He passed away last week at age 82.
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| Lillian and Arne in 2003 when they visited the Hansons in MN and WI |
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| At the grave of Olaus Hansson our common great grandfather in SW Minnesota (Syllerud Lutheran Church) |
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| Raymon Hansson, his mother Mary Hansson, Arne Karlsson and Lillian in MN at Gammelgard the Swedish museum near the Twin Cities |
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| Our MN neighbor likes to use old machinery. He let Arne drive the old Farmall pulling the corn binder. Arne never grew corn as a field crop in Skee, Sweden, as the climate there was too cool with the ocean nearby (it is 10 kilometers inland from Stromstad). |
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| My co-worker's son, Tyler, shows off his Belgians to Arne and Lillian in MN. Arne loved his horses and collected carriages, buggies and carts. He was a farrier in his early days, hauling his equipment around on the back of a motorcycle! You can read the farm history collected by Arne for a book on the valley the Swedish family (Olaus Hansson) lived. Ranna Farm History |