CONDOLENCES

The CIRI Board of Directors and staff extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following who have passed away:

Vivian L. M. Cole, 52
Vivian L. M. Cole died Feb. 16, 2002, at the Central Peninsula General Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska. Ms. Cole was born July 26, 1949, in Bethel, Alaska. She is survived by her sons, Robert B. Cole, Jr. and David R. Cole, and her sister, Marla J. Gregory.

Ronald Eric Harrison, 38
Ronald E. Harrison died in Oakland, Calif. Mr. Harrison was born in San Francisco, Calif., in 1963. He is survived by his sisters, Eleanor Kaye and Marilyn Joslyn.

Shelley D. Kupihe, 44
Shelley D. Kupihe died April 19, 2002, at home in Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Kupihe was born Dec. 9, 1957, in Anchorage, Alaska. She is survived by her sons, Micah and Samuel Kupihe; stepmother, Millie Boster; father, George Boster; grandmother, Mattie Bodfish; sisters, June Childress and Cynthia Bean; and brothers, Gordy and Lindsay Boster, and Randy Osborn.

Eva Rose Ann Samson, 57
Eva R. A. Samson died Jan. 15, 2002, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Samson was born July 26, 1944, in Crooked Creek, Alaska. She is survived by her daughter, Rayna Neumiller-Carson; son, B. J. Neumiller; mother, Theresa Parent; sisters, Mary Seay, Lorrain John, and Evelyn Thomas; and brother, Tom Parent.

Nathan O. Smith, 81
Nathan O. Smith died April 5, 2002, at home in Palmer, Alaska. Mr. Smith was born in Palmer, Alaska. He is survived by his daughter, Vicki L. Pedersen, and grandson, Kevin S. Koslosky.

Hayward John Wik, Sr., 60
Hayward J. Wik, Sr. died Jan. 29, 2002, in Nikiski, Alaska. Mr. Wik was born March 5, 1941, in Kenai, Alaska. He is survived by his spouse, Dolores Wik; son, Hayward Wik, Jr.; son and daughter-in-law, Gus and Colleen Wik; and six grandchildren.

Condolences
Etta K. Barnes, 46
Lewis Arnold Tellman, 40
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