Lifelong Alaskan Lewis Patrick Brooks, 57, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 8, 2010, at Wildflower Court in Juneau. Family and friends were at his side through his last days.
Lewis was born March 17, 1952, in Fairbanks, and moved with his parents to Juneau when he was 6 years old. He was a 1970 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, James W. Brooks (a pioneering Alaska wildlife biologist) and Bertha Schaeffer Brooks. Of Inupiaq descent, Lewis was given the name of his Inupiaq grandmother, Saqulun.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the early 1970s, then returned to school in the late 1980s, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration and law from the University of Alaska Southeast in 1996.
Lewis worked in many positions throughout Alaska: as an apprentice electrician in Anchorage and on the trans-Alaska pipeline, and as a building maintenance worker in Kotzebue, where he also lived for a time in the wilderness working a trapline. After graduating from UAS, he worked with Goldbelt Inc. and the State of Alaska Division of Insurance until his retirement in 2007.
Lewis was a competitive bicyclist and tennis player, and was a volunteer with the Juneau Tennis Association and the JDHS tennis team. He is remembered by his friends as an exceptional hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. Once, when hunting for caribou miles from Kotzebue, he downed a charging grizzly bear with a single shot when it was just a second or two from reaching him.
Lewis' family and friends also appreciated his quick intelligence, wicked good sense of humor and companionship.
After being diagnosed with cancer in January 2008, he chose to forgo treatment and make the most of the time he had left. A sports car and motorcycle enthusiast, Lewis bought two mega-horsepower motorcycles and two Corvettes, which he used in Juneau and the Lower 48 until his health began to seriously decline in September 2009.
He is survived by his longtime friend and end-of-life caregiver, Georgia Sepel; cousin, Peter Schaeffer and his wife Polly, also caregivers; his stepsister, Dr. Beatrice Brooks and her husband Joe Lilly; his adopted granddaughter, Kara Sepel; many cousins in Kotzebue as well as in Michigan and Los Angeles; and his many friends.
His remains will be buried near Kotzebue next to the graves of his parents. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or phone 907-586-1166.
Published in adn.com from January 13 to January 15, 2010
Lewis was born March 17, 1952, in Fairbanks, and moved with his parents to Juneau when he was 6 years old. He was a 1970 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, James W. Brooks (a pioneering Alaska wildlife biologist) and Bertha Schaeffer Brooks. Of Inupiaq descent, Lewis was given the name of his Inupiaq grandmother, Saqulun.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the early 1970s, then returned to school in the late 1980s, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration and law from the University of Alaska Southeast in 1996.
Lewis worked in many positions throughout Alaska: as an apprentice electrician in Anchorage and on the trans-Alaska pipeline, and as a building maintenance worker in Kotzebue, where he also lived for a time in the wilderness working a trapline. After graduating from UAS, he worked with Goldbelt Inc. and the State of Alaska Division of Insurance until his retirement in 2007.
Lewis was a competitive bicyclist and tennis player, and was a volunteer with the Juneau Tennis Association and the JDHS tennis team. He is remembered by his friends as an exceptional hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. Once, when hunting for caribou miles from Kotzebue, he downed a charging grizzly bear with a single shot when it was just a second or two from reaching him.
Lewis' family and friends also appreciated his quick intelligence, wicked good sense of humor and companionship.
After being diagnosed with cancer in January 2008, he chose to forgo treatment and make the most of the time he had left. A sports car and motorcycle enthusiast, Lewis bought two mega-horsepower motorcycles and two Corvettes, which he used in Juneau and the Lower 48 until his health began to seriously decline in September 2009.
He is survived by his longtime friend and end-of-life caregiver, Georgia Sepel; cousin, Peter Schaeffer and his wife Polly, also caregivers; his stepsister, Dr. Beatrice Brooks and her husband Joe Lilly; his adopted granddaughter, Kara Sepel; many cousins in Kotzebue as well as in Michigan and Los Angeles; and his many friends.
His remains will be buried near Kotzebue next to the graves of his parents. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or phone 907-586-1166.
Published in adn.com from January 13 to January 15, 2010
Lifelong Alaskan Lewis Patrick Brooks, 57, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 8, 2010, at Wildflower Court in Juneau. Family and friends were at his side through his last days.
Lewis was born March 17, 1952, in Fairbanks, and moved with his parents to Juneau when he was 6 years old. He was a 1970 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, James W. Brooks (a pioneering Alaska wildlife biologist) and Bertha Schaeffer Brooks. Of Inupiaq descent, Lewis was given the name of his Inupiaq grandmother, Saqulun.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the early 1970s, then returned to school in the late 1980s, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration and law from the University of Alaska Southeast in 1996.
Lewis worked in many positions throughout Alaska: as an apprentice electrician in Anchorage and on the trans-Alaska pipeline, and as a building maintenance worker in Kotzebue, where he also lived for a time in the wilderness working a trapline. After graduating from UAS, he worked with Goldbelt Inc. and the State of Alaska Division of Insurance until his retirement in 2007.
Lewis was a competitive bicyclist and tennis player, and was a volunteer with the Juneau Tennis Association and the JDHS tennis team. He is remembered by his friends as an exceptional hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. Once, when hunting for caribou miles from Kotzebue, he downed a charging grizzly bear with a single shot when it was just a second or two from reaching him.
Lewis' family and friends also appreciated his quick intelligence, wicked good sense of humor and companionship.
After being diagnosed with cancer in January 2008, he chose to forgo treatment and make the most of the time he had left. A sports car and motorcycle enthusiast, Lewis bought two mega-horsepower motorcycles and two Corvettes, which he used in Juneau and the Lower 48 until his health began to seriously decline in September 2009.
He is survived by his longtime friend and end-of-life caregiver, Georgia Sepel; cousin, Peter Schaeffer and his wife Polly, also caregivers; his stepsister, Dr. Beatrice Brooks and her husband Joe Lilly; his adopted granddaughter, Kara Sepel; many cousins in Kotzebue as well as in Michigan and Los Angeles; and his many friends.
His remains will be buried near Kotzebue next to the graves of his parents. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or phone 907-586-1166.
Published in adn.com from January 13 to January 15, 2010
Lewis was born March 17, 1952, in Fairbanks, and moved with his parents to Juneau when he was 6 years old. He was a 1970 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, James W. Brooks (a pioneering Alaska wildlife biologist) and Bertha Schaeffer Brooks. Of Inupiaq descent, Lewis was given the name of his Inupiaq grandmother, Saqulun.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the early 1970s, then returned to school in the late 1980s, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration and law from the University of Alaska Southeast in 1996.
Lewis worked in many positions throughout Alaska: as an apprentice electrician in Anchorage and on the trans-Alaska pipeline, and as a building maintenance worker in Kotzebue, where he also lived for a time in the wilderness working a trapline. After graduating from UAS, he worked with Goldbelt Inc. and the State of Alaska Division of Insurance until his retirement in 2007.
Lewis was a competitive bicyclist and tennis player, and was a volunteer with the Juneau Tennis Association and the JDHS tennis team. He is remembered by his friends as an exceptional hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. Once, when hunting for caribou miles from Kotzebue, he downed a charging grizzly bear with a single shot when it was just a second or two from reaching him.
Lewis' family and friends also appreciated his quick intelligence, wicked good sense of humor and companionship.
After being diagnosed with cancer in January 2008, he chose to forgo treatment and make the most of the time he had left. A sports car and motorcycle enthusiast, Lewis bought two mega-horsepower motorcycles and two Corvettes, which he used in Juneau and the Lower 48 until his health began to seriously decline in September 2009.
He is survived by his longtime friend and end-of-life caregiver, Georgia Sepel; cousin, Peter Schaeffer and his wife Polly, also caregivers; his stepsister, Dr. Beatrice Brooks and her husband Joe Lilly; his adopted granddaughter, Kara Sepel; many cousins in Kotzebue as well as in Michigan and Los Angeles; and his many friends.
His remains will be buried near Kotzebue next to the graves of his parents. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or phone 907-586-1166.
Published in adn.com from January 13 to January 15, 2010
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