Obituary - Maryann W. Ledesma

Thursday, March 29, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Former Southeast resident Maryann Wilson Ledesma died March 14, 2001, in Los Angeles following an illness.

She was born April 5, 1937, in Hoonah, the daughter of John and Olga Wilson. She was Kiksadi, from the Sun House in Sitka, and her Tlingit name was Ka Hun Sun. She was a member of ANS Camp 2, a nurse and a homemaker.

Her family wrote, "She was a special woman with a big heart who loved her family and friends. She will be greatly missed. Her quiet strength touched us all."

She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Bea.

She is survived by her husband David Ledesma and children Sylvia, Sandy, Kathy, Irene, Olga, David Jr., Michael, and Robert Ledesma, all of California, 26 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Survivors include her brothers John, Ray, Don and Bill Wilson, and her sister Norma Kubic, all of Oregon and Alaska.

Services were held in Los Angeles earlier this month. A 40-day party will be held at 6 p.m. April 20 at the ANB Hall in Juneau.

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Thursday, April 19, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Maryann Wilson Ledesma

A 40-day party will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, April 20, at ANB Hall for former Juneau resident Maryann Wilson Ledesma.

Ledesma died March 14, 2001, in Los Angeles, and services were held earlier this month in Los Angeles.

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