Paul Abner EIDE

1921 - 2014  (92 years)

• Name	Paul Abner EIDE
  Birth	26 Nov 1921	Renville County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1921-29134
  Death	24 Jul 2014	Oregon
  Notes	In the 1940 census, as Abner, he lived at home and was a high school student. Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Lived in Oregon in 2008. Paul Eide Sr. passed away at 92 on July 24, 2014. He was born November 26, 1921 on a farm in Maynard, MN. He attended a country school through 8th grade, then went to high school in Granite Falls, and then on to the University of Minnesota for one year. He quit college to work for an airplane factory in San Diego, CA. In 1942 he enlisted in the Navy and served for four years during World War II, including invasions of Guam, the Philippines, and Okinawa. When the war was over, he went back to Minnesota and married the love of his life, Lorraine Pederson, on February 3, 1946. The couple lived in MN for a few years and Paul Jr. was born there in 1949. In 1951 the family moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, where Paul Sr. worked as a civilian at Eielson Air force Base. In 1955 they left Alaska and moved to Brookings where a good friend of theirs from Minnesota was living at the time. Daughter, Patricia, was born in Crescent City, CA in 1958. The first years in Brookings Paul worked for Brookings Plywood, sold cars for 10 years, then worked for many years at Hanscam’s Hardware Store, and finally he worked for Square Deal Lumber until his retirement in 1983. Paul has loved his life in Brookings where they have lived for almost 60 years. He was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church and also a long time member of the Brookings Elks Club. Paul loved to take visiting family and friends for long tours of the beautiful Brookings and surrounding areas, being gone for hours at a time. Paul is survived by his wife, Lorraine; two children, Paul Jr. (Barbara) of Brookings; Pat Arts (Dave) of Springfield, OR; three grandchildren, Eric Eide of Springfield, OR, Andrea (Eide) Trinh (John) of Phoenix, AZ; Ashley Arts of Eugene, OR; and one great-grandson, Caleb Trinh of Phoenix, AZ. A service will be held on Saturday, August 2, at 2:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brookings.
  Person ID	I3270	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Gunder Olaus (George) EIDE,   b. 28 Oct 1895, Minnesota d. 16 Jul 1994, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Esther B ELLINGBOE,   b. 21 Mar 1898, Minnesota d. 8 Jun 1972, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1920	Renville County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F2185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Lorraine PEDERSON
  Marriage	3 Feb 1946	Redwood County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F2881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015