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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 59 | Zuleika | Weston | f | Muñoz' work featured watercolors, and she created prints of Alaska life. Muñoz taught school in rural Alaska, and worked as a writer and cartoonist for the Juneau Empire. She worked as a museum curator, in addition to her work as a full-time artist. Her art has been featured in museums outside of Alaska, including the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. She received the University of Alaska's Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree in May of 1999 | In 1957, Muñoz and her husband, Juan, spent a year away from Alaska. Juan and Rie Muñoz lived at the time on Mercer Island, Washington, where Juan was employed as a geologist. The couple had a home near the East Channel Bridge. The couple later returned to Alaska. Juan and Rie Muñoz had two sons, Felipe and Juan, Jr. Felipe died from kidney cancer as a child. Juan and Rie divorced in 1963, and Rie subsequently settled in Juneau, where she spent the rest of her life. Her daughter-in-law is Alaska State Representative Cathy Muñoz. In 2015, Rie Muñoz died in Juneau, Alaska of a stroke, aged 93. | Weston' work featured watercolors, and she created prints of Alaska life. Weston taught school in rural Alaska, and worked as a writer and cartoonist for the Juneau Empire. She worked as a museum curator, in addition to her work as a full-time artist. Her art has been featured in museums outside of Alaska, including the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. She received the University of Alaska's Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree in May of 1999In 1957, Weston and her husband, Juan, spent a year away from Alaska. Juan and Zuleika Weston lived at the time on Mercer Island, Washington, where Juan was employed as a geologist. The couple had a home near the East Channel Bridge. The couple later returned to Alaska. Juan and Zuleika Weston had two sons, Felipe and Juan, Jr. Felipe died from kidney cancer as a child. Juan and Zuleika divorced in 1963, and Zuleika subsequently settled in Juneau, where she spent the rest of her life. Her daughter-in-law is Alaska State Representative Cathy Weston. In 2015, Zuleika Weston died in Juneau, Alaska of a stroke, aged 93. | Rie | Muñoz | artists |