FAMILY FUN – Crystal Johns holds her son Zayne , 2, as she follows her son Ezekiel, 4, up an inflatable slide Saturday at Xoots Elementary School during the annual Spring Carnival. The event included games, prizes, cotton candy, and karaoke. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Alice Mork
Alice Mork, a Pelican resident for much of her life, “left this earth on Feb. 19, to join hands once again with her husband, Bill,” at age 89.
At her request, no memorial service will be held.
Although she never found a birth certificate to prove her place of birth, Alice most likely was born on March 7, 1922, to Bessie (Smith) and Thomas Kalamaras (shortened to Kalley) in either Michigan or Pennsylvania.
She attended schools in Pennsylvania, Idaho and Washington before moving to Pelican, where her mother was working as a nurse. In her 20s, she also lived briefly in Juneau, Skagway, Wrangell and Sitka – mainly doing waitress work – before returning to Pelican.
In the 1940s she married Bill Edgecomb, and they had one daughter. They were divorced, and she later married Bill Mork.
She and Bill acquired and lived on land at Sunnyside on Lisianski Inlet for a number of years before moving into Pelican. In the early 1970s they bought a home there, and stayed until moving to the Sitka Pioneers Home in 2008.
In Pelican, Alice worked at various jobs, including as city clerk and for many years as a bookkeeper for Pelican Cold Storage, retiring in 1988.
Alice took her retirement very seriously, and used the time reading books, knitting socks for family members and friends, and making homemade bread, pies, cookies and cakes for Bill.
Her husband, companion of more than 60 years, pre-deceased her.
She is survived by her daughter Alice Wolcott and her husband Jon; sister-in-law Marie Laws; brother-in-law Howard Ulrich;and sister-in-law Edie Mork, all of Sitka; brother-in-law Elmer and his wife Pat of Wrangell; and many nieces and nephews.
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April 2004
Photo caption: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with students in Karoline Bekeris’ fourth-grade class Thursday at the Westmark Shee Atika. From left are Murkowski, Kelsey Boussom, Laura Quinn and Memito Diaz.
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April 1974
A medley of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar” will highlight the morning worship service on Palm Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Musicians will be Paige Garwood and Karl Hartman on guitars; Dan Goodness on organ; and Gayle Erickson on drums.
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