"Nellie Alstrom, 72, a lifelong Alaskan, died Nov. 30 in Anchorage. Born in Black River, she spent her life in Alakanuk, where she worked as a cook at the local school for 29 years. She loved to bake, sew, put up fish and enter sweepstakes contests."
Note: while the magazine article states that she died on Nov. 30, her social security index states she died Sept. 1 (which has been officially verified).
"Nellie Alstrom, 72, a lifelong Alaskan, died Nov. 30 in Anchorage. Born in Black River, she spent her life in Alakanuk, where she worked as a cook at the local school for 29 years. She loved to bake, sew, put up fish and enter sweepstakes contests."
Note: while the magazine article states that she died on Nov. 30, her social security index states she died Sept. 1 (which has been officially verified).
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