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Harold Frank Sr.
Juneau resident Harold Frank Sr. died due to health complications on Jan. 13, 2009, at Helping Hands Assisted Living Facility in Anchorage. He was 74.
He was born May 5, 1934, in Angoon.
A memorial service will be held at 6:30 tonight at the Glacier Valley Church of God, on Thunder Mountain Road. A funeral and graveside service and burial will be held Jan. 19 at the National Cemetery in Sitka.
A full obituary will follow at a later date.
Donald Garland Ashe
Longtime Douglas resident Donald Garland Ashe died Jan. 31, 2009, at Bartlett Regional Hospital. He was 56.
Born June 29, 1952 in Tucson, Ariz., he spent his first four years of childhood in Cananea, Mexico, and grew up in King of Prussia, Pa. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in business management from Syracuse University. In 1974, he moved to Juneau, where he began working for the U.S. Postal Service. He also worked as a public assistance analyst for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services since 1984.
He married Margaret Ramos in May 1979 at the Shrine of St. Therese, which became the site of annual celebrations with friends and family and will be his final resting place.
He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, camping, biking, hiking and hunting. His special passion was sports, and he played for many years in the Juneau Softball League and on the Two-Steppers soccer team. From serving as a coach to a soccer board member, he was dedicated to promoting youth soccer in Juneau, recognizing and inspiring the athlete and sportsman in every player he coached, his family said.
"An inspired and involved father and friend, he lived with charm and generosity," his family said. "He will be most remembered for his affectionate and infectious sense of humor. To simply think of him summons up a smile and some silly memory."
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Ramos; sons, Stefan and Dylan Ashe; daughter, Solana Ashe; parents, Donald and Charlene Ashe; sisters, Michele Peterson and Cindy Brown; brothers, David Ashe, Douglas Ashe and Daniel Ashe.
A celebration of his life will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's Catholic Church with a reception to follow. Donations may be made to a memorial fund in Don's name for the Juneau Soccer Club Spring Fever Tournament at www.juneausoccer.org or P.O. Box 34837 Juneau, AK 99803.
Memorials can be made to the Juneau Soccer Club at www.juneausoccer.org or P.O. Box 34837, Juneau, AK 99803. The family can be contacted at stefan.ashe@gmail.com or dashe@clemson.edu.
Linda M. Hensley
Longtime Sitka resident Linda M. Hensley died of natural causes on Dec. 11, 2008, at her home. She was 60.
Born Aug. 6, 1948, at what was then known as St. Ann's Hospital, she was raised in Juneau. She was the eldest daughter of mother, Frieda Katherine (Thomas) Dedrick; step-father, Lloyd Marshall Dederick; father, Wilbur W. "Jumbo" James Sr.; and adopted mother, Ruth (Fawcett) James, of Hoonah.
During her life, she lived in Juneau, Sitka, Hoonah and Pelican, making Sitka her final home and moving there for the last time in the 1990s.
At her request, she was cremated. A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Juneau Tlingit & Haida Community Building, 3235 Hospital Drive.
To contact the family, write to Tres Lewis, 227 Seventh St., Juneau, AK 99801, or call586-3303.
Donald P. Stoll
Juneau resident Donald P. Stoll died Dec. 14, 2008, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 77.
Born April 17, 1931, in Denver, Colo., he attended college at Western State in Gunnison, Colo., and was in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as an upholsterer, and owned his own shop for more than 40 years.
According to his family, he was very active in gardening, growing many vegetables and flowers of all kinds. He took many walks along trails with his dogs and was an avid fisherman who also loved to hunt.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Eleanor R. Stoll of Juneau; son, Tim B. Stoll and wife, Virginia, of Juneau; daughters, Dawn K. Marah and husband, Doug, of Cedaredge, Colo., and Lisa Kay Heyer and husband, Albert, of Australia; and grandchildren, Bryn D. and Joseph P. Marah, of Cedaredge, Colo.
He was cremated, and his ashes will be spread at a later date in the ocean. No services will be held.
Ernest Krauss
Longtime Juneau resident Ernest Krauss died Jan. 28, 2009, at home. He was 80.
Born Dec. 16, 1928, in Loffingen, Germany, in the Black Forest, he was a third-generation upholsterer and had retired after working for the state.
A military policeman in the U.S. Army, he loved the experiences he had while patrolling with his military-issued Harley Davidson, his family said.
He met his wife, Kate Gurlt, on a steamship from Germany to Ellis Island, New York, in 1950. They ran into each other again later in New York and realized something was meant to be. They married in 1956 and later went on a 22,000-mile trip in a Volkswagen beetle. They traveled all over the United States and Canada, ending up in Juneau.
The mountains reminded them of the Alps and the channel of the Rhine River. They knew they had found home, their family said. They returned to Juneau and started Ernie's Upholstery and Drapery Shop in 1959.
Much later, he went to work for the state as a boiler technician and maintenance man.
After his retirement, he and Kate loved to spend time on their sailboat, the Rainbird. Their friends, the Weavers, joined them on many sailing adventures.
His family said he was an outspoken individual who was loved and will be missed by family and friends alike.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Kate Krauss, in 2006.
He is survived by his son, Norman Krauss and his wife, Jenna, and their daughter, Annabelle; daughter, Brenda Krauss and her sons, Orion and Theodore.
No services will be held at this time, but memorial and spreading of his and his wife's ashes will be held at the Shrine of St. Therese later this year.
