FAMILY FUN – Crystal Johns holds her son Zayne , 2, as she follows her son Ezekiel, 4, up an inflatable slide Saturday at Xoots Elementary School during the annual Spring Carnival. The event included games, prizes, cotton candy, and karaoke. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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James Edward Cushing
James Edward Cushing
Services for James Edward Cushing, a lifelong Sitka resident, will be held in late summer.
Jim died June 25, 2017, in Sitka, at age 66.
He was born Dec. 26, 1950, in Sitka, the firstborn son of Richard James and Virginia Emily (Zarling) Cushing. He attended local schools, graduating in 1969 from Sitka High, where he was a member of the basketball team.
He began logging and running heavy equipment, specializing in the front-end loader, while still in high school, and became a union member at 18. Among the projects he worked on were the Alaska Pipeline as a loader operator; Egan Drive construction in Juneau; the Ketchikan and Sitka airports; and several other major construction jobs in Southeast.
He loved action, and in his early years he enjoyed motorcycles, modifying cars, scuba diving and trap shooting.
Jim was a Seattle Mariners fan, and enjoyed socializing with his friends at Swan Lake Senior Center, his AHFC housing residence.
He had many friends in the area – former classmates, former co-workers in the construction trades and the people he met through his knife sharpening business, Sharpen Old Blades, in his later years.
He was a proud member of the Sitka Elks Lodge and Operators Union 302.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents; a cousin, Johanna Cushing; and a nephew, Marc Kneip.
He is survived by an uncle, Ken Zarling of Milwaukee, Wis.; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Dan and Madeline Cushing of Sitka, Ed and Memoree Cushing of Ketchikan and Greg and Debbie Cushing of Sitka; and cousins Cheri King of Mexico, Cordee Knebel of Pomeroy, Wash., and Kasey Myhra of Sammamish, Wash.
His nephews and nieces are Michael Penman of Bonney Lake, Wash., Johanna Kinnear of Anchorage, Rebekah Cushing of Anchorage, Aaron Cushing of Sitka, Ahna Cushing of Sitka, Maia Cushing of Sitka, Michael Kneip of Seattle and Kaysha Cushing of Seattle, and his sons are Gene Cheeseman of Juneau and Scott Effenberger of Spokane.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Swan Lake Senior Center.
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April 2004
Photo caption: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with students in Karoline Bekeris’ fourth-grade class Thursday at the Westmark Shee Atika. From left are Murkowski, Kelsey Boussom, Laura Quinn and Memito Diaz.
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April 1974
A medley of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar” will highlight the morning worship service on Palm Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Musicians will be Paige Garwood and Karl Hartman on guitars; Dan Goodness on organ; and Gayle Erickson on drums.
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