All Obituaries

Jana Belle Gordon, age 91 of North Pole, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at her home. 

Trent J Wagner, 27, died unexpectedly on March 2, 2019, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Trent was born on Christmas Day, 1991, in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Jerrie and Gregory Wagner. Trent attended Denali Elementary from kindergarten through sixth grade. On May 13, 2004, he was awarded the President's Award for Educational Excellence.  He also attended Monroe Catholic School during his middle school years. Trent graduated from Hutchinson Career Center in the class of 2010.  Following...

JoAnn Regina Erickson, born January 28th 1943, passed away at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on February 20th, 2019 due to liver cancer. Joann shared her passions and gifted touch in Alaskan clay, ceramics, quilting and painting, She also inspired with her love of genealogy and restoration of classic cars with various car clubs in and out of Alaska. She carried a Commercial Drivers License with all endorsements and provided services as a school bus driver, shuttle bus driver, truck driver and...

James A. Vickery, age 90 of North Pole, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at his home. James was born on May 30, 1928 in Exeter, CA to William and Nellie (Knowlton) Vickery. He was married on December 6, 1951 to Mary Jane Dotson in Tokyo, Japan, where they were both serving in the Army . James served his country honorably in the United States Army for 20 years in the Military Police. He was also employed by the State of Alaska as a Corrections Officer. James loved to fish in Valdez...

Willie E. Grant, age 69 of Fairbanks, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019.

My Hon Theodore ( Ted) Suckling died February 8th at Denali Center. He was diagnosed labor day 2018 with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He put up a brave fight with cherno, the Doctors felt he probally had two years after a CT scan on January fourth, so we were planning a trip to Hawaii, then the cancer came back aggresively. He was admitted to ICU January 24th. Ted was born June 19,1949 in Tanana to Ethel and Norman, after his birth they went back to their home in Manley where his dad ran the...

Daryle Lee Chinn, age 61 of Delta Junction, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at his home. He will be laid to rest on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Ft. Richardson National Cemetery.

William “Billy” Henry Dawson, age 75 of Fairbanks, passed away on January 29th , 2019. He was born on October 30th, 1943 in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Billy was a loving, funny, fun loving guy and he has resided in Fairbanks since 1961. He was a member of the Alaska Laborers Union.  The family would like to especially thank Tommy Johnson “For being our eyes and ears in Fairbanks and for assisting Billy with all of his needs.” Billy is preceded in death by...

Geraldine Antoinette Duffy, age 69 of Fairbanks, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.  A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral with a reception to follow in the fellowship hall at church. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Washington/Alaska Chapter http://www.lls.org/washingtonalaska A full obituary will be...

Nicholas Joseph Monroe, a lifelong resident of the Nenana area, died on Saturday, January 19, 2019, after a long, brave battle with cancer, at the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage.  With sincere love and gratitude the family would like to recognize and thank the staff at ANMC for their superior and dedicated care of Nick throughout the past year and most especially this last month.  Nick was born on September 26, 1949 at the family home in Nenana with the late...