When JOHN NAISMITH COLBERG was born on April 30, 1931, in Seldovia, Alaska, his father, John, was 44 and his mother, Eliza Cleghorn Colberg, was 27. He married Alta Crete ROSENBUSH Peterson, “Patty” on October 9, 1955, in his hometown. He died on December 23, 2002, in Anchorage, Alaska, at the age of 71.