SEATTLE, Wash. – Anchorage, Alaska resident Kenneth Robert Hardy, 67, died on Oct. 30, at Harborview Medical Center after a brief illness.

He was born on March 13, 1939, in Winthrop to Dixie and Kenneth Earl Hardy. Ken graduated from Maine Maritime Academy with a bachelor of marine science degree and from the University of Southern Maine with master’s degrees in psychology and management. In 1964, he married Cecelia “Ceal” Poulin, who predeceased him on Jan. 16, 1997.

Starting out his career as a maritime engineer, he later took a position with the State of Maine Social Security Administration to be closer to his young family. In 1976, he and Ceal followed his younger brother, Joe, to Alaska. They lived in Kenai and Barrow before settling in Anchorage in 1979. He then joined the state of Alaska Social Security Administration’s Disability Determination Unit, where he was administrator at the time of his retirement.

Among his many interests were hunting, golf and reading. He received many awards over his lifetime, including the Vietnam Service Bar, the Secretary of Defense Award, the Alaskan of the Month Award, and numerous Social Security Administration Commissioner’s Citations.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Kenda and Verdon Styles of London, UK; sons, Kenneth J. and Kevin E Hardy, of Anchorage; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Billie Hardy, of Soldotna, Alaska; mother-in-law, Malvina Poulin of Madison; sister-in-law, Jean Gilbert, and brother-in-law, Paul Gilbert, of Jay; sister-in-law, Theresa Poulin of Waterville; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

He was predeceased by his wife, Cecelia; and his parents, Kenneth E. and Dixie M. Hardy.