People listened and laughed along as speakers shared stories about Don Young, including how he called former President Donald Trump “the other Don” to his face. Or how he famously pulled a knife on the former Speaker of the House John Boehner.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson are led to the stage at the memorial for Rep. Don Young at Anchorage Baptist Temple. Former Republican Gov. Sean Parnell and former Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich at the memorial for Rep. Don Young. Jerry Prevo speaks at Re. Don Young’s memorial service. Prevo delivered a 15-minute sermon at the end of the service. “You say, ‘Well, Don wasn’t perfect,'” he said.
More than 500 people lined the pews in the main auditorium of Anchorage Baptist Temple on Saturday to remember longtime U.S. Congressman Don Young, who died unexpectedly in March at 88 years old. “There wasn’t a lot of flash,” she said. “There’s a lot of time with Anne, and Joni and Dawn, talking to them.”
Dunleavy also recalled the last phone call he ever got from Young. He said he has a recording of the call, in which Young suggested they charter a military plane to fly Ukrainian refugees to Alaska, where they could work in the fishing industry.
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