Erling Arthur Lageson

http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/28711525/person/12268455965

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125529506

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Parents:

 Edward Engebretsen Lageson (1881 - 1965)

 Helga Berg Lageson (1890 - 1959)

Siblings:

 Eunice H Lageson Larson (1911 - 2000)*

 Doyle B Logeson (1913 - 1984)*

 Glenn Lageson (1914 - 1986)*

 James G Lageson (1915 - 2000)*

 Erling A. Lageson (1916 - 1987)

 Robert F. Logeson (1917 - 1998)*

 George Lageson (1919 - 1983)*

 William C Lageson (1921 - 2001)*

 Donald Edward Lageson (1925 - 2012)*

 Jean B. Lageson Trumpy (1926 - 2003)*

 Betty E Lageson Schmidt (1927 - 2015)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II

Burial: Old York Lutheran Cemetery York Green County Wisconsin, USA

Created by: JnJSchober Record added: Feb 23, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 125529506

From Mary Lynn Hendrickson,

granddaughter of Katie (Kammerud) Hendrickson:

I got to know Erling very well in high school, probably better than even my own Grandpa Milt. As luck would have it, he and his wife Vivian were neighbors of Katie and Milt when they all retired from farming and moved into town (Blanchardville). Erling and Vivian lived right across the street from Katie and Milt's house. Erling always teased that we were related somehow, though he was always so "full of it" I could never be sure. Now I see the connection... Our first hands-on connection, though, was through one of my two best friends from 4th Grade on -- Gloria Lattin -- who used to work on his farm as a "hired hand," a job nabbed when she challenged him to hire her instead of her brother, pointing out that she was every bit as strong and probably more reliable, too. My friends Elissa, Gloria, and I would often visit Erling during our high school lunch hour.

One notable thing about Erling: As a retired guy he found a new hobby/passion -- interviewing vets from World War 1 and World War 2, turning it into a regular column called VFW News that ran in the Blade Atlas in the early 1980s before Erling was disabled by a stroke. His column won some VFW awards, given the fact that he was able to get many veterans to finally open up and talk about their painful experiences of war -- which also allowed the public (and often their own families, too) to finally recognize them as the unsung heroes they were. All of which Erling knew firsthand, having seen very bloody on-the-ground action in northern France (part of the Normandy Invasion, if I recall correctly). I still have some of his columns as newspaper clippings, including one that concludes: "There is within every veteran, a feeling known only to himself, an untold story, held within with pride, and shared only with God."