the "Lights of Juneau" by Trevor Davis. "Ethel was proud of the history that her family lived and provided for Alaska. She is missed!"
She was preceded in death by her brother, L.H. "Kinky" Bayers; and sisters, Vera Bayers, Lillian Turner and Roberta Parsons.
She is survived by her sister, Thais McLeod of Seattle; son, Lyle T. Naish of Frenchtown, Mont.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Robert Hinman
Robert A. "Bob" Hinman, 72, of Juneau, died Sept. 22, 2000, in Wenatchee, Wash., after a long battle with cancer.
He was born April 23, 1928, in Palisade, Minn., to Fred and Daisy Hinman. He grew up during the depression along the banks of the Mississippi River. After short stays in Oroville and Ephrata, Wash., his family moved to East Wenatchee in 1945. He graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1946 and Wenatchee Valley College in 1949. He attained the rank of Eagle Scout and became a scoutmaster, forming Troop 32 in Wenatchee.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks and received his bachelor's degree in wildlife management in 1954. In 1955 he married Mildred (Mickey) Johnson of Glendive, Mont. Following service in the Army at Fort Richardson, he enrolled in Utah State University for graduate studies and worked as a conservation agent for the Utah Fish and Game Department. He received his master's degree in 1960.
In 1965 he returned to Alaska to work as a biologist in the Kenai Peninsula area for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He was appointed Regional Game Supervisor in 1967 and returned to Fairbanks with his family. He held the position until 1976 when he moved to Juneau as the deputy director of the Game Division. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1987.
He continued his involvement in fish and game issues after retirement. He served on the board of the Alaska Outdoor Council and the Territorial Sportsmen. He was a licensed pilot and flew extensively in Alaska and throughout the western states. He was also a licensed charter boat captain and spent several summers taking out fishing and whale-watching parties in Juneau.
His family said he will be remembered for his unfailing sense of humor, his vast knowledge and love of poetry much of which he had memorized and his knowledge of plants and animals. He had a variety of interests including genealogy, Western books and computers.
He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by three sons, Charles Hinman of Bellevue, Wash., and David Hinman and Michael Hinman of Anchorage; daughter Rebecca Hinman, granddaughter Shannon Hinman of Juneau, three sisters, Eileen Labell of Tacoma, Wash., Norma Gloyn of East Wenatchee and Beverly Slater of Shelton, Wash.; and two brothers, Don Hinman of East Wenatchee and Herb Hinman of Juneau.
Memorial services were held Saturday at the Chapel by the Lake in Juneau. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Territorial Sportsman, P.O. Box. 20761, Juneau, AK 99802 or to the Alaska Outdoor Council, P.O. Box 73902, Fairbanks, AK 99707-3902.
Hermie C. Elizarde
Hermie C. Elizarde died at home in Juneau March 2, 1999. He was 75.
He was born May 7, 1923, in Santiago, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He retired from the Philippines Constabulary as a master sergeant after 30 years of service. He was also a Korean War veteran.
He married his wife Fely of San Isidro, Ilocos Sur in September of 1957, and they had five children together.
He came to the United States in 1983 with his wife and three youngest children. The other two followed in 1990. Upon his arrival he worked briefly at the Juneau Cold Storage. He worked for the Mountain View Senior Center for most of his life in Juneau.
He enjoyed fishing, walking, watching sports, following world news and spending time with his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife Fely and sons Henry and Lope Elizarde; daughters Nelia Rosales, Normy Elizarde and Edna Chappel; his sister Sally Belarde; grandchildren James, Trisha, Hary, Gaeea, Eliza and Joy, all of Juneau; and many relatives around the U.S. and in the Philippines.
Viewing will be held from 6 to 9 p.m Friday at the Alaskan Mortuary and Memorial Park. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A reception will follow at the Filipino Community Hall.
Pallbearers will be Edwin Chappell, Rick Thomson, Rudy Rosales, Nick Paguio, Arthur Chappell and George Chappell.
Ladd E. Macauley
Juneau resident Ladd E. Macaulay died April 19, 2000, in a car accident on the Seward Highway.
He was born Nov. 22, 1942, in Seattle. He moved to Juneau in 1956. He is a graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School and the University of Montana. He also attended George Williams College in Chicago.
He was the creator and founder of Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) in 1973. Originally, the hatchery was located at Kowee Creek. It moved to Sheep Creek and to its present site on the Gastineau Channel in 1989. Macaulay left DIPAC in 1997 and worked for the Division of Investments for the state Department of Community and Economic Development as a loan officer. Before he created DIPAC, he was a biology teacher.
Macauley had a profound love for life and enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. He also enjoyed being a coach, playing his bagpipes, painting and collecting fish can labels.
Macaulay was a founding member of the Stroller White Pipes and Drums, a member of the Gastineau Channel Little League and on the board of directors of St. Ann's Care Center. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Juneau Glacier Valley Rotary Club. He was the recipient of the University of Alaska Meritorious Service Award in 1990 and the City and Borough of Juneau's Man of the Year Award in 1992.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years Linda, children Cindy (and husband Dan) Cashen, Jerry (and wife Susan) Macaulay, Amy Jo (and husband Andy) Meiners and Andy (and wife Carrie) Macaulay; and eight grandchildren all of Juneau, his parents Joanne and Hugh Macaulay of Bainbridge Island, Wash.; brothers Scott (and wife Jeanie) of Juneau, Doug (and wife Barbara) of Idaho and Bob (and wife Kelly) of Sequim, Wash; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Northern Light United Church. A reception will follow at the Ladd Macaulay Visitor Center at DIPAC.
Memorial funds have been established with the Gastineau Little League, P.O. Box 33694, Juneau, Alaska, 99801 and the Eagle River United Methodist Camp, P.O. Box 20272, Juneau, Alaska, 99802.
George Daniel Cooper
Former Juneau resident George Daniel Cooper died April 17, 2000, from a heart attack in Camano Island, Wash.
He was born Dec. 24, 1923 in Cotopaxi, Colo. Cooper and his wife, Phyllis, moved to Alaska in 1949.
Originally, he was employed with Juneau-Spruce in Fairbanks. Within a few years, he began his concrete business, Northern Redi-Mix and Northern Sand and Gravel. At that time, he was also the Texaco consignee for the territory north of the Brooks Range.
He was a delegate from Fairbanks in the Alaska Constitutional Convention that helped Alaska to become the 49th state. He also served as the chairman of the Alaska State GOP in the early 1960s.
Cooper and his family left Fairbanks in 1963 and moved to Edmonds, Wash., where his company, Dierolite, pursued and patented color corrective lighting. He returned to Alaska in 1970 as the general manager of Concrete Products in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Soldotna. In 1974, he worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline as project manager at Copper Center for Earth Resources.
The next decade brought Cooper to Juneau where he was manager and CEO of Huna Totem Corporation. He retired in 1995 and moved to Camano Island, Wash.
Cooper was an avid aviation enthusiast. His love of flying took him and his family on many trips throughout The Last Frontier. He was also a violinist.
He is preceded in death by his daughter Kathryn.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Phyllis; daughter Marilou (and husband Terry Klimpel); sons George Jr. (and wife) Debbie; Gregory (and wife Beth) and seven grandchildren all of Camano Island, Wash; sisters Marilyn Rocks, Evelyn Moore and Leona Anderson all of Washington state.
A memorial service was held today, April 21, at the Stanwood United Methodist Church, Stanwood, Wash.
Memorial funds have been arranged with the University of Washington, Cancer Care Alliance Department, P.O. Box 356043, Seattle, Wash., 98195; Stanwood United Methodist Church, 27128 102nd Dr. NW, Stanwood, Wash., 98292 and the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital.
The family may be contacted at 104 N. Scenic Ave., Camano Island, Wash., 98292.
John 'Jack' O'Hara
Former Juneau resident John "Jack" O'Hara died Feb. 14, 2001, at his sister's home in College Station, Texas.
He was born July 4, 1952, in Baltimore, Md., but spent most of his childhood in Texas. He spent two years in Juneau as a teen-ager when his father's work brought the family to Alaska. He returned to Juneau in 1983 and stayed until 1998. He lived and worked at the Alaskan Hotel for much of that time. He loved books, classical music, Beck's beer and golf.
He is survived by his sister Patricia (O'Hara) Gillogly, his brother Tim O'Hara and his father, all of Texas.
Audrie Grace Mork
Douglas resident Audrie Grace Mork died Feb. 20, 1998, in Seattle. She was 88.
She was born Jan. 19, 1910, in Sand Point, Idaho. She lived in Skagway in 1958 and 1959, in Juneau from 1959 to 1972, in Norway from 1972 to 1977, and in Douglas since 1977.
She is survived by brothers Richard Hubbard of Douglas and Ellis Hubbard of Skagway; son Ronald Stern of Oregon, sisters Neyda Bettencourt of Portland, Ore., and Dorothy Walton of Calif; daughters Francis Patterson of California and Catherine Zanes of Nevada; and five grandsons, nine great-grandsons and five great-great grandsons; six granddaughters and 10 great granddaughters.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Douglas Community United Methodist Church.
Harvey Wesley Bransford
Juneau resident Harvey Wesley Bransford died peacefully Saturday, April 11, 1998, at St. Ann's Care Center in Juneau. He was 78.
He was born Dec. 3, 1919, in Alamogordo, N.M. He grew up in El Paso, Texas, and attended Bowie High School.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940 and served in World War II until 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the American Defense Service Ribbon, Service Ribbon with two bronze service stars and one bronze arrowhead, Bronze Star Combat Infantry Award badge, and the European African Mideastern Badge.
Upon his return from active duty, he was employed as a postal carrier for 30 years. He was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 5615, and DAV Chapter 165, both of El Paso. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Juneau in 1982 to be closer to their family.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Peggy; daughter Angela Laney and husband Ron of Rogers, Ark., daughter Joan Didier and husband Robert of Juneau, son Michael Curry of Anchorage, daughter Carol Gregory and husband Wayne of Fairbanks; grandchildren Scarlet Adam and husband Jeremy of Juneau and Wesley, David and Stephen Gregory of Fairbanks; and great-grandchild Samuel Adam of Juneau. He was preceded in death by his daughter Rebecca Carpenter of El Paso.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at the Alaskan Mortuary Chapel. A reception will follow at Bethany Baptist Church, 8493 Forest Lane.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the St. Ann's Care Center, 416 6th Street, Juneau, 99801.
Alfred George Grant Sr.
Longtime Juneau resident Alfred George Grant Sr. died April 5, 1998, in Juneau.
He was born in 1918 in Wrangell to Mary and Jackson Grant. His early years were spent on Kuiu Island, his traditional tribal land and waters, and the little town of Shakan on the northwest coast of Prince of Wales Island. In 1934, all the residents of Shakan with children were ordered by the U.S. Marshall to move to a place that had a school. He attended Wrangell Institute.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the Aleutian Islands, earning the Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal, the American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
His family writes that he was a man of his culture, and lived a life of accomplishment and adventure. He was an honored Tlingit elder, oldest of the Kuiu Kwaan, member of the prestigious First House, the Gutch Hit, the Wolf House of the Kaagwaantaan and a member of the Eagle Moiety. He will be greatly missed by his immediate and extended family, tribal members and friends.
He was an avid outdoorsman, and enjoyed hunting and fishing, especially trolling. He was a lifetime longshoreman.
Survivors include daughters, Hilda MacDonald and husband Alan of Fairbanks, Mary McConkey and husband David of Sitka and Ruth Baz of Juneau; sons, Larry, Alfred Jr., Michael and Ernest, all of Juneau; grandchildren, Joshua and Ariel MacDonald, Marjorie Baguya, Michelle and Erika McConkey, Larina Grant, Jeannette and James (Bell) White, Joel Grant and Christopher Baz; great grandchildren, Elisa Cherie-Chelsea, Steven and Desiree Littlefield, Amber Baguya, Zachary Kealiher and Alexis Gibbons.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Salvation Army Chapel on Willoughby.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made out to Hilda MacDonald for the Al Grant Memorial Fund, and brought to the service.
Edna Swap
Longtime Juneau resident Edna Swap died peacefully at her home in Juneau March 23, 1999.
She was born Jan. 28, 1913, to Charles and Artie Hastings in Clinton, Wash. After graduating from Mount Vernon High School at the age of 16, she moved to Seattle and graduated from the Metropolitan Business College in 1931.
While living in Seattle she met her future husband, Clifford Swap. In 1936 she joined her fiancee in Juneau, and they were married that year on June 13.
Her first secretarial job in Juneau was with B.M. Behrends Bank in 1936. Over the years she worked for attorneys, the Alaska Development Board and Olsen, Sands and Ackley, Architects, until she retired in 1978. For many years she worked part time for Alaska pioneer Shelley Graves.
She was Alaska's first Certified Professional Secretary, and was named Alaska Secretary of the Year the same year Gov. Walter Hickel was named Boss of the Year.
After taking night courses for many years, she received her associate of arts degree from The University of Alaska, Juneau, at the age of 66.
She was active in Northern Light United Church, Pioneers of Alaska, Soroptomists and the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed traveling, fishing and visiting with her two sons and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1992.
She is survived by her sons, Ralph Swap of Juneau and Walter Swap of Winchester, Mass., grandson Clifford Swap of Cambridge, Mass., granddaughter Alison Swap of Winchester and brother Walter of Salcha.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Northern Light United Church in Juneau. Interment will be private.
Memorials are suggested to the Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation, 2225 Jordan Ave, Juneau, 99801.
Julia Hudert
Former Juneau resident Julia Hudert of Vancouver, Wash., died June 28, 2001 in Vancouver.
She was born May 24, 1911, in the Bronx, N.Y. After marrying John D. Hudert, the couple moved to Nome, where they lived until 1950. The Hudert family lived in Juneau from 1950 to 1960. In addition to raising her six children, Hudert was active in the Juneau chapter of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Cathedral of the Nativity parish. During her decade in Juneau, Hudert worked as an assistant librarian at the Juneau City Library.
The family moved to Vancouver in 1961 where Julie remained active in local politics. Her family wrote that Hudert's "open door" policy to family and friends continues to be her legacy, living on in those who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her husband John D. Hudert and daughters Andrea Ostlund and Christine Casperson.
She is survived by her son Fr. John Hudert of New York; daughters Maureen Eberhardt of Juneau, Sr. Dorothea Hudert of New York, and Kathleen Hudert of Washington; her 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services were to be held today, July 3, at St. James in Vancouver, Wash. Donations in her memory may be made to either Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers or Maryknoll Sisters, Box 304, Maryknoll, N.Y., 10545.
