Alfred Jack
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Services for Alfred Jack, a former Sitka resident, were held March 8 at Sitka Salvation Army.
Other services will be in Angoon after the Gold Medal tournament, which ends March 22; and in Kake, where his ashes will be spread, later this spring.
Al died March 3 in Kake at age 50.
He was born Jan. 1, 1964, in Angoon, and graduated from Angoon High School, where one of his nicknames was “Al Pacino.”
He lived in Sitka from 1989 until moving to Juneau in 2009. He moved to Kake in 2011.
Al worked at SEARHC-Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in environmental services, and also over the years worked at a gas station, grocery store and a cannery. He also was a longshoreman, and in the 1980s his leg was crushed in an accident. He was told he would never walk again, his family said, but he not only walked again he played basketball, his favorite pastime.
He played on city league and Lions Club teams in Sitka, and was on Gold Medal teams for Kake and Angoon. He also enjoyed boxing, hunting and fishing.
Al had an outgoing personality, and loved to tease, joke and tell stories. “He was easy to talk to,” a friend said.
He was a substitute teacher at Kake, where he was popular with the students; and he had friends throughout Southeast.
He will be missed by many people, a family member said.
He was a member of Alaska Native Brotherhood, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Sealaska and Kootznawoo Corp. of Angoon.
He was preceded in death by a son, Michael A. Jack; his father, Willie Jack; brother Byron Jack; sister Lavina Jack; grandfather Bill Scott; father-in-law Johnny Jack Jr.; and an aunt-in-law, Josie Melzo.
He is survived by his daughter and best friend Alicia Jack, and granddaughters Alaina and Naomi Jackson, all of Angoon and Kake; and mother Mabel (Scott) Jack; sisters Clarice Frank and Doreen McCluskey; brothers Willie Jack and Leroy Jack; mother-in-law Gina Jack; brother-in-law Johnny (Kathy) Jack III; sister-in-law Joyce (Kevin) Frank; adopted son Bruce Jack; and adopted daughter Juanita Silva and her children Tia and Makia, all of Angoon.
Donations may be sent to Alicia Jack, P.O. Box 109, Angoon, AK 99820.
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