Alfred Rasin Larsen
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Alfred Rasin Larsen
Bryllupsbilde fra 1964Copyright: https://localwiki.org/hsl/Alfred_Larsen
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Registernummer under krigen: London 2155, NY 28535.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 3, 1988:
"SARANAC LAKE - Alfred R. Larsen, 74, of 4 Jenkins Street, died suddenly Wednesday, March 2, at his home.
He was born Nov. 15, 1913, in Hammerfest, Norway, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Larsen.
Mr. Larsen served in the Norwegian Merchant Marines for 10 years until in 1943 when, in New York City, he was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. He and several hundred of his countrymen were removed from the ship and came to Saranac Lake to cure.
While living here he met Miss Helen Bell. He returned to Norway and his duties with the Merchant Marines in 1945 and for nearly 20 years he and Miss Bell corresponded.
In 1964, he returned to Saranac Lake and on Dec. 26, 1964, he and Miss Bell married. She survives.
Mr. Larsen retired from the Merchant Marines in 1966".
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Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 3, 1988
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