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Born in Ketchikan, Alaska on February 11, 1987. |
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Passed away on April 19, 2003 at the age of 16. |
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| Wiley Pitcher |
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Sam was preceded in death by his brother, Wiley, who was stillborn on November 8, 1984. |
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| On the cover for Sam's service... |
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A life well-lived doesn't end
anymore than music ends...
It echoes through time with
whispers of beauty and grace...
If we listen,
we can hear
the encore with our hearts,
For the song plays on,
just as love lives on.
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| Obituary |
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Seming “Sam” Hanson Pitcher, 16, died unexpectedly April19, 2003, in Ketchikan.
He was born Feb. 11, 1987, in Ketchikan, and was the only child of Karen Hanson Pitcher and David Lee Pitcher.
He was a sophomore honor roll student at Ketchikan High School. He previously attended Valley Park Elementary School and Schoenbar Middle School. He was a member of the Kayhi Wind Ensemble and the Kayhi Pep Band during his freshman and sophomore years, and the Kayhi Jazz Band during his sophomore year. He was selected to be a member of the southeast Honor Band in both his freshman and sophomore years.
He played trumpet and electric guitar with the McPherson Jazz Bands since sixth grade and with The Rubber Band in recent years, performing with all the groups many times at the Monthly Grind.
He was a Kanayama-Ketchikan Exchange student in 2000. He studied Japanese at Concordia College’s Language Villages in Minnesota two summers, in 2001 and 2002. He was selected to study trumpet at the Interlochen Fine Arts Camp in Michigan in summer 2002. He spent the first 14 summers of his life with his parents commercial salmon trolling off the west coast of Prince of Wales Island.
He was a member of the Ketchikan Killer Whales Swim Team for many years and played basketball with Ketchikan Dribblers League.
“He loved playing music and listening to music,” his family writes. “He was very creative, had a laid-back, quirky sense of humor and loved making his friends laugh. He liked hanging out and making things with his friends, including potato guns, a street luge and a duct tape wallet. He enjoyed building his computer and LAN networking with friends."
“Sam was greatly loved and blessed with many wonderful family members, friends and teachers in his life,” his family writes.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Verna and Joyce Hanson of Mankato, Minn.
He is survived by his grandparents, Marjorie and Wendell Pitcher of Ketchikan; parents, Karen Hanson Pitcher and David Lee Pitcher of Ketchikan; aunts and uncles, Judi and Larry Parrott of Ketchikan, Ken and Mary Pitcher of Anchorage, Jon and Janet Pitcher of Portland, Ore., and Kris Mondeel of Eden Prairie, Minn.; cousins, Julie and husband Jay Johnson of Ketchikan, Christy and husband Danny McDonald of Austin, Texas, Jim and wife Katie Parrott of Ketchikan, Katy Parrott of Ketchikan, Ben Mondeel of Minnetonka, Minn., Leslie Mondeel of Eden Prairie, Marshall Pitcher and wife Diane of Seattle, Matt and wife Maryanne Pitcher of Chandler, Ariz., George and wife Julie Pitcher of Portland, David Pitcher of Dallas, and Jonathan and wife Kelly Pitcher of Austin, Texas.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. April 29 at the Ketchikan High School auditorium. The Rev. Gary Souza of the Church of Christ will officiate.
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