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Robert Sylvanus Roys
Long-time Juneau resident Robert Sylvanus Roys died Sept. 16, 2004 at his home.
He was born on July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, Ind. He was the son of the late Dr. Carl S. Roys and of Ursula Purinton Roys. After graduation from high school in Amherst, Mass. in 1952, he joined the U.S. Army and fought in the Infantry in the Korean War. After serving in the Army he attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, graduating with a bachelor of science in wildlife management fisheries in 1960 to be a fisheries biologist.
He first came to Alaska in the summers of 1958 and 1959 with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the Chignik area. After college graduation he joined the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Kodiak. In 1963 he moved to Cordova and performed research on the impact of the Good Friday earthquake on the salmon runs in Prince William Sound. In 1971 he and his family moved to Juneau where he became the first Director of the Fisheries Rehabilitation, Enhancement, and Development Division. He retired from state service in 1982 and subsequently worked as a private consultant and for Douglas Island Pink and Chum and Prince William Sound Aquaculture. He was an avid outdoorsman with a deep love for Alaska, travel, family and friends. He lived in Juneau for 33 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 31 years, Carol Tiffany Roys of Juneau.
He is survived by his children, Matthew and Sharol Roys of Juneau, and Rob Roys and Pagan Hill of Juneau; stepchildren, Chris Brown and Libby McDonough of Juneau, and Kim Brown and Gary Mannix of Butte, Mont.; grandchildren, Connor Brown, Kayla Roys, and Ruth Roys of Juneau, and Bret, Colin, Corey, and Tyler Pullman of Butte, Mont.; siblings, Mary Valiton, Eleanor Woodard, Dorothy Morrissey, and Charles Roys of Mass., and Arthur Roys of Fla.; and many nieces and nephews including Patrick Morrissey of Juneau.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to Juneau Mountain Rescue, 2970 Foster Ave., Juneau, AK 99801.
A Celebration of Life will be held at DIPAC, 2697 Channel Drive in Juneau on Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. Everyone who knew Roys is invited and welcome.
Roger Iversen
Lifelong Alaskan Roger Bernard Iversen, 65, died at his Anchorage home on Dec. 20, 2004, of kidney cancer.
He was born on Jan. 30, 1939, in Ketchikan. He became an Alaska State Trooper in 1962 and retired as a major in 1981. During his career, he lived in Haines, Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage and traveled extensively throughout Alaska visiting many areas.
He was from a commercial fishing family and had a special love for the ocean and saltwater fishing. His cabin at Cooper Landing was his home away from home.
He enjoyed traveling to other countries and appreciating new places and people.
He experienced statehood, the 1964 earthquake and the Fairbanks 1967 flood. In 1971, as a sergeant in Juneau, he and a neighbor, a pilot for Alaska Airlines, discovered the wreckage of the inbound 727 Alaska Airlines flight 1866. Putting the helicopter down and climbing up to the crash site, they were first on the scene and reported back no possibility of survivors and 111 casualties, the worst airline crash in Alaska's history.
His family writes, "Roger was a generous, soft-hearted and gentle man. He loved children, especially babies. He enjoyed a large, loving Norwegian family. Roger had friends throughout the state, old timers and new Alaskans as well. He was an unpretentious man who was comfortable with himself and accepting of others. He laughed often. Roger and Fran, his wife of twenty-five years, enjoyed a loving partnership. He will be greatly missed."
He was preceded in death by his parents; nephew, Lester Butler; and father-in-law, Charles DeNardo.
He is survived by his wife, Fran Iversen of Anchorage; son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Christy Iversen of Ketchikan; daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Janusz Obrycki of Seattle, Wash.; daughter and fiancé, Mialisa Blake and David Schiller of Shoreline, Wash.; stepson and daughter-in-law, Charles and Theresa Ohman of Anchorage; grandsons, Jonathan Obrycki of Seattle, Wash., Max Blake and Zack Blake of Shoreline, Wash.; granddaughters, Kayla Obrycki of Seattle, Wash. and Anna Jean Ohman of Anchorage; brother and sister-in-law, Arne and Dorothy Iversen of Ketchikan; sisters, Gladys Klose and Irene Nichols of Ketchikan, and Judy Butler of Sumner, Wash.; brother-in-law, Damien DeNardo; sister-in-laws, Mona and Vicki DeNardo; and mother-in-law, Jean DeNardo, all of San Diego, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews living in Alaska and the lower 48.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 30, 2004, at Evergreen Memorial Chapel with a reception immediately to follow. Police Chaplain Bert McQueen will officiate. His cremated remains will be interred at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Alaska Police Chaplains Ministries, P.O. Box 200654, Anchorage, AK 99520 or to any organization that helps children.
Hazel S. Lanz
Former Juneau resident Hazel Stella (Hanson) Lanz, 81, died of natural causes at Valley Hospital in Palmer on Dec. 11, 2004.
She was born April 1, 1923, in Astoria, Ore., to Sigurd and Helen Hanson. She graduated high school in Oregon. On June 2, 1946, she married her husband of 57 years, Carl Lanz, in Eugene, Ore. In 1956, she moved with her husband to Seward, where they lived until moving to Juneau in 1961. She worked as a secretary for Lanz & Sons Construction in Juneau until 1978, when they returned to Oregon. They lived in Brookings until 1990. They then returned to Alaska, living in Haines for nine years until finally settling in Wasilla in 1999. She was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska and the Lutheran Church.
Her family writes, "Hazel moved with her family to Alaska in 1956 (and) she enjoyed many years of happiness in 'the last frontier'. Her favorite passions were genealogy, knitting and crocheting. Her genealogical research has been enjoyed by many family members both here and abroad."
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; and her parents, Sigurd and Helen Hanson.
She is survived by her sons, Arlen Lanz and Casey Lanz of Juneau, and Vernis Lanz of Wasilla; a daughter, Karla Rallo of Tok; sisters, Dolores Sorenson of Eugene, Ore., and Norma Ackerman of Powell, Wyo.; brother-in-laws, Frederick Lanz of Harrisburg, Ore., Buel Lanz of Wasilla, and James Lanz of Redmond, Ore.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at Lane Memorial Funeral Home in Eugene, Ore. with Pastor John Dinsmore officiating and honorary pallbearers, Victor and Stephen Dartt and Kory, Kyle, Oren, Austin and Coltin Lanz. Her burial will follow at Lane Memorial Gardens.
Robert Hanley Jones
Former Juneau resident Robert Hanley Jones, 65, died on Dec. 24, 2004, surrounded by family at his home in Peters Creek (Chugiak), Alaska.
He was born on Jan. 8, 1939, in Youngstown, Ohio. He came to Alaska in 1964 to teach for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) at Unalakleet, Nunapitchuk, Pilot Station and Mount Edgecumbe, before moving to Juneau. In Juneau, and later in Fairbanks, he worked as an employment assistance officer for the BIA. In 1976, he moved to Anchorage to work at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office, settling his family in Chugiak. In 1979 until 2001, he worked at the Joint Pipeline Office for the trans- Alaska pipeline. During this same time, he developed the Resource Apprenticeship Program serving rural Alaska youth and for which he received an award from the U.S. Department of Interior.
His family says, "Robert was dedicated to family, church and his professional responsibilities, all of which he served with fierce commitment. Family get-togethers were a raucous goodtime where his storytelling and jokes were legendary." He and his family were charter members of the Eagle River Presbyterian Church (1985), and he served as a deacon and a trustee.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Jones; stepfather, Ralph Sands; and his sister, Hope Jones.
He is survived by his wife, Antoinette (Toni) Kahklen-Jones; sons, Toby, Joel and Robert Jones; daughters, Cassandra McCasland, Shelly Jacobson, Micaela Jones and Robyn Brune; his mother, Mary Sands; brother, Phillip Jones; sisters, Winifred Hancock and Mary Buckle; and 14 grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at the Eagle River Presbyterian Church in Eagle River.
Donations can be made to a scholarship memorial fund at the First National Bank of Alaska, account 70039748.
Patrick S. Campbell
Former Juneau resident Patrick S. Campbell, 52, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2004, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska.
He was born Jan. 16, 1952, in Mobile, Ala. He moved to Washington and graduated from high school in Ilwaco, Wash., in 1971. In 1972, he began his military service with the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged in 1975. He spent most of his working life doing maintenance work on production lines and working in the fisheries.
In 1989, he moved to Juneau and lived there until moving to Port Snettisham in 1996.
He enjoyed cooking, eating, crabbing, shrimping, fishing, gardening, hunting, trapping, tanning hides and making leather garments out of hides.
His family says, "Pat loved Alaska. From the time he was nine years old, this is where his heart was. Although he came and went a few times, Alaska was always his passion. He wanted his epitaph to read, 'Born in Alabama, died in Alaska' and he got his wish. Pat had an enthusiasm for life that is hard to find. Whatever he was doing, he was doing at 110 percent. He brought laughter and fun with him wherever he went and he will be missed by many people in many places for a very long time."
He was preceded in death by his father, Magnes; mother, Jureta; brother, Richard; and father-in-law, John H. Harvey.
He is survived by his wife, Judy Campbell of Anchor Point, Alaska; son, Adam Campbell, who is currently serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq; sister and brother-in-law, JoAnn and Jim Metcalfe of Brookings, Ore.; sister, Judy Jones of Beaverton, Ore.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Dina Campbell and Dick and Judy Campbell all of Vancouver, Wash.; and many nieces and nephews.
At his request, no services are planned.
Arrangements were made by Homer Funeral Home.
