Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Edwin Carl Johnson
Longtime Juneau resident Edwin Carl Johnson died Aug. 15, 1998, at the Juneau Pioneers' Home. A private family service will be held later.
He was born July 20, 1915, in Arlington, Wash. He came to Ketchikan in 1935. After attending the University of Washington, he moved to Juneau in 1939 and worked at the Juneau Cold Storage.
He married Mary Elizabeth Cockburn on Aug. 1, 1940, at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. He was a fish buyer at the Pelican Cold Storage from 1946 until 1949, and returned to work at the Juneau Cold Storage until he retired in 1983.
He was the first president of the Douglas Lions Club, and a member and a deacon in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Douglas City Council, the Fish and Game Advisory Board, the state Unemployment Board, the Glacier Highway Electric Association Board, and was a 50-year member of Mount Juneau Gastineaux Lodge Number 124, F and AM.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary Elizabeth of Juneau, son Carl and daughter-in-law Anita and their children Evan and Erin of Lake Stevens, Wash.; son Paul and daughter-in-law Tami and their children Timothy, Rick and Alice, and daughter Florence, of Juneau.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation be made to Hospice and Home Care of Juneau, 3200 Hospital Drive, Juneau, AK 99801, or a charity of choice.
Glenn and Shirley Cave
Glenn H. Cave and Shirley R. Cave, both of Juneau, died Aug. 8, 1999 in Juneau.
Glenn was born on Sept. 14, 1942 in Salinas, Calif. to Elbert and Eunice Cave. He lived in Oklahoma and Oregon, where he graduated from high school, and later began his electrical apprenticeship with Grasle Electric Co. in Portland.
Shirley was born in Many, La. on July 22, 1946 to Elbert and Virginia Duren. She moved to St. Helens, Ore. as a young child and graduated from St. Helens High School and Portland State University with a degree in elementary education. The two were married Dec. 16, 1966 in St. Helens.
They moved to Alaska in 1972. Glenn was the Southeast Alaska supervisor with Grasle Electric Co. They lived in Ketchikan and Anchorage before moving to Juneau in 1974. In 1982, they formed Cave Electric Co., Inc. Shirley was employed with the Juneau School District as a registrar before joining Glenn to work in the office at Cave Electric.
They are survived by four children, David Cave of Juneau, Christine Cave and Stephanie Cave of Scappoose, Ore. and Jennifer Germain of Juneau; and two grandsons, Caleb Cave of Scappoose, and Joziah Germain of Juneau. Glenn is survived by his mother, Eunice Cave and brothers and sisters, Ted Mallory, Lois Mullin, Beverly Murray, Linda Hampton, Judy Hardcastle, David Mallory, Danny Mallory and Betty Kauer of Oklahoma; Lee Cave of Juneau; Arlene Irish, Bruce Cave and Travis Cave, all of Oregon. Shirley is survived by her mother Virginia Duren; and brothers and sisters, Elmer Duren, Glendia Bundy, Carolyn Blackburn, Debbie Nichols, Barbara Korb and Todd Duren of Oregon; brothers Gary Duren of Alberta, Canada, Ron Duren of Wash.; and sister, Marilyn White of Juneau. Numerous nieces and nephews survive both.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 at Auke Bay Bible Church. All friends and family are invited to join in this celebration of their lives. A memorial service will be held in St. Helens, Ore. at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19 at Grace Baptist Church.
Jason and Jessica Lidholm
Jason and Jessica Lidholm died Aug. 8, 1999, in an airplane crash on North Douglas Island.
Jason Lidholm, 25, a 10-year resident of Juneau, was born March 5, 1974 in Rolla, Mo., the first of two children born to Gary and Juanita Lidholm. He graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1992 and was a senior at the University of Montana in Missoula, where he was majoring in photojournalism.
He served in the U.S. Army from July, 1992 to December, 1994. After basic training and jump school at Fort Benning, Ga., he was assigned as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C. He was attending the University of Montana on an ROTC scholarship and planned to be commissioned as an officer following graduation in December of this year.
His interests included art, photography, aviation and outdoor adventure sports. He was an excellent painter and photographer, his family wrote.
In his high school years, he served as a cadet leader with the Civil Air Patrol and was active in the Auke Bay Bible Church Youth Group. He planned to pursue his interest in aviation in the Army. He worked for Wings of Alaska in Juneau for four summers, including the present.
On May 21, 1999, he and Jessica Anne McBride of Billings, Mont. were married.
Survivors include his parents Gary and Juanita Lidholm of Haines, and sister Jayne Lidholm of Juneau.
Jessica Anne Lidholm (McBride) was born June 7, 1977 in Anchorage, but spent most of her life growing up in Billings, Mont., where she graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1995.
She was a senior at the University of Montana, Missoula, and was due to receive a degree in anthropology. She planned to enter medical school.
She worked at Costco in Juneau this summer and also worked at Costco in Montana.
She was a very artistic person, her family wrote, and she had many interests, including ballet, piano, gymnastics, reading, outdoor adventure sports and fly-fishing. She was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority and served as an advocate for the University of Montana Alumni Association.
Survivors include her parents Byron and Carol McBride of Billings, brother Jeffrey and sister Jamie.
A celebration of life service for the Lidholms will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at Auke Bay Bible Church, 11970 Glacier Highway, across from Fisherman's Bend.
Memorials are suggested to Echo Ranch Bible Camp, P.O. Box 210608, Juneau, AK 99802.
Mary K. Reed
Longtime Juneau resident Mary K. Reed died in Juneau on Aug. 8, 1999. She was 59.
She was born Aug. 7, 1940 in Sheridan, Mont. At a young age, she and her family moved to Yreka, Calif. There she met and married her first husband Carl F. Paul and had two children. In January of 1968 they moved to Alaska. When Carl died, the family moved to Sacramento, Calif., for three years. All she wanted was to move back home to Alaska. In November, 1981 she came to Juneau, where she met and married her second husband, Clarence Y. Reed.
During her years in Alaska she lived in Coffman Cove and Whale Pass on Prince of Wales Island, Wrangell, as well as Juneau. She loved all of them, her family wrote.
She worked for Ultimate Security, Burns Security, Mapco, and Western Auto.
She was Democratic Party chairman in Wrangell. She was an active member of the Juneau Moose Lodge chapter 439, and Eagle Aries 4200. She was also a member of the Juneau Cribbage Club.
She was predeceased by her father Paul Johnson, mother Freda Johnson, first husband Carl Paul, sister Lori Wells, second husband Clarence Reed, and brother-in-law John E. Wells.
Survivors include son Larry Paul of Juneau, daughter Freda Meili of Juneau, sister Louise Hackett of Sacramento, Calif., nephew Dell Hackett of Elmira, Ore., and granddaughters Nena Hendrickson and Hannah Meili of Juneau.
Honorary pallbearers include Bill and Linda Edgar, Sandy Johnston, Judy Kukowski, Evie Glanzer, Shirley McCoy, Donna Sheridan, Jerrie Jensen, and Chuck Sanford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Moose International, Chapter 439, P.O. Box 32652, Juneau, AK 99803. A wake is planned for tonight at 6 p.m. at the Moose Lodge with memorial service planned for Sept. 17.
