- Pioneer Alaska resident Howard C. Thew, 79, died March 2 at Providence Hospital. A funeral was at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2501 Maplewood St., with visitation beginning. Bishop Steven Henderson of the Anchorage Second Ward officiated. Burial was in the Pioneers Section of Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery in the spring.
Mr. Thew was born Sept. 8, 1914, in Hayden, Ariz., a small mining town, where he spent his early years. He was a small-business man in Los Angeles during the 1940s and owned a chain of full-service gas stations and tire stores. In 1950, he declared he was tired of the "rat race" and loaded up a truck and drove to Alaska. When he arrived in Tok Junction, he flipped a coin to determine if he was going to Anchorage or Fairbanks. Anchorage won. Mr. Thew lost his Turnagain home to the 1964 earthquake. He was present on Fourth Avenue during the quake and watched businesses and the street itself drop 10 feet. Since 1967, Mr. Thew had been a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and an avid small-boat sailor. For years, he actively promoted small-boat safety in Anchorage. Most years, he performed more courtesy motorboat examinations, one of the auxiliary's primary safety programs, than any other member of the auxiliary in the 17th Coast Guard District in Alaska. He won the district's award for the most examinations conducted so often that the Coast Guard named their award after him. He continued to win the Howard C. Thew Award. As a local small-business man, Mr. Thew regularly sponsored youth and community activities, including youth sports teams and individual competitors in the Soap Box Derby. He owned and operated Howard's Chevron Service at Fourth Avenue and A Street for 30 years. He also owned many apartment houses in Anchorage and retired from the service station business in 1980. Mr. Thew had been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1990. He was an active and founding member of the Alaska Landlords Association. For many years, he was active in the Republican Party. Mr. Thew was well-known for his interest in Alaska history and memorabilia. He was an avid gardener and won community awards for flower displays in his yard. He also enjoyed fishing and small boating.
Mr. Thew is survived by his wife, J. Juanita Thew of Anchorage; sons, Howard Jr. of Gardnerville, Nev., and Lt. Col. Kent Thew of Fort Richardson; daughter, Susan Thew Bedel of Los Angeles; and his grandson, Ian Thew of Fort Richardson. Memorials may be sent to the Alaska Heart Association (Anchorage Daily News March 6, 1994, i Gind a Grave)
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1914 - 1994 (79 år)
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