IN MEMORIAM
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Since the last issue of OUR TIME, your Editor has learned the following friends and co-workers have passed away:

Harold Arab, former Anchorage FSS employee, passed away Friday, October 30, 2009. Harold transferred to the Honolulu FSS where he retired and continued to live in Hawaii until his death.

Bill Dalton, former Air Traffic Division Manager, passed away after a long illness on Friday, November 6, 2009. Bill was the ATD Manager during the early 70's. He Transferred to Washington after leaving Alaska.

Dexter Palk, 81, retired Aviation Inspector, died August 16, 2009 after a four year battle with cancer. His ashes will be scattered in Alaska and Hawaii - where he was born.

Sidney L. Nally, Former AF Plant Maintenance Mechanic, passed away on January 26, 2010. Sid worked for many years with the Plants Crew at King Salmon. He transferred to Grand Junction in 1974 and worked there until his retirement. Sid was with the agency for 39 years.

Hazel A. Smith, wife of former ATD Specialist Frank Smith, died of natural causes Feb. 17, 2010, in Anchorage. She was 94. The two were married in 1938. In 1943, the Civil Aeronautics Administration trained the couple in air traffic control and sent them to Alaska to work on the World War II lend-lease program. They were stationed in Summit, Northway, King Salmon (twice) and Annette Island, finally settling in Cordova in 1953. Frank passed away in 1992.

Charlie Stack, former AT Supervisor at the Fairbanks Center,  passed away on Feb 17th, 2010.

Mark J Kelliher, Former AF Technician died from an apparent heart attack February 27, 2010  while working at McGrath, Alaska with the Iditarod - which he has volunteered for and enjoyed for many years.

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FAA Regional Administrator Robert Lewis
Editor, Charlie Muhs