Gloria Jean Anaruk, 50
Gloria Jean Anaruk died June 18, 2002, at home in Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Anaruk was born Sept. 5, 1951, in Bethel, Alaska. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Trina Anaruk and Reuben Llanes; son, Gabriel William Chaney; mother, Ella Anaruk; sisters and brothers-in-law, Janice and Bobby Kallander; Maxine and Harvey Beltz; Michelle and Fred Bacon; and Eleanor and Tony Piggott; brothers, Bruce, Dennis, Max and Gabriel Anaruk; brother and sister-in-law, Claude and Donna Anaruk, and her grandchildren, Brice, Bradley, Christopher, and Thomas Llanes.

Jennie L. Brewer, 34
Jennie L. Brewer died May 26, 2002, at home in Anchorage. Ms. Brewer was born Nov. 23, 1967. She is survived by her daughter, Tia Brewer; mother, Mary Brewer; and sister, Brenda Baehm.

Danielle Rae Carpenter, 29
Danielle Rae Carpenter died June 4, 2002, at home in Anchorage. Ms. Carpenter was born May 6, 1973. She is survived by her son, Brandin Carpenter; father, Michael Carpenter; paternal grandmother, Winifred Carpenter; maternal grandfather, Ray Murphy; godmother and aunt, Mary Ellen (M.E.) Perrizo; aunts, Virginia Hunter and Hazel Felton, as well as numerous uncles and aunts.

Stephanie (aka Steponeda) Mae Dakutak, 66
Stephanie Mae Dakutak died June 17, 2002, at the Hospice of Boulder County in Lafayette, Colo. Ms. Dakutak was born Nov. 6, 1935, in Egegik, Alaska. She is survived by her daughters, Suzanne Zellner and Dollia Mickler; sons, John and David Sappington; sister, Mary Homuth and brothers, John, Emil, and Daniel Dakutak.

Paul E. Johns, Jr., 71
Paul E. Johns, Jr., died June 7, 2002, at the Panorama City Convalescent Home in Lacey, Wash. Mr. Johns was born Oct. 4, 1930, in Juneau, Alaska. He is survived by his cousin, Vi Cote; nephew, Henry James; and niece, Robin Bustamante.

Minnie Ann (aka Anne) Komakhuk, 61
Minnie Anne Komakhuk died June 14, 2002, at home in Anchorage. Ms. Komakhuk was born Aug. 30, 1940, in Solomon, Alaska. She is survived by her daughter, Starlette Komakhuk; sons Douglas, Roy and Samuel Komakhuk; daughter-in-law, Trudi Komakhuk; grand-children, Kristel, Tanya, David and Daneille Komakhuk; and her great-grandson, Alexander Stiles.

Patricia Dorothy Mita, 82
Patricia Dorothy Mita died May 23, 2002, at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill. Ms. Mita was born July 20, 1919, in Seattle, Wash. She is survived by her husband, Thomas O. Mita; daughters, Jeanne Mita Steffener and Nora Mita Tanaka; and sons, Robert T. Mita and Gerald P. Mita.

Carol Sue Ness, 43
Carol Sue Ness died July 10, 2002, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Ms. Ness was born March 15, 1959, in Anchorage. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Michael Valdez; son, Cory Ness; grandson, Nathan Valdez; father, Bobbie Call; sisters, Debra Call; Sharon Padilla and Delia Call; niece, Sarah Dallas; nephew, Ryan Gump; and former husband, William Ness.

Margaret C. Rucker, 73
Margaret C. Rucker died May 16, 2002, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Ms. Rucker was born March 20, 1929, in Ninilchik, Alaska. She is survived by her daughters, Vonnie Fry and Jennifer McGrady, and sons, Christopher Rucker and Russell Rucker.

Abe Simmonds, Jr., 68
Abe Simmonds, Jr., died March 2, 2001, at home in Nuiqsut, Alaska. Mr. Simmonds was born in Barrow, Alaska. He is survived by his wife, Lena K. Simmonds; daughters, Carolyn Ahkiviana, Flossie Mongoyak, Rosie Simmonds, Olivia Cabinboy, Eileen Simmmonds, Della Ames, Harriet Simmonds and Janet Simmonds; and sons, John P. Simmonds; Foster Simmonds, Sr.; and Ronald Simmonds.

Sam Theodore, 57
Sam Theodore, died June 5, 2002, at home in Wasilla, Alaska. Mr. Theodore was born Oct. 8, 1944, in Knik, Alaska. He is survived by his sisters, Rosie Choquette; Patsy Garcia and Martha Stephan; and brothers, Art, Paul, Ronnie, Raymond, Randolph and Larry Theodore.

Christine Polakeea Wassom, 78
Christine P. Wassom, died May 25, 2002, in Seward, Alaska. Ms. Wassom was born Oct. 22, 1923, in Bear River-Port Moller, Alaska. Ms. Wassom is survived by her daughters, Marie C. King and Alberta A. Zaremba; and her son, Henry A. "Hank" Abrahamsen.

Condolences
Ann Nuvakyuak Baldwin, 75
Benjamin Pierre Lindgren, Jr., 55
Lynn D. Petersen, 67
Dora Mae Rivera, 45
Clara Augustine Taylor, 59

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