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Kathleen Agnes "Nanna" Sassara
Kathleen Agnes "Nanna" Sassara, 79, a founder of the Big Lake Regatta, died Saturday, Aug. 20, at Humana Hospital Alaska.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at All Saints Episcopal Church with the Rev. Norman H.V. Elliott officiating.
Along with her family, she founded and operated the Mrs. Sassara was
born Aug. 1, 1908, in Pittsburgh, Pa. She moved to Alaska in 1952 and
homesteaded in the Big LakeBig Lake Yacht Club. She started the Big
Lake Regatta, and was instrumental in the naming of Burma Road in the
MatSu Valley. She was active in the USO during World War II and was a
member of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed dancing, fishing, traveling and
meeting people.
She leaves her husband, "Pappy," and her sons, Charles Jr. and Richard,
all of Anchorage; her brother, Frank Larocca, of Pennsylvania; and four
grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to the Alaska Heart Association, 2330 E. 42nd
Ave., Anchorage 99504. Service arrangements were by Evergreen Memorial
Chapel.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - August 23, 1988
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Phyllis B. Schultz
Memorial services for Phyllis B. Schultz, 51, will be held at 10 a.m.
Saturday at the Joy Lutheran Church in Eagle River. She died Dec. 5 at
Providence Hospital.
Born Sept. 8, 1934 in Elkhart, Ind., she came to Alaska in 1964 and had
worked for the Civil Service at Fort Richardson and for the Federal
Aviation Administration. Her last position was with Sohio at Prudhoe
Bay.
Mrs. Schultz is survived by her husband, James, of Wasilla; two
daughters, Barbara Posey and Cindy Knutson of Wasilla; her stepmother,
Vildee Black of Elkhart; four sisters, Frances Maurer and Clara
Macumber of Elkhart, Mary Glasow of Arizona and Vera Lydon of
California; two brothers, Vaughn Black of Florida and Charles Black of
Michigan; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society,
1343 G St., Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Arrangements by Keh's Forest Lawn
Memorial Chapel.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - December 6, 1985
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Lyle D. Selk
Services for Lyle D. Selk, 62, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wasilla. He died Dec. 10 at Valley
Hospital in Palmer.
Born Jan. 24, 1923 in Lexington, Neb., he came to Alaska 40 years ago
and has worked as a diesel automotive mechanic at Fort Richardson.
He is survived by his wife, Rosie of Wasilla; a son, Kenneth of
Anchorage; two daughters, Carol Marie Theodore of Wasilla, and Kathleen
Waltman of Wasilla; a brother, Gerald Selk of Anchorage; two sisters,
Marjorie Gordon of Humboldt, Neb., and Leona Selk of Nebraska; also
three grandchildren.
Burial will be at Wasilla Aurora Cemetery. Arrangements by Kehl's Palmer Mortuary.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - December 12, 1985
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Christine W. Smith
Memorial services for Christine W. Smith, 78, will be held Thursday at
1 p.m. at the Palmer Pioneer Home with the Rev. Paul Riley officiating.
She died Dec. 15 at the Palmer Pioneer Home.
Born Feb. 25, 1907, in Dallas, Texas, she was a homemaker. During World
War II she worked as a welder and lead foreman at the Oregon Shipyard
in Portland. She came to Alaska in 1947 and homesteaded in the Pittman
area of Wasilla in 1954. In 1963 she moved to Wasilla and in 1974 she
moved to the Pioneer Home. Mrs. Smith was a member and past Worthy
Matron of the Order of Eastern Star. She was also a past matron of
Rebecca's Lodge in Palmer; past president of the Wasilla VFW Ladies
Auxiliary; a state vice president for the Alaska Crippled Children's
Association; had founded the White Elephant Store in Wasilla for the
Alaska Crippled Children's Association; and a chairwoman for the March
of Dimes.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two children, Charles W. Smith of Vancouver,
Wash., and Lemuel J. Smith of Wasilla; one brother, Buddy Webb of Fort
Worth, Texas; three sisters, Lillian Hendron, Sally Naroot and Ida Mae
McCouley, all of Fort Worth; seven grandchildren, 10
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - December 18, 1985
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Clarence Sorenson
Former Milwaukeean Dies in Matanuska
Word of the death at Palmer, Alaska, of Clarence Sorenson, 45, a former
Milwaukeean and one of the first to settle in Matanuska valley of
Alaska, government resettlement project, has been received by relatives
here. Sorenson who had been operating a farm near Palmer, died Thursday
of pneumonia. His wife, Vivian, and an 8 year old daughter, Beverly,
who were also members of the first Matanuska contingent from Wisconsin,
are expected to return to either Milwaukee or Rice Lake.
Edward T. McIntyre, in charge of the veterans' service exchange in the
federal building, said Sorenson is the first of the Wisconsin group who
pioneered in the valley to die. A letter to the adjutant of the
American Legion post at Palmer, asking that a military funeral be held
and the body be sent to Milwaukee, was posted by McIntyre's office
Friday afternoon.
Surviving, besides his wife and child, are Sorenson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Nels C. Woodrow, Wis., and eight brothers and sisters, Ralph,
Nora, Mrs. Alice Larson and Mrs. Inga Amunson, all of Milwaukee; Norman
of Baldwin, Wis.; Henry of Spring Valley, Wis.; Marvin of Minneapolis,
and Mrs. Joseph Johnson of Woodruff.
Source: The Milwaukee Journal - October 8, 1938
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Tracy J. Suhan
Nine year Alaska resident Tracy Jay Suhan, 24, died following a lengthy
illness. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 901 Bogard Road, Wasilla. A
funeral will be held Monday at ReitzHerzberg Funeral Home, Saginaw,
Mich.
Born Dec. 26, 1964, in Saginaw, she was a 1983 graduate of Wasilla High
School. Miss Suhan was an active person who loved sports, including
showing horses, skiing, fishing, swimming, skating and boating.
Additionally, she enjoyed modeling, theater and playing music. Miss
Suhan had pursued a counseling degree at the University of Alaska. It
was her goal to become a mental health counselor. Five people have
benefited from her major organ donations.
She is survived by her parents, Esther and L.C. Baker, of Wasilla; her
brother and sisterinlaw, Daniel and Nancy Armstrong, of Wasilla; her
sister and brotherinlaw, Terri and Dennis Thurston, of Anchorage; her
sisters, Janice Foley, of Wasilla, Tina Edmondson and Jill Foley, both
of Saginaw, Karrie Foley, of Lansing, Mich., and Linda Cormia, of
Canada; her stepsisters, Gwenda Baker, Kim Stather and Sherry Moehring,
all of Wasilla, and Debbie Janiese, of Soldotna; her stepsister and
brotherinlaw, Shiela and Neal Murray, of Soldotna; her stepbrother and
sisterinlaw, Clifton and Janet Baker, of Heavener, Okla., her
stepbrother, Robert, of Bokeshe, Okla.; her nieces and nephews, Rachel,
Mark, Joshua and Lawrence Armstrong, Erica Hobson, and Donna and
Shannon Murray; and her close companion, Joe Kent, of Wasilla.
Burial will take place at the Buena Vista Cemetery in Saginaw County,
Mich. The family suggests donations to the Tracy Jay Suhan Memorial
Fund, First Federal Bank of Alaska, Wasilla, 99687.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - November 15, 1989
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
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