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Ilmari Ronka (Rönkä)

Swedish: Elmer
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 17, 2001 (95)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Aappo Rönkä and Ida Maria Rönkä
Husband of Loraine Vera Ronka (Aalbu)
Father of Robert (Bob) Ilmari Samuel Ronka and Harriet (Hedge) Ronka
Brother of Wayne (Wäinö) Weikko Ronka and William (Willie) Toivo Ronka

Occupation: trombonist, bandleader
Managed by: Risto Olavi Rönkä
Last Updated:

About Ilmari Ronka

Ilmari Ronka, who had been first-chair trombone for the NBC Symphony Orchestra, moved to California, where they co-founded the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra. The professional orchestra, originally consisting mainly of studio musicians, had its first season in 1946.


  • U.S. Social Security Death Index
  • Ilmaari Ronka
  • Birth: May 14 1905
  • Death: Feb 17 2001
  • Last residence: Calabasas, California

katso Rönkä Levyt 3125-F ELMER RONKA (Ilmari Rönkä) AND HIS FINNISH ORCHESTRA (- 6.1929) 16238 ELMER RONKA (Ilmari Rönkä) JA HÄNEN ORKESTERINSA (- 6.1929) (3125-F) W 110873-1 (46631) Unkarilainen tanssi N:o 5 (3:09), (Joh. Brahms) W 110874-2 (46632) Venäläinen fantasia (3:15), (Jules Levy) - Pasuunasoolo: Elmer Ronka

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/l/i/Robert-A-Fliegel/W...

http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs/savikiekko.pdf

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Ilmari Ronka's Timeline

1905
May 14, 1905
Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
1942
November 2, 1942
2001
February 17, 2001
Age 95
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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