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Obituaries
John Dunn
Alaskan Dies
Juneau, Alaska, March 19. -- Territorial Senator John W. Dunn, 61, of Ruby, a veteran Alaska lawmaker, died here late today from paralysis.
[The Evening State Journal - Lincoln Daily News, Lincoln, Nebraska, Wednesday,
March 15, 1916 - Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances Cooley]
Frank Lawrence, aged 46 years, died in
Juneau on August 25, after a short illness. Lawrence had spent nearly a quarter of a century in Alaska. [The Daily Alaska Dispatch, 1912-08-29 - submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]
George A. Parks
Was Alaska Governor
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 12 (AP) - George A. Parks, a former territorial Governor of Alaska, died Friday at a hospital
here, two weeks before his 101st birthday.
Gov. Bill Sheffield ordered state flags flown at half-staff on Monday in honor of Mr. Parks, who spent the last
eight years of his life at the Bartlett Memorial Hospital here. "His unfailing loyalty to our territory and
state was a source of pride for the many Alaskans who recognized the true pioneer spirit of this man," Mr.
Sheffield said of Mr. Parks.
Mr. Parks initiated a flag-design contest for school children, from which Alaska's state flag emerged, Mr. Sheffield
said.
Mr. Parks arrived in Alaska in 1907 and worked with the United States Land Office as a mineral examiner. In World
War I he joined the Army Corps of Engineers. Later headed the Federal land office in Alaska.
Mr. Parks was appointed governor in 1925, a post he held for eight years. When his term expired, Mr. Parks remained
in Juneau and worked as an engineer and as a bank vice president.
Alaska's newest highway, which stretches 322 miles from Fairbanks to near Wasilla, was named in his honor.
[Source: The New York Times - May 13, 1984 - Submitted by Sandra Davis]
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