Alaska School Yearbooks by County
Stella Mae Fullam
Stella Mae Fullam, long a well-loved and active member of the Juneau community, died March 8, 2011, at her home by Auke Lake. She was 69.
Grace Mary Louise (Sutherland) Guizio Chalcroft
Grace Mary Louise (Sutherland) Guizio Chalcroft was born March 7, 1930, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to John David and Katherine Sutherland. She was the eldest daughter of 13 children. She passed away March 5, 2011 at Wildflower Court in Juneau, two days shy of her 81st birthday.
Emmet Eugene Norton
Pioneer Alaskan Emmet Eugene "Norty" Norton, 84, died April 27, 2006, at Providence Alaska Medical Center after a brief illness.
He was born Dec. 21, 1921, in Eureka, Calif., to Clarence and Katie (Barron) Norton. He graduated from Tule Lake High School in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942, serving in the Aleutians and the Pacific, being honorably discharged in November 1945.
He and Elizabeth LaVigne were married in 1944. They had two sons.
He returned to Alaska in 1946, traveling steerage with Alaska Steamship Co. to Ketchikan and then on to Juneau. There he worked in logging and construction, starting his own logging company in 1953.
He and Frances Thompson were married in Seattle in 1963. They lived in Petersburg and at his logging camp in many locations in Tongass National Forest.
They remained in Southeast Alaska until 1969, when they moved to Anchorage. There they bought and operated the Party House Bar, until 1977. As a longtime member of Operating Engineers Local 302, he also worked construction throughout Alaska, on the pipeline and other projects, until retiring in 1986.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Moose, Elks, Masons and the Alaska Shrine.
Family members said, "Norty greatly enjoyed his retirement, gardening and fishing. He saw his purpose as seeing that his family, friends and neighbors had all the fish they wanted. He had many stories, and told them well."
Family members said he enjoyed good health until his death.
He won the 1951 Juneau Salmon Derby with a 56-pound king salmon.
He is survived by his wife, Fran; sons, Robert and Rex Norton; stepson, Paul Thompson; daughter-in-law, Mary Zacharias; sister, Ruby Gattis; grandchildren, Luke, Karen and Anthony Norton, and Jeffrey and Katherine Thompson; and many friends in Juneau and Petersburg.
Funeral arrangements are by Witzleben Family Funeral Home. There is no service planned, at his request.
Hanna 'Helea' Bergman
Hanna “Helea” Bergman died on March 5, 2011 in Juneau. She was 90 years old.
Carol Baham Mazzei
Juneau resident Carol Baham Mazzei, 66, died May 21, 2006, in Juneau.
She was born July 7, 1939, in Florence, Ala. An operating room technician, she was a resident of Juneau for 14 years.
She is survived by her husband, Dale Mazzei of Juneau; son, Sam Baham of Mississippi; daughter, Laura-Nell Wright of Mississippi; brother, Troy Wyers of Alabama; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m., June 4, at the Douglas Bible Church.
Raymond Paddock Sr.
Raymond Paddock Sr. was born on March 12, 1911, in Hoonah to William H. Paddock, an Irish man and Anna Tagcook Paddock, Ghajínt’, Lukaaxh.ádi Xhaak’w Hít from Yandeist’akhyé. He passed away March 3, 2011, just nine days prior to his 100th birthday. He was surrounded by his loving family at his home in Sitka where he witnessed a spectacular sunset over Mt. Edgecumbe the last evening of his life.
Macord Mason-Peter
Macord Mason-Peter died Feb. 24, 2011, surrounded by friends and family.
Duane Richard Haffner
Duane Richard Haffner died Feb. 23, 2011, at the Sitka Pioneer Home.
William 'Bill' Robert Weir
Longtime Juneau resident William "Bill" Robert Weir, 84, died in his sleep May 18, 2006, from complications of a stroke, initially occurring on Oct. 30, 2005.
He was born June 10, 1921, in Westwood, Calif., but grew up in Silver City, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada and later joined the U.S. Marines in August 1941. He spent the night of Dec. 7, 1941, in a foxhole on the beach in San Diego harbor due to the uncertainty after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Upon graduating from Sea School he was sent to Pearl Harbor, where he was assigned to the Marine Detachment, guarding Admiral Nimitz. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) in August 1943 and assigned to Berkeley, Calif. He completed two semesters, but in July 1944 he volunteered for combat duty as a forward observer for the artillery.
He trained at Pavuvu and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands before taking part in the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. He was discharged in November 1945 and - since his parents had died in a car accident in 1941 and his sister, Ethel, had moved to Juneau during the war - he came to visit Ethel that same month. He met Mary Lucille Goetz of Douglas and they were married on Nov. 7, 1946, and settled in Douglas. He and Lucille celebrated their 50th anniversary, but she passed away on Oct. 28, 1997.
According to family members, he enjoyed the outdoors - boating, fishing and hunting. Later, he enjoyed camping with his sons on weekends.
He retired from Wright & Hill Electrical, and took many road trips in Alaska and the Lower 48 with Lucille in their Scamp Trailer. They also took a vacation to Greece and Egypt.
Family members said, "Many people will miss seeing Bill driving around town with his green Mazda Miata, with the top down on good days."
He is survived by his five children, William (Judith) Weir of Chilkat Lake, Alaska, Kevin (James), Heather (Russ) George of Juneau, and Wendy (Richard) Schenker of Wasilla; grandchildren, April (Lawrence) Jackson, Joseph Lofstrom, William Schenker, Travis Schenker, Samuel Weir and Daniel Weir; five great-grandchildren; brother, Richard Decker of Utah; and several nieces and nephews.
A private memorial service is planned for the family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Hospice and Home Care of Juneau "for the tremendous service they provide."
