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Anna Mae Abbott Dies; Former Resident was 90
Anna Mae Abbott
Anna Mae Abbott, 90, died on Sunday, September 23, 2018, at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
She was born in Sitka August 12, 1928, to Boris Kostrometinoff and Elise Peck. Anna grew up in the Cottages in Sitka and was raised by her grandparents, George and Louise Hobson.
Anna had nine children with Jess Bartolaba and lived on Japonski Island before moving to Juneau in the early 1970s. She married Charles Abbott Sr. on May 24, 1972.
Anna worked in the Governor’s Mansion for Gov. Jay Hammond, and she and Charlie spent many years working in Juneau Cold Storage, where they both retired.
She and Charlie sewed and beaded moccasins to give to family and friends and to sell in tourist shops in Juneau.
Anna spent every summer in Klukwan with Charlie and family putting up fish. Many family members traveled from all over the state and country to learn from them how to smoke fish. Many of her favorite stories involved summers spent in Klukwan or spring time getting hooligan in Haines.
They were regulars at Juneau Bingo halls until Charlie passed in 2006. Anna returned back to Sitka in 2017 to be cared for by her family, and she was surrounded by family in the last days of her life.
Anna was preceded in death by her first husband Jess Bartolaba, her second husband Charles Abbott Sr., daughters Linda Concepcion and Evelyn Lauzurique, and her son Danny Bartolaba.
She is survived by her six children, Gene Bartolaba of Sitka, Loreta Sherlock of Sekiu, Washington, Nenita Wilson of Nondalton, Miguela Everhart of Anchorage, Connie Conners of Buckley, Washington, and Jess Bartolaba of Juneau; 20 grandchildren; and 32 great grandchildren.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
The 7th Annual Honoring Women dinner will feature Roberta Sue Kitka, ANS Camp 4; Rose MacIntyre, U.S. Coast Guard Spouses and Women’s Association; Christine McLeod Pate, SAFV; Marta Ryman, Soroptimists; and Mary Sarvela (in memoriam), Sitka Woman’s Club.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Eighth-graders Joanna Hearn and Gwen Marshall and sixth-graders Annabelle Korthals, Jennifer Lewis and Marianne Mulder have straight A’s (4.00) for the third quarter at Blatchley Junior High.