Lucille Hunter's Obituary
Appeared in the Whitehorse Star newspaper on June 12, 1972.

Text of obituary:
LUCILLE HUNTER
A pioneer Yukoner, Mrs. Lucille Hunter died Saturday evening in Whitehorse General Hospital where she had been ill for several years. She was 94.
She was born in the south-eastern United States and she used to tell friends that by the time she was 13, she was „working like a man. She married at 16 and soon afterward she and her husband headed north during the gold stampede to the Klondike in 1897. They came by way of Wrangell and the Stikine river over what was known as the Stikine trail. At Teslin, Yukon a daughter was born whom they named Teslin.
They had a Christmas at Atlin that winter, old friends say, then continued on to Dawson where for many years the Hunters mined on Bonanza Creek.
Mr. Hunter died and so did their daughter. When the Alaska Highway was being built during the World War II, Mrs. Hunter and her grandson Buster moved to Whitehorse.
She set up a laundry in a tent on Wood St. and her grandson would go around town making deliveries. She later moved into a house on Eighth Ave. near Steele where she took
care of herself though her eyesight had failed. The house burned, but Mrs. Hunter escaped and for a time was taken care of by friends in an apartment behind Jamieson's store.
Following an accident which broke her hip several years ago she moved into the hospital where staff and friends each year celebrated her birthdays and cared for her. She was totally blind but loved to recall the old days.
She leaves her grandson Buster Jorgensen, his wife and family and great grandchildren who now live in Queen Charlotte City.
Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from Christ Church Cathedral with Rev. A. Privett and Canon R. Clennett officiating.
Burial will be at Grey Mt. Cemetery.

I would also like to give credit to the authors of the book from which this story of Lucille's life originated:

Book: Gold Rush Women
Authors: Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Pages: 58-59