BIG RIGS – Max Bennett, 2, checks out the steering on a steamroller during the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds of kids and parents braved the wet weather to check out the assortment of machines, including road building trucks, a U.S. Coast Guard ANT boat, police cars and fire department rigs. Kids were able to ride as passengers on ATVs. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Mary Stitz
Mary Stitz, 85, died peacefully Dec. 14, 2012, at Sitka Community Hospital. Both of her daughters had been by her side, and despite all she was going through she still managed a few smiles.
She was born Dec. 25, 1926, to Anastasia and John Miskew in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. She was raised on a farm with seven brothers and sisters in a Ukrainian community; both of her parents were from the Ukraine.
On Oct. 31,1952, she married the love of her life, Edwin Sinclair Stitz. They and their two daughters, Sharon and Jackie, came to Sitka in May of 1964, when Ed was transferred to Alaska by the U.S. Coast Guard. In addition to raising their two children she worked at the Sitka Pioneers Home kitchen until she retired.
Mary was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church where she was an altar guild member for many years. Mary loved God, church, family, her friends and her daughters’ dogs that she referred to as her grandchildren. Mary thoroughly enjoyed her word puzzles and playing cards with her best friend Irene Pearson. She was very competitive in a good game of Skippo!
“Mary never gave up, she always stood tall. She will be truly missed. We know she is in a better place out of the pain and into God’s grace. God saw her getting tired and a cure was not to be so he put His arms around her and whispered ‘Come to me,”’ her family wrote.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ed and all siblings except one sister, Nattie of Canada
She is survived by her daughters, Sharon Stitz of Sitka, daughter Jacki Pearson of Juneau, and son-in-law Larry Pearson of Juneau whom she adored! He did no wrong in her eyes and even though he liked to tease her, she would get the last laugh.
Mary loved her daughters. “She was an awesome mom!” her daughters said. “Our Mom was always one of our biggest supporters and the wisdom she has given us over the years has helped shape the people we are today. We will not forget our mother, she was our bridge. Our mom is a never-ending song in our heart of comfort, happiness and being. We may sometimes forget the words but we will always remember the tune.”
Mary had been in the Sitka Pioneers Home since last June. The family thanked all of those who cared for her during her last illness.
Mary led a simple life and will be remembered with a memorial service 10 a.m. on Wednesday Dec. 19 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 611 Lincoln St. Sitka.
The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made in her memory to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Responding to the requests of athletes, coaches and parents, the Sitka School Board voted unanimously Monday against a proposal that would have changed Sitka High School’s classification from Class 4A, which includes Juneau and Ketchikan, to the 3A, which has schools with enrollment of 100 to 400 students.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Memories of Sitka’s first radio station have been revived by a St. Louis, Mo., man who was one of the founders. Fred A. Wiethuchter recently wrote a letter to “Mayor Sitka, Alaska” asking about the town since he was here during World War II. He was an Army private at Fort Ray when he was attached to Armed Services Radio Station KRAY and WVCX ....
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