2000-2009, AK, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net
SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
, AK, Transcribed by Jim @
Blankenshipweb.com
Blankenship, Betty A. 41,
23Jan1960 - 02May2001, (72), AK-574-22-8799
Fairbanks
North Star
Fairbanks North
Star Co., SSDI,
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi ,
Blankenship, Lorna B. 82-83,
27Apr1925 - 11Apr2008, Fairbanks,
Fairbanks North Star, AK, OH-283-20-3040
Juneau
+2002, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK, Obituary,
Juneau resident Robert
V. Blankenship died Sunday,
Oct. 27, 2002, in Juneau. He was born in Sitka on Sept. 15, 1953. Most of his
life was spent in Sitka until he moved to Juneau in 1999. He was a commercial
fisherman and a heavy-equipment operator.
He is survived by four children, Paul of Sitka;
Laura and Cecilia of Juneau; Jessica and her husband Ira of Ramstein,
Germany; grandson Andrew; parents Vaughn and Marian Blankenship of Sitka; grandmother Rose Marvin of
Sitka; brother and sister-in-law Brian and Annette Blankenship of Sitka; sister and brother-in-law Rose and Al Risley of Juneau; and several
aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. A prayer service was held at onNov. 2, at the Cathedral of the
Nativity.
Funeral services will take
place in Sitka at a later date.
From:
Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com
Juneau Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi ,
Blankenship,
Robert V. 49, 15Sep1953 - 27Oct2002, Juneau, Juneau, AK, AK-574-26-5040
Kenai
Peninsula
+2001, Moose Pass, Kenai
Peninsula Co., AK, Obituary,
The Juneau
Empire, May 6, 2001
Betty Ann Blankenship, 41, died May 2 at her home in Moose Pass. She was born Jan. 23,
1960 in Haines and lived in Juneau, Angoon, Sitka and
North Carolina before settling in Moose Pass. She is predeceased by Carolyn E. Nease and sister Cindy Johnson;
and grandparents Dave and Betty Nease, and Curly and
Ethel Powell.
She is survived by her husband Robert Blankenship
of Moose Pass; sons Brian and Robbie of Moose
Pass; daughters Lexi and Nicole of Moose
Pass; father Peter Nease Sr. and stepmother Lilly of
Juneau; brothers Clifford of Las Vegas, Steve Johnson of Washington, Peter Nease Jr. of Juneau, Mark Nease
of Anchorage and John Nease of Juneau; sister Colleen
Nease of Juneau; aunt and uncle Dave and Trisha Nease of Oregon; and in-laws Bob and Laura Blankenship of North Carolina.
A private service is scheduled at the Blankenship home on Tuesday, May 8. Visitors are welcome throughout the
day.
From:
Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com
2001, Moose Pass, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, AK, Obituary,
http://juneauempire.com/stories/050601/Com_Obit.html#.Wav-HbpFy18
The Juneau Empire, Sunday, May
06, 2001
Betty Ann
Blankenship, 41, died May 2 at her home in Moose
Pass. She was born Jan. 23, 1960 in Haines and lived in Juneau, Angoon, Sitka
and North Carolina before settling in Moose Pass.
She is
predeceased by Carolyn E. Nease and sister Cindy Johnson; and grandparents Dave and Betty Nease, and Curly and Ethel Powell.
She is survived
by her husband Robert Blankenship of Moose Pass; sons Brian and Robbie of Moose Pass;
daughters Lexi and Nicole of Moose Pass; father Peter Nease Sr. and stepmother Lilly of Juneau; brothers Clifford
of Las Vegas, Steve Johnson of Washington, Peter Nease
Jr. of Juneau, Mark Nease of Anchorage and John Nease of Juneau; sister Colleen Nease
of Juneau; aunt and uncle Dave and Trisha Nease of
Oregon; and in-laws Bob and Laura Blankenship of North Carolina.
A private
service is scheduled at the Blankenship home on Tuesday, May 8.
Matanuska Susitna
+2001, Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, Obituary
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70763121
Anchorage Daily
News June 28, 2001
Wasilla resident Jack L.
Blankenship, 79, died June 24, 2001, at home. Mr. Blankenship was born Sept.
12, 1921, in Riffe, Wash.
He joined the U.S. Navy in December 1941
and served until August 1945. He began his Alaska residency in 1982, living in
Juneau until 1987, then Wasilla until the time of his death. Mr. Blankenship
had been employed as a logger and trucker from 1938 to 1941, well driller for
Atomic Energy Commission from 1945 to 1954, ironworker from 1954 to 1971, and
as a trucker form 1972 to 1977, at which time he retired because of a
disability. Mr. Blankenship was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Masons and Benevolent And Protective Order of Elks
Lodge. His hobbies and special interests included hunting and fishing. His family
stated, ''He loved and was very proud of his family.''
Mr. Blankenship is survived by his wife, June Marie Blankenship of Wasilla; son, Damon of Wasilla; daughter, Jackie Lynn Heller of Delta Junction; stepdaughters, Judy Heidlebaugh of Las Vegas and Denise Hesse of Onalaska,
Wash.; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and brothers, Arnold Blankenship of Mossy Rock, Wash., Hartley
Blankenship of Chelan, Wash., Freeman Blankenship of Cinebar,
Wash., and Delman Blankenship of Tacoma, Wash.
A memorial service was held at Fairview
Loop Baptist Church, Mile 8.25 Fairview Loop Road, in Wasilla. The Rev. Tom
Hoffman officiated.
Matanuska Susitna Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi ,
Blankenship,
Frances N. 75, 11Feb1928 - 18Mar2003, Willow, Matanuska Susitna, AK, FL-265-32-7441
Blankenship, Jack
L. 79, 12Sep1921 - 24Jun2001, Wasilla,
Matanuska Susitna, AK, CA-551-36-6219
Sitka
2006, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK, Obituary,
Former Juneau resident Bessie Laverne (Naawaan
Tlaa) Kitka, 82, of Sitka,
died Jan. 1, 2006, at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. She was
born to Pete and Mary Kanosh on March 16, 1923, in Auke Bay. She was a
grandchild of Kaawa.ee (Kowee) and a member of the Aak'waan L'eeneidi, Dog Salmon
House. Her father, Pete Kanosh (Tleeyaa Keet, Gusht'eiheen), was of the Dakl'aweidi Keet Hit, Killer
Whale House, in Angoon. Peter's mother was Yaxlahaat,
the daughter of Killisnoo Jake. She was Gax'. Peter's father was Dick Kanosh of the Ganax.adi from Tuxekan. Dick
Kanosh's father was Yaanyeidi.
Bessie was one of the last fluent speakers of the Tlingit language
for the Auke Bay tribe. All of her children and grandchildren received a
Tlingit name. She attended Wrangell Institute. She worked at various canneries
and was a self-trained dietitian, retiring from Mt. Edgecumbe
Hospital. She was a member of the Village Planning Commission in the early
1970s. She was a lifetime member of the Sitka Alaska Native Sisterhood, Sitka
Sportsman's Association and American Legion Auxiliary. She was enrolled in the
Sitka Tribe, Tlingit & Haida, Shee
Atika Inc., Sealaska and Kootznoowoo.
She enjoyed fishing, crocheting, and knitting sweaters and
blankets. She flew to Juneau once a month to visit and shop with her
granddaughter. She collected music boxes, angels, toasters and coffee pots.
Three years ago, she traveled with her granddaughter, Roxanne, to Seattle to
take a five-generation family photo.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Castro, Hazel
Bennett, Sophie Peck and Fannie John; her brothers, John Fred, Matthew Fred and
Joe Kanosh; her first husband, Jacob Sam and second husband, Andrew Kitka; her grandson, Steven David Payenna;
and great-great-grandson, Andrew Jacob Williams.
She is survived by her children, Wilma Smathers
and her husband Charlie of Everett, Wash., Barbara Keener and her husband Eric Borgen of Sitka, Brenda Sam of Sitka, John Sam of
Sunnyvale, Calif., David Sam and his wife Chris of Anchorage, Fred Sam and his
wife Tina of Anchorage, Bob Sam of Sitka, Marie Young and her husband George of
Sitka, Christine Paul and her husband John of Sitka, and Evelyn Schenk and her
husband Tom of Sitka; 24 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held at Alaska Native Sisterhood Hall.
Russian Orthodox services were at St. Michael's Cathedral with a reception at
Swan Lake Senior Center. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary
pallbearers are Frank Sam, Tommy Sam, Allen and John Blankenship, Harold Kitka,
Ben Didrickson, Ben Cornell, Richard Marvin Jr.,
Ernie Hillman, Richard Marvin Sr., Ed Young, William Kanosh, Kim Hansen, Joe
Murray, Joe Thomas and Stan Filler.
From:
Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com
Northwest Arctic
Northwest Arctic Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi ,
Blankenship,
Robinson M. 81, 10Dec1919 - 21Oct2001, Kiana, Northwest Arctic, AK, NC-239-05-0344