Raymond C. Pocaigue, 

57, died Sept. 30, 2009, at St. Elias Specialty Hospital due to 
complications from pneumonia. A service will be at noon Tuesday at 
Witzleben Legacy Funeral Home, 1707 S. Bragaw St., with visitation 11 
a.m.-noon. Burial with military honors will be after the service at 
the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, 535 E. Ninth Ave. He was born 
Feb. 28, 1952, in Yona, Guam, to Jesus and Rosario Pocaigue. He served 
22 years in the U.S. Army. A proud war veteran, he retired in July 
2002 here in Anchorage. For the next 10 years, he worked with the 
civil service at Fort Richardson, 56th Signal Battalion, until he 
retired from there in 2003 due to sinus cancer, which he beat in 2005. 
He spent his remaining years traveling and visiting his family around 
the world. While he was home, he loved working in his woodshop and 
spending time with his grandkids. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann 
Pocaigue; four children and their spouses, Julie and Mark Sagatu, 
Raymond Jr. and LeeAnn Pocaigue, Peter and Michelle Pocaigue, and 
Maile Pocaigue; and his grandchildren, Malia Symone, Keanu Ray, Markus 
Allen, Brian John and Raylyn Michelle. His family wrote: "(We) would 
like to thank everyone who played a part in his life which made every 
moment one to remember. From all his close friends that he's made 
throughout the years to our ever-expanding extended family, we thank 
you for all you have done for us and will always hold you dear to our 
hearts."

Published in adn.com from October 3 to October 4, 2009