Cashmere - Milo Ahrens, 60, a Cashmere orchardist, died in a local convalescent center Wednesday after a long illness.
He was born on Feb. 18, 1917, in Boone, Iowa, and was raised there. He moved to Ames, Iowa, where he attended high school.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. Following his discharge he returned to Des Moines, Iowa, and married Ann Bognanno there on Feb. 8, 1942.
They lived in Iowa and Arizona and moved to Quincy in 1955 where they homesteaded. In 1968 they came to Cashmere where Mr. Ahrens operated a fruit ranch until his death.
He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a past member of the Cashmere Lions Club, a past master of Mission Masonic Lodge 158 and belonged to the Christian Business Men's organization. He was a member of Blue Star Growers.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother.
Braun Funeral Home, Cashmere, has charge of arrangements
Source: Wenatchee World
Cashmere - Milo Ahrens, 60, a Cashmere orchardist, died in a local convalescent center Wednesday after a long illness.
He was born on Feb. 18, 1917, in Boone, Iowa, and was raised there. He moved to Ames, Iowa, where he attended high school.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. Following his discharge he returned to Des Moines, Iowa, and married Ann Bognanno there on Feb. 8, 1942.
They lived in Iowa and Arizona and moved to Quincy in 1955 where they homesteaded. In 1968 they came to Cashmere where Mr. Ahrens operated a fruit ranch until his death.
He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a past member of the Cashmere Lions Club, a past master of Mission Masonic Lodge 158 and belonged to the Christian Business Men's organization. He was a member of Blue Star Growers.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother.
Braun Funeral Home, Cashmere, has charge of arrangements
Source: Wenatchee World
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