Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Raymond R. Nevin (#1 of 2)
Former longtime Juneau resident Raymond R. Nevin died Dec. 6, 1998, in Vancouver, Wash. He was 78.
He was born July 20, 1920, in Montana, and went to school in Rice Lake, Wis. He came to Juneau in 1941 and worked for the Alaska-Juneau Mine. Following the closure of the mine, he worked for the federal Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
He married Eunice Hansen Dec. 4, 1941, in Juneau, where they lived until 1992. Although they had no children of their own, friends write that they helped raise several generations of Juneau kids, who loved visiting them at the Nevin beach house near Point Louisa. The couple also taught dance lessons for a number of years.
His interests included photography, music as a member of the Saint Paul Singers, hunting and fishing. He was one of five people to fish in all of the first 45 Golden North Salmon Derbies. After taking an early retirement, the couple traveled extensively. In retirement, he loved being on the sea and was a deckhand for several of his commercial fishing friends.
After the death of his first wife in 1992, he later married Vernie Nevin and moved to Vancouver for medical and family reasons. His last visit to Juneau was last summer, and although he was wheelchair bound, he visited more than 50 friends in one week.
He was preceded in death by his wife Vernie. He is survived by her children, Kathleen Brouhard and David Nevin of Vancouver, Wash., Timothy Nevin of Milwaukee, Ore., 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild; his sister Elaine Keeney of Seattle, and brother McCoy Nevin of Portland, Ore; also nieces and nephews and godchildren. Friends write he is also survived by dozens of Nevin ``beach kids'' who thought of Nevin as a special kind of dad.
A Juneau memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Jan. 17, 1999, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, at 10th and Glacier Highway.
Raymond Robert Nevin (#2 of 2)
Former longtime Juneau resident Raymond Robert Nevin died Dec. 6, 1998, in Vancouver, Wash. He was 78.
He was born July 21, 1920, in Shelby, Mont. He lived in Juneau for 51 years, and worked as an administrator for the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. He did volunteer work for the City of Juneau. He was a member of the First Church of God in Vancouver.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Eunice Hansen, in 1992, and his second wife Vernie in March 1998.
He is survived by his daughter Kathleen Brouhard of Vancouver, Wash., sons Timothy Nevin of Milwaukee, Ore., and David Nevin of Vancouver, sister Elaine Keeney of Seattle, and brother McCoy Nevin of Portland; also 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorial services will be held in January.
Theresa `Terry' Anne Gray
Former Juneau resident Theresa ``Terry'' Anne Gray died June 22, 1999, at her home in Yachats, Ore., after a brief battle with lung cancer. She was 51.
Fondly known as ``Nan'' by her grandchildren, she lived in Juneau between 1980 and 1991.
She was born April 30, 1948, in California and graduated from Dufur Oregon High in 1966. She moved to Juneau with her family in 1980 from Ione, Ore., and she started a home day care. She also worked at Lyle's Hardware in the Valley and at Western Auto.
The family returned to Oregon and settled on the central coast in Yachats in 1991. For the past three years Gray owned the Maid To Order cleaning service.
She is survived by her husband Wayne Gray of Yachats, daughter Dawn (Jim) Skrznski and grandchildren Aszli and Dylan, all of Douglas, her mother Betty King, sisters Jeannie Marshall, Norma Rogers and Charlene King, and brothers Philip and Frank King, all of Oregon.
In lieu of flowers, her family suggests donations to the Juneau Family Birth Center, 3225 Hospital Dr., Suite 106, Juneau, 99801, where she had been planning to attend the upcoming birth of her third grandchild.
At her request, no services will be held. A celebration of her life will take place in Oregon in mid-July.
Wayne Gray can be contacted at P.O. Box 652, Waldport, OR, 97394.
Joan Edna Never Gasparek
Longtime Juneau resident Joan Edna Never Gasparek died Nov. 29, 1998, at home in Juneau with her family, after an extended battle with a brain tumor.
A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church, 2500 Sunset Drive. After cremation, her remains will be interred at the Shrine of Saint Therese Columbarium.
She was born Feb. 9, 1938, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Alma and William Never. She graduated from North Division High School and received her licensed practical nurse certificate from the Milwaukee Institute of Technology, where she met her husband, Charles.
They were married in 1961, in Milwaukee and pursued their respective careers while starting a family. In 1965 the family moved to Juneau when Charles took a job with the Alaska Highway Department.
She continued her nursing career at Bartlett Hospital working full or part time until 1984 while raising their four children, Laurie, William (Bill), John and Julia.
In addition to spending time with her children and their friends, she enjoyed her garden, playing Nintendo, making crafts, walking Juneau trails, watching her children and grandchildren play sports, fishing, golfing, boating, sightseeing, and facilitating.
Over the years, she served on the board of the Gastineau Channel Little League, and was an election precinct chairman. She was very active in Faith Lutheran Church, where she served as a trustee, was active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, sang in the choir, helped with youth and was instrumental in starting the Vacation Bible School program.
She was also involved with the Glacier Volunteer Fire Department's annual children's Christmas parties. Friends remember her for always ``having the coffee pot on,'' and she would drop almost anything to sit and chat, sometimes into the wee hours.
Beginning June of 1996, she and her husband were caretakers at the Shrine of Saint Therese. Her loving care of the Shrine is evident, and her family writes that she was grateful that in the last year of her life she was surrounded by a beautiful place that provided her ``a view to die for.'' Those who knew her will miss her sense of humor, great wit and love for all.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Charles; their children, Laurie Logsdon, William, John and Julia Gasparek; son-in-law John Logsdon and daughters-in-law Luanne Power Gasparek and Michelle Russ Gasparek; grandchildren Jason Robert Lindley, Ty Richard, Kelsi Jo and Camille Joan Gasparek, all of Juneau. She is also survived by her brother, Ralph Never, and his wife, Gail; her nieces, Cindy and Cori, and their families, all in Port Washington, Wis.; plus numerous cousins and in-laws.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mal Linthwaite, Jay Davis, Schuyler Stevens, Bill Brown, Mal Menzies, Carl Mielke, Thomas Fitterer, Stan Miller and Jason Lindley. She and her family requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Hospice of Juneau, 3200 Hospital Drive, Juneau, 99801; Bartlett House, c/o Bartlett Regional Hospital, 3260 Hospital Drive, Juneau, 99801; or the Shrine of Saint Therese, in care of Thomas Fitterer, 5933 Lund Street, 99801.
Thomas L. Bearden
Juneau resident Thomas L. Bearden, 56, died in Seattle Dec. 1, 1998. Services will be Saturday in Seattle, arranged by Yarington Funeral Home.
