Anchorage Daily News September 19, 2009
Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams, 81, died of congestive heart failure July 6, 2009, at Anaheim Memorial Hospital in Anaheim, Calif. Alberta's ashes were interred with her beloved aunt, Frances Longley, and her cousin, Henry, at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Columbarium.
She was blessed with longevity, a warrior spirit and a large extended family. Alberta Schenck, daughter of Mary Pushruk Schenck and Albert "Whitey" Schenck, was born June 1, 1928, in Nome and was raised there. Alberta is remembered for her pivotal role, as a 16-year-old, in the passage of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 when Alaska was a territory. The act prescribed penalties for racial discrimination in Alaska long before the civil rights movement took place in the rest of the nation. Alberta was honored by the Alaska Legislature for her activism as a young adult. In the spring of 1944, Alberta was working in Nome's Dream Theater as an usher. She was fired from her position for expressing her opposition to the theater's Jim Crow policies, which forbade Natives and "half-breeds" from sitting in the whites-only section. In an essay published in the March 3, 1944, edition of the Nome Nugget, Alberta expressed eloquently the sentiment echoed later in the civil rights movement of the 1950s: "I only truthfully know that I am one of God's children, regardless of race, color or creed." Alberta went on to expose the practice of Jim Crow as counter to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. To view the complete obituary in late October, go to www.Alaskacivilrights.org and follow the link to "Alberta Obituary," or call 830-0606 for more information. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams, 81, died of congestive heart failure July 6, 2009, at Anaheim Memorial Hospital in Anaheim, Calif. Alberta's ashes were interred with her beloved aunt, Frances Longley, and her cousin, Henry, at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Columbarium.
She was blessed with longevity, a warrior spirit and a large extended family. Alberta Schenck, daughter of Mary Pushruk Schenck and Albert "Whitey" Schenck, was born June 1, 1928, in Nome and was raised there. Alberta is remembered for her pivotal role, as a 16-year-old, in the passage of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 when Alaska was a territory. The act prescribed penalties for racial discrimination in Alaska long before the civil rights movement took place in the rest of the nation. Alberta was honored by the Alaska Legislature for her activism as a young adult. In the spring of 1944, Alberta was working in Nome's Dream Theater as an usher. She was fired from her position for expressing her opposition to the theater's Jim Crow policies, which forbade Natives and "half-breeds" from sitting in the whites-only section. In an essay published in the March 3, 1944, edition of the Nome Nugget, Alberta expressed eloquently the sentiment echoed later in the civil rights movement of the 1950s: "I only truthfully know that I am one of God's children, regardless of race, color or creed." Alberta went on to expose the practice of Jim Crow as counter to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. To view the complete obituary in late October, go to www.Alaskacivilrights.org and follow the link to "Alberta Obituary," or call 830-0606 for more information. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
Anchorage Daily News September 19, 2009
Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams, 81, died of congestive heart failure July 6, 2009, at Anaheim Memorial Hospital in Anaheim, Calif. Alberta's ashes were interred with her beloved aunt, Frances Longley, and her cousin, Henry, at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Columbarium.
She was blessed with longevity, a warrior spirit and a large extended family. Alberta Schenck, daughter of Mary Pushruk Schenck and Albert "Whitey" Schenck, was born June 1, 1928, in Nome and was raised there. Alberta is remembered for her pivotal role, as a 16-year-old, in the passage of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 when Alaska was a territory. The act prescribed penalties for racial discrimination in Alaska long before the civil rights movement took place in the rest of the nation. Alberta was honored by the Alaska Legislature for her activism as a young adult. In the spring of 1944, Alberta was working in Nome's Dream Theater as an usher. She was fired from her position for expressing her opposition to the theater's Jim Crow policies, which forbade Natives and "half-breeds" from sitting in the whites-only section. In an essay published in the March 3, 1944, edition of the Nome Nugget, Alberta expressed eloquently the sentiment echoed later in the civil rights movement of the 1950s: "I only truthfully know that I am one of God's children, regardless of race, color or creed." Alberta went on to expose the practice of Jim Crow as counter to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. To view the complete obituary in late October, go to www.Alaskacivilrights.org and follow the link to "Alberta Obituary," or call 830-0606 for more information. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams, 81, died of congestive heart failure July 6, 2009, at Anaheim Memorial Hospital in Anaheim, Calif. Alberta's ashes were interred with her beloved aunt, Frances Longley, and her cousin, Henry, at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Columbarium.
She was blessed with longevity, a warrior spirit and a large extended family. Alberta Schenck, daughter of Mary Pushruk Schenck and Albert "Whitey" Schenck, was born June 1, 1928, in Nome and was raised there. Alberta is remembered for her pivotal role, as a 16-year-old, in the passage of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 when Alaska was a territory. The act prescribed penalties for racial discrimination in Alaska long before the civil rights movement took place in the rest of the nation. Alberta was honored by the Alaska Legislature for her activism as a young adult. In the spring of 1944, Alberta was working in Nome's Dream Theater as an usher. She was fired from her position for expressing her opposition to the theater's Jim Crow policies, which forbade Natives and "half-breeds" from sitting in the whites-only section. In an essay published in the March 3, 1944, edition of the Nome Nugget, Alberta expressed eloquently the sentiment echoed later in the civil rights movement of the 1950s: "I only truthfully know that I am one of God's children, regardless of race, color or creed." Alberta went on to expose the practice of Jim Crow as counter to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. To view the complete obituary in late October, go to www.Alaskacivilrights.org and follow the link to "Alberta Obituary," or call 830-0606 for more information. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
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