Harvey Fred Shade
Obituary
Harvey Fred Shade
Former Soldotna resident Harvey Fred Shade died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. He was 74.
Services were held Friday, March 31, in Anchorage.
Mr. Shade was born Nov. 19, 1931, in Silver Salmon to Mary E. and Henry A. Shade. He attended school through the eighth grade. He married Alma Cox.
He was employed as a Bristol Bay fisherman, power plant operator in Dillingham, Alaska Village Electric in Anchorage and Arco Alaska at Prudhoe Bay.
Mr. Shade was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Herman Shade; sisters, Dolly Brannon and Doris Sifsof; and sons, August, Gordan and Carvell Bruce Shade.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Shade; brother, Henry and his wife, Donna Shade, of Dillingham; sons and daughters-in-law, Harvey Jr. and Wanda of Anchorage, Steven and Carol of Dillingham, George and Debbie of Sulton and Douglas and Desire of Dillingham; daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Rory Vanderpool; daughter-in-law, Lynda Nicholson and family; stepsons Don and Jim Burns; 25 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were made by Witzleben Family Funeral Home in Anchorage.