Jay McMahill

Jay "Pappy Mack" McMahill, 73, died Oct. 30, 2007, at Alaska Regional Medical Center after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and liver disease.
A service will be at noon Saturday at Witzleben Family Funeral Home Chapel, 1707 S. Bragaw St., with his close friend the Rev. Frank Thompson of Hosanna Fellowship officiating. A reception will be afterward at Park Lanes Bowling Alley, 4350 Ames Ave.
Jay was born July 31, 1934, in Tacoma, Wash. He moved to Anchorage in 1972. He dearly loved Alaska and said he would never leave.
He was a Teamster for Alaska General, working on the North Slope driving a large dump truck. He retired in 1981. Jay also worked in Valdez, and was a member of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 15.
He loved fishing and bowling.
His family wrote: "Jay loved his family and his family loved him. We will miss him, but realize with his pain and suffering, he is in a better place. He is at home with his Lord. (We) remember him by a quote he used to say. When asked what his favorite color was, he would reply: 'Any color is my favorite color as long as it's red.' "
Jay was preceded in death by his parents and six siblings.
He is survived by his wife, Charlene of Anchorage; children, Rocky of Ranier, Ore., Christy Frisby and husband Jim of Palmer, Dale of Grand Canyon, Ariz., and David and wife Brenda of Calico Rock, Ark.; grandchildren, Jerome Frisby and wife Lynn of Palmer, Chad Frisby and wife Autumn of Thornton, Colo., Micah Frisby and wife Patty of Westminster, Colo., Spring O'Connor and husband Paul of Palmer, Jay Frisby and wife Sharon of Palmer, and A.J. McMahill, Jake McMahill and Jesse McMahill, all of Calico Rock; great-grandchildren, Amelia Frisby, Malaki O'Connor and Addison Frisby, all of Palmer, and Wyatt Frisby of Westminster; sister, Donna Schroeder of Tacoma; special nieces and nephew, Karen and Merril Allen, Candy and Brad Campbell, Kristie Nix, Diane Phillips, Cindy Jackson, and Larry and Paulette McMahill; Charlene's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.