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8891

He was a soldier at the time of the 1801 Norwegian census.

EIKUM, Mons Monsson (I21996)

8892

He was a Spec 4 in the U.S. Army. An article in the San Bernardino County Sun in August of 1957 said he was an Army private taking part in nuclear tests at the Nevada test side near Las Vegas. He was married to Sharon at that time.

At the time of the announcement of his engagement to Sharon Sloan in 1956, he was employed by Hanford Foundry.

He had a roofing business in Yucaipa, California.

COSTELOW, John James (I21805)

8893

He was a Specialist 4 in the U.S. Army and died from multiple fragmentation wounds in Long An, South Vietnam. He had been in the Army for a year, and was married. His body was recovered.

SP4 Lossing is listed on panel 23E, line 053 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.

LOSSING, Clarence Ernest (I10102)

8894

He was a staff sergeant in the US Army during WWII.

In the 1950 census, he was single and living at home with his parents in Portland. He was a sales manager in his parents’ company, a manufacturer of automobile luggage carriers.

In the 1956 Portland city directory, he was Russell E Carter, an engineer with Oregon Saw Chain. His wife was Margaret.

Lt. Col. Russell E Carter died Jan. 23, 2020 with his hand held by his wife of 70 years. A tender hearted, but decorated WWII veteran of the 71st infantry, he liberated German concentration camp survivors and for 30 years was a crack sharpshooter for the Army Reserves rifle team.

He was born in Detroit. He moved to Portland and attended Duniway Elementary, Washington HS and graduated as an engineer from Oregon State. In his early years he worked for Omark Industries and the family business of Carter Manufacturing before starting his own successful business of Carter Machine and Tool in 1973.

Russ loved collecting antique cars and driving his beloved granddaughters in parades in his apple green 1930 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster. He treasured golf at Oregon Golf Club, the CRRG#10 Early Ford V-8 Club, skiing and tinkering, but his true love was his family. Hugs were fierce and tears flowed easily. He will be remembered for living his life with honor.

Russ is survived by his wife, Margaret Uhlar; son, Ron Carter (Pam); daughter, Wanda Osgood (George); six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. His greatest sorrow was losing his daughter, Marilyn Spear and her husband, Tony.

CARTER, Russell Ernest (I9304)

8895

He was a storekeeper for the board of education.

BOLSTAD, Charles E (I13692)

8896

He was a student at the University of Minnesota.

WASSON, Thomas Craig (I9266)

8897

He was a tailor aboard the U.S.S. California.

He later married Nellie Baker, who died in 1970.

CHIODO, Joseph P (I27740)

8898

He was a teamster in the 1860 census. He is a hostler in the 1870 census at which time he and his young family live in the 2nd ward of Minneapolis, near his brother David and his parents.

In the 1880 census, he and his family lived at 110 Third Avenue North. Henry was a street car driver. His wife Matilda was noted in the census as having a general disability.

By the 1900 census, Henry appears to have another wife, Frances, to whom he has been married for 16 years. The census form is not clear and the birth dates don’t quite line up. In 1900, Henry is still a motorman for the street railway company.

In teh 1909 city directory, he is a laborer living at 1122 University Avenue, NE.

MOUSSEAU, Henry (I5267)

8899

He was a Tec 5 in the U.S. Army from November of 1942 to August of 1945.

HEDSTROM, Martin Edwin (I28006)

8900

He was a Tec 5 in the U.S. Army in World War II.

His obit said that he died at the home of his daughter Sylvia Lohkamp in Baytown, Texas. Surviving him were his wife Stella, his daughter Sylvia, and his two sons, Dr. Ronald A. Cordes of Rigby, Idaho, and Dr. Lester G Cordes III of Los Gatos, California. Also surviving him were his sister, Betty Harding, and his three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother John. Lester Jr. received his BA and MBA from the University of Chicago. He was a manager at Jacobsen Manufacturing in Racine, at Westclox in LaSalle-Peru, Illinois, and later as a management consultant for Booz, Allen and Hamilton. In 1980 he retired to Minocqua, Wisconsin, to pursue his love of the outdoors. He was co-author of The Cordes/LaFontain Guide to Walleye Fishing.

A different Lester G Cordes married Fern Allison on 6 Aug 1953 in Sterling, Illinois. That lady died 4 Nov 2014 in Illinois.

CORDES, Lester G Jr (I26509)