Pond, Robert Blaine

Anchorage resident Robert Blaine Pond, 63, died Jan. 29, 2010, 
at Providence Alaska Medical Center of cancer. 

A committal service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Fort Richardson 
National Cemetery with military honors. Attendees should meet 
at the gate by 12:30 p.m.

Mr. Pond was born Nov. 27, 1946, in Granville, N.Y. He became 
an Alaska resident in 1975.

He served in the U.S. Army for 26 years, completing three tours 
in Vietnam and earning three Purple Hearts and a Combat 
Infantry Badge. 

He was later employed at Anchorage Chrysler Dodge for 14 
years.

His hobbies included golf and vacations in Hawaii.

He is survived by his wife, Renee Pond; daughter, Kimberly 
Pepper of Anchorage; son-in-law, David Pepper of Anchorage; 
brother-in-law, Joseph H. Kinsey Jr. of Wasilla; and sister-in-law, 
Allura Eagle of Carlsbad, N.M.

Published in adn.com from February 5 to February 6, 2010