Sather, Karen “Carrie”

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Karen “Carrie” Sather was a charter member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born in September 1872 in Norway and later immigrated to the United States.

She married Frank Oliver. The couple had three children: James Douglas Oliver, born in Alaska on March 6, 1898; Clara Ester Oliver, born in Alaska on August 31, 1899; and Dorris Jessie Oliver, born in 1903 in Tacoma, Washington.

Sather lived in the Juneau-Douglas area during the early years of Alaska’s mining community and was among the founding members of the Juneau women’s auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Karen “Carrie” Sather died in Seattle, Washington, on June 29, 1936.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Alaska
• 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
• Alaska Daily Empire, June 30, 1936
• Douglas Island Weekly News, September 5, 1899