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Walter Sr. Kanaback

Walter Sr. Kanaback

July 28, 1892, Seldovia, Alaska — May 08, 1951, Seldovia, Alaska

Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #129

WALTER KANABACK, Sr., son of John and Eugenia Kanaback was born in Seldovia in 1892, and was a lifelong resident. He came from a long line of the Kanaback Family in Alaska.He married Olympia Maguila, April 26, 1923 in Seldovia. At that time Walter was a logger.

They had at least five children, only two of them, John and Walter, Jr., surviving to adulthood.

John F.Kanaback 1923-1999

Walter Kanaback 1925-1951

Jerry Kanaback 1932-1936

Nicholas Kanaback 1934-1938

Olga Kanaback

There may be other children who were buried in the Russian Orthodox Cemetery before 1936, and later reburied in the Seldovia City Cemetery in 1968.

Walter, Sr. died May 8, 1951 and is buried in the Seldovia City Cemetery, Plot #129, next to his wife, Olympia.