Sverre Jacobsen Haave

Var steinhogger, laget gravstøtter, emigrerte til USA - fikk mange barn. Bodde først i Arendal. Emigrerte 26. Juni 1951 fra Oslo, ankom New York 6. Juli. Reiste med buss til staten Washington, spokane, deretter til Canada, så Vancouver, der de bodde i 6 år. Flyttet videre til staten Oregon, så Sacramento, California, der han eide Masterpiece Memorials steinhoggeri fra 1961 til 1992, da han flyttet til olympic peninsula i staten Washington, vest for Seattle.

Fra nekrologen: immigrated to Hanford, Calif., in 1961.His first marriage, to Helfrid (Helen) Steinmo, ended in divorce; she died in 1997.He married Inger N. Ramsfjell on May 12, 1962, in Hanford, Calif.

The Haaves moved to Sequim in 1994.

Mr. Haave was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, leading Bible studies. He also sold religious books. In addition to his wife, survivors include son and daughter-in-law Willy and Juanita Haave of Buhl, Idaho; daughter and son-in-law Elsa and Bill Cooke of Langley, British Columbia; and daughters Karin Bruce of Delta and Sissel VanderSter of Maple Ridge, both in British Columbia, and Rose-Mari Haave of Venice, Italy.

He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Flere emigranter med Haave-navn i USA: http://www.locateancestors.com/haave/