2010-2019, AK, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net
Anchorage
+2010, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, AK, Obituary
From the Anchorage
Daily News , from March 12 to March 14,
2010
Air Force Maj. Ralph Anderson Blankenship (Ret.) died on his birthday, Jan. 10,
2010, at the age of 94 in an assisted living home in Anchorage. Mr. Blankenship was born Jan. 10, 1916, in Braggs, Okla.,
to Turner and Ethel Blankenship.
He attended two years of agriculture college in
Oklahoma and joined the Army in 1937. Ralph married Ruth
Estelle Knight in 1940. During World War II, he transferred to the Air Corps
and served in North Africa and Italy, retiring in California in 1957. He moved
his wife and four children to Alaska in 1958 and filed on the 160-acre Montana
Creek homestead in 1959. The patent was obtained in 1962. The family's four
children gave the community enough students to get a school built at Montana
Creek in 1959. His oldest son was among the first graduating class at Talkeetna High School in 1965. He had many interests and
activities. Among those were his family, friends and pets. He enjoyed
gardening, hunting, fishing, four-wheeling and snowmachining. "Dad wanted to be remembered in life and
not in death by his family and friends," his family wrote. "His
feelings were, 'I won't be here, so I won't matter.' "
He is survived by his eldest son, John Doyle
of Allyn, Wash.; son, Damond Allen of
Anchorage; daughter, Carol Sue
"Susie" Soelling of Steilacoom, Wash.; six grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his son, Edward in
1972; wife, Ruth Estelle in 1992; and second wife of 10 years, Francis Jean in
2004. His ashes will be scattered about Montana Creek in the future.
From: Diane Renfrow
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+2010, Anchorage,
Anchorage Municipality, AK, Obituary
Anchorage
Daily News (AK) -
November 5, 2010
Cecil "Carl" Blankenship, 67, died at his Anchorage home on Nov. 1, 2010. A
celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at American Legion Post 29 on
Muldoon Road. Born Dec. 19, 1942, in Kimberling, Va., to Cecil Carr Blankenship and Clara Josephine Bouldin,
Carl was one of eight
siblings. After attending Narrows High School, where he received a letter in
track, Carl joined the military and moved to Alaska
just a couple of months before the Good Friday earthquake of 1964. Walking down
the street one day, he turned the corner, where he literally bumped into the
love of his life, Marge. Married on May 15, 1965, Carl was soon shipping off to Vietnam. After a successful tour of duty,
Carl returned home to his wife and soon they
became parents to two sons and a daughter. Carl and his young
family moved to Virginia, where they lived until returning to Alaska, settling
in Seward in 1983. Carl and his family moved to Anchorage in 2001.
Carl was very proud to be a 60th Infantry
"Go Devil" and a 4/23 Infantry "Tomahawk" and a member of
the 25th Infantry Division "Tropic Lightning." Carl was a proud member of the American Legion and very active at
Muldoon Post 29.
Carl was preceded
in death by his son, Carl
Edward Blankenship; his
father, Cecil Carr Blankenship; and a
baby sister.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Marge; son, Christopher (Melodie) Blankenship; daughter, Linda and granddaughter, Jessica;
daughter-in-law, Samantha and granddaughter, Alexis, all of Anchorage; mother,
Josephine of Dublin, Va.; sisters, Faye (Richard)
Perdue, Diane (Richard) Young, Joyce (Archie) Minton, and Jenny (Tony)
Pennington; brothers, Richard and Scott Blankenship,
all of the Dublin and surrounding areas; and mother-in-law, Dolores Ferguson of
Silverdale, Ore.
From: Diane Renfrow
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2011, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, AK, Obituary
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - October 11, 2011
Anchorage resident Donald Andrew Harper, 81, passed away on October
7, 2011. A service will take place Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at All
Saints Episcopal Church; 545 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, AK. Jim Bassinger will be the officiant.
Pallbearers will include Michael Harper, Ray Caudill, Richard Fast, Michael Blankenship, Dana Wright, and Steven Harris. In
accordance with Donald's wishes, his ashes will be scattered between Fairbanks
and Anchorage along the highway, as he was a free spirit who loved to travel.
Donald was born on June 25, 1930 in Fairbanks, Alaska. He graduated
from Mt. Edgecumbe High School and attended school
for electricians in Chicago for two years, later going back to college at age
68. Donald served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Donald was a
member of IBEW Local 1547, an electrician, and was retired from working for BP.
Donald was a member of the All Saints Episcopal Church and liked to go to
Tuesday night Bible Study. He received an award on behalf of his uncle Walter
Harper, who was the first person to ascend Denali. He also served three years
on CIRI Shareholder Participation Committee. He volunteered at the Alaska
Native Medical Center's IT Department. Donald loved to take car rides and make
trips to Las Vegas, NV, San Francisco, CA and to Georgia to visit his sister
Toots (Mary). Donald enjoyed driving the Alcan and across the lower 48. Donald
loved to walk downtown (Anchorage) to stay fit and in touch with people.
Donald is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Robin A.
Harper-Caudill and Ray L. Cauldill of Unalakleet and Anchorage; granddaughter Dawn
Blankenship and significant
other Steve Harris; great grandchildren Michael Blankenship of Unalakleet, Malorie Blankenship, Kevin
Blankenship, and Steven and
Alex Harris all of Anchorage; sister and brother-in-law Mary (Toots) and Ashley
Benson of Bickley, Georgia; and many nieces and
nephews all of whom he loved dearly.
Donald is preceded in death by his parents Sam and Louise Harper; brothers Art, Francis, John, and Walter Harper; and sisters
Jane Petri, Elsie Fast, Louise (Wece) Blair, and
Connie Paddock.
From: Diane Renfrow
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2012, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, AK, Obituary
Published in adn.com (Anchorage Daily News) from
August 29 to August 30, 2012
Rose Vanderpool Winkelman,
92, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, Sunday, August 26, in
Anchorage.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 29, at Alaskan
Heritage Memorial Chapel, 440 East Klatt Road in
Anchorage. A light buffet will follow the service at the funeral home.
A second service will be held in McGrath, Friday, August 31 at 2
p.m. at McGrath School. Burial will follow at the McGrath Cemetery. A potlatch
will be held at the school following the burial.
Rose was the fourth of 10 children born to William T. and Sophie Vanderpool on April 29, 1920, at the Vanderpool
Homestead near McGrath. At 14, she moved to Seward and attended Jesse Lee Home
boarding school. Rose completed 10th grade and returned to McGrath in 1942.
Rose kept busy raising her children, gardening, cooking,
baking, berry picking, and preserving food. Her heart and her home were always
open to everyone. Her beautiful smile, her laugh, and warm demeanor welcomed
friends and strangers, alike. She also took in many boarding students over the
years. Rose stayed in and kept the "home fires burning", while the
boys were out flying, hunting, and fishing. She was truly the "wind
beneath our wings".
In 1968, her husband Wink passed away, and she became a single
parent to her five youngest children. Soon after, she became the community
health aide in McGrath, a position she held until retiring in 1985. Rose will
be remembered for compassionate, caring treatment of all her patients. In 2011,
the new McGrath Health Clinic was named in her honor. Rose was the matriarch of
her family and a loving, caring mother to nine children, 21 grandchildren and
40+ great-grandchildren. In 1994, she was selected by Doyon as Parent of the
Year. Rose served as an original board member for MTNT limited, and on the
McGrath Native Village Council, and various health-related boards. In
retirement she continued to stay "busy as a bee". She enjoyed
traveling, but, what she enjoyed most, was having
family and friends visit. Moose-hunting season, especially, welcomed everyone
with a "roadhouse-like" atmosphere at mom's home.
Rose was preceded in death by her parents William T. and Sophie Vanderpool; husband Aden (Wink) Winkelman;
brothers Woodrow, Robert, and Lewis (Buster) Vanderpool;
sisters Nora Vanderpool and Alice Acheff;
daughter Gloria Hall; daughter-in-law Louise Winkelman,
and grandchildren Timothy Hughes and David Maffei.
She is survived by her sisters
Avis Dunkin and Sophie
Blankenship; brothers Joe and
Roy Vanderpool; sons David (Judith) Hughes, Richard Winkelman, Ron (Carolyn) Winkelman,
Bob (Elizabeth) Winkelman, Don (Veronica) Winkelman, Jerry (Kathleen) Winkelman;
daughters Rose High Bear and Marge Winkelman;
grandchildren James, David Jr., Guy John, and Tish
Hughes, Gene, Kimberly, Angela Maffei, Mary Echternacht, Ron, Debbie, and Dan Winkelman,
Onessia Elliott, Allen Winkelman,
Sheri Forsgren Roseman,
Kyle and Aden Winkelman, Mikel
and Amanda Winkelman, Kimberli
Gover, Casey and Gillian Winkelman
and 40+ great grandchildren.
From: Diane Renfrow
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Anchorage Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
,
Blankenship, Cecil C. 67,
19Dec1942 - 01Nov2010, Anchorage,
Anchorage, AK, VA-226-58-8046
Blankenship, Ralph A. 94,
10Jan1916 - 10Jan2010, Anchorage,
Anchorage, AK, TX-467-07-3643
Fairbanks North Star
2013, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK,
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK) - May 3, 2013
Plea hearing set for Fairbanks man charged
for fatally injuring 2-year-old Jacob Williams
A plea agreement hearing has been scheduled for the Fairbanks man
accused of fatally injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old son last spring in
Fairbanks. Carl David Jr., 26, had been scheduled to go to trial this week on a
charge of first-degree murder for the death of Jacob Williams in April 2012.
Now, however, a hearing on a change of plea is scheduled for 2 p.m. today
before Superior Court Judge
Douglas Blankenship. Such a
hearing is generally scheduled so a defendant can change a plea from "not
guilty" to "guilty," often in exchange for a lesser sentence
offered by prosecutors. Fairbanks police, who investigated the case, wrote in
the charging document against David that he admitted seriously injuring
Williams because he was upset with the boy for wetting the bed while taking a
nap. Williams' injuries included a fractured skull with internal brain
bleeding. He died two days later in an Anchorage hospital. Staff
writer Sam Friedman.
From: Diane Renfrow
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Juneau
2011, Juneau Municipality,
AK, Obituary
The Daily Sitka Sentinel, (AK) - July 27, 2011
Longtime Juneau resident and former Sitkan
David Frederic Thomas Lihou Sr. died July 13 at home
in Juneau, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was 73. David was born
April 21, 1938, to Thomas and Alice Lihou in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
After graduating from Langley High School in 1957, he left Canada
and went to work for Washington Fish and Oyster in Port Williams, Alaska. From
1957 through 1959, he worked summers in Port Williams, and attended the College
of San Mateo in San Mateo, Calif. He received his associate’s degree from the
College of San Mateo and Seattle Pacific University. In 1960 he enlisted in the
U.S. Army. For the majority of his military service, he was stationed in
southern France, which he fondly referred to as the "Bordeaux
Campaign". After completing his military service in 1964, he returned
stateside to work for his uncle at Salvore Towing in
Sitka, where he met Cecilia Margaret Jacoby. They were married June 3, 1967, in
Seattle. They had two children, David and Mary, and enjoyed 44 devoted years of
marriage, joy and much laughter. David attended the Seattle Technical Institute
and subsequently received his professional marine radio telegraph operator
license for ships from the U.S. Coast Guard. His first opportunity as a marine
radio operator was for the Alaska Marine Highway System aboard the MV
Wickersham. This later launched a long career as a professional marine radio
operator for RCA which later became Alascom. During
his lifetime David worked for the City of Sitka Public Works and State of
Alaska DMV. A devoted husband, father, uncle, brother, and grandfather,
David is survived by his wife Cecilia Lihou
of Juneau; children David F. (Sharon) Lihou Jr. of
New Port, Wash., and Mary Lihou of Washington, D.C.;
four grandchildren, Allison and Olivia Lihou, and Cassie
and Sophia Lihou; his brother Robert (Bob) Lihou of Sitka; his sister
in-law and Godmother Bernadette
Blankenship; his
brothers-in-law Paul, Robert and David Jacoby; his nieces Laura Duval, Jessica Blankenship
and Cecilia Callender; and nephews Paul
Blankenship and Rob Lihou; and numerous other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held July 19 at the Cathedral of the Nativity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau. He will be laid to rest 1 p.m. Friday,
July 29, at Sitka National Cemetery, with Father Blaney
of St. Gregory's Catholic Church officiating
From: Diane Renfrow
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Sitka
+2012, Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough AK, Obituary
The Daily Sitka Sentinel, (AK) - May 25, 2012
Longtime resident Rose K. Marvin passed away May 19 at the Sitka
Pioneers Home, where she has resided for the past 10 years. She was 98. She was
born Jan. 20, 1914, in Sheridan, Ore., the youngest of six children of
Hungarian emigrants.
In 1932 she married Welland "Jack" Blankenship. They had two sons,
Vaughn and Dan. They resided
in Oregon and Washington until 1946, when they moved their family to Alaska,
cruising north in a 30-foot wooden boat. They settled first in Security Bay,
then Petersburg before moving here. At the age of 9, Rose made her first
"shiny dime," helping her dad and crew cut grass away from railroad
tracks near their home in Oregon. She worked as a seamstress at the Bremerton
Navy yard during World War II; was employed at Mt. Edgecumbe
Public Health Service Hospital as a seamstress, and as a nurse in the
tuberculosis ward. She also worked as a payroll clerk. Rose and Kenneth Marvin
were married in 1955, and eventually made Sitka their home. She enjoyed
gardening, raising chickens and rabbits, sewing, cooking, reading, and spending
time with her family and friends. She was instrumental in starting rural mail
delivery in Sitka, promoting healthier school lunch menus, and pushing for
full-spectrum lighting in classrooms. Rose was passionate about natural
wellness, homeopathy and good health. The sign on her door at the Pioneers Home
read: "Ancient Hungarian Artifact. Handle With Care."
Rose was preceded in death by her siblings, husbands Jack and
Kenneth, and grandsons Kenneth and Robert
Blankenship.
Surviving are her sons, Vaughn (Marian) Blankenship and Dan (Margie) Blankenship all of Sitka; six grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren;
and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
Rose requested no funeral service be held, and that her ashes be
spread in Sitka Sound.
From: Diane Renfrow
dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com