Obituaries in Homer, AK

Phyllis Rochelle Schneider was born on January 14, 1941. She died from complications from NonHodgkins Lymphoma on 12-31-2025.She is survived by her husband, David Schneider of Soldotna; sisters Christine Barker of Eureka, California, and Jackie Henry of Anderson, California; children, Dava Mustian a...

Shirley Joann (Swafford) Cummings, 87, passed away, Nov. 15, 2025, from Alzheimer’s at Heritage Place in Soldotna.Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 at Newlife Church in Kasilof.Shirley was born Jan. 19, 1938 in Orange, Calif. and grew up swimming and playing at the beach in Ne...

Nikiski resident Joan D. “Dot” Grosdidier, 66, passed away on Dec. 29, 2025 at home from complications of ALS.Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Church of the Nazarene in Nikiski. Pastor Jason Envoy will officiate.Dot was born Oct. 31, 1959 in Cottage Grove, Ore. She moved t...

Longtime Alaskan resident and North Kenai resident, Mrs. Sandra “Sandi” Lou Kidder, 65, died Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 10th, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at The Nikiski Senior Center - 50025 Lake Ma...

Pauline May Montagna, age 86, passed away peacefully at home in Nikiski, Alaska, on December 29, 2025. She was born on August 21, 1939, in Amboy, Minnesota.Pauline became a resident of Alaska in 1986. She loved driving, watching the eagles, looking at mountains and ships.She was preceded in death by...

Kenai resident Mary “Elaine” Diehl, 76, passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.A celebration of her life will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29, at Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Frank Alioto will officiate.Elaine was born July 7, 1949 in Grapevine, Texas....

Beverly “Lizzie” Jane Greischel, age 71, of Anchor Point, passed away in Homer, Alaska, on December 22, 2025. Beverly was born on February 6, 1954, in Patterson, New Jersey. She earned a bachelor's degree at Boulder Colorado University. Beverly moved to Anchorage, Alaska, in 1978, where she stayed u...

Phyllis Rochelle Schneider was born on January 14, 1941. She died from complications from NonHodgkins Lymphoma on 12-31-2025.She is survived by her husband, David Schneider of Soldotna; sisters Christine Barker of Eureka, California, and Jackie Henry of Anderson, California; children, Dava Mustian a...

Nikiski resident Joan D. “Dot” Grosdidier, 66, passed away on Dec. 29, 2025 at home from complications of ALS.Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Church of the Nazarene in Nikiski. Pastor Jason Envoy will officiate.Dot was born Oct. 31, 1959 in Cottage Grove, Ore. She moved t...

Longtime Alaskan resident and North Kenai resident, Mrs. Sandra “Sandi” Lou Kidder, 65, died Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 10th, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at The Nikiski Senior Center - 50025 Lake Ma...

Longtime Anchor Point, Alaska, resident Duane “Slim” Miller Harvey Jr., 83, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2026, following a lengthy illness.Duane was born August 18, 1942, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Duane Miller Harvey Sr. (“Pinky”) and Evelyn Priscilla Miller. Raised in Klamath Falls, he ...

Jeppe Frederick Hansen, age 88, passed away on January 28, 2026, in Soldotna, Alaska. He was born on January 15, 1938, in Mankato, Minnesota.No services are planned at this time.