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Toni Lamb
July 18, 1949 - March 31, 2013
Toni Kay Darnell Lamb passed away peacefully Easter morning, March 31, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer.
She was surrounded by her loving sister, husband and children at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Goodyear, AZ.
Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Brayton Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, 13161 Brayton Drive in Anchorage.
Toni was born July 18, 1949 in Tulsa, OK to Clarence and Afton Darnell.
She was introduced to her husband by his sister in Sept. 1968.
They married six months later on April 18, 1969.
They shared 44 wonderful years together.
Toni was a loving sister, wife and mother who raised five beautiful children.
She was blessed with many talents, but her love and compassion for others is what really made her shine.
She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she served in many callings.
She had to cut short her service mission she was serving with her husband Dave, when she became ill.
The world lost an amazing woman but heaven gained a beautiful angel.
She was loved by so many and will be dearly missed.
Toni was preceded in death by her brothers Robert and Ricky Darnell, her mother Afton Reeve Darnell, and her father Clarence Darnell Jr.
She is survived by her husband David C. Lamb Jr., her sister Peggy Darnell Echohawk Kanno, her children, Kimberly Knudsen (Christian), Jared Lamb, Deborah Osborn (Elijah), Amanda Ramos (J.R.) and Carolyn Easton (James) along with her 9 grandchildren that she adored.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to AlaskaUSA Acct # 1754630.
Donations will go to help cover funeral costs and the proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Treatment Center of America to help patients win the fight against cancer.
Local arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home.
Robert Piaskowski
June 4, 1923 - April 9, 2013
Robert Melvin Piaskowski, 89 passed away peacefully at his home on April 9th, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer.
He was surrounded by his loving family.
The Funeral Mass will be at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013 @ St. Benedict's Catholic Church 8110 Jewel Lake Road in Anchorage.
Archbishop Roger Schwietz, O.M.I. will officiate.
The Rosary will precede the service at 11:00 a.m. followed by visitation until 11:45a.m.
A reception will follow the services at the church.
Robert was born June 4, 1923 in Alpino, Michigan.
His Alaskan adventure began in 1935 when his family moved to Palmer as part of the Matanuska Valley Colonist migration.
In 1941, he married his wife of 71 years, Shirley Mortensen, at Holy Family Rectory.
God blessed them with 11 children: Robert, Donald, Joseph, William, Kathleen, Shirleen, Cynthia, David, Elizabeth, Christine, and Daniel.
Robert served in the Army from 1944-1946, and then worked as a (highly trained and decorated) Liquid Fuel Technician for the Air Force from 1951-1975.
After retiring from civil service, he did many jobs, using his skills and Air Force training as a certified Carpenter, as a jack of all trades, while specializing in residential and commercial remodeling.
He homesteaded twice in the Anchorage area: First off of the Old Seward Highway (near Dowling Road) and finally settling a 5 acre tract near Lake Otis & East 80th.
Robert and Shirley spent many years without the luxury of running water or electricity.
Robert, his family, children, and friends built the original house by hand. Shirley's only request was that the home had cathedral ceilings, which he erected with the support of his Jeep because he did not have access to any modern day machinery.
Their home was destroyed by a fire in 2001.
A new one was built in its place with Robert overseeing all aspects of construction.
Robert loved the majesty of Alaska. Every Fall, his vacation time was spent taking his family camping, hunting, fishing, and jeeping.
He enjoyed getting out of town and heading to Kings River. He loved being outside: ice-skating with Shirley, gardening at his home, and blueberry picking on Flattop Mountain.
Along with raising his large family, Robert enjoyed homemade apple pie, playing pinochle, dancing, and, on a daily basis, tinkering in his workshop.
His loss of eyesight never slowed him down. Robert was a faithful auxiliary member of the Legion of Mary and was very active in his Catholic Parish of St. Benedicts.
Robert was preceded in death by his son William a decorated soldier who died in the Vietnam War, and his eldest son, also named Robert in 2001.
He is survived by his wife Shirley, sisters Mary Rastetter and Jeanette Adams, 9 children, 28 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.
Memorial donations will be accepted at the Blessed Sacrament Monastery, 2645 E 72nd Avenue where he and Shirley attended daily Mass for decades.
Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home.
Harriett Warner
August 15, 1931 - April 30, 2014
Harriett was born in Steubenville, Ohio to Walter and Catherine Warner.
Harriet met Tom Kiester while she was an LPN and he was a resident Doctor.
In 1955 they moved to the Alaskan Territory, and Paul was born before they left Alaska.
When the family moved back with their new additions Lisa and David, they stayed permanently, and Harriett made the Alaskan lifestyle her own.
Harriett raised 3 children and was admired for her impressive garden.
She loved to berry pick and raised apple trees in her yard.
Along with growing fruits and vegetables, she canned and processed her delights along with game her second husband Jack Kimball hunted to provide for the family.
Harriett put out a large spread of delicious food for family events, and you knew going to visit, that she would feed you some tasty delight.
Harriett was also a lover of music.
She sang all of the time, sometimes accompanying herself with guitar or ukulele.
She invested time in music classes, music camps, and various performing ensemble.
While she fed her body and mind with homemade foods, she fed her soul with song.
Harriett enjoyed Hawaii, living as a snowbird for some time.
Even after she stopped going to Hawaii she carried on her love for Hawaiian flowers and ukulele music.
Harriett knew her mind.
She read the fine print and asked the right questions.
She made informed decisions and formulated her opinions.
Harriett let you know what she thought, and where you stood with her.
The strong opinions in a clean home that often had Hawaiian flowers and homemade food made Harriett Warner the Matriarch of our family and she will be missed so much.
Harriett is preceded in death by her brother Louis Warner, father and mother Walter and Catherine Warner, husbands Thomas Kiester and Jack Kimball.
She is survived by her children Paul, Lisa, David, Linda, Bob and Mary, many grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The Celebration of Life will be at Chester Park Senior Housing at 2 PM on Tuesday May 6th, 2014.
Noralee Strubar
December 22, 1925 - March 31, 2014
Anchorage resident, Noralee Dorothy Strubar, 88, passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 at the Anchorage Pioneers’ Home.
Family services were held Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Anchorage Funeral Home.
Noralee was born on a snowy December 22nd night in 1925 to Leander and Isabel (Scanlon) Rae in Detroit, Michigan.
An accomplished vocalist, she earned “Artist of the Year,” during her high school senior year and performed periodically on the local radio station.
She was a member of the Episcopalian church.
Following WWII, she met and married Clark, a career military pilot and made homes for her children and spouse while traveling the country, moving about every two years.
Noralee resided in Florida, Indiana, Ohio, San Antonio and Fort Worth, TX and New York.
Her greatest adventure was traveling on trains and ships with two small girls to Japan, where she gave birth to a son.
When Clark retired from the Air Force, the family landed in Torrance, CA where she raised her children.
Noralee joined the local Eastern Star; and she loved playing bridge.
Eventually her parents and beloved sister moved to California, which made her very happy.
When Clark retired into a second career in aerospace, they continued their adventurous lifestyle cruising the seas along the West coast, Caribbean and South America.
They made many trips to Alaska to visit family.
After Clark’s death, Noralee moved to Alaska to be with her daughters.
She spent her last year at the Pioneer Home where the staff treated her with great kindness and respect.
For that her family will be forever grateful.
Noralee was preceded in death by her husband, Clark L. Strubar, Jr.; parents, Leander and Isabel Rae; and sister, Ella Mae Ramsey.
She is survived by her daughters, Julie (Bob) Burton of Fairbanks, AK and Lee Ault of Anchorage, AK; son, Clark L. Strubar III of Fairbanks, AK; granddaughters, Sara Ault and Alexis Burton; grandsons, Jake Strubar, Kelly Burton and Robert Brown; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were cared for by the Anchorage Funeral Home.
