...Douglas resident Rica "Niemi" Swanson celebrated her 100th birthday on Feb. 5, 2005, at the home of her daughter, Aileen Herring, in Anchorage. Rica was born to Kaarlo and Ida Kiviniemi in 1905 in Finland. She moved with her family in 1908...

...brothers, Tick and John Niemi; and her sisters, Aileen Meggitt and Helene Niemi. She is survived by her daughters, Aileen Herring and Elizabeth Swanson, both of Anchorage; her sons, Frank D. Swanson of Wasilla and Richard D. Swanson of Soldotna...