COSMIC CARNIVAL – Kasey Davis performs under black lights at Sitka Cirque studio Wednesday night as she rehearses for the weekend’s Cosmic Carnival shows. The shows are a production of Friends of the Circus Arts in collaboration with the Sitka Cirque studio. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Tomas Puerta
Family and friends of Tomas Puerta will gather 3 p.m. Saturday at the Halibut Point Recreation Area main shelter to celebrate his life and share memories.
Tomas, a Sitka resident for 25 years, died Oct. 14 at age 54.
He was born Sept. 7, 1958, in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Loreto Ayala and Librado Puerta. He came to the United States as a young man and lived in other states before coming to Sitka in about 1987. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing, riding motorcycles, and following football and soccer. He had a ranch in Mexico, and he usually wore cowboy hats and boots.
He married Vanessa Hernandez in February 2010 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Tomas was preceded in death by his father, Librado Puerta, 17 years ago; a brother Carlos Puerta, a year ago; other brothers Carmelito Puerta and Federico Puerta; and a sister, Librada Puerta.
He is survived by his wife, Vanessa Hernandez; a son Jeremy Puerta of Oregon; a baby daughter and young son in Chihuahua; his mother, Loreto Ayala; a sister, Florentina Puerta; brothers Fidel, Jessie, Librado and Odilon Puerta, all of Mexico; and loved ones in Sitka, including Kristol Hammack, Amanda, Brandon and Trever Hammack, nieces Hilda R. Puerta and Dora Eells, and friend Jose “Cowboy” Gonzalez.
His family in Mexico includes nieces and nephews Olis R. Puerta, Aldo R. Puerta, Olis, Aldo, Carlos, Jenny and Gerardo Puerta.
“Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things, therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.”
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
The 7th Annual Honoring Women dinner will feature Roberta Sue Kitka, ANS Camp 4; Rose MacIntyre, U.S. Coast Guard Spouses and Women’s Association; Christine McLeod Pate, SAFV; Marta Ryman, Soroptimists; and Mary Sarvela (in memoriam), Sitka Woman’s Club.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Eighth-graders Joanna Hearn and Gwen Marshall and sixth-graders Annabelle Korthals, Jennifer Lewis and Marianne Mulder have straight A’s (4.00) for the third quarter at Blatchley Junior High.
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