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Mar 22, 2022 · He was a tug and barge operator who delivered supplies to villages along the Yukon River, and he taught fifth grade at a Bureau of Indian Affairs school, according to his biography. He married Lula or 'Lu' Fredson, a citizen of the Gwich’in tribe, and a year later was elected mayor of Fort Yukon.
Fredson. Young. ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Lu Young, the wife of U.S. Rep. Don Young, died Saturday night or early Sunday. She was 67. Meredith Kenny, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Republican, said Lu Young died at the couple's home in Great Falls, Va. Meredith Kenny said the cause of death is unknown but is believed to have stemmed from...
Lula Young was a Gwich’in Athabascan Native from Fort Yukon, Alaska, eight miles above the Arctic Circle. Lula Young was born the third of ten children to John Fredson and Jean Ribaloff. Lu’s father John was the first Alaska Native to graduate from college, something she was very proud of and spoke of often.
Mar 20, 2022 · Lu Young with Rep. Don Young while he is interviewed at election central on November 4, 2008. ... a year after marrying Lula Fredson, a bookkeeper in the village. Lu Young later played an active ...
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In 1963 Young married Lula Fredson, who worked as a bookkeeper in Fort Yukon. She was a Gwich'in and the youngest child of early-20th-century Gwich'in leader John Fredson. She volunteered her time serving as the manager of Young's Washington, D.C. congressional office. They had two daughters and were members of the Episcopal Church. Lula died ...
- 1955–1957
Sep 25, 2020 · Young’s saving grace may just be that he fell in love with Lu Fredson, a member of the Native Alaskan Gwich’in people, to whom he remained married until her death in 2009. Between his decades ...
Lu Young (Fredson) Birthdate: estimated between 1908 and 1952 : Death: August 01, 2009 Immediate Family: Daughter of John Fredson and Jean Fredson Wife of Don Young, U.S. Congress Mother of Private and Private Sister of Virginia Louise Dows. Managed by: Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert: Last Updated: December 19, 2015
