Erna Frieda Morgan

In early January, we lost another dear family member.  Yuri's Grandmother (Paternal) Erna passed away after a long fight with Alzhimers.  She was a special woman with a huge heart.  We are so thankful that Rory had a chance to meet her last year when we spent several weeks in Juneau.  Erna will be greatly missed.  Following is her obituary.

Longtime Juneau resident Erna Frieda Morgan died Jan. 4, 2010, after a long struggle with alzhimer's disease. Her husband, children, and Juneau grandchildren were at her side. She was 88.
She was born in 1921 in Castle Rock, WA, to Erna A. and Edmond E. Kluth. She attended school there, graduating from Castle Rock High in 1940. She married her high school sweetheart, Sid, on January 1, 1941.

In the spring of 1953, she and her children traveled from Seattle to Dillingham to join her husband, who was an agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She and her family moved to Juneau in 1957 and subsequently lived briefly in Cordova and Petersburg before returning to Juneau for good in 1960.

She worked as an accounting technician and accountant with St. Anne's Hospital, Dr. Riederer and Dr. Ray's family practice clinic, and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, retiring from the state in 1985.

In her youth, she was a voracious reader of mysteries and an avid deer hunter and fisher. She was a lifelong cribbage player. She was a good mother and indulgent grandmother who will be remembered for her love of family, generosity and graciousness.