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Lettie Lavern Fox Buchanan

October 24, 2013 by Commercial Fisherman

L&P-BuchananDolly Fox Buchanan left us to join her husband Perry on Sept. 23, 2013. She was born on June 23, 1936 to Harriet and Thomas Fox in Seldovia, Alaska, the youngest of six children, and nicknamed “Dolly” by her family. She loved Seldovia, but left to move to Seward when she married Perry Buchanan, where they raised their three children. Perry and Dolly enjoyed having Dolly’s mother live with them in her later years.

Dolly loved fishing, helping string fish for the smokehouse, playing with her treasured Shih Tzu dogs and playing bingo with her friends. She especially loved doing beautifully detailed handwork, especially crocheting, often creating beautiful wedding dolls as gifts.

Wedding-Dolls

She is survived by her brothers, Thomas Fox, Arthur (and Martha) Fox and sisters, Mae (and Freddie) Sharp and Delores (and Pete) Peterson. She was predeceased by her brother Andrew Fox. Her children are Cathy (and Richard) Johnson of Bossier, Louisiana, Steven (and Janet) Buchanan and Thomas M. Buchanan of Seward, Alaska. She has eight grandchildren and six great grand children. She also helped raise many other children in the Seward area and counted Barbara Peterson as a special friend and one of her children.

A private service will be held in the spring of 2014.

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Perry Nathan Buchanan

January 12, 2012 by Commercial Fisherman

Perry N. Buchanan

Until we meet again…

I am sad to say that we’ve lost the Buchanan patriarch. Born in Roseberry, Idaho, May 28, 1929, Perry left us on January 8, 2012.

Perry moved to Alaska with his brother Gene in 1951. He met Lettie Lavern Fox (Dolly) in Seldovia in 1953 and they were married on January 2, 1955. They had three children, Cathy, Steve and Tom.

Perry worked longshoring and in a lumber mill in Seward from 1951 to 1965 when he joined the Alaska Marine Highway, working on the brand new M/V Tustumena from 1965 to 1988. Perry loved fishing and he commercial fished for salmon in Lower Cook Inlet from 1967 to 2000 with his sons Steve and Tom. When he retired Perry greatly enjoyed wintering in Arizona, enjoying the sun and the warmth with his wife, and summering in Alaska on the family property at mile 7 of the Seward Highway.

Perry leaves his wife Lettie; daughter Cathy and son-in-law Richard Johnson and their children Catherine and Richard Jr. (Ricky) and four great grandchildren; son Perry (Steve) and daughter-in-law Janet and their four children, Nathan, Michelle, Andrew and Jeffrey; Tom and his children Thomas and Melissa.

Perry’s ashes will be spread in Seward in the summer of 2012, with a private family ceremony, according to his wishes.

Warm winds and smooth seas Perry, you are dearly missed.

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Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foldager

June 30, 2010 by Commercial Fisherman

The Buchanan family gained a son when Melissa married Trent Foldager on June 26th, 2010. The ceremony had a pirate theme that all the Buchanan fisherman felt right at home with! Trent is a skipper on a charter fishing vessel but lures are out to bring him into commercial fishing 🙂

Steve, Tom, Melissa, Trent, Perry, Dolly, Thomas

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