Carolyn Rose Crane
Alaskan native and Sterling resident Carolyn Rose Crane died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Mile 76.1 Seward Highway from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 26.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church in Kenai. Fathers Thomas Andrew and Michael Trefon will officiate. Burial will be in the Holy Assumption Orthodox Cemetery.
A potluck will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday following the burial at Fort Kenay.
Miss Crane was born March 23, 1983, in Bethel. She attended grade school in Lime Village and Maui. She attended high school at Anchorage West. She was Russian Orthodox.
"Carolyn loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, boating, camping, snowmachining and hanging with her cousins," her family said. "Her smile and her laugh will be missed. She was strong, understanding, caring, loving and giving. Everyone loved being around Carolyn Rose because she made you feel so good. She was the best big sister a person could ask for. She was always there when you needed her. The wonderful times that were shared will be missed and you will never be forgotten," her family said.
Miss Crane was preceded in death by her grandfather, Sinka Crane Sr.; father, James P. Crane; uncle, Wasilie Bobby; and daughter, Geneva Louise Oceania Waskey.
She is survived by her grandparents, Nick and Emma Alexie; mother, Paula E. Bobby; daughter, Quincy-Anne Crane; brothers, Benjamin R. Bobby, Jerimiha Bou Dobson, Troy B. Alexie, all of Sterling, and Donald B. Dobson of Soldotna; sisters, Catherine V. Keane, of Sterling, Samantha J. Bobby of Bridger, Mont., Kira Kay Bobby, of Lime Village, and Hannah L. Alexie, Jenipher Dobson, both of Sterling, Donna D. Edmunds of Soldotna, Phillisha Dobson, of Sterling and Yvonne Waskey of Kenai; dad, Don D. Dobson, of Sterling; grandmother, Balusha Barns of Wasilla; aunts, Barbara Andrew and Barbara Shepherd, both of Anchorage, Margaret M. Bobby, of Sleetmute, Laura and Lena Crane, of Anchorage; uncles, Arthur Shepherd, of Anchorage, and Curt, Dave and Larry Dobson, of Sterling; and numerous cousins.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be sent to Paula Bobby, P.O. Box 1065, Sterling, AK 99672.
Arrangements were made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.