MARY AND HOLDEN: NEW ALASKANS

What a joy! Daughter Mary Renee Lynn and grandson Holden are now Alaskans.

Mary is registered nurse. She accepted a position on the Heart Team at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. She moved here from Grand Forks, North Dakota, where she was for several years a member of the Heart Team at Altru Hospital. Mary is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where she worked her way through college, plus the nursing school.

Mary and Holden drove from Grand Forks to Bellingham, Washington where the boarded the ferry. Before they changed ships for the crossing of the Gulf of Alaska, they were given the “grand tour” of the State Capitol in Juneau by my Chief of Staff Nancy Manly. We expect that grandson Holden will be attending South High. Our son and daughter in-in-law and our grandkids Simon and Ethan moved to Alaska last year.

The photos show the ferry Kennecott pulling into port at Whittier. My son John and I drove down to escort Mary and Holden to Anchorage. The other photo shows Mary seeing her very happy mother Marlene at our driveway in Anchorage.