Obituaries
Ethel Sarah Lucas was born on April 2, 1946 her biological parents Lewis and Lizzie Nakarak. When she was three days old they dog teamed Ethel to her adoptive parents Enoch and Judith Moses in Elim...
Gilmore “Yungnuuk” Asitonia, 87, was born at Port Clarence on August 25, 1928 to Melvin Asitonia of Wales and Bertha “Eketuq” Cahill of Candle. “Gil” passed away at his home in Nome, early in the...
John OlaGanna Penetac Jr. was born on November 12, 1964 to Theresa and John Penetac Sr. at King Island. He attended school in Nome and Mt. Edgecumbe and graduated from Nome-Beltz High School.
John...
Ben Esch, retired Alaska Superior Court Judge in Nome, died on April 25, 2016 in Seattle, Washington while battling a rare form of leukemia. He was 71.
Judge Esch was born January 4, 1945 to Robert...
Allen Ray Marple, 72, passed away on July 23, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.
Al was born on May 6, 1944 in Fergus Falls, MN. He grew up on a farm in Grant County, MN before his family...
Ernest “Ernie” Robert Oviak Agviqsina Uvigaq Frankson, age 70, of Spencer, passed away at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at IU Bloomington Hospice House. He was born in Point Hope, Alaska on...
David Lee (Tubby) Lockwood was born in Unalakleet, Alaska on March 25, 1958 to George and Helen Lockwood. He was their biggest baby, weighing in over 10 pounds at birth. Mom always told her...
Dorcas Tuusuwun Bloom was born on November 13, 1944 in Savoonga to Albert and Mariam Kulowiyi. She was second to the youngest of 14 siblings.
Dorcas started playing the piano at a very young age. ...
Kay Branch, age 61, passed away on July 9, 2016 from metastatic triple negative breast cancer, surrounded by her true love and husband Bill Herman, her daughter Laura Herman, her father Herman...
Charles R. Tunley was born in Skagway, Alaska on January 10, 1936. He left us on July 1, 2016, having lived a long, full life on his terms.
He spent his youth in Skagway camping, climbing and hiking...