Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Doris Marie Wright
Hoonah resident Doris Marie Wright died Dec. 1, 1998, in Hoonah. She was born July 12, 1957, in Juneau, to Gertrude P. and Frank Wright Sr., the ninth child born into the family.
Her Tlingit name was Saan-Kaa-Daa. She was of the Raven Moiety Lux Naahadi (coho) of Sitka, and her clan house was Yashka hit.
She graduated from Hoonah High School in 1975, and was very active in sports. She was involved in track, girls basketball, and volley ball. She was the manager of the boys varsity basketball team for three years, one of the first female managers of the team. She was elected Carnival Queen her senior year, and was in the choir and honor band.
After graduation she held a number of jobs, including working for Huna Pacific Timber Co. as a heavy equipment operator. She attended a heavy equipment school in Oregon, and became the first woman winch operator in Hoonah, for Southeast Stevedoring. Her friends write that she always embraced a challenge.
She was a shareholder at Huna Totem Corp. and Sealaska Corp., a tribal member of the Hoonah Indian Association, and a member of the Alaska Native Sisterhood.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Gertrude Wright, her brother Jacob John Wright, and her sister Martha Emma Wright.
She is survived by her son Kenneth C. Schoonover, father Frank Wright Sr., stepmother Anita Wright, aunts Helen Peters, Sarah James, Betty Houston, Jennie Baldwin, Alice Cooper, Louise Benson, and Lily White; uncles Herman and David Davis, Sam and Phillip Martin, John Hinchman Sr., and George Martin; her siblings Irma Button, Sharon Parks, Frank Wright Jr., James Howard, Paul Wright, Charlie Wright Sr., Phyllis Shively, Debbie Parks, Sam Wright and Margaret Wright.
Memorial Services will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the ANB Hall in Hoonah, and funeral services will be 10 a.m. Sunday at the ANB Hall in Hoonah.
Jeffrey Horton Hammond
Former Juneau resident Jeffrey Horton Hammond, 51, died July 14, 1999, in an auto accident near Kingman, Ariz.
He was born and raised in Long Beach, Calif., and graduated from Long Beach Poly High School in 1966 and from Utah State University in 1980 with a degree in landscape architecture and environmental planning. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. Throughout his career he worked in Alaska, California, New Mexico and most recently, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Walla Walla, Wash. He worked on several design projects in Alaska, including Marine Park and Adair-Kennedy Park in Juneau and Pullen Park in Skagway.
He was a talented designer, song writer and guitarist, and enjoyed back country riding, target shooting, hunting and fishing. He organized the Santa Ana River Unit of the Back Country Horsemen of California.
He is survived by his parents, Jackson and Fredella Hammond of Long Beach, his children Taylor and Josephine Hammond of Seattle, sister Sioux Plummer and niece Carrie Pusich of Juneau, nephew Tim Cunningham of Skagway, aunt and uncle Julie and Horton Hammond of Sisters, Ore., and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his brother-in-law Don Plummer of Juneau.
Memorial donations may be made to the Back Country Horsemen of California, P.O. Box 883, Mira Loma, CA, 91752.
A memorial reminiscence will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Bixby Towers, 3737 Atlantic, Long Beach, CA, and the family may be contacted at the same address, Number 301A, 90807. A graveside service will be held 4 p.m. Oct. 4, at Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240th, Kent, Wash.
Hilda 'Mona' Beegle
Former Juneau resident Hilda ``Mona'' Beegle died April 14, 1999, in Graham, Wash.
She was born Nov. 22, 1913, in Seattle, and she lived in Washington until 1952, when she moved to Alaska. She lived in Alaska for 40 years, in Ketchikan, Anchorage, Kotzebue, Fairbanks and Juneau. She lived in Juneau from 1977 to 1993, with her daughter and son-in-law Donna and William Nix.
In 1993 she returned to Washington. She enjoyed gardening and daily crosswords, and was active in the Jehovah's Witnesses in Graham.
She is survived by her daughters, Claudia Urquhart and Donna Nix of Washington, son Phillip (Linda) Beegle of Washington, grandchildren Max (Sue) Nix and Ginny Beegle of Juneau, a total of 11 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
Services were held April 17 at the Kingdom Hall in Graham.
Judith Alstead Nance
Longtime Juneau resident Judith Alstead Nance died April 4, 1999, at her daughter's home in Austin, Texas, after a long illness. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., April 29, at Resurrection Lutheran Church.
She was born to Norwegian immigrants on Oct. 26, 1916, in Tacoma, Wash. When she was a toddler her parents moved to Juneau, and she grew up in a house that still stands in the Starr Hill neighborhood. She loved the Juneau wilderness, and considered Mount Roberts her backyard, running up and down it on a regular basis.
After graduating from Juneau High School, she attended business school in Washington state and then worked as a secretary for the FBI in Buffalo, N.Y.
She returned to Juneau, and on Jan. 10, 1940, she married Williamson L. ``Bud'' Nance. They ran Nance's 5 and 10 Cent Store together, in several locations on Seward and Front streets. She also helped establish the Juneau Drug Co., and ran the Totem Igloo, a curio shop on South Franklin Street, where Alaska Cache Liquor is now located. They retired in 1975.
She was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Sons of Norway and Resurrection Lutheran Church. She excelled at bridge and won many local tournaments during her life. A voracious reader, she enjoyed music, travel, the outdoors, swimming, storytelling, board games and the fellowship of friends and family. Her family also writes that she helped people in her quiet way, and was a friend to neighborhood children.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her brother Karl Alstead. She is survived by her daughter Lorraine Boyden (John Licholat) of Austin, Texas; granddaughter Wendy Boyden of Juneau; brother-and-sister-in-law Allen and Pat Nance of Texarkana, Ark.; nieces Margaret Shackelford of Fresno, Calif., Karleen (Roger) Grummett of Juneau, Mary (Bob) Carlton of Washington; other great-nieces and nephews; cousins in the Gould and Hildre families; and friends Josephine Abel, Jeannette Gould, Lucy Merrell and Judy Knight.
Contributions in her name can be made to the Resurrection Lutheran Church for ministry with the elderly, at 740 West 10th Street, Juneau, 99801. Lorraine Boyden can be reached at 586-1956 until May 7, when she returns to 13102 Lubbock Lane, Austin, TX 78729.
Calvin Alfred Nelson
Juneau resident Calvin Alfred Nelson died Aug. 1, 1998, while in Arizona. Services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 5100 Glacier Highway.
Nelson was born in 1930 in Murray, Utah. He graduated from Bingham High School in Utah and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1951 through 1954 in Juneau. He worked as a chef for the State of Alaska at Lemon Creek Correctional Center, and later for the Alaska Marine Highway.
He was preceded in death by his son Calvin E. Nelson.
He is survived by his wife Judy Nelson of Juneau; daughters Brenda (Jim) O'Donnell of Juneau; Terry (Deon) Mendenhall of Utah; Kim (Greg) Brun of Phoenix, Ariz; Colleen (Lane) Tamura; and Cathy Nelson of Kauai, Hawaii; sister Marian N. Gibson; brothers D. Frank Nelson and Russell K. Nelson all of Arizona; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
