JonB_in_Glencoe
03-20-2015, 07:36 PM
My Dad's Cousin passed away.
A couple clips of the obit. that makes me wish I lived in that time and place.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/juneauempire/obituary.aspx?n=walter-francis-baldwin-qaniitaq&pid=173915197
"Qaniitaq (Walter) was born on Oct 6, 1937, to Carlton and Olinga (Vaska) Baldwin at Arularrkurviaq (Paimiut), Alaska on the Yukon River. Walter was raised there and in Kalskag, Aayanuuciarr, and Aniak. He also lived in fall, winter, spring and summer camps along the southern tributaries of the Kuskokwim River between Kalskag and Aniak, and in the area north of Kalskag from Paimiut to Russian Mission."
"Walter was a professional seal hunter and fisherman. He would hunt deer and seal in southeast Alaska to provide for elders and relatives. He told stories of how he spent summers seal hunting and living off the land in and around Kodiak and other places along the south shores of the Alaska Peninsula. Walter fished southeast Alaska – Yakutat, Sitka, Elfin Cove and Hoonah."
A couple clips of the obit. that makes me wish I lived in that time and place.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/juneauempire/obituary.aspx?n=walter-francis-baldwin-qaniitaq&pid=173915197
"Qaniitaq (Walter) was born on Oct 6, 1937, to Carlton and Olinga (Vaska) Baldwin at Arularrkurviaq (Paimiut), Alaska on the Yukon River. Walter was raised there and in Kalskag, Aayanuuciarr, and Aniak. He also lived in fall, winter, spring and summer camps along the southern tributaries of the Kuskokwim River between Kalskag and Aniak, and in the area north of Kalskag from Paimiut to Russian Mission."
"Walter was a professional seal hunter and fisherman. He would hunt deer and seal in southeast Alaska to provide for elders and relatives. He told stories of how he spent summers seal hunting and living off the land in and around Kodiak and other places along the south shores of the Alaska Peninsula. Walter fished southeast Alaska – Yakutat, Sitka, Elfin Cove and Hoonah."