Obituary - John B. Hunter

Thursday, March 1, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Lifelong Angoon resident John Bernard Hunter died Jan. 24, 2001, in Angoon.

A traditional Tlingit 40-day party will be held Saturday, March 3, in Angoon. Services were held in January.

Hunter was born Oct. 15, 1951, to Rodney and Lena Hunter of Angoon. He served in Vietnam in the early 1970s. He worked as a miner with Green's Creek Mine, as a commercial fisherman, and in construction. He volunteered with Angoon Search and Rescue and with the fire department.

He loved fishing, camping and hunting with his family and friends. He supported community youth activities such as basketball and other sports.

His family wrote, "We were lucky to have a husband and father like Johnnie. He loved his family and community and worked at any job to see they were taken care of. He could always be counted on for extra help."

He is survived by his wife Roberta Hunter and children Robert Hunter, Jonna Hunter, Lillian Hunter Woodbury and Guy Hunter, all of Angoon; brothers Kenneth, Michael, William and Scott Hunter, sisters Marcella Mazon, Doris and Jackie Hunter, and adopted sister Mary Sugar Johnson, as well as aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, and in-laws Cyril and Judy George of Juneau, Richard, Jeff, Byron and Joe George, and the late Skip George.

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