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Edgar 'Bear' Burch III
Lt. Col. Edgar Francis "Bear" Burch III died Dec. 27, 2000, after the plane he was a passenger in was lost in Young Bay.
He had been a resident of Juneau for a year and a half. Burch was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Juneau Amateur Radio Club and the Juneau Yacht Club.
He was born March 2, 1937, in Richmond, Va. He graduated from Ft. Lauderdale High School in 1955 and from Colorado State University in 1960.
Burch served in the U.S. Army Airborne as Jumpmaster and in the Special Forces. He was also Ranger qualified. He served three tours in Vietnam and commanded the 101st Airborne Rifle Company. For his service he was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with three valor devices, Purple Heart and other medals and commendations. He became an assistant professor of military science at the University of Colorado and advisor to the National Guard.
After his military career ended in 1980, Burch went into law enforcement. He worked as a patrol officer for the city of Steamboat Springs, Colo., as undersheriff and then sheriff in Routt County, Colo., and as undersheriff in El Paso County, Colo. before retiring in 1996.
Burch was also involved in the Rotary Club in Steamboat Springs, Colo., American Hopkido Association Board of Directors, Association of Colorado Undersheriff's Optimist Club, CSU Alumni Association, National Rifle Association, Phi Delta Theta Alumni, Colorado Mountaineers and Seattle Mountaineers. He had climbed Mt. McKinley, and been an instructor and trainer in defensive tactics and weapons. He was also a pilot, avid sailor, fisherman and was learning to play the banjo.
His survivors include his wife Belinda Burch of Juneau; son Andrew Burch of Denver; stepdaughter Barbara DeBose of Kansas City; stepson Ryan Slattery of Holliman Air Force Base, N.M.; sisters Helen Bennitt of Fredricksburg, Texas, and Elise Winchester of Vero Beach, Fla.; grandson Douglas DeBose; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son, Barrett Burch, and his parents, Edgar F. Burch Jr. and Helen Schulze Burch of Chicago.
A memorial service will be held in Arlington National Cemetery at 11 a.m. June 25.
Janice Chilton-Wren
A 40 day party will be held for Janice ChiltonWren Thursday, April 19, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the ANB Hall.
A lifelong Juneau resident, Janice Chilton-Wren died March 8, 2001, in Anchorage. She was 40.
Emily Dalton Davis
Former Juneau resident Emily Dalton Davis died of cancer Aug. 8, 1999, at her home in Rosamond, Calif.
She was born July 12, 1918, in Boise, Idaho, but most of her youth was spent in Juneau. She was the daughter of Alaska pioneer Jack Dalton, who co-owned and operated the Palace Theater in Juneau with his wife Alice.
Emily was active in local theatrics and sang in the Episcopal children's choir led by Crystal Snow Jenny. She graduated from Juneau High School in 1936.
Prior to World War II, she and her husband Leo Olson operated the movie theater and ice cream parlor in Hoonah. After Olson died, she was a ticket agent for Alaska Coastal Airlines and later Pacific Northern Airlines.
She married commercial pilot Ernie Davis in 1947 and settled in California, where they raised a daughter Sherry, who later moved to Alaska.
Emily made regular trips back to Juneau to visit and celebrate the Fourth of July with her family and childhood friends, and attend reunions with her 1930s classmates.
She was active with the Girl Scouts and the American Red Cross. She was a charter member of the Boogie Woogie Mamas, a tap dancing troupe with which she toured the Southwest for 12 years prior to her illness.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Ernie Davis, her brothers Bob and Bill Dalton, and her sister Shirley Bagby. She is survived by her daughter Sherry (William) Thomas of Juneau, granddaughter Tanya (Charles) Soper and great granddaughter Charlie Rae Soper, of Huntington Beach, Calif., long time companion Robert Fisher of Rosamond, nephew Edmund Bagby of Seattle and godchild Renee Guerin of Juneau.
Eva Renee Villa
Juneau resident Eva Renee Villa died Sept. 11, 1999, in Seattle.
She was born April 29, 1960, in Juneau to Sameul Knudson Jr. and Hazel E. Willard. She graduated in 1977 from Juneau-Douglas High School.
She is survived by her husband Pilar Maneul Villa and son Jose Villa of San Diego, Sameul Villa and daughter Lavern B. Villa of Seattle; father Sameul Knudson, stepfather Ken Willard Sr., grandmothers Eva Davis and Amy Marvin, aunts Mary J. Johnson, Jenny Lidoff, Ruth James and uncles Wilber James and Mike Knudson, all of Hoonah, also aunts and uncles Mary and Paul Rudolf of Hoonah, Ralf and Harriet Knudson of Juneau, sister Joanne (Knute) Felipe, Sr., sister Elaine E. Knudson of Seattle, brother Wilbur Knudson, Ken Willard Jr., sister Celeste Willard and half-sisters Renee and Reggie Marvin, all of Juneau.
Her family wrote that she had numerous cousins, nieces and nephews, and she always kept in touch with everyone.
She was preceded in death by her mother, sister Lavern B. Escalante, sister Lydia G. Willard (Mamahit) and her daughter Carmeena S. Mamahit, and her uncle John Bell Sr.
Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Friday at ANB Hall in Juneau.
Donations can be made to grandmother Eva Davis, P.O. Box 132, Hoonah, AK, 99829.
Gladys 'Bobbie' Kamphaus
Former Juneau resident Gladys B. "Bobbie" Kamphaus, 76, of Anchorage, died April 29, 2001, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.
She was born Oct. 28, 1924, in North Dakota. She moved to Alaska in 1956 and lived in Haines, Juneau and Fairbanks before moving to Anchorage.
She was a member of the Moose Lodge.
Kamphaus is survived by her sons Richard D. Dixon of Myrtle Point, Ore., and Marlin E. Fowler Jr. of Seattle; daughters Carol A. Crawford of Thornton, Colo., and Barbara A. Dickson of Anchorage; sister Charlean Keller of Billings, Mont.; brothers Buz Moore and Walter Moore of Anchor Point; grandsons Michael E. Dickson of Anchorage, Richard "J.R." Dixon Jr. of Juneau, Marlin E. Dixon of Houston, Texas, and William C. Fowler of Stevensville, Mont.; granddaughters Shelly M. Squibb of San Diego, Stephanie Baur, and Susan Brouillette and Bette K. Braaten of Anchorage.
A graveside service was held May 1 at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
Milton Leonard Daugherty
Milton Leonard Daugherty, 80, died Feb. 7, 2001, of natural causes at his home in Eagle River.
Daugherty was born April 12, 1920, in Rupert, Idaho. He grew up in La Grande, Ore., and after graduating from high school attended Eastern Oregon Normal School. He graduated in 1939 and traveled by steamship to Alaska the same year. He landed in Ketchikan and took a job in the first dairy in Alaska to pasteurize milk.
He began his banking career with the First National Bank of Anchorage in 1946, rising to the position of vice president and manager, responsible for all the Southeast Alaska branches of the bank. He retired in 1973.
Daugherty was a World War II veteran. While normally a member of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in Anchorage, he was selected to go on Special Forces missions to extract American POWs being held in the Philippines.
Daugherty was very active in his community. He served as president (now chairman) of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, as president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, as chairman of the Centennial Inaugural Committee for Gov. Walter Hickel's first term, as president of the Alaska Bankers Association, as chairman of the statewide Rebuild Alaska Committee and co-chairman of the Juneau committee following the 1964 earthquake, as a member of the TAPS Task Force formed to lobby Congress for the construction of the pipeline, and as a member of the Greater Juneau Borough Planning and Zoning Commission.
Daugherty was a Master Mason and a 50-year member of the Anchorage Lodge No. 17, F&AM.; He was also a member of Sun City Lodge No. 72, F&AM.;
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jay Dulany of Eagle River; his stepdaughter Phyllis McGahan of Sun City, Ariz.; his sister Eva Magden of La Grande; his grandchildren Mary Ann Bennett (and husband Guy) of Anchorage, Eric and Shannon Dulany of Eagle River, Barry and Kelly McGahan of Tacoma; and great-grandson Garrett McGahan of Tacoma.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen's Eagle River Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Covenant House, 609 F St., Anchorage, AK 99501.
Erich J. Berg
Former Juneau resident Erich J. Berg, 29, died Feb. 12, 2001, in Cheney, Wash., from injuries received in a car accident.
He was born Aug. 23, 1971, in Elgin, Ill. His family moved to Juneau and he attended Juneau schools and graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School. He attended Dona Ana Community College in Las Cruces, N.M., and received his associate's degree in radiology in 1997. He married Jennifer Stailey in 1993 in Cliff, N.M., and they had two sons. He loved the outdoors.
Services were held Saturday, Feb. 17, in Cheney.
He is survived by his wife Jennifer and sons Austin and Jordan, his parents Jim and Kathy Berg, all of Cheney, his brother Jason Berg of Denver, his grandparents Doris Berg of Illinois and Kenneth and Marjorie White of Lakeland, Fla., and his godparents Michael and Veronica Berg.
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.
Arnold 'Arnie' Dalton
Southeast Alaska resident Arnold "Arnie" Dalton died Feb. 26, 2001, in Tacoma, Wash., after a battle with leukemia.
Dalton was born Nov. 8, 1944, in Ketchikan. A master carver, he restored the Auke Bay totem pole that had been vandalized in 1994. Dalton had Tlingit and Tsimshian lineage and was a member of the Eagle Moiety, Nanyaayi Tribe, Killerwhale, Shark House Clan.
Dalton was the oldest son of Elizabeth Blake Carlstrom and Clarence Dalton, and grandson of William and Mamie Dalton of Ketchikan and Florence Sumption of Wrangell. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jeanne Dalton Watson. He is survived by his sisters Marjorie Dalton James of Seattle and Alaska and Tillie Mae Bainter of Bellingham, his brothers Elmer Carlstrom of Wrangell and Thomas Carlstrom of Port Protection and numerous aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews.
He attended Wrangell High School. He was a lifelong commercial fisherman and skipper and fished salmon, halibut and black cod. He generously honored tribal traditions, providing foods from the sea to family, clan and tribal members. His family wrote that he was a master carver and craftsman who brought alive the beauty and spirit of being within each piece of wood his strong hands and tools touched. As a teacher, he shared this time-honored art with young and old alike.
Traditional services were held March 1 in Seattle. Following cremation, his ashes will be taken to Kuiu Island.
Harold Kent Dawson
Former Juneau clergyman and Alaska pioneer Harold Kent Dawson died Jan. 27, 2001, in Olympia, Wash. He was 87.
He was born Aug. 25, 1913, in Wellman, Iowa. He married Josephine (Joey) in 1936 in Spokane, Wash. They spent their early married years struggling to make ends meet during the Great Depression. This experience shaped much of the philosophy that served Dawson for the rest of his life.
He and Joey arrived in Sitka in 1941. He worked as a master carpenter with his father, Robert Dawson, helping to build a naval base on Japonski Island. He was elected head of the local carpenter's union, was asked to become chief of police, and then city supervisor of Sitka.
It was during this period of that he became a man of God. Dawson served in the war effort from 1944 to 1946, rising to the rank of staff sergeant. He was posted on the Aleutian Islands. After the war he fished for several years before moving to Washington to study theology in preparation for his 23 years as a Seventh-Day-Adventist pastor.
The family moved to Juneau in 1953 and began pastoring the church. He began his work in prison ministry in Juneau. In 1957 he served as the official chaplain of the Territorial House of Representatives. In 1957, he moved his family to Ketchikan, where he oversaw and did much of the work on the Seventh-Day-Adventist church building.
He left Alaska in 1960 to pastor in Eastern Montana, where he learned to fly. In 1965 he and Joey returned to take over leadership of the Juneau church. He was instrumental in building the Seventh-Day-Adventist elementary school. He also began his flying ministry, reaching out to logging camps and smaller villages in northern SE Alaska with his Piper Cub on floats. He and Joey also piloted the Messenger III out of Wrangell, a 52-foot mission boat which served many of the logging camps operating in the region. He also took over building a youth camp on Vank Island near Wrangell.
He retired in 1975 and settled in his home on three acres he called "Dawson's Sourdough Landing." As a "retired pastor" Harold spent his last years using his carpentry and pastoring skills to enrich the lives of others. At near 80 he began what is now a major prison ministry at McNeil Island Prison in Washington. In 1991, he published a story of his life called "Where He Has Led Me."
He was preceded in death by his wife Josephine Appel Dawson, and brother David Dawson of Juneau. He is survived by his sister Ethel Dassow of Mercer Island, Wash., sister-in-law Velma Dawson of Juneau, son Van Kent Dawson of Juneau (wife Jenny) son Daniel Joseph Dawson (wife Gita) of Denver, Colo., nieces Debbie Dawson White of Juneau, Dixie Dawson Bell of Everett, Wash., nephew Larry Dawson of Bellingham, Wash., and step grandchildren Anna and Jacob Logsdon of Juneau.
Memorial services will be 4 p.m. March 17 in Yelm, Wash.
Edith Marian Hall
Former Juneau resident Edith Marian Hall died Feb. 24, 2001, in the home of her daughter in Corvallis, Ore.
She was born Feb. . 10, 1911, in her family's prairie home near Burns, Wyo., to Lewis and Charline (Button) Lyon. She graduated from Burns schools.
She married Sidney C. Hall on Oct. 23, 1937, in Denver, Colo. Hall worked for United Airlines and his job took their growing family to various locations around the country. They lived in California from 1948 to 1980 and then moved to Juneau. Sidney died in 1992 and she moved to Oregon to be near her daughter.
Her family wrote that throughout her life Hall unconditionally loved and cared for her family. She served others through a variety of Christian youth and mission programs. She taught Good News Clubs and Joy Clubs in her home, and served her churches as a Sunday School teacher, deaconess, missionary supporter, organist/ pianist, choir member, prayer partner and organizer of many dinners and banquets. In Juneau she attended Douglas Island Bible Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her brother Lewis T. Lyon. She is survived by her brother Donald D. Lyon of Cheyenne, Wyo.; sons, S. Carlton Hall, Jr. of Kihei, Maui and Donald Hall of Springdale, Utah, daughter, Carolyn (Baxter) Miller of Corvallis; grandchildren Christopher A. Hall of Manteca, Calif., Catherina L. Baxter of Omaha, Neb., and Anne-Christina W. Baxter of Cambridge, Mass.; and great granddaughters Samantha and Danielle Hall of Manteca.
Services were held March 1 in Eugene, Ore.
Roger Hurlock
Juneau resident Roger Woolford Hurlock died May 27, 2001. He was 89.
He was born in Cambridge, Md., in 1912. In 1950, he left a real estate business to move his family to Juneau.
He bought Mendenhall Valley property and the family ran a poultry farm while he sold lots to invest in Allied Artists, then the seventh-largest movie company in America. He was later named to its board of directors.
When he became Allied Artists' vice president in 1961, he moved to Beverly Hills. Later, as president, he became a lifelong member of the Motion Picture Academy.
He gave numerous housing lots to Juneau's high school vocational building program and also donated the present site of St. Paul's Cathedral.
He was preceded in death by his two sons, Robert and John.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary; his sons Don of Hawaii, Ron of Connecticut, Tom of Montana, and Larry of Juneau; and his sisters Kay and Jean of Maryland.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Cathedral.
