Kenai Peninsula Borough AK Archives Cemetery ..... Seward Tidal Wave Victims in Seward, Alaska

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SEWARD TIDAL WAVE VICTIMS
Seward, Alaska
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964

These people were lost in the tidal wave in Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska following
the Alaska earthquake on March 27, 1964. Kerry Martin, Seward Cemetery historian, used
Seward Library archive newspaper listings to provide the following information on January 20,
2004.

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Name               Death Date       Notes
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Emile Elbe         March 27, 1964  (Marker in the American Legion Cemetery Row M Lot 8. Also spelled Emil.)
Victor Moe         March 27, 1964  (Buried in the Seward City Cemetery location unknown)
Alva Wisdom        March 27, 1964  (Marker in the Pioneers of Alaska Cemetery Elks area Row I Lot 4)
Alfred Brossow     March 27, 1964  (Memorial plaque in the American Legion Cemetery Row L Lot 1. On a boat 
                                     in the bay. Presumptive death.)
Lester Finke       March 27, 1964  (No burial record)
Jesse Hatch        March 27, 1964  (Marker in the American Legion Cemetery Row M Lot 6. (Presumptive death. 
                                     Plaque is a memorial.)
Donald Harrington  March 27, 1964  (No burial record)
Mike Osmonovich    March 27, 1964  (No burial record)
Robert Simmons     March 27, 1964  (Son of Louse Ellanna. No burial record)
Louse Ellanna      March 27, 1964  (Mother of Robert Simmons. No burial record.)
Frank Spadero      March 27, 1964  (No burial record)
Frank Walunga      March 27, 1964  (No burial record)