Obituary - Fred E. Webster

Thursday, March 1, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Former Juneau resident Fred E. Webster died Feb. 17, 2001, in Anchorage while working on the Tustumena, an Alaska Marine Highway System ship.

He was born April 22, 1958, in Seattle and attended Evergreen High School. He joined the Coast Guard in 1975. He was a Plank Owner (original crew member) on the Polar Star ice breaker. He was awarded several certificates and medals, including a 4-knot sailor (crossing all four points of the earth), and expert marksman. After four years of exemplary service he was honorably discharged and continued his seamanship career with the Alaska Marine Highway System. He lived in Juneau from 1979 to 1985.

His friends wrote that he was a true sailor, well-liked and respected by his peers. He was a man of his word and always dependable. His interests included music, fishing, reading and traveling. His most cherished accomplishments were his children Tyler and Lynsey.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Darlene Webster, and his grandmother, Sylvia Stinson. He is survived by his wife, Linda Webster of Anchorage, his children, Tyler and Lynsey Webster of Tonopah Ariz., and their mother, Lete Meyers, stepchildren Lisa and Christopher Krause, his family of shipmates on the Tustumena and a multitude of friends on the Alaska Marine Highway, and friends throughout Alaska, Seattle, Oregon and beyond.

Services are pending in several locations.

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