CONDOLENCES
The Board of Directors and the staff of The Aleut Corporation would like to extend their sincere condolences to the families and friends of shareholders who have passed away this year.
Axel Radion Samuelson, 46; King Cove, AK
Esther Judy Bennett, 59; Adak. AK
Michael Rudolph Uttecht Jr., 71; King Cove, AK
James A. Fratis, 61; Saint Paul Island, AK
David Clyde Shane, 53; Anchorage, AK
Frances Larsen, 81; Anchorage, AK
John Alfred Seller, 99; Glen Ellen, CA
Stanley L. Brainard, 67; Ferndale, WA
Terenty David Fratis, 86; Saint Paul Island, AK
Gregory Dimitri Gromoff, 58; Black River Falls, WI
Todd Kochutin, 30; Saint Paul Island, AK
Randolph A. Goodman, 79; Phoenix, AZ
Alan Michael Kozloff, 52; Saint Paul Island, AK
Harriet Ruth Hope, 84; Unalaska, AK
Eugene N. Bourdukofsky Sr., 71; Anchorage, AK
Frank Timothy Pagano, 93; Oshkosh, WI
Muriel Jeanette Tumbloo, 67; Russellville, AR
Audra Pauline Mello, 54; Tacoma, WA
Dorothy A. Uskoski, 86; Edmonds, WA
William Paul Koso Sr., 82; Anchorage, AK
Jenny Louise Kenezuroff, 61; Sand Point, AK
Kathryn Ryan Meadows, 53; Live Oak, TX
Sherman Ray Johnson Jr., 78; Nelson Lagoon, AK
Clifton Alva Emanoff, 70; Lewiston, ID
Polly Jean Kochergin, 74; Saint Paul Island, AK
Hedwig Bailey, 87; Auburn WA
Mattie Samuelson, 89; King Cove, AK
Wesley Allan Hackman, 70; Blaine, WA
Derek J. Koso, 39; King Cove, AK
Gerald Ray Berntsen, 58; Anchorage, AK
Blake Malavansky, 67; St. George Island, AK
Lawrence Alex Chercasen, 86; Vancouver, WA
Audrey Medina, 83; Anchorage, AK
Marlene Schroeder, 83; Anchorage, AK
JOHN SELLER
A resident of Sonoma for five decades, John Seller passed away on January 28 at the age of 98. Born in 1922 in Unalaska, Alaska, John was the youngest son of Katherine Dyakanoff Seller, a Native Aleut educator, and Harry Seller, an English American photographer and educator. After leaving Alaska in his teens, John was part of the Hoover Dam construction crew. He later served in the Army during WWII, stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany. He married Janeth Seller in 1962 and remained with her until her death in 2008. They relocated to Glen Ellen from San Francisco in 1972. A prolific reader and incurable curmudgeon, John was a resident at Cogir Assisted Living Facility in Sonoma. John is survived by his sister, Betty Blalock of Long Beach, CA; his daughter, Maureen Seller and her wife Martha Young of Lisbon Maine; his son Harry Seller and his wife Megan Seller of Glen Ellen, CA; and his granddaughters Madelyn and Sophia Seller of Glen Ellen.
MARIA PROKOPIOF FRAZIER
Maria “Rosie” Frazier (Prokopiof) was born on August 24, 1947 to Alexandra and Afanasia Prokopiof on St. George Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Aleutian Chain in Alaska. She lived there with her siblings Bill, Margaret, and Violet until 8th grade when she took a boat to Sitka, Alaska to attend boarding school at Mount Edgecumbe High School. She enjoyed her time there and afterward went to the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she received her teaching degree. She then returned to St. George to teach, where she met Richard “Dick” Frazier, a government engineer who was working on the island. After getting married, they moved to Seattle where she devoted her life to raising her four children.
She loved to bowl, bake, jitterbug, listen to Elvis, and keep up with all the latest soap opera gossip. Most of all, she loved her husband Dick, and he loved her. When they retired, they moved to Edmonds, WA and after 49 years together she fell ill and needed to live away from him. She appreciated the friends she made in her new home, but seeing Dick was always the highlight of her days (and his) until he passed away on October 6, 2019.
Maria passed away on August 28, 2020 in Everett, WA, from complications of multiple myeloma and Parkinson’s disease. She lived a full life.
She is survived by her 4 children, Kimberly Kleewein, Corey, David, and Alan; her son-in-law Bert Kleewein; her grandchildren Ethan, Madison, Daelon, Auggie, Mason, and Skylar; and her sisters, Margaret Prokopiof and Violet Fehr. She is missed.