ALASKA GENWEB PROJECT

KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH , ALASKA

THE EMERALD ISLAND

Loyde was the father of 8 children. Married to Shirley Zachariason. Carpenter.

Anchorage Daily News August 21, 1996, John R. Morton, 77, died Aug. 14, 1996, at Kodiak Island Hospital of a lingering illness. A funeral service was held Aug. 17 at the American Legion Hall in Kodiak. Burial with full military honors, a 21-gun salute and a fly-by of local pilots, took place at the Kodiak City Cemetery., Mr. Morton was born in June 24, 1919, in Boonville, Mo. A highly decorated veteran of World War II, he joined the U.S. Army on Nov. 1, 1940, and trained for the armored artillery. His unit entered the European continent through the beaches at Normandy, France, shortly after D-Day. In the course of his military career, he would earn the Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star and the Silver Star. Then-Sgt. Morton received the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. George Patton for actions in battle at Pontorson, France, when his unit was caught in a German ambush on Aug. 1, 1944. After using up his own ammunition, Mr. Morton retrieved a Thompson submachine gun from a dead soldier and continued attacking, accounting for 26 enemy deaths. On another occasion, Mr. Morton shot down a German fighter with an M-1 Garand infantry rifle. He left the service as a disabled veteran after five years. He was hospitalized at Fort Collins, Colo., with back and neck wounds at the time of his discharge. He and Fern Casey were married Jan. 24, 1945, in Boonville. A year later, he made his first trip to Kodiak. An avid hunter, Mr. Morton came to the island because ''he heard it had the biggest bears in the world.'' Within a couple of years, he moved his family to Kodiak. Over the years he worked as a truck driver, janitor and stevedore for both Alaska Steamship Co. and Sea-Land. He was a pilot and performed predatory bear control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the late '40s and '50s, killing 17 bears with 18 shots. He had a guide service and was a receiver for Jonas Brothers of Denver. He was a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a benefactor of the National Rifle Association, a lifetime member and on the board of trustees of Whittington Marksmanship Center and a member of the Boonville Rod and Gun Club., Mr. Morton is survived by his sons, John and James ''Gus'' Morton of Kodiak; daughter, Barbara Jean Fortin of Anchorage; brother, James, and sisters, Mary Frances Oswald and Dorothy Jewett, all of Boonville; sister, Elizabeth Ann Arth of Kansas; and seven grandchildren.

Florence Pearl Butrick Bedunah Pipe Birth: Jan. 1, 1900, USA Death: Jan. 1, 2000, USA
Florence Pearl Butrick married John Bedunah Dec. 31, 1908. They had four children - Hailey Comet, Earl Albert, Florence A. and Maxine all born in the Allegan/Kalamazoo MI area. The doctor who delivered Hailey Comet named him as he was born shortly after Hailey's Comet was sighted. Hailey wasn't real fond of his name and went by Harold most of his life. John passed away in 1930 and Florence later married Frank Byron Pipe. She was going by Pearl when she died in 1958 and was buried near John, her first husband.

Florence Pearl Butrick married John Bedunah Dec. 31, 1908. They had four children - Hailey Comet, Earl Albert, Florence A. and Maxine all born in the Allegan/Kalamazoo MI area. The doctor who delivered Hailey Comet named him as he was born shortly after Hailey's Comet was sighted. Hailey wasn't real fond of his name and went by Harold most of his life. John passed away in 1930 and Florence later married Frank Byron Pipe. She was going by Pearl when she died in 1958 and was buried near John, her first husband.

Anchorage Daily News November 28, 1990, Recent Kodiak resident Marion Huldah Soule, 66, died Nov. 18 at her daughter's home in Seaside, Ore. Services were conducted last week in Seaside and Kodiak. Burial was at Kodiak City Cemetery.,Mrs. Soule was born March 1, 1924, in Dunmore, Penn. She and her husband moved to Kodiak in 1962. She worked as a nurse at Griffin Memorial Hospital before going to work for the Alaska state employment office. She retired as manager there in 1982. Mrs. Soule was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kodiak, the Eastern Star Chapter No. 3, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She held board positions with American Association of Retired Persons, the Senior Citizens of Kodiak and the Kodiak Electric Association. She was also active in a Friday night bowling league. She moved from Kodiak in early November to live with her daughter in Oregon., Mrs. Soule is survived by her daughters, Pamela Johnson of Kodiak, and Patricia Soule of Seaside; her sisters, Kathryn Potter of Highland Park, Ill., Margaret Pettanito of Scranton, Penn.; her brother, William Steinbruegge, of San Marcos, Calif.; and her grandchildren, William Gilbert of Anchorage, and Jessica Johnson and Caitlin Russell, both of Kodiak.