All Obituaries

Martin ‘Marty’ Middelstadt, 64 of Fairbanks passed suddenly on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.   Born in Oregon, Marty’s love for the outdoors grew exploring the cascades, working farmland and driving trucks. Living as an outdoorsman, hunting, fishing and trapping he loved crisp fall mornings and the changing leaves.   Marty and Pam met as a set up by Pam's cousin. In 1983, they married and started their life together as an adventure moving to Alaska,...

Cenon "Bo" Ortiz, Jr., age 69 of Fairbanks, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021 unexpectedly at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 4:00PM at Fairbanks Elks Lodge #1551, 1003 Pioneer Road. A full obituary will be announced at a later date. 

Leslie “Les” Allan Bratten passed away suddenly on December 23rd, 2021, at the home of a friend from natural causes. Les was born September 15, 1967, in Littlefork, Minnesota to Nancy and Bernie Bratten. When he was 12 the family moved to Alaska. Les attended school in Fairbanks, graduating from Lathrop High School in 1985. He started working for Safeway in high school and was there for 25 years. He made many dear friends there and touched many lives with his kind and...

Benjamin Douglas Stewart, age 71 of Fairbanks, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022 at his home. A full obituary and services will be announced at a later date.

Marian Ann Kirk passed away Tuesday, the 4th of January 2022 in her home in Fairbanks, Alaska surrounded by loved ones after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on February 3, 1945 to David and Marie (Olfert) Unrau in Volt, MT and was the middle child of five siblings. They learned the value of hard work and the importance of family while being raised on their farm in Lustre, MT. She went on to business school in Omaha, NE and continued her adventures further north to Alaska in early...

Obituary Betty Moore passed away peacefully on December 4th surrounded by family. Betty was a well-known educator for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District where she was committed to students and mentoring and supporting teachers. Mid-career as a teacher, she was selected by school superintendent Chuck Smith to participate in the first mentoring program for women to become school principals. She served as principal at Ft. Wainwright Elementary and Pearl Creek Elementary schools....

Timothy Duane Schloesser, age 63 of Fairbanks, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021. A full obituary will be announced at a later date.

Joshua William Hanson, age 40 of Fairbanks, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021.

Phyllis Jane Kiser, age 84 of North Pole, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021. A full obituary will be announced at a later date.

Patricia Lyn Karmun passed away on the 24th of December 2021 from medical complications. She was born on February 11th, 1946 to William and Gladys Dillman in Newton, Kansas. Patricia grew up with four other siblings. They loved to play outside in fields at their family farm. She grew up tending to numerous animals on the farm each day. In August of 1963 Patricia and her family made the move from Newton to Prospect, Oregon. Patricia then ventured off into her adult life where she was...