Alaska Earthquake

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Name: Tim S Smith <big_state2002@yahoo.com>

Date: 2009-10-05

Comments:
Hi Coleen i am the son of mary ann (olson)smithDOB 1943 my mother is the daughter of Hilbert (Oly) Olson who had 40 + years with the Alaska railroad, and her mother was from Fort Yukon who's maiden name was Patritia Owens (Athabaskin indian) daughter of Ed Owens. I would like to start a geneology page for this side of my family for we have a long and interesting history in ALASKA. and would be glad to help you with it by filling in what i do know, Thank you Tim.

Name: Debbie Lee <dlee0156@msn.com>

Date: 2009-09-29

Comments:
Thank you so much for putting the names and stories to the people who lost their lives in this tragedy. My aunt Juantia was one of the ones who died in Crescent City and my family has never forgotten.

Name: Dr deShawn Merrell <pgvet@aol.com>

Date: 2008-10-05

Comments:
Perry and Merrell Mead were my cousins that I and our family lost in the earthquake. Wanda Mead and my father DeWitt Merrell were brother and sister. They are always remember in my family prayers. Also Pam one of the surviving chilren who passed later. God Bless

Name: Elisabeth Nieuwhof <bb_ventures@hotmail.com>

Date: 2008-03-30

Comments:
I was visiting some of your pages, and was impressed with these history pages. I loved the layout of the sites, and also the small details added. These people were not just names, but people with a life, with troubles and sorrows. You have done a great job keeping the memories alive.
Best wishes and greetings from P.E.I.
P.S. I have added a link to your page at
http://www.howtofindyourroots.com/alaska

Name: Val Cloudman <valcloudman@comcast.net>

Date: 2008-02-08

Comments:
Thank You, this is a god send...

Name: Anastasia Johnson <peachez_79@yahoo.com>

Date: 2007-12-20

Comments:
I am the youngest daughter of Helen ann Kuzakin, daughter of John and Anastasia Totemoff of Tatitlek, and my Step-father is Sam Radion Kuzakin, son of Radion and Zoia Kuzakin of Belkofski.

Name: Ellen Schulze <david.ellen@gardener.com>

Date: 2007-09-01

Comments:
Found your memorial while looking for a copy of the earthquake movie "Though the Earth Be Moved." When I lived with my parents in Anchorage, 1967 - 1978, we used to show the movie to visitors. Our house stood through the earthquake with only one small crack. We were on gravel.

Name: Hiedi Kroeker <kroeker@mtaonline.net>

Date: 2007-08-08

Comments:
Your listing of names and ages, people's relations and what they were doing had more of a profound effect than just statistics. I found my self in tears. Thank you for the information that I will be using to introduce visitors to Alaska and our past.

Name: Frank Morgan <frank_m@charter.net>

Date: 2007-07-27

Comments:
Thanks for all your hard work. I was 7 yrs. old and walking across the street (Brooke Dr. in Turnagain) with my parents when the earthquake hit. I'll never forget it. Take care.

Name: Scott Hanson <shanson@lcgs.edu.tas.com.au>

Date: 2007-06-27

Comments:

I am studying natural disasters at school. Your sight is a real eye opener. Living in Tasmania we have it pretty easy.

Name: Michael W. Shamlin <yesterdazegone4u@wowway.com>

Date: 2007-05-02

Comments:
I was 6 years old when it happened and still remember it to this day like it only happened yesterday. My dad was stationed at Elmendorf A.F.B.. My brother David and I were upstairs watching Davy and Goliath when it hit. Dad and mom got all of us in the car and we rode around Anchorage until it was over. I remember eating beef stew for dinner while riding around, mom grabbed it off the stove. I also remember her grabbing a yellow cake out of the oven, and her being upset because she forgot the icing. I remember the apartment we lived in at the time, had a serious lean to it when we got back home, and the dumpster in the court was swallowed up by the ground.
At the time and being 6 I just thought it was an adventure, but as time passed and I grew up, I started to realize the tragedy that happened that day. I always wondered what happened to the people and to the families that lost loved ones that day and thanks to you I know a little more about that.
Being a survivor of that day, I commend you for what you are doing with this sight, and honoring those that perished.
MY HATS OFF TO YOU !!!!

Name: Mary Williams <dancing.raven@hotmail.com>

Date: 2007-04-10

Comments:
VERY INTERESTING INFO. THANK YOU.

Name: Teresa Hayden Campbell <campbelltl@aol.com>

Date: 2007-04-06

Comments:
I am the niece of Jerry Zook, lost at Valdez. Thank you for your work.

Name: Mae Silook <msilook@southcentralfoundation.org>

Date: 2007-03-21

Comments:
Daughter of Frank Walunga

Name: stuart hatch <spout3435@yahoo.com>

Date: 2007-03-18

Comments:
Son of Jesse Hatch,

I was 7 months old when the eartquake hit. It left my mother with 4 kids. moved to seattle in 1965. I returned to seward in 1981 and left for anchorage in 1986. since i moved back to seattle.

Stuart Hatch

Name: sigbjørn vatne <ghil-sv@online.no>

Date: 2007-02-21

Comments:
I,m sorry that I forgot to mention your pages of desceised persons
in the tragic event of the earthquake. A wonderfull work of honoring the families and their dead ones.
By the way, I am writing this from Norway....

Name: sigbjoern vatne <ghil-sv@online.no>

Date: 2007-02-21

Comments:
Came to read your pages as I was seeking relatives in Hope,
my grandmothers brother Mr. Iver Nearhouse who died in 1962 ?
I am not sure of year. If you have any stories of him, please let me know. Thank you!
Yours sincerely
Sigbjorn Vatne

Name: Anne Rood <annerood@hotmail.com>

Date: 2007-01-27

Comments:
Great work ... I am very touched by how diligently you have honored so many people. My son is writing about a Matanuska Colonist here in Seattle. Thanks for your research and compassion.

Name: Susie Mckee <susie_mckee7@hotmail.com>

Date: 2007-01-14

Comments:
Frank Walunga of Seward was my dad's dad that he never knew..he was adopted at birth and my parents just told me about it today..RIP grandpa

Name: Carrie Ann Wolford <CarrieAnn0120@aol.com>

Date: 2007-01-08

Comments:
Hi there....I was a 13 yr old girl when living in Anchorage. I was with my brother in Shady Lane delivering newspapers. My mom's best friend Mary Rustigan. My mom was also seeing Dr. Perry Mead as a patient. It seems like yesterday...thank you for doing this tribute..

CarrieAnn

Name: Teresa M. Spadaro <teedere@yahoo.com>

Date: 2006-12-31

Comments:
Thank you for mentioning my grandfather, Frank Spadaro. I was two years old and our family were living in Cordova when the quake hit.

Name: Daria Matte <dmatte76@hotmail.com>

Date: 2006-10-20

Comments:
I am the granddaughter of Willie and Daria Kompkoff. I was born after the earthquake. My mom was the youngest of the family and she was away in high school when the quake happened. So she was not there when this happened. I am named after my Umma Daria. I am glad that someone is trying to find the names of people that passed away during the earthquake. I just wish that I could have been able to meet my Umma and Uppa!!! Love you guys!!!

Name: Mary Aho <maryaho@aol.com>

Date: 2006-04-18

Comments:
Thank you for your effort on this page. It's the only list of the victims I have been able to find. I was remembering my friend who died in Anchorage, and was pleased to see your tribute so these people are not forgotten.

Name: Julia Shanagin <j_noogie@hotmail.com>

Date: 2006-03-08

Comments:
Hi I am the oldest grand daughter of Nick Sr. and Mary Kompkoff.

Name: livia C. Popovich <liviapopo@tampabay.rr.com>

Date: 2006-02-12

Comments:
I,m doing some research of little boy that died in the 1964 earth quake and live on Elmendorf AFB, in the officers housing and I believe he had a little sister. the boy is about 5-7 years old and his sister is about 2-3 years old. Please help!!

Name: Sharon <shared@mcsi.net>

Date: 2005-12-17

Comments:
Where you in thr quake in Alaska?
I was in Kodiak and one of the first ones evacuated out to Sand Point.
Thank you for your page.
Sharon

Name: Mike Pinkham <mtpinhkham1@msn.com>

Date: 2005-10-05

Comments:
Did you attend Palmer grade school in the late 50's?


Name:	Tim S Smith <big_state2002@yahoo.com>
Date:	2009-10-05
Comments:	Hi Coleen i am the son of mary ann (olson)smithDOB 1943 my mother is the daughter of Hilbert (Oly) Olson who had 40 + years with the Alaska railroad, and her mother was from Fort Yukon who's maiden name was Patritia Owens (Athabaskin indian) daughter of Ed Owens. I would like to start a geneology page for this side of my family for we have a long and interesting history in ALASKA. and would be glad to help you with it by filling in what i do know, Thank you Tim.


Name:	Debbie Lee <dlee0156@msn.com>
Date:	2009-09-29
Comments:	Thank you so much for putting the names and stories to the people who lost their lives in this tragedy. My aunt Juantia was one of the ones who died in Crescent City and my family has never forgotten.


Name:	Dr deShawn Merrell <pgvet@aol.com>
Date:	2008-10-05
Comments:	Perry and Merrell Mead were my cousins that I and our family lost in the earthquake. Wanda Mead and my father DeWitt Merrell were brother and sister. They are always remember in my family prayers. Also Pam one of the surviving chilren who passed later. God Bless


Name:	Elisabeth Nieuwhof <bb_ventures@hotmail.com>
Date:	2008-03-30
Comments:	I was visiting some of your pages, and was impressed with these history pages. I loved the layout of the sites, and also the small details added. These people were not just names, but people with a life, with troubles and sorrows. You have done a great job keeping the memories alive. Best wishes and greetings from P.E.I. P.S. I have added a link to your page at http://www.howtofindyourroots.com/alaska


Name:	Val Cloudman <valcloudman@comcast.net>
Date:	2008-02-08
Comments:	Thank You, this is a god send...


Name:	Anastasia Johnson <peachez_79@yahoo.com>
Date:	2007-12-20
Comments:	I am the youngest daughter of Helen ann Kuzakin, daughter of John and Anastasia Totemoff of Tatitlek, and my Step-father is Sam Radion Kuzakin, son of Radion and Zoia Kuzakin of Belkofski.


Name:	Ellen Schulze <david.ellen@gardener.com>
Date:	2007-09-01
Comments:	Found your memorial while looking for a copy of the earthquake movie "Though the Earth Be Moved." When I lived with my parents in Anchorage, 1967 - 1978, we used to show the movie to visitors. Our house stood through the earthquake with only one small crack. We were on gravel.


Name:	Hiedi Kroeker <kroeker@mtaonline.net>
Date:	2007-08-08
Comments:	Your listing of names and ages, people's relations and what they were doing had more of a profound effect than just statistics. I found my self in tears. Thank you for the information that I will be using to introduce visitors to Alaska and our past.


Name:	Frank Morgan <frank_m@charter.net>
Date:	2007-07-27
Comments:	Thanks for all your hard work. I was 7 yrs. old and walking across the street (Brooke Dr. in Turnagain) with my parents when the earthquake hit. I'll never forget it. Take care.


Name:	Scott Hanson <shanson@lcgs.edu.tas.com.au>
Date:	2007-06-27
Comments:	I am studying natural disasters at school. Your sight is a real eye opener. Living in Tasmania we have it pretty easy.


Name:	Michael W. Shamlin <yesterdazegone4u@wowway.com>
Date:	2007-05-02
Comments:	I was 6 years old when it happened and still remember it to this day like it only happened yesterday. My dad was stationed at Elmendorf A.F.B.. My brother David and I were upstairs watching Davy and Goliath when it hit. Dad and mom got all of us in the car and we rode around Anchorage until it was over. I remember eating beef stew for dinner while riding around, mom grabbed it off the stove. I also remember her grabbing a yellow cake out of the oven, and her being upset because she forgot the icing. I remember the apartment we lived in at the time, had a serious lean to it when we got back home, and the dumpster in the court was swallowed up by the ground. At the time and being 6 I just thought it was an adventure, but as time passed and I grew up, I started to realize the tragedy that happened that day. I always wondered what happened to the people and to the families that lost loved ones that day and thanks to you I know a little more about that. Being a survivor of that day, I commend you for what you are doing with this sight, and honoring those that perished. MY HATS OFF TO YOU !!!!


Name:	Mary Williams <dancing.raven@hotmail.com>
Date:	2007-04-10
Comments:	VERY INTERESTING INFO. THANK YOU.


Name:	Teresa Hayden Campbell <campbelltl@aol.com>
Date:	2007-04-06
Comments:	I am the niece of Jerry Zook, lost at Valdez. Thank you for your work.


Name:	Mae Silook <msilook@southcentralfoundation.org>
Date:	2007-03-21
Comments:	Daughter of Frank Walunga


Name:	stuart hatch <spout3435@yahoo.com>
Date:	2007-03-18
Comments:	Son of Jesse Hatch, I was 7 months old when the eartquake hit. It left my mother with 4 kids. moved to seattle in 1965. I returned to seward in 1981 and left for anchorage in 1986. since i moved back to seattle. Stuart Hatch


Name:	sigbjørn vatne <ghil-sv@online.no>
Date:	2007-02-21
Comments:	I,m sorry that I forgot to mention your pages of desceised persons in the tragic event of the earthquake. A wonderfull work of honoring the families and their dead ones. By the way, I am writing this from Norway....


Name:	sigbjoern vatne <ghil-sv@online.no>
Date:	2007-02-21
Comments:	Came to read your pages as I was seeking relatives in Hope, my grandmothers brother Mr. Iver Nearhouse who died in 1962 ? I am not sure of year. If you have any stories of him, please let me know. Thank you! Yours sincerely Sigbjorn Vatne


Name:	Anne Rood <annerood@hotmail.com>
Date:	2007-01-27
Comments:	Great work ... I am very touched by how diligently you have honored so many people. My son is writing about a Matanuska Colonist here in Seattle. Thanks for your research and compassion.


Name:	Susie Mckee <susie_mckee7@hotmail.com>
Date:	2007-01-14
Comments:	Frank Walunga of Seward was my dad's dad that he never knew..he was adopted at birth and my parents just told me about it today..RIP grandpa


Name:	Carrie Ann Wolford <CarrieAnn0120@aol.com>
Date:	2007-01-08
Comments:	Hi there....I was a 13 yr old girl when living in Anchorage. I was with my brother in Shady Lane delivering newspapers. My mom's best friend Mary Rustigan. My mom was also seeing Dr. Perry Mead as a patient. It seems like yesterday...thank you for doing this tribute.. CarrieAnn


Name:	Teresa M. Spadaro <teedere@yahoo.com>
Date:	2006-12-31
Comments:	Thank you for mentioning my grandfather, Frank Spadaro. I was two years old and our family were living in Cordova when the quake hit.


Name:	Daria Matte <dmatte76@hotmail.com>
Date:	2006-10-20
Comments:	I am the granddaughter of Willie and Daria Kompkoff. I was born after the earthquake. My mom was the youngest of the family and she was away in high school when the quake happened. So she was not there when this happened. I am named after my Umma Daria. I am glad that someone is trying to find the names of people that passed away during the earthquake. I just wish that I could have been able to meet my Umma and Uppa!!! Love you guys!!!


Name:	Mary Aho <maryaho@aol.com>
Date:	2006-04-18
Comments:	Thank you for your effort on this page. It's the only list of the victims I have been able to find. I was remembering my friend who died in Anchorage, and was pleased to see your tribute so these people are not forgotten.


Name:	Julia Shanagin <j_noogie@hotmail.com>
Date:	2006-03-08
Comments:	Hi I am the oldest grand daughter of Nick Sr. and Mary Kompkoff.


Name:	livia C. Popovich <liviapopo@tampabay.rr.com>
Date:	2006-02-12
Comments:	I,m doing some research of little boy that died in the 1964 earth quake and live on Elmendorf AFB, in the officers housing and I believe he had a little sister. the boy is about 5-7 years old and his sister is about 2-3 years old. Please help!!


Name:	Sharon <shared@mcsi.net>
Date:	2005-12-17
Comments:	Where you in thr quake in Alaska? I was in Kodiak and one of the first ones evacuated out to Sand Point. Thank you for your page. Sharon


Name:	Mike Pinkham <mtpinhkham1@msn.com>
Date:	2005-10-05
Comments:	Did you attend Palmer grade school in the late 50's?