RESTORATION WORK – Father Herman Belt keeps an eye on Lincoln Street traffic this morning as workers use a Snorkel Lift to pull rotten pieces of trim from the facade of St. Michael’s Cathedral. Several pieces recently had fallen off the cathedral, which dates to 1976, causing concerns about other pieces possibly falling off and hitting pedestrians. Belt says the plan is to fabricate new wooden trim and properly flash it. East bound traffic was diverted up American Street during today’s work. Contractors may close the street again Wednesday morning. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Michael Hornaman Sr., Longtime Sitkan, Dies
Michael R. Hornaman Sr.
Michael R. Hornaman Sr., a longtime resident, died October 16, 2019, in Sitka surrounded by family members. He was 83.
Mike was born December 25, 1935, in Seattle, Washington, to Melvin R. and Thelma (Drange) Cook. He spent his early years in Everett, Washington. When he was 9, he and his mother moved to Kansas City, Missouri, then Leawood, Kansas. He attended Coronth Grade School, then graduated from Shawnee Mission High School.
While in Kansas he met Barbara Stumpff. They were married July 12, 1958, in Everett, and in Jan. 1960, Mike moved to Sitka to work at Alaska Lumber & Pulp. Barbara followed a month later.
A year later they were blessed with a son, Michael Jr., and three years later they were blessed with another son, Matthew. While they were still young, Mike began teaching his sons his real love – fishing. Eventually. he bought his first troller, the CinDee, and in 1997 he bought the Tianna and fished her until he retired.
Mike was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, beloved grandmother Helen (Mikelborg) and Olaf Drange; his parents, Melvin Cook and Thelma (Drange) Johnson; stepfather Fred E.J. Hornaman, and uncle Ed Drange.
Survivors are his wife Barbara; sons Michael Jr. (Karen) and Matthew Sr., and grandsons Matthew Jr., Trevor and Logan, all of Sitka.
Also surviving are his sister, Jane (Hornaman) Sturgess of Florida; cousin Joan Benson of Freeland, Washington; friend “Tersea”; two dear friends from high school, John Yeasel and Miles Oatman; and many cousins and fishing buddies.
Mike loved animals and always had a pocketful of treats. Over the years he shared his house with many felines, including Azure, whom he leaves behind.
The family is planning a celebration of life in the spring.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Photo caption: Sitka High students in the guitar music class gather in the hall before the school’s spring concert. The concert was dedicated to music instructor Brad Howey, who taught more than 1,000 Sitka High students from 1993 to 2004. From left are Kristina Bidwell, Rachel Ulrich, Mitch Rusk, Nicholas Mitchell, Eris Weis and Joey Metz.
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April 1974
The Fair Deal Association of Sealaska shareholders selected Nelson Frank as their candidate for the Sealaska Board of Directors at the ANB Hall Thursday.