Obituary - Paul O. Mitchell

Friday, December 18, 1998
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Former Juneau resident Paul Owen Mitchell died Sept. 29, 1998, at his home in Vancouver, Wash., of a heart attack.

Mitchell was born June 15, 1936, in Portland, Ore. He began a 30-year career in banking in Vancouver, Wash., in 1960, and worked in several western states. In 1992, while living in Juneau, he began a second career of securing funds for low-income housing. He retired in May of this year.

An avid cribbage player, he was ranked fifth in the American Cribbage Congress. He was affectionately known as Nanook by his grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Marlene, of Vancouver; three sons, Troy of San Jose, Calif., Tory of Portland, Ore., and Todd, of Portland, Maine, and five grandchildren.

Services were held in October in Washington.

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