Archive of: Obituaries

Carolyn Judith Sorvoja

Rosemarie Joy Sorvoja

Ted Smith

Ted R. Smith, of Eagle River, died March 4, 2013 in a small airplane crash in Rainy Pass. He was 59.

Ralph Baranow

Ralph Gordon Baranow died at his home in Eagle River on Feb. 26, 2013. A memorial mass was held March 6 at St Andrew Catholic Church in Eagle River.

Tom Merrill

Eagle River’s Thomas Joseph Merrill died Feb. 24, 2013 at Alaska Regional Hospital with his family by his side.

Walter Palmer

Walter Warren “Wally” Palmer died Feb. 8, 2013, at his home in Chugiak from Alzheimer’s disease and liver cancer. He was 84.

Chris Purvis

Chris “Dago” Purvis died with her family and friends by her side on Feb. 2, 2013 at her home in the Butte. She was 63.

Mark Wilson

Palmer resident Mark Wilson died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at Providence Alaska Medical Center. He was 54.

Lawrence “Larry” Rooney

Longtime Eagle River resident Lawrence Charles (Larry) Rooney died of complications from lung cancer Feb. 2, 2013 surrounded by family at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hospital. He was 83.

Margaret McLane

Margaret Dale McLane, of Wasilla, died with her husband, daughter and son-in-law at her side on Jan. 19, 2013 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer. She was 64.