Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Nancy Jane Adams
Juneau resident Nancy Jane Adams died June 19, 2007, in Juneau. She was 70.
She was born Feb. 6, 1937, in Medina, N.Y., the third of four children to Harry and Margaret Adams. She lost her father in 1951 and her mother in 1954.
After graduating from Medina High School in 1954, she attended Cortland State Teachers College, studying therapeutic recreation. Leaving school after three years, she traveled from New York to Mexico via scooter, then worked for a year in an Israeli kibbutz. She returned to New York, where she worked temporary jobs, including clerical work at the United Nations.
She moved to California, where she met her husband, Ernie Krumm. They had two sons, John and Chris.
She often talked about how happy she was to have had six years as a stay-at-home mom, spending hours at play with her boys in the Central Valley of California. While there, she also organized a massive cleanup of the nearby San Joaquin River, her proudest achievement.
Never tiring of adventure, she rode her Norton motorcycle on an epic cross-country trip with her family. She eventually resumed college and graduated with a masters in social work from the University of California, Fresno in 1976.
After graduating, she took a job as director of a day-treatment center in Great Falls, Mont., moving her family with her. There she began her career working with the seriously mentally ill, which she passionately enjoyed, according to her family.
She also worked in Butte, Mont., and then Helena, Mont., helping develop the Fountainhouse model of work-oriented day programs for persons with mental illness.
In 1987, she moved with her son, John and his future wife, Mary, to Anchorage, where she helped the Anchorage Community Health Center develop another day-treatment center.
She came to Juneau in 1989 as director for the Juneau Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Here she redeveloped and expanded the Green Door day-treatment program.
While in Juneau she was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and in 1994 returned to Helena to begin hemodialysis treatment. She continued to work part-time as a private therapist and a mental health consultant for the city of Helena.
She was happy to be closer to her son, Chris, and his wife, Anna, whom she visited regularly in nearby Missoula. In 2005, she returned to Juneau to live with her son, John, and his family.
Family members said she was very expressive, never failing to speak her mind or offer up a story. Her family and friends will miss her laughter, nonjudgmental nature, capacity for love, "sick" humor, shameless re-gifting, raucousness and incredible spirit.
She is survived by her sons, John Krumm and his wife, Mary Owen, and Chris Krumm and his wife, Anna Marshall; granddaughter Elia Krumm; grandson, Tristian Marshall Krumm and brother John Adams.
A memorial will be held in Helena at a later date.
Melinda McCarron
Former Juneau resident Melinda "Mindi" Pusich McCarron died June 3, 2007, at her home in Anchorage. She was 53.
She was born April 11, 1954, in Juneau, to Shirley and Mickey Pusich. She spent her entire life in Alaska, attending schools in Juneau and graduating from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1972. Following her graduation, she moved to Anchorage, where she met and married Terry McCarron in August 1982.
According to her family, one of her favorite activities was the family camping trips she spent with her husband and daughter. Above all, her greatest love and joy was the time she was able to spend with her daughter, Tara, and grandson, Aiden.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband, daughter, grandson, sister Judy Hagmeier and husband, John, of Anchorage, twin sister Miki Cole of Douglas, sister Pattie Dietz and husband, Paul, of Hillsboro, Ore., and Jo Ann Silas and husband, John, of Auburn, Wash.; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. June 28 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Juneau. A reception will follow at the Island Pub in Douglas.
Jeannette Gould
Lifelong Juneau resident Jeannette Elise Hildre Gould died June 8, 2007, after a brief illness at her 12th Street residence. She was 92.
She was born Jan. 31, 1915, in Juneau to Norwegian immigrant parents Anna and Peter Hildre. She was raised on Capitol Avenue in a house that still stands.
She graduated from Juneau High School in 1933 and excelled in bookkeeping. After graduation, she became the assistant city clerk for the city of Juneau. She also kept books for Home Grocery and Harri Plumbing and Heating, which she and her husband purchased in 1950.
She married Jack C. Gould on Dec. 28, 1934, in Ketchikan. They were married for 52 years. Family members said she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
"She touched many lives," said her daughter. "Her kindness will always be cherished."
She was an avid gardener and kept a beautiful yard at her 12th Street home and Tee Harbor cabin, said her family. She gave away plants to anyone who asked and filled many yards with beauty, they said.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Edwin and Arnold Hildre.
She is survived by her daughter, Lois Belardi and her husband, Rudy; sons, Jack E. Gould and Alan Gould and his wife, Carolyn; brother, Harvey Hildre and his wife, Loretta; grandchildren, Janna Marshall, Roy and Steve Gould, Brent Kirk and Greg Belardi, Lori Hall, Charolyn Concepcion, Cynthia Krehbiel; sister-in-law, Dorothy Hildre; great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. June 24 at Evergreen Cemetery. A reception with buffet will follow the service at 18215 Point Stephens, Tee Harbor. Pallbearers are grandsons, Roy and Steve Gould, Brent and Kirk Belardi and Jon Marshall; and great grandsons, Leit Downing and Sage Thibodeau.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Home Care or a charity of choice.
Jo Ann O'Connor
Juneau resident Jo Ann O'Connor died June 13, 2007, at Harbarview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. She was 70.
A full obituary will follow.
Erik Alan Lochman
Lifelong Alaskan and Kodiak Island resident Erik Alan Lochman was killed in a plane crash on Aug. 13, 2007, near Cane Creek in the Brooks Range. He was 36.
He was born May 30, 1971, in Kodiak, where lived until 2003, when he married Kathy Streveler on Long Island. They moved to her hometown of Gustavus, where they started their construction business, Fairweather Construction.
He worked toward perfection in everything he did and accomplished much in his lifetime, his family said. There wasn't anything he couldn't do in life when he put his mind to it. He worked hard, played hard and lived life wholeheartedly with excitement and ambition, they said.
He started work when he was 9 years old, catching and selling crab bait. He excelled in sports, playing basketball and baseball throughout his high school years until graduating from Kodiak High School in 1989.
He commercial fished and worked for Anderson Construction as a laborer, mechanic and operator for 14 years. He was an avid hunter who welcomed challenges and enjoyed overcoming obstacles, said his family. He was most in his element when working hard, hunting, fishing or pulling practical jokes - at which he was most unusually talented, they said.
Erik loved to be outdoors and took every opportunity to share the outdoors with those he loved most. He valued family and friends and spent time making sure that those he cared about were included in his life and his interests, his family said.
He enjoyed spending time with those he loved and was a good friend to many, pushing those around him to excel at anything they undertook. His work ethic and attention to detail was well-known. In just a few years, the company that he and his wife, Kathy, started in Gustavus quickly grew to become a dependable, successful business, his family said.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Kristine Karlsson, in March 2006.
He is survived by his parents, Robert and Roberta Lochman; wife, Kathy Lochman, of Gustavus; in-laws, Greg Streveler and Judy Brakel; sister, Tracy Anderson and her husband, Mike, and their children, Taylor, Meagan and Patrick; Kristine Karlsson's children, Izak Lochman and Lukas Karlsson; brother, Alvin Lochman and his wife, Natashia, and their children, Joshua and Alexa; cousin, Julie Kavanaugh and her husband, Ron, and their children, Miranda, Sylvia and Garrett, all of Kodiak; uncle and aunt, Don Lochman and Judy Stratton, of Oregon; and grandparents, Mel and Francis Pfel, of Anchorage.
A celebration of life will be held in Gustavus and Kodiak. The Gustavus rememberance will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Fjord Flying Hangar. The Kodiak remembrance will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the home of Mike and Tracy Anderson, 3364 Spruce Cape Road. In lieu of flowers, pictures or stories of Erik can be sent to Kathy Lochman, P.O. Box 252, Gustavus, AK 99826.
