Longtime Homer resident, Jodi Lynn Riley, 59, passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 overlooking Kachemak Bay in Homer with her family by her side.
A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
Jodi was born Sept. 7, 1955 in Goldendale, Wash., and graduated from Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Wash. She moved to Alaska in 1982, after a six-year stay in Hawaii and a five-year stay in California. She returned to Homer in 2007. Jodi was member of the Glacier View Baptist Church in Homer.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Riley of Homer; son, Justin Schei of Enum Claw, Wash.; sisters, Staci Hill of Monroe, Wash., Bev Curtis of Arlington, Wash., and Heidi Wylie of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; brothers, Bob Bacon of Everett, Wash. and Roy Baker of Granite Falls, Wash.; step daughters, Jenni Kozele of Auburn, Calif. and Selena Frank of Grants Pass, Ore.; three grandsons and two granddaughters.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in memory of Jodi to “Go Fund Me” on Jodi and Richard Riley’s Facebook timeline, or at www.gofundme.com/k95fow.
Arrangements were made by Homer Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Please sign Jodi’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.
Michael John Hinsberger
Longtime Kasilof resident, Mr. Michael John Hinsberger, 57, died Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Heritage Place in Soldotna due to injury complications from an accident 9 years ago.
A Graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Spruce Grove Memorial Park in Kasilof, Alaska. A celebration of his life will follow the graveside service at 3:00 p.m. at the New Life Christian Fellowship Church, Mile 1 on the K-Beach Drive. Pallbearers will include Keith Morris, Levi Morris, Scott Hinsberger, Cameron Perry, Lowell Perry and Noah Perry.
Michael was born August 21, 1957 in Englewood, California. He graduated from Casa Robles High School in Orangedale, California. Michael moved in 1980 from California to Alaska where he lived in Homer, Anchor Point, Minto, where he rebuilt log houses for the village on a mission trip, and Anchorage before making Kasilof his final home. In 2004 he and the family moved to Lynchburg, VA for two years. Mike has been a welder since 1975, he worked as an EMT in Anchor Point from 1980 to 1982 and has been doing construction off and on from 1977 to 2006. He was a member of the Kalifornsky Christian Center, Anchor Point Chapel, and The Kachemak Bay Christian Center. Mike loved to work on other people’s cars and help with house construction at no charge. He loved shooting, preserving food, and mechanical work. He was an Eagle Scout, started his welding career in high school, loved the Alaskan outdoors, trapping, fishing, hunting, mining, and was a man of Christian faith and integrity.
He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Lenore Hinsberger of Kasilof; step-daughters, Lana Beth Perry of Kasilof and Leah Rebecca Simpson of Homer; step-sons, Cameron Adair Perry of Wasilla, Lowell Middleton Perry of Wasilla, and Noah Gabriel Perry of Kasilof; step-grandsons, Titus, Ezekiel, Isaac, Solomon and Benjamin Perry all of Wasilla; mother, Susan Esther Williams of Anchor Point; father, John Francis Hinsberger and his wife, Carmen of Corpus Christi, TX; sisters, Debbie Lynn Spence and husband Clinton of Pollock Pines, CA; brothers, William Scott Hinsberger and his wife Dawn of Wasilla and Keith Donald Morris and his wife Jenny of Kasilof.
Memorial donations and condolences may be mailed to P.O. Box 440 – Kasilof, Alaska 99610 C/O Rebecca Hinsberger.
Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign or share a short story or memory about Mike at AlaskanFuneral.com.