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Hoyt P. Moss
Former Alaska state Sen. Hoyt Palmer Moss, 79, died Dec. 31, 2000, at his home in Chugiak after a lengthy illness.
He was born July 19, 1921, in Atlanta, Ga. He and his wife Mickey Niver eloped the night they met and were married for 61 years.
His passion for flying was born from the biwing barnstormers. His family wrote, "He learned to fly by the seat of his pants and a lot of prayer." He worked for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. in Georgia and provided numerous inventions patented by Lockheed. As a pilot he worked as a crop duster and as the private pilot for the Speaker of the House and lieutenant governor of the state of Georgia. He flew CIA missions to Cuba during the Cuban missile crises and served in the Army Air Corps. He flew the first recon missions over the North Pole from Ladd Field and was part of the Berlin air lift.
After 1967 he lived in Alaska and worked a bush pilot, gold miner, homesteader, state house representative, senator and author. He lived in Juneau during the legislative sessions from 1978 to 1984.
He was preceded in death by his mother Thelma Moss and his father Henry Grady Moss. Survivors include his daughters Huvian Gallaway of Eagle River, Sharyn Camp of Tyronne, Ga., Deborah McGoldrick and husband Jim McGoldrick of Eagle River; his brother John F. Moss and wife Sylvia of Hixon, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today in Chugiak.
Isabelo Lumba
Juneau resident Isabelo Alvis Lumba, 87, died Feb. 22, 2001, in Juneau.
He was born Oct. 13, 1913, in Leyte, Philippines. He moved to Juneau in 1975.
His family wrote that he had a love for life for life and people that some only dream about. He left his sons and daughters with joy.
He is survived by his children, Dionesio, Jose, Delfin, Demetrio and Dominador Lumba, all of Juneau, Josefina Monta of Juneau, Salvador Lumba of Anchorage and Delia Ruiz of Las Vegas, his daughters-in-law, his sisters Celestina Untalasco of Juneau and Rosie Floresca of Tenakee Springs, 36 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
Viewing will be 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Alaskan Mortuary. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Church. Pallbearers will be Dionesio, Jose, Salvador, Delfin, Demetrio and Dominador. Honorary pall bearers will be Jude, Dennis, Romel, Ronaldo, Marlon, Rudy and Jerry.
James 'Jim' Sutherland Watson
Former Juneau resident James "Jim" Sutherland Watson, 74, died Jan. 2, 2001, in Ketchikan, after a long illness.
Watson was born Dec.11, 1926, in Moscow, Idaho. He served in the Navy and earned a bachelor's degree from Penn State University in 1948 and a master's degree from Yale in 1949. He married in 1952 in McCall, Idaho.
He and his family moved to Juneau in 1966 after accepting a position as timber staff officer with the Forest Service. In 1973, they moved to Petersburg for his new position as forest supervisor. He received an award from President Lyndon Johnson for his system of sample log scaling.
Watson retired in 1982. He and his wife lived in Thorne Bay until her health required them to move to Ketchikan, where she became a resident of the Ketchikan Pioneer Home. This past summer, Watson's failing health led to his moving to the Pioneer Home.
He loved Southeast Alaska and enjoyed flying his airplane. He also enjoyed sailing and skiing, and he ran in the first Tongass Narrows Marathon. One of his adventures was traversing the Mendenhall Ice Cap on cross-country skis with a group of friends. He was an avid downhill skier and was a member of the National Ski Patrol in Montana and Juneau.
He was preceded in death by his son, Bill Watson, in 1999.
He is survived by his wife, Betti Watson of Ketchikan; daughters Kerry Watson of Ketchikan, Becky Vinton of Nashua, Mont., and Pat Frantz of Snoqualmie Pass, Wash.; brother William Watson of Greenbelt, Md.; and nine grandchildren.
A celebration of Watson's life was held Jan. 6, in Ketchikan.
Donations are encouraged to any charity.
Joe Mabry Greer
Fairbanks and former Juneau resident Joe Mabry Greer died Jan. 29, 2001, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. He was 74.
He was born Nov. 12, 1926, in Vandalia, Ill. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the Army he attended Northwestern University. He moved to Fairbanks in 1975 and moved to Juneau in 1987 where he remained for 13 years until moving back to Fairbanks.
He was a member of the Shriners, a 32nd-degree Mason and attended the United Methodist Church. His hobbies were woodworking, golf and more golf. He loved nothing better than a good game of golf and won numerous trophies. His later years were spent making clubs for family members since he was not able to play.
He was preceded in death by his parents Dr. Frank and Lila Greer. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Edith Greer of Fairbanks; daughter Deborah Blemke and her husband Jerry; son David Greer and his wife Yvonne; son Mark Greer and his wife Bonnie, all of Fairbanks; grandchildren Sean and Corrie Fenderson, Elias and Meghan Blemke, Matthew and Tiffany Greer, Christina and Joey Greer and Sean Clark.
A celebration of his life was held Jan. 30 at the Greer residence. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, c/o Farthest North Shrine Club, P.O. Box 71088, Fairbanks, AK 99707.
Norman Sommers
Former Juneau resident and longtime Alaskan Norman Sommers died March 1, 2001, of cancer at his home in Eagle River. He was 81.
He was born Nov. 5, 1919, in Alberta, Canada. He came to Alaska in 1942 with the Army Corps of Engineers. He married Ruth Hedman in 1946 and they lived in Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and Big Lake. He was a business owner and general contractor and built many facilities, including hotels, churches, condominiums and buildings in the state. He built the Hilton Hotel in Juneau, now the Goldbelt Hotel.
He was an avid outdoorsman and a devout Christian, and was active in many national and statewide Christian organizations.
Services were held Saturday in Anchorage.
Alexander Stevens II
Juneau resident Alexander T. Stevens II died March 13, 2001, of cancer at Bartlett Regional Hospital.
He was born Dec. 18, 1930, on Douglas Island. He was a proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served during the Korean War. He was a commercial fisherman and a retired employee of the federal General Service Administration. After retirement he drove tour buses for Last Frontier Tours.
His hobbies were building and flying model airplanes. He was an avid pool player and a longtime bowler.
He was preceded in death by his father, Alexander A. Stevens, his mother, Bertha (Marshall-Stevens-Johnson), and his stepfather, Charles D. Johnson. He is survived by his sisters, Marge Ling, Dorothy Thornton and Katherine Miyasato, all of Juneau, and Lucielle Stevenson of Seattle; his children, Patricia Murchison, Angela Stevens, Dorothy Stevens and Samantha Des Armo, all of Anchorage, and Annette Ulmer, Alexander T. Stevens III and Roxanne Olvera of Juneau; also 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Viewing will be 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Alaskan Mortuary and Memorial Park. Services will be 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Tlingit and Haida Hall on Hospital Drive. Pallbearers will be Gary Ulmer, Willis Marvin, Dan Peters, Eli Des Armo, Robert Dunlap and Leon Cain. Honorary pallbearers are Charles Brown, Paul Mureno, Charles Jack, Carl Marvin Jr., Leonard Bowman and George Stevens.
Satchel Poshard
Satchel Bayou Poshard died at birth March 8, 2001, in Seattle.
He was 6 pounds, 12 ounces and 19 inches in length.
He is survived by his parents, Dennis Poshard and Diane Regan, his sisters Lydia Kline and Madeline Poshard, all of Juneau; his grandparents Glenn and Jo Poshard and Gayla and Connie Dial of Marion, Ill., and David and Mary Regan of Lafayette, La., aunt Kristen Poshard of Marion, and uncles Gene Regan of Oxford, Miss., and Bryan Regan of Phoenix, Ariz.
A private memorial service will be held in Juneau. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in Satchel's name to the Poshard Foundation for Domestic Violence Prevention and Shelter Assistance, in care of John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, 62918.
Robert G. Webster
Former Juneau resident Robert G. Webster, 76, died March 15, 2001, in Anchorage.
He was born Sept. 5, 1924, in Everett, Wash., and attended Everett schools. He joined the military after graduating from high school and served in Germany, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge near the close of World War II.
He moved to Juneau in 1962 where he lived until 1979, when he moved to Anchorage. He worked as a pipefitter for Honeywell Inc., and retired in 1990. He was a member of Local 32 Plumbers and Pipefitters union.
He was known as Uncle Bobby to his friends and family, and they wrote that he was a great help to them.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gloria, in 1969. He is survived by his son Michael Webster of Washington, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Walter O. Sinn
Former Juneau resident Walter "Walt" O'Neal Sinn died on April 17, 2001, in Friday Harbor, Wash.
He was born March 29, 1914, in Gilbert, Iowa. As a young man he earned a living as a professional motorcycle stunt rider at state and county fairs throughout the Midwest. In 1942 he moved to Ketchikan, where he worked on a rock crusher. He later moved to Juneau, joining the Coast Guard, and served in World War II when he was stationed at Scotchcap Lighthouse and Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands.
He married Doris Macomber in Juneau in 1944 at the Masonic Temple where he was an active 32nd degree member. He was also a 14th degree Scottish Rite member.
After the war, he joined the city police in Juneau, serving until 1949, when he joined the Alaska Territorial Police, the predecessor of the Alaska State Troopers. Carrying Territorial Police badge No. 1, he served across Alaska. In many towns and villages, as in Barrow, he was the first resident peace officer. He retired in 1971, with 21 years of service.
On September, 26 1970, he married Jean Rae Engle. They later divorced.
He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt, fish and trap. The family wrote that he was extremely generous helping others when they were struggling and that he had a tremendous sense of humor.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Doris of Fairbanks, in 1960.
He is survived by his daughter Donna Lee Myers and her husband Bob Myers, grandson Edward and his wife Jill Davidson, step-grandsons Robert and Michael Myers and great-granddaughter Katherine, all from Fairbanks.
A funeral with full police honors will be held in Fairbanks on April 28, 1 p.m. at Chapel of the Chimes. A memorial service was held April 21 in Friday Harbor, Wash.
For more information about the Fairbanks service, call the family at (907) 451-7212.
Andres Delfin Julaton
Juneau resident Andres Delfin Julaton died July 10, 2001, in Juneau.
He was born Feb. 4, 1911, in the Philippines. Julaton immigrated to the United States in 1930, spending time in the contiguous Untied States and Southeast Alaska. He moved to Juneau in 1942 and became a chef at the Baranof Hotel, Percy's and later at the City Cafe.
Julaton was one of the three remaining original Filipino members of the Filipino community. Early in his life, he earned the nickname of "Full Speed" from his friends because of his life long love for dancing.
He is survived by his son Daniel Julaton; daughters Jeanette Huberth and Sally Healey; sons-in-law Pete Huberth and Tom Healey; grandchildren Marsha and Daniel Julaton, Byron and Michael Makeshine, and Derek Harris; 10 great-grandchildren; and sisters, brothers and numerous nieces and nephews in the Philippines.
A celebration of Julaton's life will be held at the Filipino Community from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 13. All of his friends and his family's friends are invited. The immediate family will have a private ceremony later. The family requests that donations be made to Southeast Senior Services, C.C.S Wing, 496 6th St., Juneau, AK 99801, or Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation, 3260 Hospital Drive, Juneau, AK 99801.
Peter D. Guerrero
Former Juneau resident Peter D. Guerrero, 59, died April 19, 2001, in Seattle.
He was born July 11, 1941, in Juneau. A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Thursday at Glacier Valley Church of God on Thunder Mountain Road. Funeral services will be noon Friday at the Evergreen Cemetery.
Judith M. Holbert
Judith (Judy) Mae Holbert, 56, died Jan. 25, 2001, in an auto accident near Talkeetna.
She was born Dec. 5, 1945, in Fairbanks to Lina Mae and John Allen and raised in Nenana. She and her husband Howie Holbert owned and operated the Corner Bar and Cafe in Nenana.
They both served as lobbyists for CHAR, a group representing Alaska bars and alcohol interests, and spent a great deal of time in Juneau during the legislative sessions from the early mid1980s through last year.
She and her husband raised three daughters in Nenana. Her family wrote that she loved being involved in everything her girls and the town did, including dog mushing, baseball, basketball, arts and crafts, boat racing, politics, potlatches and other town functions. Her sense of humor and competitive nature were two of her biggest assets, turning any situation into something her family could smile about.
In 1991 Holbert earned her GED and went on to graduate from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1994. She served Nenana as a health aide until her death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Nenana Civic Center with a potlatch immediately following.
Rev. Diane Baldwin Tickell
Former Juneau resident the Rev. Diane Baldwin Tickell, 84, died April 24, 2002.
She was born to Roy Baldwin and Elsie Fuller on April 11, 1918, in Fitchburg, Mass. In 1939, she received her bachelor of arts degree from Smith College and moved to Southeast Alaska in 1944, after her marriage to Albert "Budd" Tickell.
Her route to the priesthood was unusual. She had been a social worker in Juneau for a number of years, then attended the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass. Graduating in 1973, she was ordained to the diaconate the same year. In September 1975, she was one of four women ordained to the priesthood in an irregular service in Washington, D.C. The women were ordained by retired bishops before ordination of women was permitted by the Episcopal Church. At the 1976 General Convention, it was voted to change the canons to allow ordination of women to the priesthood.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her twin brother David and brother John; an infant daughter; and husband "Budd" Tickell.
She is survived by her sister Mary Armitage, Salt Lake City, Utah; sister-in-law Nancy Baldwin, Sewickly, Pa.; sons Peter Tickell, Auke Bay, Bruce Tickell and his wife Judith, Auke Bay; Mark Tickell and his wife Ester, Pohnpei, Micronesia; granddaughters Diane, Julia and Olivia and grandsons Mark, Tommy and Ralphie, all of Pohnpei, Micronesia.
The family thanks friends and clergy for prayers and support. They said she never gave up hope or faith and will always be remembered for her generosity and kindness, her great love for people and animals, and her turkey stuffing that "floated on air." They said she was a truly remarkable woman and they love her.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2002, at St. Brendan's Episcopal Church on Mendenhall Loop Rd.
Episcopal Bishop of Alaska the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, Archdeacon of Southeast Alaska the Ven. Mark A. Boesser and the Rev. George A. Walter, the rector at St. Brendan's Episcopal Church, will preside at the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations to honor her can be sent to AWARE Inc. Children's Program, P.O. Box 20809, Juneau, AK 99802-0809.
Ernest Olmstead
Longtime Alaskan and former Juneau resident Ernest C. Olmstead, 85, died April 26, 2001, in Anchorage.
He was born April 22, 1916, in San Diego. He moved to Alaska in 1957 and lived in Anchorage for 28 years. He lived in Juneau from 1985-95.
Olmstead was a pioneer in long-haul truck driving in Alaska. He hauled the first truckload of crude oil from the first producing well in the Swanson oil field in 1958. He retired from Teamsters local 959 in 1970. He was awarded a plaque of appreciation and a vial of oil for his dedication during the early oil pioneering days in Alaska.
He enjoyed driving, fishing, bowling, bingo, reading and dancing and dedicated amny hours to volunteer work. His family said, "He was a devoted and loving husband and father, and we loved his stoic and kind nature, his sense of humor and patriotism."
He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Elaine, in 1996. He is survived by his daughters Charlene (and husband Gale) Carlisle of San Diego, Bonnie (and husband Hank) Ouzts and Maureen (and husband Terry) Stellings of Anchorage and Toni (and Scott) Egbert of Wasilla, sons Charles (and wife Gale) of Hilo, Hawaii, Ernie Olmstead of Juneau, and soninlaw Robert Reynolds of Anchorage; 41 grandchildren and great grandchildren including Erik and Brigida Olmstead and Jake Garcia of Juneau.
Services were held earlier in Anchorage. His family can be contacted through Ernie R. Olmstead, 1675 Fritz Cove Rd., Juneau, 99801
Jim M. Adamson
Juneau resident Jim M. Adamson died April 4, 2001.
A celebration of his life will be held 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the Aurora Room at the Juneau Airport.
