Jack St. Denis, Sr.
Anchorage resident Jack St. Denis
Sr., 90, died April 26, 1999, at Providence Alaska Medical Center.
There will be a visitation at
10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 3900 Wisconsin St. Services
will begin at noon with the Rev. Daniel Hebert officiating. Pallbearers will
include Jack St. Denis Jr., Joseph St. Denis, Steve St. Denis, Joe Pfeifer, Tony
Fleming, and Anthony Pfeifer. Burial will follow the service at Angelus Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mr. St. Denis was born Oct. 9,
1908, in Congress, Ariz., and moved to Alaska in 1952. A pipe welder with the
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 367, he worked on jobs throughout the state
before his retirement in 1972 with 30 years of service. He left Alaska in 1973,
but returned in January of 1999.
He enjoyed woodworking and
hunting. His family remembers him as a loving husband, father, grandfather and
great-grandfather. They said, "His memory and life will always be in our hearts,
as he is a part of us all and we are proud to be a part of his family."
Mr. St. Denis is survived by his
wife of 68 years, Eloise St. Denis of Anchorage; sons and daughters-in-law,
Joseph and Faith St. Denis of Oceanside, Calif., and Jack and Marlene St. Denis
of Anchorage; grandchildren, Arlene Van Ness of Phoenix, Ariz., Catherine Hahn
and her husband Andy of Sherwood, Ore., Kevin St. Denis of California, Stephen
St. Denis and his wife Linda of Anchorage, Lorraine Pfeifer and her husband
Joseph of Anchorage, Karen Goodman and her husband David of Anchorage, and Anita
St. Denis and her fiance' Tony Fleming of Anchorage; great-grandchildren Aletha
Van Ness, Melissa St. Denis, Cheryl St. Denis, Anthony Pfeifer, Garrett Pfeifer,
David Goodman Jr., Jessica Goodman, Julie Ann Goodman, all of Anchorage; and
great-grandchildren, Christine Van Ness and Daniel Van Ness of Phoenix, Ariz.
In lieu of flowers, family asks that donations be sent to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Parish, 3900 Wisconsin St., Anchorage 99517.
Arrangements by Evergreen Memorial
Chapel.
Source: Anchorage Daily News 29 April 1999
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