Haines animal lover and Haines Animal Rescue Kennel founder Vinca Gilman died Friday in Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital of sepsis, partner Mike Greenman said. There will be a memorial service at 1 p.m. Saturday followed by a reception at the Mormon church. A full obituary will run next week.
Melissa Brown Yates of New Weston, Ohio, recently came to Haines aboard the cruise ship Oosterdam. Yates is a friend and former student of Cindy Bromagen