Arthur Nagozruk III

Arthur Nagozruk III, 55, died Feb. 26, 2007, at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, surrounded by family members.
A visitation will be at noon Friday at the United Methodist Church in Nome, with a service afterward at 1 p.m. The Rev. Susan Knight will officiate. Burial will be at the Nome Cemetery in the spring.
Mr. Nagozruk was born Nov. 26, 1951, in Elephant Point to Arthur Jr. and Florence Ahlalook Nagozruk. He moved in 1952 to Buckland, where his principal and schoolteacher father taught school and where the rest of his siblings were born. He lived for a year in Point Lay and at Solomon and returned to Buckland in 1956. In 1960, his family moved to Nome, where he spent the rest of his life.
Mr. Nagozruk graduated from Nome High School in 1970 and attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks for two years. He was employed at the Reindeer Plant and in various retail positions until he was disabled. Following the death of his father in 1977, he became a caregiver to his mother until his death.
He had a great love for music and taught himself how to play the guitar when he was a teenager. He sang and played guitar in various bands. He loved to fish and enjoyed cooking. He had a generous heart and a great sense of humor. His best memories included playing and boating on the Buckland River as a little boy. His greatest accomplishment in life was accepting the Lord.
Survivors include his mother, Florence A. Nagozruk; sisters, Sharon E. McClintock, Barbara F. Chmiel and Karen L. Desalernos; nieces and nephews, Monique Chmiel, Sara Johnson, Josie Wilson, Elizabeth, Erin and William A. McClintock; aunts, Evelyn Hendrickson, Margaret Trigg, Catherine Tuckfield, Dorcus Okamailuk and Martina Panik; and uncles, Elmer, Gordon and Howard Nagozruk, Allen and Timothy Ahalook; and brothers-in-law, Bill and Greg McClintock and John Chmiel.
He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Nagozruk Jr.; sister, Sharon Jane; and brother, Walter Ralph.