TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Wayne Westover
Wayne Westover, a longtime Sitka resident, died peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 13, 2013, at the age of 84.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, followed by a reception at the Elks Lodge.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Sitka National Cemetery.
Wayne was born in Clagstone, Idaho, June 27, 1928. The family moved to Port Alexander, where Wayne spent part of his childhood, and then came to Sitka. He graduated from Sitka High School in 1946.
An interesting sidenote is that Wayne’s father was maintenance and caretaker of the Castle Hill building, where the family lived.
Wayne, known as “Pee Wee” by many, was a member of the Elks Lodge, and enjoyed morning coffee and conversations with his buddies.
Wayne served in the U.S. Army, and was stationed in Japan following World War II. After he was discharged, his primary job was fishing. He had other occupations also, but fishing is what he did best – he trained a number of greenhorns on the ropes of fishing.
In the last remaining years of his life, Wayne battled a number of physical disabilities. Complications from diabetes caused the loss of a leg and part of a foot. After a year in hospitals, nursing homes and family homes, Wayne was finally able to return to his beloved Sitka and live out the last two months of his life.
Wayne leaves behind his former wife, Marlene, of Sitka; daughters Debra Diebert of Marysville, Wash., and Dianne Graveline of Eugene, Wash.; grandchildren Janis, Bradley, Johanna and Jennifer; great-grandchildren Lauren, Brendan, Lilly, Tristan, Jason, Eliot, and Asa; niece Carolyn Hammack and her husband Ray and niece Cheryl Westover; and grandnephew Michael Coleman and his wife Tessie and their children Michaela, Malissa, Kaycie, Trevan, and Chance, of Sitka.
Wayne was preceeded in death by his father and mother, Bernard James and Marie (Kraak) Westover; brothers Stanley and Don; son Keith; nephew Rick; and sister-in-law Mardelle Westover.
“We also mention his dog Harry who was a wonderful companion to Wayne and died two months before him,” his family said.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
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March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.