They Will Be Missed

Marion Greer
Sister of T&H 4th Vice-President Millie Stevens who provided this information. Marion was born in Klukwan and attended school at Mt. Edgecombe. She moved to Seattle to attend nursing school and met and married Jim Greer. He was in the military and was sometimes gone in the summers. If he was gone she and her three children would pack up and go to Klawock to work in the cannery. She was very proud of her culture. Marion and Jim loved playing Bingo and card games wherever they lived. She was known and remembered for her humor and great laughter.

Lloyd Scott
Haida Raven and born in Hydaburg. His mother was Vesta Johnson and step-dad Wallace Johnson. He attended school in Chicago, Mt. Edgecombe and Sheldon Jackson. Lloyd worked as an electrician and loved fishing. He and his wife Virginia had three daughters. He loved to go to Borders Book Store and to the Pike Place Market. He looked for Alaska people to visit with in the market. In later years he could not get down to the market and missed it greatly. His wife Virginia provided this information.

Agnes Stewart
Was originally from the Petersburg area. She was President and served as a Past-President of Camp 36 of the Alaska Native Sisterhood. Agnes was known for hard work and service for the ANS. She has two surviving daughters Kathleen Whitehead and Peggy Stewart. She lived in the West Seattle area.

Legia Williams Nefzger
Was born in Juneau and started school in Sitka. She continued at the BIA school in Juneau. Legia attended Wrangell Institute where she graduated as valedictorian of her class. She was baptized in St. Michael Russian Church in Sitka and attended the Salvation Army whenever she could. Legia worked in the Taku and Tyee canneries in order to finish high school. She registered and was accepted in the US Nurse Corps and received her training at Providence Hospital in Seattle. She worked as a scrub nurse and later as a private nurse assisting seniors in their homes. She was married in Seattle around 1947 and has three children all who reside in the Seattle area. In her private life she enjoyed fishing in the Seattle area lakes, quilting, sewing toys for her grandchildren and crocheting. She learned to weave in red cedar bark. Legia loved to travel to Alaska to visit her Hoonah relatives. In later years she was recognized and honored by the Klallam Tribal Seniors and natives from the Neah Bay Reservation. Marie Olson of Juneau, Legia's sister, provided this information.