Longtime Sitkan Gary John Coty Dies at Age 67
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Gary John Coty
Gary John Coty died May 12 at home with friends nearby, as was his wish. The longtime Sitka resident was 67.
He will be cremated, and his ashes scattered in Sitka Sound. The date for a memorial is yet to be decided.
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2004
Photo caption: Historian Bob DeArmond sits next to a July 4, 1913, photograph of Alaska Territorial Gov. John F.A. Strong at the dedication of the Pioneers Home. DeArmond, who attended the 1913 ceremony, will give a talk on the Pioneers Home Saturday.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1974
Andrew John Hope III, 24, has been selected as one of three Alaskans named as Outstanding Young Men in America for 1974. Hope, the son of Mrs. Christine Littlefield of Sitka and John Hope of Juneau, was graduated from Sitka High in 1967. ... He is presently attending Sheldon Jackson College.