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Gene M. Hickey Jr.
Juneau resident Gene M. Hickey Jr., 68, died Sept. 4, 2002, at his home.
He was born April 6, 1934 in Dunsmuir, Calif. He graduated from schools in Woodland, Calif., and then served active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 1953-57 in Presque Isle, Maine. He served in the reserve from 1957-60.
After receiving several master's degrees, he went to Bangkok, Thailand, in 1965 as director of studies at the International School of Bangkok. Returning to California, he was counselor for Liberty High School in Antioch, before becoming guidance counselor and then vice principal of Yuba City High School. He was principal of Wilson High School from 1973-75. During summer breaks he was employed by Sutter County Sheriff's Department as a boat patrol deputy. In 1975 he assisted in opening Yuba Community College. He was recently inducted into the Educational Hall of Fame as "Most Inspirational Teacher" in Chico, Calif.
In 1978 he and his wife Judy moved to Alaska. He took the position of director of admissions and records and later became counseling supervisor and foreign student counselor at the University of Alaska Juneau, retiring in 1989.
He pursued his love of aviation as a bush pilot at the Tikchik Narrows Lodge during the summer of 1989. He worked as a commercial pilot for Channel Flying/Loken Aviation from 1983 to 1998.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Moose Lodge No. 700-Juneau, AOPA, Seaplanes Pilots Association, Parachuting Pioneers, Alaska Airmen Association, Association of California School Administrators, Pacific Northwest Association of Counselors and National Academic Advisors Association.
His family said he enjoyed fishing, moose hunting, boating, parachuting and most of all, flying in his various airplanes. They said he will be missed by his family, many friends, and his beloved dogs, Moose and Bandit.
He is survived by his wife Judy; children Susan Kauk (Ken); Gene Hickey III; Mike Hickey (Christine); stepchildren Julie Adams Oppenheimer (Randy); Tom Lopez (Susie); grandchildren Jason and Kevin Kauk; Nicole Hickey; Andy, Sam and Gabriel Hickey; Kristina Lopez; Matt Milliron (Stacey); and Peer Marie Oppenheimer.
Services were held at Mount Shasta Memorial Park where he was buried next to his grandfather, Sen. Henry McGuinness, and his father Gene Hickey Sr., in Mount Shasta, Calif., on Sept. 10.
Evans C. Willard
Evans C. Willard died Oct. 16, 2002, at his home in Haines. He died four days shy of his 71st birthday with family members at his side.
He was born in Haines to Mildred (Hotch) and John H. Willard on Oct. 20, 1931. His Tlingit name was Yadacla and he was of the Raven tribe, Ganaxteidi clan, from the Whale House in Klukwan.
He was reared in the traditional Tlingit custom where an uncle raised the nephew. David Hotch was the custodian in this case. The close bond between these two exemplified what a successful relationship should comprise, the family said.
Family members said that the three loves of his life included his family, fishing, and basketball. They will remember him for his longevity as a harvester in the fishing industry, having fished in Bristol Bay for more than 40 years.
He was a lifetime member of the American Legion, member of the Elks Lodge, and a Klukwan Inc. stockholder.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers "Butch" Sparks and Wes Willard, and sister Margaret Thomas.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dorothy; daughters Janet (Dan) Harrington, Nancy (Bill) Coleman, Margaret Totland, Evangeline Hoy, Donna Murphy, all of Haines; two sons, Raymond of Wasilla and Danny of Haines; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; brothers Ronald Sparks of Haines; David Light of Anchorage; and sister Irene Sparks Rowan of Anchorage. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Haines Presbyterian Church.
Pallbearers will be Andrew Totland, Larry Totland, Luck Dunbar, Corey Murphy, Bill Coleman, and Evans Sparks.
Carol Walsh Treadwell
Former Juneau resident Carol Walsh Treadwell, 44, died Oct. 21, 2002, in Anchorage.
Born Carol Ann Walsh on Oct. 20, 1958, in Freeport, N.Y., she moved to Alaska in June 1990 when she married Mead Treadwell. In New York, after earning a journalism degree at SUNY Cortland College in 1980, she wrote and produced supplements for national publications such as the New Yorker.
While in Juneau from 1991 to 1994, she oversaw marketing for the Alaska Marine Highway System and was appointed by Gov. Walter Hickel to serve on the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council. In Juneau she also developed a line of Christmas ornaments for the Gallery Collection, including works by Byron Birdsall, Barbara Lavallee, Ray Troll and Joanne George.
After returning to Anchorage in 1994, she founded a consulting firm with her husband. Her two-year battle with brain cancer, along with her participation in new treatments to help cure the disease, was the subject of a one-hour special edition of Dateline NBC on Sept. 6.
She was a mother and public relations specialist who was a founding board member and director of the Millennium Society, which for the past 20 years staged New Year's Eve charity balls at sites around the world, including Times Square, the Berlin Wall, and the Great Pyramids in Egypt, to benefit scholarship.
She was preceded in death by her son, John Read "Baby Jack" Treadwell.
She is survived by her husband; sons Timothy, 11; William, 7; and daughter Natalie, 6, all of Anchorage; parents Susan and Eugene Walsh of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.; brother John (Nancy) Walsh of Potomac, Md.; sister Laura (Tod) Citron of Atlanta, Ga.; sister Betsy (Ed) Gennosa of Queens, N.Y.; and sister Donna (Tom) Schantz of Valdez; and seven nieces and nephews.
A memorial Mass of Resurrection service will be celebrated at Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage on at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, followed at the Marriott Hotel by a celebration of life.
A Carol Treadwell Fund to support K-12 science and geography education in Alaska and brain-tumor research worldwide has been established through the Millennium Scholars Program. Checks may be sent to the Millennium Society, a tax-exempt charity, at 528 N. Street, Anchorage AK 99501.
Arlene Jeanette Johnson
Juneau resident Arlene Jeanette Johnson died Oct. 10, 2002, at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Wash.
She was born on July 13, 1926, in Bonilla, S.D. In 1936 the family moved to the farming community of Ruthven, Iowa. After graduating from Ruthven High School in 1943, Arlene moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for the U.S. government until her marriage in 1946. She raised six children in Seat Pleasant, Md., and was admired by friends and family for her great cooking, talent for sewing her children's clothes, and fine needlework. In 1965 she moved with her children to Tacoma, Wash., working for the Boeing Co. from 1966-74. After a short vacation to Southeast Alaska in 1974, she decided to make Juneau her home. She worked for the Alaska Department of Education from 1975 until her retirement in 1987. After retirement, she worked at Tina's Boutique where she enjoyed sharing craft ideas and skills.
Her family said needlework, especially crocheting, knitting, and cross-stitch, and crafts of all nature, were her passions throughout her life. She also was a very enthusiastic bowler from 1963 until she lost her eyesight in 1999, having bowled duckpins on the East Coast and ten pins on the West Coast. They said she will be missed by all.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Dewey and Lura Bussell.
She is survived by sons William N. Johnson Jr. of Snohomish, Wash.; Michael Johnson of Reno, Nev.; Gary (Barbara Sibley) Johnson of Tigard, Ore.; daughters Terry (Ken Williamson) Johnson of Juneau; Sharon (David) Gokey of McLean, Va.; Cheri (Robert) McNary of Sandy, Utah; brothers Eldon (Jean) Bussell of Port Angeles, Wash.; Merlyn (Vera) Bussell of Tacoma, Wash.; sister Mavis Hanna of Juneau; grandchildren Kris, Ky and Keri Williamson of Juneau; Monica and Jonathan Gokey of McLean, Va.; Emily McNary of Sandy, Utah; and numerous nieces and nephews.
At her request no memorial services were held. Next spring, her family will return her ashes to Juneau, the city she loved.
Lloyd Marshall Dedrick
Juneau resident Lloyd Marshall Dedrick died Oct. 16, 2002, in Juneau.
He was born in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 28, 1916. He came to Alaska in 1945 after the war, fell in love with Juneau, and made it his permanent home for 57 years. He worked as a fisherman, cabdriver, janitor, cashier at Fred Meyer and Costco, and a newspaper carrier for the Juneau Empire.
His family said he enjoyed helping and working with people, that he made people feel welcome, comfortable, appreciated, and enjoyed very much talking with them. He had a wonderful sense of humor. He most enjoyed sharing his thoughts and writings and especially the Gospel with everyone he came in contact with. He was well liked and respected by those who knew him. He was a student at the University in Juneau, which he enjoyed as well.
He is survived by his wife Georgina Dedrick; son Dennis (Nancy) Dedrick of Kentucky; daughters Linda Hensley of Sitka; Debi (Tres) Lewis of Juneau; Joann (Paul) Nott of Wasilla; Teri Winge of Juneau; and Toni Allred of Juneau; 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
