Kenneth More
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February 9, 1952 - September 11, 2022
Kenneth "Ken" More, 70, died peacefully of natural causes on Sept. 11, 2022, in Hawaii at Wailuku, Maui. Ken, a third generation Alaskan, was born on Feb. 9, 1952, at the 5040th Elmendorf Hospital in the territory of Alaska to Vernon "Vern" and Mary More. He spent his early years in Seward, Alaska, until 1959, when the Army transferred the family back to Anchorage.
Ken attended Sand Lake Elementary School, Wendler Jr. High School and Dimond High School, graduating in 1970. He maintained close lifelong friendships with many of his classmates. Ken was blessed with considerable musical talent and was very active in high school choir, band and theater programs. He performed leading roles in the musical theater productions and received the highest ratings in State Choir and Solo Ensemble Festivals. He played baritone horn in the DHS band and formed and conducted a pep band that played at hockey games. Ken also sang with the Midnight Sons Barbershop Chorus while in high school and was a four-year first place winner of the annual Anchorage Soroptomist Vocal Scholarship Competition. Following high school he attended UAF on a music scholarship.
In 1971, facing possible military draft, Ken auditioned for the elite 28-member Soldier's Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band at Fort Meade, Md., and was accepted. He served two enlistments traveling and performing coast to coast with "The Kings of the Highway." Ken returned to Alaska in 1977 to do security work at the Alaska pipeline terminus in Valdez. He relocated to Anchorage in 1978, where in the ensuing years he worked for Secure Trans Armored, KHAR, as the host of an early morning radio show, Cook Inlet Housing Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In 2009, Ken entered into a partnership to form Artic's Air Academy serving as the Operating Manager.
In July 2017, Ken and his lifelong partner, Norman Kallander, were married at Norman's family beach site at Point Possession. "The Beach" was one of Ken's three favorite places on earth, the other two being his family cabin on Kenai Lake near Seward and "The Cove" in Lahaina, Maui. Many of his happiest times and memories were with family and friends at these favorite spots.
Ken struggled with serious health issues during his last years and he did so without complaint. Through it all he maintained his cheerful, happy manner and smile that made him a friend to everyone. In spite of declining health, Ken succeeded in his quest to have "one more visit to The Cove" and thus end his journey at a place he loved so much.
Ken is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Coralyn More of Anchorage; nephews, Steven and wife CarYanne of Delta, and Christopher and wife Whitney of Anchorage; and great-nephews, Brenden and Brian of San Antonio and Logan of Anchorage. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Mary More; great-niece, Camille Marie More; and spouse, Norman Kallander. A celebration of life and interment will be scheduled at Angelus Memorial Cemetery later in spring 2023.
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February 9, 1952 - September 11, 2022
Kenneth "Ken" More, 70, died peacefully of natural causes on Sept. 11, 2022, in Hawaii at Wailuku, Maui. Ken, a third generation Alaskan, was born on Feb. 9, 1952, at the 5040th Elmendorf Hospital in the territory of Alaska to Vernon "Vern" and Mary More. He spent his early years in Seward, Alaska, until 1959, when the Army transferred the family back to Anchorage.
Ken attended Sand Lake Elementary School, Wendler Jr. High School and Dimond High School, graduating in 1970. He maintained close lifelong friendships with many of his classmates. Ken was blessed with considerable musical talent and was very active in high school choir, band and theater programs. He performed leading roles in the musical theater productions and received the highest ratings in State Choir and Solo Ensemble Festivals. He played baritone horn in the DHS band and formed and conducted a pep band that played at hockey games. Ken also sang with the Midnight Sons Barbershop Chorus while in high school and was a four-year first place winner of the annual Anchorage Soroptomist Vocal Scholarship Competition. Following high school he attended UAF on a music scholarship.
In 1971, facing possible military draft, Ken auditioned for the elite 28-member Soldier's Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band at Fort Meade, Md., and was accepted. He served two enlistments traveling and performing coast to coast with "The Kings of the Highway." Ken returned to Alaska in 1977 to do security work at the Alaska pipeline terminus in Valdez. He relocated to Anchorage in 1978, where in the ensuing years he worked for Secure Trans Armored, KHAR, as the host of an early morning radio show, Cook Inlet Housing Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In 2009, Ken entered into a partnership to form Artic's Air Academy serving as the Operating Manager.
In July 2017, Ken and his lifelong partner, Norman Kallander, were married at Norman's family beach site at Point Possession. "The Beach" was one of Ken's three favorite places on earth, the other two being his family cabin on Kenai Lake near Seward and "The Cove" in Lahaina, Maui. Many of his happiest times and memories were with family and friends at these favorite spots.
Ken struggled with serious health issues during his last years and he did so without complaint. Through it all he maintained his cheerful, happy manner and smile that made him a friend to everyone. In spite of declining health, Ken succeeded in his quest to have "one more visit to The Cove" and thus end his journey at a place he loved so much.
Ken is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Coralyn More of Anchorage; nephews, Steven and wife CarYanne of Delta, and Christopher and wife Whitney of Anchorage; and great-nephews, Brenden and Brian of San Antonio and Logan of Anchorage. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Mary More; great-niece, Camille Marie More; and spouse, Norman Kallander. A celebration of life and interment will be scheduled at Angelus Memorial Cemetery later in spring 2023.
Kenneth More
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February 9, 1952 - September 11, 2022
Kenneth "Ken" More, 70, died peacefully of natural causes on Sept. 11, 2022, in Hawaii at Wailuku, Maui. Ken, a third generation Alaskan, was born on Feb. 9, 1952, at the 5040th Elmendorf Hospital in the territory of Alaska to Vernon "Vern" and Mary More. He spent his early years in Seward, Alaska, until 1959, when the Army transferred the family back to Anchorage.
Ken attended Sand Lake Elementary School, Wendler Jr. High School and Dimond High School, graduating in 1970. He maintained close lifelong friendships with many of his classmates. Ken was blessed with considerable musical talent and was very active in high school choir, band and theater programs. He performed leading roles in the musical theater productions and received the highest ratings in State Choir and Solo Ensemble Festivals. He played baritone horn in the DHS band and formed and conducted a pep band that played at hockey games. Ken also sang with the Midnight Sons Barbershop Chorus while in high school and was a four-year first place winner of the annual Anchorage Soroptomist Vocal Scholarship Competition. Following high school he attended UAF on a music scholarship.
In 1971, facing possible military draft, Ken auditioned for the elite 28-member Soldier's Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band at Fort Meade, Md., and was accepted. He served two enlistments traveling and performing coast to coast with "The Kings of the Highway." Ken returned to Alaska in 1977 to do security work at the Alaska pipeline terminus in Valdez. He relocated to Anchorage in 1978, where in the ensuing years he worked for Secure Trans Armored, KHAR, as the host of an early morning radio show, Cook Inlet Housing Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In 2009, Ken entered into a partnership to form Artic's Air Academy serving as the Operating Manager.
In July 2017, Ken and his lifelong partner, Norman Kallander, were married at Norman's family beach site at Point Possession. "The Beach" was one of Ken's three favorite places on earth, the other two being his family cabin on Kenai Lake near Seward and "The Cove" in Lahaina, Maui. Many of his happiest times and memories were with family and friends at these favorite spots.
Ken struggled with serious health issues during his last years and he did so without complaint. Through it all he maintained his cheerful, happy manner and smile that made him a friend to everyone. In spite of declining health, Ken succeeded in his quest to have "one more visit to The Cove" and thus end his journey at a place he loved so much.
Ken is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Coralyn More of Anchorage; nephews, Steven and wife CarYanne of Delta, and Christopher and wife Whitney of Anchorage; and great-nephews, Brenden and Brian of San Antonio and Logan of Anchorage. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Mary More; great-niece, Camille Marie More; and spouse, Norman Kallander. A celebration of life and interment will be scheduled at Angelus Memorial Cemetery later in spring 2023.
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February 9, 1952 - September 11, 2022
Kenneth "Ken" More, 70, died peacefully of natural causes on Sept. 11, 2022, in Hawaii at Wailuku, Maui. Ken, a third generation Alaskan, was born on Feb. 9, 1952, at the 5040th Elmendorf Hospital in the territory of Alaska to Vernon "Vern" and Mary More. He spent his early years in Seward, Alaska, until 1959, when the Army transferred the family back to Anchorage.
Ken attended Sand Lake Elementary School, Wendler Jr. High School and Dimond High School, graduating in 1970. He maintained close lifelong friendships with many of his classmates. Ken was blessed with considerable musical talent and was very active in high school choir, band and theater programs. He performed leading roles in the musical theater productions and received the highest ratings in State Choir and Solo Ensemble Festivals. He played baritone horn in the DHS band and formed and conducted a pep band that played at hockey games. Ken also sang with the Midnight Sons Barbershop Chorus while in high school and was a four-year first place winner of the annual Anchorage Soroptomist Vocal Scholarship Competition. Following high school he attended UAF on a music scholarship.
In 1971, facing possible military draft, Ken auditioned for the elite 28-member Soldier's Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band at Fort Meade, Md., and was accepted. He served two enlistments traveling and performing coast to coast with "The Kings of the Highway." Ken returned to Alaska in 1977 to do security work at the Alaska pipeline terminus in Valdez. He relocated to Anchorage in 1978, where in the ensuing years he worked for Secure Trans Armored, KHAR, as the host of an early morning radio show, Cook Inlet Housing Authority and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. In 2009, Ken entered into a partnership to form Artic's Air Academy serving as the Operating Manager.
In July 2017, Ken and his lifelong partner, Norman Kallander, were married at Norman's family beach site at Point Possession. "The Beach" was one of Ken's three favorite places on earth, the other two being his family cabin on Kenai Lake near Seward and "The Cove" in Lahaina, Maui. Many of his happiest times and memories were with family and friends at these favorite spots.
Ken struggled with serious health issues during his last years and he did so without complaint. Through it all he maintained his cheerful, happy manner and smile that made him a friend to everyone. In spite of declining health, Ken succeeded in his quest to have "one more visit to The Cove" and thus end his journey at a place he loved so much.
Ken is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Coralyn More of Anchorage; nephews, Steven and wife CarYanne of Delta, and Christopher and wife Whitney of Anchorage; and great-nephews, Brenden and Brian of San Antonio and Logan of Anchorage. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Mary More; great-niece, Camille Marie More; and spouse, Norman Kallander. A celebration of life and interment will be scheduled at Angelus Memorial Cemetery later in spring 2023.
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