Lonnie Temple

Lonnie Hartwell Temple, 76, of Kenai, Alaska, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska.

He was born Feb. 26, 1925, in England, Ark., son of Lonnie W. and Irene Temple. He lived in Cape Girardeau from 1930-42, attended Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Missouri.

Temple moved to the Alaska Territory in 1948. He worked for Alaska Railroad, moving to Anchorage in 1950 and opening Alaska's first taxidermy shop. He began commercial fishing in 1957 and lived in Anchorage until retiring in 1990 and moving to Kenai.

He served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Jean; a daughter, Cheryl Temple of Ogden, Utah; a brother, Brad Temple of Homer, Alaska; and a sister, Judy Temple of San Diego, Calif.

There was no service.

Witzleben Family Funeral Home in Anchorage was in charge of arrangements.