Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Wasilla, AK, Monday, June 21, 2004
Alaska pioneer and historian Mary E. Carey, 91, died suddenly June 18, 2004, at her lodge, Mary's McKinley View Lodge, which is located at Mile 134 Parks Hwy.
Visitation and viewing was from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Montana Creek Baptist Church, Mile 98 Parks Hwy., near Talkeetna.
Mrs. Carey was born April 1, 1913, in Chatsworth, Ga. She came to Alaska in 1962 and quickly fell in love with the state and its people. She had been scheduled to be the grand marshal of the Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival this July, an honor her family said pleased her very much.
Mrs. Carey was most famous for the 16 books she wrote about her adventures.
She homesteaded in what is now Denali State Park when it was 100 miles to the nearest road and lived in a tent while petitioning then-Gov. William Egan to put a highway from Anchorage to Fairbanks that would pass through the area she thought had the prettiest view of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
Seven years later the Parks Highway was finally completed, and Mrs. Carey opened a business on the side of the road, which her family still operates today. In her later years Mrs. Carey wrote a book, "My Three Lives in Headlines," which has been sold for a movie.
Her family said, "Mary loved greeting customers and sharing 'her mountain' with everyone. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends."
Mrs. Carey is survived by her daughter, Jean Carey Richardson, of Denali Park; three grandchildren and their spouses, Linda and Martin Williams of Titusville, Fla., Carol and Karl Knudson of Cypress, Texas, and Joe and Melissa Richardson of Denali Park; two great-grandsons, Shawn Williams of Denali Park and Taylor Knudson of Cypress, Texas; three great-great-grandchildren, Austin, Hailey and Trey Williams of Bay City, Texas and a multitude of extended family and friends.
Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory of Wasilla.
Alaska pioneer and historian Mary E. Carey, 91, died suddenly June 18, 2004, at her lodge, Mary's McKinley View Lodge, which is located at Mile 134 Parks Hwy.
Visitation and viewing was from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Montana Creek Baptist Church, Mile 98 Parks Hwy., near Talkeetna.
Mrs. Carey was born April 1, 1913, in Chatsworth, Ga. She came to Alaska in 1962 and quickly fell in love with the state and its people. She had been scheduled to be the grand marshal of the Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival this July, an honor her family said pleased her very much.
Mrs. Carey was most famous for the 16 books she wrote about her adventures.
She homesteaded in what is now Denali State Park when it was 100 miles to the nearest road and lived in a tent while petitioning then-Gov. William Egan to put a highway from Anchorage to Fairbanks that would pass through the area she thought had the prettiest view of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
Seven years later the Parks Highway was finally completed, and Mrs. Carey opened a business on the side of the road, which her family still operates today. In her later years Mrs. Carey wrote a book, "My Three Lives in Headlines," which has been sold for a movie.
Her family said, "Mary loved greeting customers and sharing 'her mountain' with everyone. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends."
Mrs. Carey is survived by her daughter, Jean Carey Richardson, of Denali Park; three grandchildren and their spouses, Linda and Martin Williams of Titusville, Fla., Carol and Karl Knudson of Cypress, Texas, and Joe and Melissa Richardson of Denali Park; two great-grandsons, Shawn Williams of Denali Park and Taylor Knudson of Cypress, Texas; three great-great-grandchildren, Austin, Hailey and Trey Williams of Bay City, Texas and a multitude of extended family and friends.
Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory of Wasilla.
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Wasilla, AK, Monday, June 21, 2004
Alaska pioneer and historian Mary E. Carey, 91, died suddenly June 18, 2004, at her lodge, Mary's McKinley View Lodge, which is located at Mile 134 Parks Hwy.
Visitation and viewing was from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Montana Creek Baptist Church, Mile 98 Parks Hwy., near Talkeetna.
Mrs. Carey was born April 1, 1913, in Chatsworth, Ga. She came to Alaska in 1962 and quickly fell in love with the state and its people. She had been scheduled to be the grand marshal of the Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival this July, an honor her family said pleased her very much.
Mrs. Carey was most famous for the 16 books she wrote about her adventures.
She homesteaded in what is now Denali State Park when it was 100 miles to the nearest road and lived in a tent while petitioning then-Gov. William Egan to put a highway from Anchorage to Fairbanks that would pass through the area she thought had the prettiest view of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
Seven years later the Parks Highway was finally completed, and Mrs. Carey opened a business on the side of the road, which her family still operates today. In her later years Mrs. Carey wrote a book, "My Three Lives in Headlines," which has been sold for a movie.
Her family said, "Mary loved greeting customers and sharing 'her mountain' with everyone. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends."
Mrs. Carey is survived by her daughter, Jean Carey Richardson, of Denali Park; three grandchildren and their spouses, Linda and Martin Williams of Titusville, Fla., Carol and Karl Knudson of Cypress, Texas, and Joe and Melissa Richardson of Denali Park; two great-grandsons, Shawn Williams of Denali Park and Taylor Knudson of Cypress, Texas; three great-great-grandchildren, Austin, Hailey and Trey Williams of Bay City, Texas and a multitude of extended family and friends.
Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory of Wasilla.
Alaska pioneer and historian Mary E. Carey, 91, died suddenly June 18, 2004, at her lodge, Mary's McKinley View Lodge, which is located at Mile 134 Parks Hwy.
Visitation and viewing was from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Valley Funeral Home in Wasilla. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Montana Creek Baptist Church, Mile 98 Parks Hwy., near Talkeetna.
Mrs. Carey was born April 1, 1913, in Chatsworth, Ga. She came to Alaska in 1962 and quickly fell in love with the state and its people. She had been scheduled to be the grand marshal of the Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival this July, an honor her family said pleased her very much.
Mrs. Carey was most famous for the 16 books she wrote about her adventures.
She homesteaded in what is now Denali State Park when it was 100 miles to the nearest road and lived in a tent while petitioning then-Gov. William Egan to put a highway from Anchorage to Fairbanks that would pass through the area she thought had the prettiest view of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
Seven years later the Parks Highway was finally completed, and Mrs. Carey opened a business on the side of the road, which her family still operates today. In her later years Mrs. Carey wrote a book, "My Three Lives in Headlines," which has been sold for a movie.
Her family said, "Mary loved greeting customers and sharing 'her mountain' with everyone. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends."
Mrs. Carey is survived by her daughter, Jean Carey Richardson, of Denali Park; three grandchildren and their spouses, Linda and Martin Williams of Titusville, Fla., Carol and Karl Knudson of Cypress, Texas, and Joe and Melissa Richardson of Denali Park; two great-grandsons, Shawn Williams of Denali Park and Taylor Knudson of Cypress, Texas; three great-great-grandchildren, Austin, Hailey and Trey Williams of Bay City, Texas and a multitude of extended family and friends.
Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home & Crematory of Wasilla.
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