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Clarence B. Taylor
Memorial services for Clarence B. Taylor, 77, will be held Friday at
5:30 p.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Palmer. He died Nov. 11
in an auto accident in Wasilla. In lieu of flowers the family requests
memorial donations be directed to Providence Hospital, Cancer Therapy
Center, P.O. Box 196604, Anchorage, Alaska 99519.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - November 20, 1985
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
James J. Thompson
Services for James J. Thompson, 51, will be held at 10 a.m. today at
the Holy Family Cathedral with Father Anthony officiating. Mr. Thompson
died Sept. 16 at Point Mackenzie as the result of a boating accident.
Born April 28, 1935, in Ava, Mo., he had lived in Alaska the past three years and was a selfemployed heavy equipment operator.
He leaves his wife, Joan, of California; his daughters, Nancy Elbert
and Susan Latham, both of California, and Sharon Graprix, of Anchorage;
and six grandchildren. Memorials may be directed to the alcoholic
treatment center of donor's choice.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - September 20, 1986
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
Evan Justin Tomlinson
A Pioneer Passes Away
(September 1948)
He arrived by dory from Hope, on the south shore of Turnagain Arm, in
the summer of 1912 and took out a homestead three miles south of
Palmer. "Jake" Tomlinson, as everyone called him, was a real
pioneer. He worked with the U. S. Land Surveyors in the summers of
1913-'14 and '15, cutting a right of way for the Alaska Railroad
between Matanuska and Palmer. He cleared his homestead in 1916
and worked at the Experiment Station on the clearing and building
program from 1917 to 1925 during the summer months. During the
winters he prospected and trapped in the Knik Valley or mined in the
Willow Creek district. He sold his homestead to the A.R.R.C. (Alaska
Railroad Company) in 1935 and made his home in Matanuska since that
date.
He was born in Tillamook, Oregon June 6, 1880 and came to Alaska in
1905. He visited his old home in 1923 and in 1925 and 1935.
During the last visit he was hospitalized and treated for a throat
ailment of long standing. During the last few months a niece,
Mrs. John Dryden of Houston, Alaska, came to take care of him because
of his recent illness.
His outlook on life was broad. He made friends with all of whom
he came in contact. He loved the great outdoors and all of
Alaska. His old friends will miss his genial smile and the
friendly welcome he had for all.
Source: Unknown
Contributed by Marilyn Daniels
Worth J. Trent
Longtime Alaska resident Worth Jasper Trent, 67, died Aug. 16 at his
Big Lake residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at
Kehl's Palmer Chapel with the Rev. Harold Ward of VFW Post No. 9365 in
Wasilla officiating.
Mr. Trent was born May 3, 1922, in Hannon, Okla. He had worked as a
refrigeration engineer on Fort Richardson until his retirement in 1975.
He had served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enjoyed hunting.
Mr. Trent is survived by his wife, Hazel, of Big Lake; his sons, Bill,
of Big Lake, and Eddie, of Anchorage; his daughter, Judy Hutchison, of
Anchorage; his brothers, Ken, of Las Vegas, Nev., and Lieutenant of
Oklahoma; his sisters, Annis Roberts, of Arkansas, and Ernestine, of
Oklahoma; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Service
arrangements were by Kehl's Palmer Mortuary.
Source: Anchorage Daily News - August 20, 1989
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis
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