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Rest In Peace Uncle Vernon. Always smiling and happy (and funny!).
Josh Roten
October 04, 2024 | Family
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Vernon Ross
Houston, Alaska
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Send FlowersVernon Ross, 100, died Jan. 11, 2010, at Mat-Su Regional Hospital, surrounded by his family. A service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Chapel, 737 E. St. The Rev. Randy Bjerken will officiate. Vernon was born May 1, 1910 in Elida, Ohio, to John and Anna Belle Ross. He came...
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A Great Friend, truly a legend. Will be missed by all.
Ed Harbke, Twin Falls ID.
January 19, 2011
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I have many great childhood memories of Vern, and his brothers at their cabin. Vern was such a friendly guy. I'm so sorry for your loss, he was a true pioneer.
John Mielke
January 16, 2011 | Wasilla, AK
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Vern like to pretend to be onery but he had a heart of gold. We loved him. Red Kvarford
John kvarford
January 15, 2011 | Wyaconda, MO
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Moose Point - 1970 - (L to R) Unidentified Man, Vern, Jon Utpadel, Jack Richardson
Vern got our family started in commercial salmon fishing by leasing us our first site in 1970. He taught my dad (Tom Sr.) and uncle (Walt Sonen) to fish that first summer, a tradition that continues in our family to this day. I had the pleasure of visiting with he and Sylvia 4 or 5 years ago and enjoyed hearing stories about the "old days" on the beach. He was a true Alaskan pioneer in every sense of the word. His legacy of family, hard work, and adventure lives on in our family. He will...
Tom Rollman Jr.
January 14, 2011 | Eagle River, AK
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My father met Vernon and his brother Howard in the 1940s, when he first fished and hunted in the Susitna area. Vernon was the last of his kind, remarkable men that could do anything.
Frank Mielke
Frank Mielke
January 14, 2011 | Chugiak, AK
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So sorry to hear of your loss. Another true Alaskan from a different era will be missed. He take so much history with him. Marnice Mielke Foote
Marnice Mielke/Foote
January 14, 2011 | Laclede, ID
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