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Continued: <b>John Patrick Kiely
</b> in the Alaska, Vital Records, 1818 -1963
Name: John Patrick Kiely
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1923
Marriage Date: 14 Sep 1942
Marriage Place: Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Spouse: Stella Alice Buxton
Source Citation
Alaska State Archives; Juneau, Alaska; Description:Â Marriage License Docket, 1941 - 1943; Reference Number:Â VS 1276
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Alaska, Vital Records, 1818 -1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Description
This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records from Alaska that took place between the years 1818 and 1963.
This individual was identified and tied to her husband by the 1950 BIA census at Metlakatla.
Her marriage to Thomas Atkinson of Metlakatla was confirmed by their marriage license application, First Judicial District, Ketchikan, AK dated 26 Jan 1946.
Her marriage to Atkinson was her second, her first marriage had ended in divorce.
This source provided her middle initial, A.
She was enumerated as Alaska native.
She was living at Metlakatla in 1946.
Her first husband was identified as John Kiely by the Alaska Fishing News, 21 Sep 1942.
According to her husbands obituary in the Juneau Empire, 25 Oct 1995, she survived him. She was residing at Metlakatla, AK.
She was tied to her parents by the 1938 BIA census at Metlakatla, AK. At the time of the census, she was a Chemwa Indian School.
The 1940 BIA census gave an alternative dob 19 Nov 1922.
She was noted as an adopted sister of Sarah Buxton by Sarah's obituary, Ketchikan Daily News, 27 Feb 1970. She was identified as Mrs. Tom Atkinson.
Her place of residence was not given.
The obituary for Charles Ryan, Ketchikan Daily News, 18 Oct 1984, listed a Stella Atkinson as his daughter. The individual in question was living in Sitka, AK.
This was confirmed by the obituary of Priscilla Buxton. Ketchikan Daily News, 18 Sep 1987 She was living in Sitka at that time, her married name was given as Atkinson.
After Atkinson's death, she married Walter Soboleff. They were living in Juneau, AK in 1998. Personal knowledge of Kenneth Lea
Her health was failing in 2004, she was then living in the Pioneer's Home in Sitka, AK. Personal knowledge of Kenneth Lea.
The following was recieved via the Internet from Walter Soboleff, Jr. on 29 Apr 2009. Her obituary, including her photograph appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News, 30 Apr 2009.
Obituary, Stella Alice Buxton Atkinson Soboleff
Stella Alice Buxton Atkinson Soboleff passed away April 15, 2009 at the Sitka Pioneers Home. She was born May 19, 1922 in Metlakatla, Alaska. She was the daughter of John and Agnes Buxton. According to the family, she was âone of five great ladies in the John and Agnes Buxton family: Amanda, Sarah, Miranda, Priscilla and Stella.â During her life she lived at her home in Metlakatla, as well as Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau and Tenakee.
She worked at the Annette Island Packing Co. warehouse and the Metlakatla Elementary School serving milk and cheese to all students K-8. As a pioneer Native business owner, she opened her own hamburger shop at the Annette Island airport. There she made great hamburgers and potato salad, and served many famous and notable people who passed through the airport [which was the gateway to Alaska at the time] in the 1960s. She also worked at Ketchikan General Hospital, and worked in the kitchen at the SEARHC Hospital in Sitka. After she retired, she returned to Metlakatla and continued to work with students of Metlakatla Headstart and the students of Annette Island School District.
She married Walter Soboleff in June 1999 and moved to Juneau. She also lived with Walter a few years in Tenakee. Later she moved to the Sitka Pioneers Home for health reasons.
She was a member of the Parent Teachers Assn. (PTA), and worked with Congregational Church Ladies Aid and Sunday school. She was also a member of Northern Light United Church in Juneau, Juneau Lions Club, Order of Eastern Star, Womenâs Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Alaska Native Sisterhood.
âWherever she was, there was bound to be laughter,â family members said during her memorial services. âShe was a good teacher. She loved cook and bake, and she was famous for her hot chili. She had a great sense of humor, and she taught us always to be willing to help when help was needed.â
Stella Alice Buxton Atkinson Soboleff is survived by her husband Dr. Walter Soboleff, Sr.; daughter Priscilla Peele and husband Edward Peele, Sr.; son Thomas L. Atkinson, Jr.; grandchildren Amanda Peele, Edward Peele, Jr.; daughter Janet Soboleff Burke; sons Sasha I. Soboleff, Walter A. Soboleff, Jr., Ross V. Soboleff; brothers Conrad Ryan, Sr., Bertram Ryan, Theodore Ryan; sister Hester Ryan; and numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Memorial Services were held in Sitka April 17, 2009; at Metlakatla Presbyterian Church on April 19, 2009; and funeral services were held at Metlakatla Presbyterian Church on April 20, 2009.
Pall bearers: Donald Taylor, Edward Peele, Jr., Jay Beal, Sr., Stefan Taylor, Joel Booth, Kenneth Milton, Jr., Matthew Atkinson, Jerry Lee Casperson, Gregory Buxton.
Honorary Pall Bearers: Georgianna Lincoln, Toni Mallott, Kim Metcalfe, Kelly Furgeson, Arliss Sturgulewski, Shirley Winters, Nancy Barnes, Velma Baines, Jennifer Young, Julia Peele, the Ladies of the Congregational Church and Doris Reece.
Ushers in Metlakatla: Gregory Buxton, Sr., Reginald Atkinson, and Douglas Bolton.
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