Ingvar Edgar Larsson was born in Motala, Sweden, on July 30, 1920 to Carl Edgar Larsson and Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. They emigrated to the United States when he was 4 years old as indicated in their passport picture of the three of them.
They settled in Chariton, Iowa where there was family that had immigrated to the United States prior to their arrival. He attended public schools in Chariton. At age 13 upon the death of his father, he started working after school to help support his family. He went on to attend Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He left Upper Iowa University 30 hours short of his Bachelor's Degree.
In 1944, while attending college he met Emily Alice Hungerford and they soon married and settled in Fayette, Iowa. They ran and purchased Gamble's Hardware Franchise store that originally was owned by his mother, Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. He worked in overseas construction while running the store to generate cash to help build up the inventory so they could sell the store. During this time , Inky worked for the construction company that built the Tule US Air Force Base in Greenland. While working there, he was there every winter coming home to Iowa for Christmas and going to back to Tule in February. This took four years to build the inventory and they sold the store around 1952.
The family moved to Florida to start Flagler Block Cement Company. In 1955 the Eisenhower recession caught up to him and he was forced to liquidate the company. He then moved his family to Houston, Texas. In the late 1950's he worked for the Electric Auto Light Company selling spark plugs, wire and cable in the automotive aftermarket. He was so excited about obtaining the job at the Electric Auto-Lite Company in Houston. In 1960, FORD Motor Company bought the Electric Auto-Lite Co and merged it into the FORD Brand. His job was absorbed in this process and rose to be the Regional Manager for this division of FORD's automotive after marketing division in the mid 1970's. He worked here until he was forced to take a disability retirement approximately the late 1970's.
He and Emily sold their home and took all their liquid asset to build a retirement home on Cedar Creek Lake, near Eustace, Texas. He passed away in his home on September 5, 1988 suffering from diabetes and emphysema. He is survived by his wife, Emily Larsson, a resident of Cedar Creek Lake, a son, Alan Larson and his wife, Charlotte, daughter, Mary Louise Larsson Gwyn, daughter, Susan Jane Larsson Matthews and her husband, Danny. Grandchildren, Eric Larson, Ross Matthews, Dylan Matthews and Whitney Gwyn; two sisters, Inez Larson Fields of Monona, Iowa and Ina Larson Blades and her husband Lowell of Sterling, Illinois. Two nephews, Mike and Kim Fields and his wife, Ann, and a niece, Linda Blades Connelly and her husband Robert.
He was cremated and a small memorial service in his memory was held in
Eustace, Texas.
As a Footnote: After the war broke out in 1942, he joined the Army Airborne Paratroopers as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. During this period of time he made a swing through Fort Hood in Texas where his citizenship papers got separated from his orders, and there, some 20 years later, he stopped by on a business trip and found his long lost citizenship papers in the Headquarters Building.
They settled in Chariton, Iowa where there was family that had immigrated to the United States prior to their arrival. He attended public schools in Chariton. At age 13 upon the death of his father, he started working after school to help support his family. He went on to attend Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He left Upper Iowa University 30 hours short of his Bachelor's Degree.
In 1944, while attending college he met Emily Alice Hungerford and they soon married and settled in Fayette, Iowa. They ran and purchased Gamble's Hardware Franchise store that originally was owned by his mother, Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. He worked in overseas construction while running the store to generate cash to help build up the inventory so they could sell the store. During this time , Inky worked for the construction company that built the Tule US Air Force Base in Greenland. While working there, he was there every winter coming home to Iowa for Christmas and going to back to Tule in February. This took four years to build the inventory and they sold the store around 1952.
The family moved to Florida to start Flagler Block Cement Company. In 1955 the Eisenhower recession caught up to him and he was forced to liquidate the company. He then moved his family to Houston, Texas. In the late 1950's he worked for the Electric Auto Light Company selling spark plugs, wire and cable in the automotive aftermarket. He was so excited about obtaining the job at the Electric Auto-Lite Company in Houston. In 1960, FORD Motor Company bought the Electric Auto-Lite Co and merged it into the FORD Brand. His job was absorbed in this process and rose to be the Regional Manager for this division of FORD's automotive after marketing division in the mid 1970's. He worked here until he was forced to take a disability retirement approximately the late 1970's.
He and Emily sold their home and took all their liquid asset to build a retirement home on Cedar Creek Lake, near Eustace, Texas. He passed away in his home on September 5, 1988 suffering from diabetes and emphysema. He is survived by his wife, Emily Larsson, a resident of Cedar Creek Lake, a son, Alan Larson and his wife, Charlotte, daughter, Mary Louise Larsson Gwyn, daughter, Susan Jane Larsson Matthews and her husband, Danny. Grandchildren, Eric Larson, Ross Matthews, Dylan Matthews and Whitney Gwyn; two sisters, Inez Larson Fields of Monona, Iowa and Ina Larson Blades and her husband Lowell of Sterling, Illinois. Two nephews, Mike and Kim Fields and his wife, Ann, and a niece, Linda Blades Connelly and her husband Robert.
He was cremated and a small memorial service in his memory was held in
Eustace, Texas.
As a Footnote: After the war broke out in 1942, he joined the Army Airborne Paratroopers as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. During this period of time he made a swing through Fort Hood in Texas where his citizenship papers got separated from his orders, and there, some 20 years later, he stopped by on a business trip and found his long lost citizenship papers in the Headquarters Building.
Ingvar Edgar Larsson was born in Motala, Sweden, on July 30, 1920 to Carl Edgar Larsson and Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. They emigrated to the United States when he was 4 years old as indicated in their passport picture of the three of them.
They settled in Chariton, Iowa where there was family that had immigrated to the United States prior to their arrival. He attended public schools in Chariton. At age 13 upon the death of his father, he started working after school to help support his family. He went on to attend Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He left Upper Iowa University 30 hours short of his Bachelor's Degree.
In 1944, while attending college he met Emily Alice Hungerford and they soon married and settled in Fayette, Iowa. They ran and purchased Gamble's Hardware Franchise store that originally was owned by his mother, Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. He worked in overseas construction while running the store to generate cash to help build up the inventory so they could sell the store. During this time , Inky worked for the construction company that built the Tule US Air Force Base in Greenland. While working there, he was there every winter coming home to Iowa for Christmas and going to back to Tule in February. This took four years to build the inventory and they sold the store around 1952.
The family moved to Florida to start Flagler Block Cement Company. In 1955 the Eisenhower recession caught up to him and he was forced to liquidate the company. He then moved his family to Houston, Texas. In the late 1950's he worked for the Electric Auto Light Company selling spark plugs, wire and cable in the automotive aftermarket. He was so excited about obtaining the job at the Electric Auto-Lite Company in Houston. In 1960, FORD Motor Company bought the Electric Auto-Lite Co and merged it into the FORD Brand. His job was absorbed in this process and rose to be the Regional Manager for this division of FORD's automotive after marketing division in the mid 1970's. He worked here until he was forced to take a disability retirement approximately the late 1970's.
He and Emily sold their home and took all their liquid asset to build a retirement home on Cedar Creek Lake, near Eustace, Texas. He passed away in his home on September 5, 1988 suffering from diabetes and emphysema. He is survived by his wife, Emily Larsson, a resident of Cedar Creek Lake, a son, Alan Larson and his wife, Charlotte, daughter, Mary Louise Larsson Gwyn, daughter, Susan Jane Larsson Matthews and her husband, Danny. Grandchildren, Eric Larson, Ross Matthews, Dylan Matthews and Whitney Gwyn; two sisters, Inez Larson Fields of Monona, Iowa and Ina Larson Blades and her husband Lowell of Sterling, Illinois. Two nephews, Mike and Kim Fields and his wife, Ann, and a niece, Linda Blades Connelly and her husband Robert.
He was cremated and a small memorial service in his memory was held in
Eustace, Texas.
As a Footnote: After the war broke out in 1942, he joined the Army Airborne Paratroopers as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. During this period of time he made a swing through Fort Hood in Texas where his citizenship papers got separated from his orders, and there, some 20 years later, he stopped by on a business trip and found his long lost citizenship papers in the Headquarters Building.
They settled in Chariton, Iowa where there was family that had immigrated to the United States prior to their arrival. He attended public schools in Chariton. At age 13 upon the death of his father, he started working after school to help support his family. He went on to attend Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He left Upper Iowa University 30 hours short of his Bachelor's Degree.
In 1944, while attending college he met Emily Alice Hungerford and they soon married and settled in Fayette, Iowa. They ran and purchased Gamble's Hardware Franchise store that originally was owned by his mother, Ada Maria Axelsson Larsson. He worked in overseas construction while running the store to generate cash to help build up the inventory so they could sell the store. During this time , Inky worked for the construction company that built the Tule US Air Force Base in Greenland. While working there, he was there every winter coming home to Iowa for Christmas and going to back to Tule in February. This took four years to build the inventory and they sold the store around 1952.
The family moved to Florida to start Flagler Block Cement Company. In 1955 the Eisenhower recession caught up to him and he was forced to liquidate the company. He then moved his family to Houston, Texas. In the late 1950's he worked for the Electric Auto Light Company selling spark plugs, wire and cable in the automotive aftermarket. He was so excited about obtaining the job at the Electric Auto-Lite Company in Houston. In 1960, FORD Motor Company bought the Electric Auto-Lite Co and merged it into the FORD Brand. His job was absorbed in this process and rose to be the Regional Manager for this division of FORD's automotive after marketing division in the mid 1970's. He worked here until he was forced to take a disability retirement approximately the late 1970's.
He and Emily sold their home and took all their liquid asset to build a retirement home on Cedar Creek Lake, near Eustace, Texas. He passed away in his home on September 5, 1988 suffering from diabetes and emphysema. He is survived by his wife, Emily Larsson, a resident of Cedar Creek Lake, a son, Alan Larson and his wife, Charlotte, daughter, Mary Louise Larsson Gwyn, daughter, Susan Jane Larsson Matthews and her husband, Danny. Grandchildren, Eric Larson, Ross Matthews, Dylan Matthews and Whitney Gwyn; two sisters, Inez Larson Fields of Monona, Iowa and Ina Larson Blades and her husband Lowell of Sterling, Illinois. Two nephews, Mike and Kim Fields and his wife, Ann, and a niece, Linda Blades Connelly and her husband Robert.
He was cremated and a small memorial service in his memory was held in
Eustace, Texas.
As a Footnote: After the war broke out in 1942, he joined the Army Airborne Paratroopers as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. During this period of time he made a swing through Fort Hood in Texas where his citizenship papers got separated from his orders, and there, some 20 years later, he stopped by on a business trip and found his long lost citizenship papers in the Headquarters Building.
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