Category: My Life & Times
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21. Return from Alaska
Upon our return, we stayed for a while with Ruth’s parents (William and Hazel Mull)and then for a while with brother John and Leona. About this time I began to…
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20. Return to Kodiak
We arrived in the Easter season. We were assigned the Doane Cottage, which was the one overseen by Bill Stone and his wife. With our arrival, he and his wife…
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Hupa, Hupa, Hupa…What is that About? Jean Asks a Question, AI Answers…
On April 24 Pierogi Day at Stephen and Vicky Culberson’s house in 2024, sister Jean asked the question about Grandmom Zdepski playing with children, bouncing them on her leg and…
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19. Marriage and Young Family
Marriage and Family I returned to Karluk where I continued with my missionary work until I returned to New Jersey to marry Ruth. I came by plane and then went…
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18. Ditched
The climax of all my experiences in Alaska came on March 17, 1945 while I was visiting Joe Brown. It was about 10 p.m. I was preparing to leave for…
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Pierogis, Tacos, Onions, and Eating with Pirates
In early June 1977, I took a group of slides of my family at home on Stamets Road in Holland Township, NJ. In this group are pictures of: Gretchen our…
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Linda Learns Something About Grandpop Zdepski That None of Us Knew
(as told to Mark and verified by Linda.) When we moved to Federal Twist and Strimples Mill Roads in October 1985 our house was covered by a seller’s warrantee for…
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17. Jack of All Trades
One day I was shopping at the only general store in Karluk. Joe Brown, the store keeper, approached me about caring for the store while he would be in…
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16. Fishing in Karluk
We were in Karluk only a couple of weeks when Jacob Laktonen, the lay priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and an elder fisherman came to our cabin and…
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15. Alaska!
In August of 1942 I graduated from Moody Bible Institute. I had decided that the place for me in the Lord’s work would be in Alaska. I knew that…