Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Mary Jeannette (Whittier) Cowling
Mary Jeannette (Whittier) Cowling, 90, died May 1, 2005, at Wildflower Court in Juneau.
She was born on April 28, 1915, at St. Ann's Hospital, and remained a lifelong resident of Juneau. She was the daughter of Maurice S. and Laura R. (Anderson) Whittier.
She graduated from Juneau High School in 1932. She played for the JHS women's basketball team. Lacking a bridge, the team ferried to Douglas to play Douglas High School. She attended Washington State University, where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Chapter of Sigma Kappa Sorority.
She met Robert W. Cowling in Juneau, and they were married March 16, 1940, in the original Northern Lights Presbyterian Church. They stayed in Juneau and raised their family in her childhood home on Distin Avenue, overlooking Whittier Street.
She was a homemaker and had a 21-year career with the state Department of Health and Social Services. She was troop leader of her daughter's Girl Scout Troop and the order of Rainbow for Girls, being a Rainbow "Mom." She was a life member and past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Juneau Yacht Club, and a veteran member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 6.
The couple enjoyed boating with their family and at their cabins on Admiralty and Chichagof Islands. Upon retirement, winters were spent with friends in Hawaii, Arizona and California.
Her greatest enjoyments were her family, her cats and her music.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 61 years; and her brother, Judson Whittier.
She is survived by her daughter, Joanne Wilder of Juneau; her son, Donald Cowling of Juneau; her granddaughters, Teri Jeannette Maxwell, Traci Gilmour and her husband Scott, and Nanci Jo Ferster and her husband Matthew of Juneau; her grandson, Richard Barron and his wife Tami of Arizona; six great-grandchildren, Naomi, Luke and Jacob Ferster, Thane Maxwell, Dezirae and Tyler Barron; her nieces, Barbara Barber of Haines and Kathleen Whittier of Oregon; and her great-nephews, Ryan, Reed and Jordan Barber.
Services will be at 2 p.m., May 7, 2005, at the Scottish Rite Temple on Fourth Street. A gathering of friends and family will follow from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Hangar Ballroom with refreshments and a no-host bar.
Joanne Wilder can be contacted at 2991 Glacierwood Drive, 99801. Donald Cowling can be contacted at 327 Distin Ave., 99801.
Donations may be made in her name to The Cancer Connection, P. O. Box 20329, Juneau, 99802.
Duane Lewis Stone
Juneau resident Duane Lewis Stone, 44, died Jan. 23, 2005, in Juneau.
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m., May 6, at the Alaskan Memorial Park.
Priscilla Violet Kahklen
Juneau resident Priscilla Violet Kahklen, 79, died April 19, 2005, in Juneau.
She was born June 28, 1925, to Henry and Lillian Roberts Sr. in Klawock. She was a member of the Yanyedei Wolf Clan/Taku River Tribe, and her Tlingit name was Kaalihein. In June 2000, at an Interior clan party, she was designated clan mother for the coastal Yanyedei Wolf Clan and given the name K'ashdlaa Tlaa.
She married Daniel David Kahklen on Nov. 21, 1941, and they stayed together for 54 years. They moved in March of 1954 from Klawock to Juneau. The couple helped raise their granddaughter, Bobbie Lee Kahklen, from birth until she left for college.
Priscilla Kahklen was a janitor at Gastineau Elementary School and Juneau-Douglas High School. She also worked at Goldbelt Hotel as a salad maker, before receiving her high school equivalency on March 3, 1981, at age 56.
She worked as laundry manager at Bartlett Memorial Hospital, where she received certificates for laundry procedures, technology and products (Oct. 22, 1980); effective time management (March 16, 1981): the St. Louis University Program for Health Services Continuing Education; a correspondence course in housekeeping management (June 23, 1982); a program of supervisory development (July 16, 1982); a course in communication at the University of Alaska (Oct. 29, 1982); and a prescribed loss control management course with Scott Metzel Services (Nov. 2, 1984).
She loved to crochet and knit, and make Native foods. She was a seal hunter and loved to fish. Her family said that she was "a good daughter, mother, auntie, grandmother and great- grandmother. She was a kind, caring, giving, forgiving, good-natured kind of a lady, who was a good listener."
She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel David Kahklen; six sons, Bernard, two un-named sons, Bruce, Terry Leslie and Delaney Kahklen; her sisters, Estabeth Roberts, Annabell Roberts and Alice Castillo.
Priscilla is survived by her six daughters, Lillian Arnette, Suzanne M. Christiansen and Dani Terease Soosuk of Anchorage, Linda S. Morris and Janice L. Roberts-Kahklen of Juneau, and Karen E. Dillon of Nagodoches, Texas; her brother, Henry Roberts Jr.; and 19 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Upon her request, no formal memorial service was held. A celebration of life was April 22, 2005, at the Gruening Park Recreation Hall in Juneau. Her ashes will be put in her favorite fishing area at Sheep Creek on what would have been her 80th birthday, June 28, 2005.
Maxine McCoy
Longtime Juneau resident Maxine McCoy, 86, died Jan. 1, 2005, at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle.
A memorial service will be held at noon, May 11, at Alaskan Memorial Park.
Bonnie Janet King
Bonnie Janet King, 53, died Aug. 16, 2005, at her home in Juneau with family members by her side.
She was born to the late George Williams Sr. and Dora A. Jack-Williams on April 16, 1952, in Haines. Her Tlingit name is Shakeiwes, Takdeintaan from the Sockeye House.
She married Robert King Sr. on June 16, 1990. The couple raised their children in Seattle. She moved to Juneau in 2000 and worked as an administrative assistant for nursing at Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium.
She was a member of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp No. 2, Yaawteiy'i, shareholder of Goldbelt Inc. and Sealaska Corp., and a member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
She enjoyed seeing friends, playing bingo and spending time with her family. She practiced traditional talents including beading, sewing, cooking, picking berries and putting up fish. Her friends and family said that she "was very proud of her Tlingit heritage."
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, George Williams; her uncle, Charles Jack Sr.; her grandson, Daniel; and her nephews, Robert Williams and Jason M. Skan.
She is survived by her husband; her children, Robert Jr., Brian and his wife (Michelle), Tammy, Suzette and Sheila and her husband (Jason); her sisters, Trudy A. Skan and her husband (Ray), Loretta Wallin and her husband (Ben), Dorothy Zura and her husband (Bob) of Juneau, and Lorraine Shane and her husband (Nickander) of Adak; her brothers, Charles, Robert and his wife (Laura), Darryl and his wife (DJ), Kenneth and Ernest Williams of Juneau, Joe Williams and his wife (Margie) of Auburn, Wash., and Paul Williams and his wife (Ducky) of Anchorage; her grandchildren, Kahlid, Payden (Pepi), Nicholas, Dante, Robert III, Monica, Michael, Brooke, Alisa and Tyler of Seattle; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 7 p.m. Aug. 21, at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall with a reception to follow. The funeral service is set for noon Aug. 22 at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. She will be buried at Alaskan Memorial Park.
Sympathy cards may be sent to Robert King Sr., 711 W. Willoughby Ave., No. 21, Juneau, AK 99801.
