Rosalind “Rose” (Starr) Commodore

Rosalind “Rose” (Starr) Commodore died April 5, 2012. She was 68.

She belonged to the Wooshkeetaan (Eagle/Shark) clan of the Nu Hit in Angoon and attended elementary schools in Angoon and Juneau before attending high school in Seattle and Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka before going to Haskell University in Lawrence, Kan.

Ralph Kibby Sr.

Ralph Kibby Sr. died at his Douglas home March 12, 2012. He was 85.

He was born Dec. 9, 1926 in Silver City, Nev.

Kibby arrived in Juneau on a steamship in 1931 and spent his childhood and adult life in Douglas. He met his wife Vivian at Percy’s Café, where she was employed. Vivian and Ralph were married April 1, 1955, at the Methodist Church in Douglas.

Hesden Duane “Scoug” Scougal

Hesden Duane “Scoug” Scougal died Feb. 22, 2012. He was 90.

Scougal served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1940-42 before moving to Alaska in 1943. He married Roma Hulse in 1945 and they homesteaded in North Pole. He worked construction throughout Alaska, served as administrative director of the Department of Highways, Petersburg’s city manager and as both deputy and acting commissioner of the Department of Transportation. After retiring, he served on the Board of Transportation.

Patrick William Lloyd

Patrick William Lloyd died Feb. 3, 2012. He was 94.

Lloyd attended Ketchikan High School and the University of Washington. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II as a petty officer in charge of patrol boats in the Alaska sector.