All Obituaries

Kristine Peterson, Age 52 of Fairbanks, left us unexpectedly on July 1st, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 3pm Monday, July 6th at First Baptist Church, located at 805 6th Ave in Fairbanks.   Kristine was born July 5th, 1967 in the city of Fairbanks. She was a lifelong Alaskan who was kind hearted; a loving daughter, aunt, mother, and devoted grandmother. She had the kindest, most adoring heart and the fiercest attitude under the midnight sun. Kristine will truly be missed but...

William “Andy” Spairs passed away unexpectedly on June 21, 2020 in Naknek, Alaska. He was born July 24, 1974 in Kalamazoo, Michigan but has lived in Alaska since 1981. He traveled to Washington most of the winters recently.   Andy was very passionate about cooking, worked in many Fairbanks restaurants and was known by a lot of people in the food industry. He has worked in Naknek, Alaska at the Red Dog Inn each summer for the last 20 years.  He is survived by his...

On December 2, 2019, Louis F. Gaudreau passed away while at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Tucson, AZ from pneumonia. Louis was born on July 8, 1937 to Armand and Lea Blanchette Gaudreau   in Courval, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was one of 6 children. Louis loved electronics and the only way he could get into electronics school was to join the US Air Force. In order to do so, Louis obtained a visa to come to the United States and joined the USAF at Butte, MO. He did...

Annie Bell Jones, age 93 of Fairbanks, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 8, 2020 due to natural causes. Annie was born on February 15, 1927 in Egypt, TX and has lived in Fairbanks for over 45 years. She was a mighty woman of God. Her Spirit was bigger than life and was contagious. She spoke with such grace and wisdom. Any person who encountered her presence was tremendously blessed.  When you think of philanthropy, she was the perfect example. I would say giving was actually...

Our beloved Lorna Vent passed away June 22, 2020 at 12:42 p.m. after a lengthy illness which left her debilitated.  She spent the last couple of years away from her beloved community of Huslia leaving her family and friends.  She spent those years at the Denali Long Term Care where she developed many lasting relationships especially with her roommate Shelly, Denali resident Lorraine Moore and many staff members. Lorna was born November 9, 1937 at camp during the early winter...

Howard Majors, Jr., age 60 of Fairbanks, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at his home. A full obituary will be announced at a later date. 

Julia Jill Louise Green-Fox, age 77 of Fairbanks, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at her home.

Kayla Marie Benjamin, age 23 of Fairbanks, left us unexpectedly on May 23, 2020. Kayla was born on August 15, 1996 in Deer Park, CA and moved to Alaska when she was 6 years old with her family. She was an excellent student and graduated High School from IDEA in 2016. Kayla was working for Brown’s Electrical Supply in customer service and was very proud to be training as an assistant manager at her young age. Kayla has been an avid bike rider since a young age and loved horses and...

Dr. Charles Carroll Bittle, Jr., age 60, of Fairbanks, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020, at his home. A full obituary will be announced at a later date.

On June 9, 2020, Donald Eugene Hansen passed away peacefully at home with his family at his side in North Pole, Alaska.  Don was born on January 25, 1941 to Maxine and Orval Hansen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Don joined the military when he was 17 years old.  He always told the story of how he had to have his parents’ signed permission as he was not quite of age to enlist on his own.  During his 22 years in the service, he spoke fondly of the many places he was...