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Cora Flynn
March 13, 1941 - March 31, 2013
Cora Evans Flynn passed away March 31, 2013 at Alaska Native Medical Center with family by her side.
A private family service was held April 3, 2013 at Anchorage Funeral Home.
Cora will be taken home to Galena where she will be laid to rest along the banks of the Yukon she so loved.
Cora was born March 13, 1941 in Galena, Alaska to Charlie and Elizabeth Evans.
She grew up in Galena and attended high school at Mt. Edgecumbe, then attended Western Washington University.
She worked for the FAA in Galena where she met her husband, Thomas J. Flynn.
Together they raised five children in King Salmon where they lived for nearly 40 years until 2008 when health reasons forced a move to Chugiak.
In her youth, hunting and fishing on the Yukon was a way of life that Cora embraced.
She even ran her own trap line and dog team.
Whoever went hunting or fishing with Cora did not come back empty handed!
Cora was an extremely strong, patient woman who was very devoted to her family.
She was a stay-at-home mother until her children were older.
She then became a Community Health Aide in King Salmon, a position in which she excelled and was greatly respected.
Cora was a great cook and much family time was spent in the kitchen.
She loved to sew and especially enjoyed quilting.
Bowling was also a favorite pastime and she could play a mean game of Scrabble.
Over the years Cora gave effortlessly of herself to support her children and their friends in the many school activities.
Despite health issues in her later years Cora was an inspiration, providing a sense of strength to all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas; son Michael; grandson Evan Burroughs; and several siblings.
Survivors include daughters, Lanai Smart, Lori Burroughs and husband Don; sons, Thomas Jr. and wife Jaclyn, Charles and wife Holly; she leaves grandsons, Andrew and wife Heather, Darien, Aaron, Richard, Nathan; granddaughters, Charlotte and Mychal; she also leaves three brothers, two sisters and their families.
Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home & Crematory.
A. PEARL RICHARDS (KINGSLEY) BARBER
September 28, 1923 - March 27, 2013
Longtime Alaskan and Kenai Peninsula resident, A. Pearl Richards (Kingsley) Barber went home to be with her Lord on March 27, 2013 at Harbor Lights House Assisted Living in Soldotna.
A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at Soldotna Bible Chapel, 300 W Marydale Ave. on Sunday, March 31 at 4:00 p.m. following a viewing at 3:30 p.m.
The service will be officiated by Pastor John Rysdyk.
Pearl was born September 28, 1923 in Hominy, Oklahoma.
She was the second of 13 children born to Trevy M. and Eunice O. Richards.
She grew up during the Great Depression, moving from town to town with her family as her father’s work dictated.
They eventually settled in Winfield, Kansas where Pearl attended and graduated from high school in 1941.
Pearl earned an Associate’s degree from Central College, McPherson, Kansas in 1944.
She began working as a “Rosie Riveter” at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas and advanced to the position of draftsperson.
Her intricate mechanical drawings illustrated the assembly manual for the B-29 bomber.
Pearl married Clovis H. Kingsley in 1946, after he returned from WWII.
They came to Valdez, Alaska in 1951 and began homesteading on the Kenai Peninsula near Ninilchik in 1953.
She mothered three daughters in the primitive conditions of early Alaskan homesteading -- without electricity, running water, or modern conveniences.
In 1963 Pearl returned to the Midwest, working as a secretary in her hometown of Winfield, KS until 1966.
She was then hired as a cashier/bookkeeper by Greenville College, Greenville, IL, where she worked until retirement in 1993.
She returned to her beloved Alaska, where she was finally able to pursue her creative interests, including acrylic and oil painting (portraits, still lifes, and landscapes) and illustrating.
She also enjoyed needlework, sewing, ceramics, creative writing, photography, and was known within her family as the champion Scrabble player and jigsaw puzzle worker.
Pearl is survived by three daughters Martha Kingsley of Harrison, AR; Chlorinne Kingsley of Linden, NC; and Sherlyn Anderson of Kenai, AK; grandchildren Terry Steiner and Dale Thomas of Soldotna; Tammy Drake of Kenai; Benjamin Walton of Orlando, FL; Nathan Walton of Manitou Springs, CO; great grandchildren Heather and Elijah Drake of Kenai; Tyler and Joshua Walton of Orlando; Ellie Wolfkeil-Walton of Manitou Springs, CO; sisters Lois Bogner, Winfield, KS; Nell Clark, Springfield, MO; brothers Jim and Beryl Richards, San Antonio, TX, and by many nephews and nieces,
She was preceded in death by two husbands; her parents; siblings Paul, Don, Joyce, Mary, Frankie, David and two infants; plus infant great grandchildren Wesley Walton and Little Finn.
Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
LOIS B. BELL
April 19, 1917 - April 6, 2013
Longtime Alaskan Mrs. Lois Bonnie Bell, 95, passed peacefully in her sleep at home Saturday April 6, 2013, in Soldotna, Alaska.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, Apr. 11, at the Peninsula Memorial Chapel officiated by Pastor Frank Alioto.
Burial will follow at the Soldotna Cemetery in Soldotna, Alaska.
Lois was born in Amistad, New Mexico April 19, 1917 to Eli Thomas Hobson and Cora May Hobson.
She grew up with 12 siblings.
Lois was married to William Edward Bell on March 20, 1934.
They raised 5 children in Eugene, Oregon.
Mrs. Bell earned an LPN license while in Oregon and moved to Soldotna in May, 1972.
She worked as a nurse at the newly built Central Peninsula General Hospital until her retirement.
She lived alone in her own home in Soldotna until the time of her death.
Lois was a Christian and attended the Soldotna Brethren Assembly.
One of her favorite verses was, 1 John 5:11-13. “And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God”.
Lois loved to tell about her younger years of growing up in New Mexico, where she got to go on a cattle drive with her brothers at the age of 13.
She also, at the age of 14, was asked to drive the school bus home, if the driver didn’t get home from his travels that day.
Sure enough, she got to drive the children home! Lois & her husband & family also, were in the great dust bowl, of 1935!
Lois was a good cook and also sewed much of her children’s clothing.
In Oregon she canned quarts of peaches, pears, tomato’s and applesauce to help feed her family!
Lois took painting classes at the Kenai Peninsula College, under Boyd Shafer & enjoyed it greatly.
She leaves many works of art.
Mrs. Bell was preceded in death by her 12 siblings, her husband William Edward in 1964, son, Wayne Bell in 1987, and great-granddaughter, Halie Burcham in 1994.
Lois is survived by her children and their spouses, Louetta and George Waldrip, Ron and Cecile Bell, Lynda and Eddie Burcham, Sherri and Rick Warren; daughter-in-law, Sandra Bell; 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
MARGARET WATSON
November 28, 1924 - April 28, 2013
Mrs. Margaret H. Watson, 88, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Lluminada’s Assisted Living Home in Anchorage, after a long batttle with Alzheimer’s.
Visitation will be held 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the Anchorage Funeral Home, 1800 Dare Ave.
in Anchorage. Margaret will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery with graveside services to be announced at a later date.
Margaret was born November 28, 1924 to James D. Myers, Sr. & Mary M. (Rothenberger) in Downey, CA.
On January 17, 1942 she married Charles “Wayne” Watson, Sr.
Their first son, Wayne Jr. was born in November 1942 and their second son, Allen was born in February 1948.
They raised their family in Bellflower, CA until April 1961 when the family moved to Anchorage, Alaska where she and her family have lived ever since.
During her time in Alaska she worked in retail clothing sales at Marguerite’s Downtown Dress Shop, Woolworth’s, J.C. Penny’s and Lamont’s where she retired.
Margaret was an active member of the Moose Lodge, the American Legion Auxiliary, AM Vets Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary in the 1980’s and 90’s.
Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting and intricate needle work, which she enjoyed giving to family and friends.
Margaret was an avid bingo player until her husband passed away in May of 1983.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Watson, Sr.; son, Allen Watson; grandsons, Mark & Dusty Watson.
She is survived by her brother, James D. Myers, III; son Wayne and his wife, Linda; grandchildren, Monty and wife, Cindy, Christie Watson and her husband, Ryan Jaramillo, Charles “Charlie” Watson; Allen’s family, Jennifer and her husband, Allen Macleod and Mikel Watson; and great-granddaughters, Hayley Watson, Lindsey and Leah Macleod.
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Margaret’s name to the Alzheimer’s Resource Center, 1750 Abbott Road, Anchorage, AK 99507.
Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home.
