Milton Behr Passes Away At Age 72
Milton Behr Passes Away At Age 72
we share mining news He was proficient in almost all sports being from a small community, but his favorite was basketball. He attended the College of Southern Idaho and later the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was a lifelong learner, taking classes throughout his life, always interested in learning something new or expanding on something he already knew. Milton Douglas Behr reached the end of his colorful and adventurous trail April 10, 2020, at age 72. He left us suddenly, quite unexpectedly — and way too soon — from cardiac arrest. Behr was born in Gooding, Idaho, on Friday 13, 1948, to Maxwell E. Behr and Alice C. Crane. He was proud to be a “Friday the 13th baby,” and 13 was always his lucky number. He and his four sisters grew up in the small farming community of Richfield, Idaho, where his high school graduating class was a total of just 19. Growing up on the farm he and his sisters learned the value of hard work, family and community. His mother was a first-grade school teacher and his father, in addition to the farm, owned a gas station.
He joined the Air National Guard in 1968 and later while living in Phoenix learned to fly and got his private pilot’s license. After service in the Guard and a tour of Europe in 1974, he came back to Alaska and never left. He
build the Alaska pipeline. He owned and operated his own business, Behr Alaska Trucking and Excavating, for 12 years, building roads, driveways, putting in septic systems, excavating and doing foundation work in the Fairbanks/Ester area. After his children were born, he made the decision to no longer work out of town and took a job at the city power plant. He was proud to have been a 50-year member of Local 302 Operating Engineers. After retiring, he did consulting work, setting up construction trades programs in high schools, bush villages and the University of Alaska rural campuses, helping many young people get a start in the construction industry with good-paying jobs. He was very active in youth athletics and helped build a number of parks and ball fields in Alaska. Milt served as the vice chair and then the chairman of the United Way of the Tanana Valley. He was a member of the FNSB Economic Development Council and served on the Governor’s Safety Council, Executive Council for Boy Scouts, Tanana Valley State Forest Citizens’ Advisory Committee and the FNSB Land
Management Advisory Commission. Milt was a lifetime member of the Alaska Trappers Association, a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, UAF Alumni, Tanana Yukon Historical Society, Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8 and the Alaska Miners Association. Milt had traveled most of the state of Alaska over the years and enjoyed Alaska history and particularly the history of mining. He was very active in the Alaska Miners Association, particularly the small miners group. He was an active small miner himself for many years and had mined in the Alaska Range, Eureka and Ester. His greatest love, though, was his family, and he was extremely proud of his two children, Shawn and Macey, and what they have accomplished. His seven grandchildren could light up his day like nothing else. In memory of Milt’s life, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Golden Heart Community Foundation at P.O. Box 73183, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 or to the Ester Community Park at P.O. Box 14, Ester, Alaska 99725.
fell in love with Alaska and met and fell in love with his wife, Lisa, about the same time. They were married in 1977. He and Lisa spent 45 years together, building a home together and raising a family. Most of his working life was in construction and mining. He worked as a heavy equipment operator, mechanic and foreman, operating all types of equipment and truly was a master operator. He worked in Fairbanks, all over Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, Coldfoot, Atigun Pass and Delta helping Behr
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