Doris L. Peek

The gentle spirit of Doris L. Peek, 85, left this earth on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at her home is Sitka.
She was born Oct. 24, 1927, in Isabel, Kansas. She had lived in Wichita, Kansas, and for 12 years in Flagstaff, Ariz., before coming to Sitka about six years ago.
She is survived by her sister Mary Robinson and family, brother William Douthett and family, and daughter Marilyn Durocher and partner Erik Davenport of Sitka.
She also leaves behind her grandchildren; Sarah Durocher and husband Justin Ervin, Rebecca Reaves, Joseph Durocher, and her much-loved great-grandson, Kale Reaves;  other extended family; loved ones; and many friends.

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20 YEARS AGO

November 2004

Photo caption: Mary Lou Colliver presents Sitka Fire Dept. Acting Chief Dave Swearingen a check for $325 to help restore the 1926 Chevrolet fire truck originally purchased by Art Franklin. Colliver donated the money after her business, Colliver Shoes, borrowed the truck to use during Moonlight Madness.  The truck is in need of an estimated $20,000 worth of restoration work, Swearingen said.

50 YEARS AGO

November 1974

Sitka Community Hospital Administrator Martin Tirador and hospital board chairman Lawrence Porter told the Assembly Tuesday about the need for a new hospital to replace the existing 18-year-old one. The cost would be about $6.89 million with $2.2 million of that required locally.

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