Yule Kilcher | |
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Member of the Alaska Senate from the Kenai Peninsula | |
In office 1963–1967 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Julius Jacob Kilcher March 9, 1913 Laufen, Switzerland |
Died | December 8, 1998 Homer, Alaska, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Kilcher Family Homestead |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Ruth Weber (divorced) |
Children | 8, including Mossy and Atz |
Relatives | Jewel (granddaughter) Q'orianka Kilcher (great-granddaughter) |
Residence | Kachemak, Alaska |
Alma mater | University of Berne University of Berlin |
Occupation | Homesteader, politician |
Yule Forenorth Kilcher (born Julius Jacob Kilcher; March 9, 1913 – December 8, 1998) was a Swiss-born American homesteader who was a member of the Alaska state senate from 1963 to 1966.
He moved from Switzerland to Alaska in 1936 where he then lived permanently, after returning to Switzerland for a short time in 1939, outside of Homer, Alaska.