CONDOLENCES

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

Fred H. Bahr Sr., 55
Fred H. Bahr Sr., died March 21, 2002, in Ninilchik, Alaska. Mr. Bahr was born Sept. 24, 1946, in Nome, Alaska. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Sampson Bahr, and sons, Fred Bahr Jr. and Thomas Wayne Sampson.

Bern Roberta Canon Poggas, 60
Bern Roberta Canon Poggas died April 10, 2002, at home in Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Poggas was born April 5, 1942, in Nome, Alaska. She is survived by her sister, Josephine Thomas; brother, Mike Canon; sister-in-law, Georgia M. Bass; and brother-in-law, Robert A. Poggas.

Helga Naomi Schrammeck, 49
Helga N. Schrammeck died May 2, 2002, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. She was born Aug. 2, 1952, at the Shaktoolik River Fish Camp in northwest Alaska. She is survived by her son, Dennis Katchatag; mother, Mary Katchatag; father, Clarence Katchatag, Sr.; sisters, Helen Katchatag, Colleen Rock, and Charlotte Sookiayak; and brothers, Monroe Eakon, Van Katchatag, Timothy Katchatag, Clarence Katchatag, Jr., and Albert Katchatag.

Judith Ann Tanzer, 63
Judith A. Tanzer died May 3, 2002, at home in Seattle, Wash. Ms. Tanzer was born April 21, 1939, in Seward, Alaska. She is survived by her sister, Delores Powell; brother, Lloyd Tanzer, and nephew, LeRoy Tanzer.

Elizabeth Margaret Taylor, 90
Elizabeth Margaret Taylor died May 22, 2002, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Taylor was born May 18, 1912, in Nome, Alaska. She is survived by her daughter, Marion Nickerson; son, Kenneth Bahr; son and daughter-in-law, Harold and Maria Bahr; son and daughter-in-law, George and Nathalia Bahr; and her grandchildren, Mariann Flowers, Marjorie Bahr, Shelly Peterson, Teresa Peterson, Raymond Bahr, George Bahr, Bobby Nickerson, Max Nickerson, Chuck Nickerson, Steven Nickerson, and Robert Bahr.

Obituary Guidelines
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