Obituaries

Dewayne Larry Katongan “Boo-Boo, Chaquuluk”
Dewayne Larry Katongan was born on March 16, 1971 in Nome, Alaska to David and Mildred Katongan Sr. of Unalakleet. He passed away suddenly on August 1, 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska. He was the youngest...
Arlene C. Gore, 90, of Coward, SC, formerly of Florence and Effingham, SC, and of Alaska, died at her residence in Coward, SC on August 9, 2023.   She was the widow of the late William McLain “GOV”...
Gurleen Prokop
Gurleen Prokop, age 85, a nine-year resident of Nome, passed away Monday July 31, 2023 in Portland, IN. She was born Nov. 27,1937 in Baltimore, MD to John and Edna (McKoy) Stratemeyer. She graduated...
Julie “Inuuq” Alowa Downey
Julie “Inuuq” Alowa Downey was born on December 15, 1947 in Savoonga, Alaska to Ellie Gologergen Alowa and Isaac Alowa. She passed away peacefully on July 23, 2023 surrounded closely by her loving...
Bonnie Ann Dunbar Hahn
Bonnie Ann Dunbar Hahn was born in Tacoma, Washington, on July 22, 1931, to Luther and Helen Dunbar. She was the oldest of three siblings. She died peacefully surrounded by family on July 14, 2023,...
Erwin Tucker
Erwin Ernest Tucker, 73, passed away on June 21, 2023, at his home in Cathedral City, CA with his family by his side. Born in Golovin, Alaska on December 15, 1949 to Joyce Fagerstrom and Holger...
Thomas “Tommy” James Nigiruq Ellanna
Thomas “Tommy” James Nigiruq Ellanna was born on King Island, Alaska, on October 26, 1943, to Ursula Grace Utamana (Ugatnaaq) and Frank Stanislaus Iilana Angaangaq Ellanna. Thomas grew up in a...
Michael Lee Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson was born on June 23, 1983 in Nome, AK to Beverly Johnson and Jack Shipton, Sr.  He died May 26, 2023 as the result of a bicycle accident. Michael had six siblings and was the...
James Bradley Tweto
James Bradley Tweto was born in Wichita, Kansas on November 26, 1954 to William and LeNore Tweto.  Jim died in a plane crash on June 16, 2023 in the Nulato Hills doing what he truly loved. At an...
Elsa Bronson
Longtime Alaskan Elsa Rosemarie (Daniel) Bronson, 92, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023 in Kenai. Memorial mass will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in...

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