Henry-Shade-Obituary

Henry E. Shade

Anchorage, Alaska

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Lifelong Alaska Native Henry E. Shade, 79, died March 28, 2009, at Alaska Native Medical Center.A service will be at 6 p.m. today at Evergreen Memorial.Henry was born Aug. 11, 1929, in Clarks Point. He moved to Dillingham, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a scow captain at the age of...

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Henry was a great teacher and mentor. At one time he brought me to a RMW training class to learn about the importance of small communities having running water. The bottom line was maintaining public health. Thanks to Henry's dedication to water and wastwater industry many people are healthy and have lived longer having the water of life. I will miss Henry's experties and advice.

Henry was a great guy. He will be remembered for his love of life, women, a good soak in his hot tub, Miller Genuine Draft, and his great storytelling ability. I worked with Henry when he was an RMW for the Bristol Bay area communities. He provided exemplary service and went above and beyond the call of duty to help the local operators out. I'm going to miss you, Henry!

henry will always be missed he was a good father,and a dam good man we will miss him dearly and we will be together someday again garrett susanne

My condolences to the Shade family. I worked with Henry for nine years as we traveled throughout the Bristol Bay region helping communities maintain their water and sewer systems. Henry was known, welcomed and appreciated throughout the region. He contributed a tremendous amount in keeping clean water piped to the homes of the village residents and maintaining the critical community infrastructure resulting in the protection of the health of Bristol Bay residents. At the same time, he...

Our thoughts are with the Shade family. Henry was a friendly guy who loved to share his knowledge with others. He will be missed by many.

Our condolences to the family; Henry will always be remembered by us with a smile on his face, a chuckle and a heart of gold.

Henry was a man who really loved people. I will always remember what he has done for me and my family and I, too, will greatly miss his clever innuendos!

Shade Family, wish I was there to give you all a hug and share my great memories of Henry. He definately will be missed and remembered by all who met him. My love to each of you. Your Friend and former neighbor, Tine

To the children of Henry, his family and friends; our thoughts and prayers are with you in the loss of your father and family member. The Shade family has a long history of service and friendship with many generations throughout the Bristol Bay. Henry like the others before him has left his mark that will cause us to remember him always. God be with you all in this time of sorrow.

Your friends,
Mark and Gloria Hiratsuka