Obituary from The Wrangell Sentinel - Friday, March 9, 1951: CARL AROLA TO BE BURIED HERE TOMORROW: DIED WEDNESDAY MORNING. Carl Arola, a well known Wrangell man, died here last Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Arola was born in Finland in 1886 and came to this country as an infant when his family settled in Astoria, Oregon. He came to Alaska about 1912 going first to Juneau to work as a blacksmith for the mine. His father brought him and his two younger brothers to Wrangell later to run a logging operation. It was here he married Josefina Pukkila in 1917. Arola ran a blacksmith shop here for a number of years and was the first Wrangell man to fish every year in Bristol Bay. Until a few years ago Mr. Arola was very prominent in civic circles, particularly with the Parent-Teachers Association and with musical and dramatic groups. He organized and directed a dance band, children's band and native band. A number of Wrangell citizens learned music from Arola as youngsters. He was also a charter member of the local Elks lodge when it was organized in 1935. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Barrington of Juneau, three grandchildren, Wm. Hill, III, Victoria and Edward Kaarlo Barrington and his wife, Josefina, all of Juneau. Mrs. Barrington has arrived here for her father's funeral which will be tomorrow morning from the St. Phillip's Episcopal Church. Internment will be at the Wrangell cemetery.
Obituary from The Wrangell Sentinel - Friday, March 9, 1951: CARL AROLA TO BE BURIED HERE TOMORROW: DIED WEDNESDAY MORNING. Carl Arola, a well known Wrangell man, died here last Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Arola was born in Finland in 1886 and came to this country as an infant when his family settled in Astoria, Oregon. He came to Alaska about 1912 going first to Juneau to work as a blacksmith for the mine. His father brought him and his two younger brothers to Wrangell later to run a logging operation. It was here he married Josefina Pukkila in 1917. Arola ran a blacksmith shop here for a number of years and was the first Wrangell man to fish every year in Bristol Bay. Until a few years ago Mr. Arola was very prominent in civic circles, particularly with the Parent-Teachers Association and with musical and dramatic groups. He organized and directed a dance band, children's band and native band. A number of Wrangell citizens learned music from Arola as youngsters. He was also a charter member of the local Elks lodge when it was organized in 1935. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Barrington of Juneau, three grandchildren, Wm. Hill, III, Victoria and Edward Kaarlo Barrington and his wife, Josefina, all of Juneau. Mrs. Barrington has arrived here for her father's funeral which will be tomorrow morning from the St. Phillip's Episcopal Church. Internment will be at the Wrangell cemetery.
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