All Obituaries

Christopher Earl Zimmerman 9/28/1949-9/24/2022 Chris passed away last week at his cabin on the Richardson Clearwater.  A memorial service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church (1798 Iniakuk Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99709) on Thursday,October 6th, at 4pm.  A reception will follow the service at the church. Chris was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1949 to Elaine and John Zimmerman and grew up near Stoystown in rural western Pennsylvania .  He graduated from Forbes Highschool...

Lary Alan Schafer, 82  Lary Schafer of Ester, Alaska was born to Ruby Tayer and Gordon Schafer in Lewiston, Montana and raised by his grandma Birdie Stanton. His grandma raised him and his younger sister, Skip Reistad, in Great Falls. He passed on September 27, 2022 in Ester surrounded by his wife and family.   Lary barely finished high school in Great Falls, mostly because of the antics he and his buddies pulled on the school teachers and principal. His grandma...

James "Terry" Cruikshank, age 75 of Fairbanks, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A full obituary will be announced at a later date.

Christopher Earl Zimmerman, age 72 of Fairbanks, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022. A full obituary with service information will be announced at a later date.

Richard (Rickter) McCorkle, passed away on November 4th 2021 from congestive heart failure.  He came to Alaska in 1972 to study Electronics Technology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, earning an Associates degree.  In 1974 he formed Solid State Services providing sound equipment for recording, concerts and Solstice celebrations.  He also designed and repaired all types of electronic equipment.  Starting in 1985 and until his retirement in 2002 he preformed...

Larry Joseph "Hack" Hackenmiller, age 74 of Fairbanks, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022 surrounded by his loving family at home.  A full obituary will be announced at a later date. 

Paul J. Ford went to be with his Lord on September 13, 2022. The son of Arthur and Faith Ford, Paul was born on the way to the hospital in the back of a black Cadillac in Pasadena, California. He met his wife and the love of his life at Mount Carmel High School where they both graduated in 1962, and then both attended Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute, graduating in 1965. As the school yearbook artist, Paul received chastisement at the end of his senior year because after all the yearbooks...

Dustin John Borland, age 36, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2022.   

David Leland Mobraten, age 83 of Fairbanks, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2022. 

Elizabeth Faith Itta, age 23 of Fairbanks, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2022.