Dorothy Wanamaker Wallace, whose Tlingit name was Natstklaa of the Kaagwaaantaan clan, died April 2, 2006, surrounded by family and friends at her north Douglas home. She died three weeks after suffering a stroke.
Wallace was born in the Chichagof Island community of Chatham on July 27, 1916, the daughter of William and Margaret Wanamaker. She was baptized at St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka and moved to Juneau in 1926, when her father got a job working at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine.
She married William Leslie Jack in 1936. After his death, she married Amos Louis Wallace, a master carver and fisherman.
She started to raise her family in Juneau during the Great Depression. During World War II, her volunteer homefront job was making bandages for the Red Cross. She was a fish processor at Hawk and Excursion inlets for more than 20 years. She also worked at the Purity bakery and was a housekeeper at the Governor's Mansion for Gov. William Egan. Her main job, however, was being a housewife as she raised her 12 children.
She earned her General Educational Development diploma in the early 1980s. She was named to the Juneau GED Hall of Fame for her work in adult education and recruitment of students into the program.
She was a lifelong member of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, where she dedicated her life to the advancement of Alaska Native rights. Her last elected position was as camp mother in November 2004.
She was active in the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, and served on the church council and the restoration committee. She also was renowned for the quality of her Easter bread and her beadwork.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; her sister, Phyllis Varrelman; brothers, William and Matthew Wanamaker; her daughters, Lois Hoover, Kathleen Boone and Merle Ross; and her infant children, Sonja Wallace, Lawrence William Jack and Lois Laraine Jack.
She is survived by her sisters, Eunice Akagi of Juneau and Katherine Goade of Seattle; daughters, Beverly Brisco of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Marjorie Peters of Anchorage; sons, Kenny Jack of Cordova, Roger Jack of Edmonds, Wash., Daryle Jack of Juneau and Brian Wallace of Juneau; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers are Kenny Perkins, John Wilson, Brandon Dixson-Jack, Dean George, Andy Ebona and Michael Ross. The honorary pallbearers are Wells Gabier, Sam Wanamaker, Roger Jack, Daryle Jack, David Goade, Alan Munro, Ray Wilson, Frank Peters and Al McKinley.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2 memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 7, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, and the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.
Memorial contributions can be sent to: Brian Wallace, PO Box 020478, Juneau, AK 99802-0478.
Juneau Empire(AK)
April 5, 2006
Wallace was born in the Chichagof Island community of Chatham on July 27, 1916, the daughter of William and Margaret Wanamaker. She was baptized at St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka and moved to Juneau in 1926, when her father got a job working at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine.
She married William Leslie Jack in 1936. After his death, she married Amos Louis Wallace, a master carver and fisherman.
She started to raise her family in Juneau during the Great Depression. During World War II, her volunteer homefront job was making bandages for the Red Cross. She was a fish processor at Hawk and Excursion inlets for more than 20 years. She also worked at the Purity bakery and was a housekeeper at the Governor's Mansion for Gov. William Egan. Her main job, however, was being a housewife as she raised her 12 children.
She earned her General Educational Development diploma in the early 1980s. She was named to the Juneau GED Hall of Fame for her work in adult education and recruitment of students into the program.
She was a lifelong member of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, where she dedicated her life to the advancement of Alaska Native rights. Her last elected position was as camp mother in November 2004.
She was active in the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, and served on the church council and the restoration committee. She also was renowned for the quality of her Easter bread and her beadwork.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; her sister, Phyllis Varrelman; brothers, William and Matthew Wanamaker; her daughters, Lois Hoover, Kathleen Boone and Merle Ross; and her infant children, Sonja Wallace, Lawrence William Jack and Lois Laraine Jack.
She is survived by her sisters, Eunice Akagi of Juneau and Katherine Goade of Seattle; daughters, Beverly Brisco of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Marjorie Peters of Anchorage; sons, Kenny Jack of Cordova, Roger Jack of Edmonds, Wash., Daryle Jack of Juneau and Brian Wallace of Juneau; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers are Kenny Perkins, John Wilson, Brandon Dixson-Jack, Dean George, Andy Ebona and Michael Ross. The honorary pallbearers are Wells Gabier, Sam Wanamaker, Roger Jack, Daryle Jack, David Goade, Alan Munro, Ray Wilson, Frank Peters and Al McKinley.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2 memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 7, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, and the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.
Memorial contributions can be sent to: Brian Wallace, PO Box 020478, Juneau, AK 99802-0478.
Juneau Empire(AK)
April 5, 2006
Dorothy Wanamaker Wallace, whose Tlingit name was Natstklaa of the Kaagwaaantaan clan, died April 2, 2006, surrounded by family and friends at her north Douglas home. She died three weeks after suffering a stroke.
Wallace was born in the Chichagof Island community of Chatham on July 27, 1916, the daughter of William and Margaret Wanamaker. She was baptized at St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka and moved to Juneau in 1926, when her father got a job working at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine.
She married William Leslie Jack in 1936. After his death, she married Amos Louis Wallace, a master carver and fisherman.
She started to raise her family in Juneau during the Great Depression. During World War II, her volunteer homefront job was making bandages for the Red Cross. She was a fish processor at Hawk and Excursion inlets for more than 20 years. She also worked at the Purity bakery and was a housekeeper at the Governor's Mansion for Gov. William Egan. Her main job, however, was being a housewife as she raised her 12 children.
She earned her General Educational Development diploma in the early 1980s. She was named to the Juneau GED Hall of Fame for her work in adult education and recruitment of students into the program.
She was a lifelong member of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, where she dedicated her life to the advancement of Alaska Native rights. Her last elected position was as camp mother in November 2004.
She was active in the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, and served on the church council and the restoration committee. She also was renowned for the quality of her Easter bread and her beadwork.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; her sister, Phyllis Varrelman; brothers, William and Matthew Wanamaker; her daughters, Lois Hoover, Kathleen Boone and Merle Ross; and her infant children, Sonja Wallace, Lawrence William Jack and Lois Laraine Jack.
She is survived by her sisters, Eunice Akagi of Juneau and Katherine Goade of Seattle; daughters, Beverly Brisco of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Marjorie Peters of Anchorage; sons, Kenny Jack of Cordova, Roger Jack of Edmonds, Wash., Daryle Jack of Juneau and Brian Wallace of Juneau; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers are Kenny Perkins, John Wilson, Brandon Dixson-Jack, Dean George, Andy Ebona and Michael Ross. The honorary pallbearers are Wells Gabier, Sam Wanamaker, Roger Jack, Daryle Jack, David Goade, Alan Munro, Ray Wilson, Frank Peters and Al McKinley.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2 memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 7, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, and the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.
Memorial contributions can be sent to: Brian Wallace, PO Box 020478, Juneau, AK 99802-0478.
Juneau Empire(AK)
April 5, 2006
Wallace was born in the Chichagof Island community of Chatham on July 27, 1916, the daughter of William and Margaret Wanamaker. She was baptized at St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka and moved to Juneau in 1926, when her father got a job working at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine.
She married William Leslie Jack in 1936. After his death, she married Amos Louis Wallace, a master carver and fisherman.
She started to raise her family in Juneau during the Great Depression. During World War II, her volunteer homefront job was making bandages for the Red Cross. She was a fish processor at Hawk and Excursion inlets for more than 20 years. She also worked at the Purity bakery and was a housekeeper at the Governor's Mansion for Gov. William Egan. Her main job, however, was being a housewife as she raised her 12 children.
She earned her General Educational Development diploma in the early 1980s. She was named to the Juneau GED Hall of Fame for her work in adult education and recruitment of students into the program.
She was a lifelong member of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, where she dedicated her life to the advancement of Alaska Native rights. Her last elected position was as camp mother in November 2004.
She was active in the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, and served on the church council and the restoration committee. She also was renowned for the quality of her Easter bread and her beadwork.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; her sister, Phyllis Varrelman; brothers, William and Matthew Wanamaker; her daughters, Lois Hoover, Kathleen Boone and Merle Ross; and her infant children, Sonja Wallace, Lawrence William Jack and Lois Laraine Jack.
She is survived by her sisters, Eunice Akagi of Juneau and Katherine Goade of Seattle; daughters, Beverly Brisco of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Marjorie Peters of Anchorage; sons, Kenny Jack of Cordova, Roger Jack of Edmonds, Wash., Daryle Jack of Juneau and Brian Wallace of Juneau; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers are Kenny Perkins, John Wilson, Brandon Dixson-Jack, Dean George, Andy Ebona and Michael Ross. The honorary pallbearers are Wells Gabier, Sam Wanamaker, Roger Jack, Daryle Jack, David Goade, Alan Munro, Ray Wilson, Frank Peters and Al McKinley.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2 memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 7, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, and the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.
Memorial contributions can be sent to: Brian Wallace, PO Box 020478, Juneau, AK 99802-0478.
Juneau Empire(AK)
April 5, 2006
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