All Obituaries

Rachel A. Thomas, former educator and homemaker, passed away Wednesday September 18, 2019 in Fairbanks, Alaska at the age of 91.   Rachel was the third child born to Ernest and Henrietta Weinberg in the Hardin, Montana hospital. Her family lived on a ranch-homestead in the Sarpy area, about 30 miles from town. Their log house had kerosene lamps and outhouse but no running water or telephone. She rode a horse with her older siblings to attend first grade in a one-room school. Since the...

Grace R. Conant, age 81 of North Pole, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019.  A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Northern Lights Memorial Park. 

On September 6th, 2019, Cecil Gates, of Nenana passed away at the age of 84 surrounded by his loved ones and his wife Dixie by his side.  An obituary may follow at a later date. 

Karla Lynn Kreizenbeck, 66, our Angel went home to be with our Lord shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer. Karla was born in Walla Walla, WA on October 30th, 1952 and attended Wenatchee Valley University, Engineering School in White Swan, WA before attending UAF. Karla loved life, family and all the people she met wherever she went. Karla drew others into her circle of love and kindness, always helping others in their time of need. Karla welcomed the birth of her beautiful daughter,...

Dallas E. Denny, age 91 of North Pole, passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. A full obituary will be announced at a later date.  

Martin M. Herzog, Jr. died in Fairbanks on Tuesday morning, June 18, 2019. He packed a lot of life in his 90 ½ years. He represented the American melting pot when he was born in Stockton, California on October 8, 1928 to a Hungarian-immigrant father and a California pioneer mother. Martin, or Marty, grew up with three brothers and four sisters in a neighborhood made up of first-generation Americans. He apprenticed to an auto-mechanic at an early age and went on to repair, own, and...

Thomas ‘Tom’ Nanney, age 69, passed away at home in Fairbanks on June 19th, 2019.  There will be a Celebration of Life held at Blanchard Family Funeral Home on July 25th at 3 pm. A full obituary will follow at a later date on Blanchard Family Funeral Home’s website

Michael Lee DeLorme was born February 4th, 1946 to George & Ann DeLorme near Rochester, NY. The family moved to Barrington, NJ, then returned to Rochester where Michael attended Catholic and public schools, serving as an alter boy while at Scotia, NY. Mike developed a strong interest in his Catholic faith during high school and college years, working at a religious book store and serving as a eucharistic minister for nine years at St. Thomas Moore Parish in Rochester. He...

David Jude, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. A full obituary will be announced at a later date. Online condolences may be made at Blanchardfamilyfuneralhome.com

David Richard Jude passed away on July 23, 2019. Dave was a longtime Fairbanksan. Originally from the East Coast, he was stationed in Alaska by the Army in the 1970’s, although, as he would tell the story, his moving here wasn’t entirely involuntary – he wanted to relocate to Fort Wainwright of all possible locations available to him because the base was named after an American general and war hero, Jonathan Wainwright, with whom he was particularly impressed. Dave spent...