Gastineau Channel Memories

Stanley, Charlene Ann McLeod

Jeannette Doucette McLeod

Charlene Ann McLeod Stanley was born at St. Ann?s Hospital July 6, 1951, to Charles E. McLeod Sr. and Jeannette Doucette McLeod. She is the granddaughter of Charles T. Doucette and Marguerite Kremer Doucette on the maternal side of the family and Charles E. (Schultz) McLeod and Mary (Molly) Anderson Hartley McLeod Maki on the paternal side. She attended St. Ann?s Parochial School and Juneau Elementary School. She graduated from Juneau- Douglas High School in May 1969. During her high school years she was employed at the City Clerk?s office and 20th Century Gross Theater.

She attended beautician-cosmetology school in Klamath Falls, Oregon, received her certification and returned to Juneau to practice in a local shop.

She was a long distance operator for RCA and later Alascom. She was noted for her ability to handle crisis and emergency calls calmly and to give proper assistance.

On December 31, 1973, she married Daniel C. Stanley of Sitka. She has two daughters, Coriann and Jennifer Stanley. She has been employed by the State of Alaska in various positions in several departments. She has lived in the Juneau area all of her life and is a third generation Juneauite.