The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

Seward resident Betty Casey Skinner, 87, died June 7, 2013 at Providence Seward Mountain Haven Assisted Living in Seward. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Betty was born May 20, 1926...

Longtime Seward resident Lonnie Scroggs Sr. died May 28 at Providence Seward Medical and Care Center. He was 85. Lonnie was born August 7, 1927 in Fairplay, Colo. to George and Mary Scroggs, the...

Terry E. “Chief” Hook, 60, formerly of Cooper Landing, died March 3, 2013 in Oregon while on one of his many road trips. Terry was born Aug. 3, 1952, the oldest of six brothers and two sisters, to...

Longtime Homer resident, Karen Sue Flyum, 68, died March 12, 2013 at her home in Homer. Mrs. Flyum was born Sept. 18, 1944 in Tacoma, Wash. She graduated from high school and continued her education b...

Georgina L. Bumgarner, 86, of Wasilla, passed away on Feb. 12, 2013 at Mat-Su Regional Center. Georgina was born in Detroit, Mich. on Jan. 16, 1927 to George Sullivan and Vera (Jefford) Sullivan....

Rose Lorraine (Anderson) Wolcoff, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the age of 100 years and one day old. Rose was born into a family of 14 children in Chignik on Feb. 13, 1...

Herman Harold Leite, known by family and friends as Howie, age 83, passed away in Seward on Feb. 2, 2013. Born in Kodiak to Alexandra Gongo(off) Leite of Kodiak and Kristian Harold Leite of Norway on...

Jeannette McCutcheon passed away on Jan. 25, 2013 in Seward surrounded by loving family. Born Jeannette Wood in Campbell County, Ky. to James and Amanda Wood on Sept. 9, 1924, she was known as Briar...

Gary Eldon Epple was born in Stockton, Calif. on Dec. 22, 1940. Gary moved to Alaska in 1957 where he graduated from Seward High School and attended the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Gary worked...

Seward resident, Douglas Chadwick Fletcher, 43, died in a car accident in Anchorage on Jan. 31, 2013 around Mile 105 near Girdwood. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Feb. 7 at United...

Captain Donald Oldow sailed away surrounded by loving family at the age of 87, Jan. 12 in Mount Vernon, Wash. Don was born in Seattle to John and Alta Oldow, Sept. 25, 1925. After the death of his you...

Vicki L. Sanders-Madden was born in Seward on Aug. 11, 1957. She departed on Dec. 31, 2012. Vicki is preceded in death by her parents Victor E. and Lucille M. Sanders. A graveside service was be held at Fern Hill Cemetery in Aberdeen, Wash. on Jan....

Emmitt L Hill Sr. was born Dec. 16, 1940 to Delbert and Gladys Hill in Silver City, N.M. He was the oldest of three children. Emmitt had a life full of stories, the first being one of his own. When he...

A memorial service for Alex Rule will be held at 4 p.m. today at Wesley Commons, Seward Mountain Haven. Long time Seward resident Rule was 86 years old and died last week....

Long time Hope resident Mary AnnaBelle Davis, 56, passed away Dec. 5, 2012. AnnaBelle was born Oct. 30, 1956. She was the daughter of Geri Meeks and James Spiers. She moved to Hope with her husband and children in 1988. Her interests included...

Clam Gulch resident, Michael Gilbert Wiley, 71, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at his home in Clam Gulch. A celebration of his life will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture...

Lifelong Alaskan, Steven Edward Clausen, 61, died at home peacefully of liver cancer on the night of Dec. 4, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. Services were held Dec. 8 in Seward. Steve was born in Petersburg on Sept. 9, 1951 to Phillip and...

Emmitt Hill Sr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, Nov. 17 between noon and 1 p.m. Mountain Time at his home in Dixon, Mont. He was born Dec. 16, 1941. Hill lived in Seward for many...

Harold Evartt Moore Jr. was born March 11, 1943 to World War II veteran Harold Evartt Moore Sr. and Mary Ester Moore in Lancing, Mich. where they lived with grandparents Carrie and Clifford Clapper. Harold moved to Alaska at a young age with his...

Seward resident, Matt Cole Byars, 21, passed away tragically on Oct. 14, 2012. Matt was born at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage on April 21, 1991. After 72 hours of labor, Matthew Cole greeted...

Harold E. “Harry” Moore, 69, died Oct. 8, 2012. He was born March 12, 1943 in Lansing, Mich. and worked as a ship’s captain in Alaska’s fishing industry most of his life. A memorial service and potluck will be held at Thorn’s Showcase...

Linda Jean Graham passed from our world at 9:12 p.m. Sept, 16, 2012 after a long battle with pancreatic/liver cancer. Linda was born at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif. on Sept. 23, 1952 to Fred L...

Jenna Nicole Clarke was born Aug. 13, 1992 to Lisa Clarke and James “Jimmer” Dick of Seward. On Sept. 21, on her way to work Jenna was critically injured when her small red card collided with a tractor-trailer rig on West Dimond Boulevard in Anch...

Darrell Raymond Deeter passed away Sept. 7, 2012 in a tragic accident at home. He will be remembered by all who knew him as full of life and adventure. He was just plain fun to be around. Darrell was...

Longtime Alaskan and Kenai resident Anastasia “Nancy” Hufana, 99, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. An open house and celebration of her life will be 2-6...