JOHN ALEX, Jr. was born in Kenai, Alaska April 30, 1934 to John and Flora Alex. He died August 27, 1951 when the plane he was in crashed on takeoff from Seldovia. He is buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #2. His gravestone was erected by his friend and teacher Francis Malcolm. He is identified in the Seldovia City Records as John Alex Reese because he was living with the Reese family at the time of his death.