Obituaries
Henry Ivanoff Sr. “Chalaavaluq” was born Feb. 20, 1944 to Ralph Ivanoff and Laura Moses in Nome, Alaska. The eldest of 13 children, he grew up in St. Michael and Unalakleet.
Henry and his first wife...
Nancy Levinson was found deceased in her home on April 20, after a request for a wellness check. She was 88-years-old. She was born September 6, 1933, in Wisconsin, where she grew up. She had an...
Perry Thomas Mendenhall was born August 5, 1946 in Nome to Dolly Mendenhall of Kotzebue and William Sheldon Sr. of Noorvik. He passed away in Nome on March 30, 2022 of diabetic complications and...
Adeline “Eddie” O’Connor, age 61, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in her home in Anchorage, Alaska.
She was born to the late Lawrence and Laura Kayoukluk on Sept. 23, 1960, in Shaktoolik,...
Larry Richard Fish passed away on March 8, 2022, following a stroke and a battle with metastatic melanoma. Known by many as simply Fish, or Mr. Warm and Wonderful, Larry was born July 6, 1942, in...
Rhoda Isikwha Boolowon, age 79, of Gambell, Alaska, passed away on February 18, 2022 with her loved ones by her side. Rhoda was born February 18, 1943 to Ina Waalla and Harold Tiiwri Koonooka...
On February 16, 2022, Harold Edward Garrison Jr. “Pete,” loving husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, and grandfather, passed away peacefully in Anchorage, Alaska after a long courageous battle...
Vernon Roy “Chubby” Olson passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, March 6, 14 days after being diagnosed with cancer. He was born at Nook fish camp east of Nome to John Helmer Olson, who was...
Pat Straub lived most of his life in Nome except for two brief periods outside and his time in the Navy Seabees.
He was a heavy equipment operator and he had a natural talent for driving truck which...
J. Van Greenly, age 90, passed away on February 4, 2022. He was born January 8, 1932, in Akron, Ohio, to Russell James Greenly and Anne Frances (Hoover) Greenly. He will be interred in New Britain,...