Bryan Mar Doughty

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Eagle River resident Bryan Mar Doughty, 48, died Nov. 6, 2004, at home. Family members were by his side when he succumbed to brain cancer, which he had battled for two years.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3201 Turnagain St.

Mr. Doughty was born April 9, 1956, in Iowa City, Iowa.

He attended schools in Oakland, Calif., and in Tacoma, Bellevue and Seattle, Wash.

In 1974, Mr. Doughty joined the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served at Camp Pendleton. In 1977, he was honorably discharged with the meritorious advancement rank of sergeant.

He was married to Trish Jefferson in 1979, and they settled in Seattle in 1980. Mr. Doughty worked in the foreign automotive business for many years in Seattle before moving to Anchorage in 1992, where he opened EuroCar Service with his partner, Greg Sykes. The business on Tudor Road was sold in 2003.

His family said: "Bryan was known to family, business associates, friends and acquaintances as a man of the utmost integrity in all aspects of life. His exceptional thoughtfulness, deliberation and follow-through were widely respected. Mr. Doughty was a devoted family man."

Mr. Doughty was president of the Sports Car Club of Alaska. He loved bow and gun hunting, fishing and snowmachine sports. He especially enjoyed the several Akitas he owned.

He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Tina and Rusty Chandler of Lakeville, Conn.; father and stepmother, Chuck and Carol Doughty of Tucson, Ariz.; wife, Trish of Eagle River; son, Stephen of Wasilla; daughter and son-in-law, Carissa and Mark Jasper of Dallas, Texas; brother and sister-in-law, Kelly and Ana Doughty of Concord, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law, Kyle and Christopher Higgins of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.; grandmother, Dorothy Schramm of Salisbury, Conn.; two grandchildren; and six nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the donor's charity of choice.

Arrangements were made with Evergreen Memorial Chapel.