The Telegraph=republican dated 13 Aug 1908 page 1
Funeral Services For Captain Ahlstrom
The funeral services for Captain J. F. Ahlstrom will be held at his late home, Shore Acres, on the Lake Road Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Eagle Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar.
Captain Ahlstrom was born in Finland fifty-seven years ago and leaves a wife but no children.
He started sailing when a boy in fishing vessels and afterward in deep sea ships and sailed all over the world. He came to the lakes when a young man and shortly after coming here he got a master's position in a sailing vessel. The first vessel he was master of was the schooner Queen City. Other vessels he sailed were the schooner Halstead, Homer, Ellen Spry, David Dows, Ida Keith, F. D. Ewen and the Henry A. Hawkins.
Later he commanded a number of steamers, among them being the George W. Morley, Servia, Eureka, Metor, J. M. Jenks and Sonoma. The last named steamer he sailed in 1906 and at the end of the season retired from sailing to spend the rest of his time on his farm.
In 1901 Captain Ahlstrom took the steamer, Meteor, from the shipyards where she was built at Toledo to Baltimore and loaded a cargo of coal for San Francisco, where he proceeded via the Straits of Magellan. After discharging the cargo, he took the steamer to Seattle and resigned his position to return to the lakes and came back to bring out the steel steamer J. M. Jenks.
He was one of the few lake captains who had a license to navigate steamers on the ocean. His license was unlimited and he could take a steamer anywhere in the world.
Funeral Services For Captain Ahlstrom
The funeral services for Captain J. F. Ahlstrom will be held at his late home, Shore Acres, on the Lake Road Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Eagle Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar.
Captain Ahlstrom was born in Finland fifty-seven years ago and leaves a wife but no children.
He started sailing when a boy in fishing vessels and afterward in deep sea ships and sailed all over the world. He came to the lakes when a young man and shortly after coming here he got a master's position in a sailing vessel. The first vessel he was master of was the schooner Queen City. Other vessels he sailed were the schooner Halstead, Homer, Ellen Spry, David Dows, Ida Keith, F. D. Ewen and the Henry A. Hawkins.
Later he commanded a number of steamers, among them being the George W. Morley, Servia, Eureka, Metor, J. M. Jenks and Sonoma. The last named steamer he sailed in 1906 and at the end of the season retired from sailing to spend the rest of his time on his farm.
In 1901 Captain Ahlstrom took the steamer, Meteor, from the shipyards where she was built at Toledo to Baltimore and loaded a cargo of coal for San Francisco, where he proceeded via the Straits of Magellan. After discharging the cargo, he took the steamer to Seattle and resigned his position to return to the lakes and came back to bring out the steel steamer J. M. Jenks.
He was one of the few lake captains who had a license to navigate steamers on the ocean. His license was unlimited and he could take a steamer anywhere in the world.
The Telegraph=republican dated 13 Aug 1908 page 1
Funeral Services For Captain Ahlstrom
The funeral services for Captain J. F. Ahlstrom will be held at his late home, Shore Acres, on the Lake Road Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Eagle Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar.
Captain Ahlstrom was born in Finland fifty-seven years ago and leaves a wife but no children.
He started sailing when a boy in fishing vessels and afterward in deep sea ships and sailed all over the world. He came to the lakes when a young man and shortly after coming here he got a master's position in a sailing vessel. The first vessel he was master of was the schooner Queen City. Other vessels he sailed were the schooner Halstead, Homer, Ellen Spry, David Dows, Ida Keith, F. D. Ewen and the Henry A. Hawkins.
Later he commanded a number of steamers, among them being the George W. Morley, Servia, Eureka, Metor, J. M. Jenks and Sonoma. The last named steamer he sailed in 1906 and at the end of the season retired from sailing to spend the rest of his time on his farm.
In 1901 Captain Ahlstrom took the steamer, Meteor, from the shipyards where she was built at Toledo to Baltimore and loaded a cargo of coal for San Francisco, where he proceeded via the Straits of Magellan. After discharging the cargo, he took the steamer to Seattle and resigned his position to return to the lakes and came back to bring out the steel steamer J. M. Jenks.
He was one of the few lake captains who had a license to navigate steamers on the ocean. His license was unlimited and he could take a steamer anywhere in the world.
Funeral Services For Captain Ahlstrom
The funeral services for Captain J. F. Ahlstrom will be held at his late home, Shore Acres, on the Lake Road Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Eagle Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar.
Captain Ahlstrom was born in Finland fifty-seven years ago and leaves a wife but no children.
He started sailing when a boy in fishing vessels and afterward in deep sea ships and sailed all over the world. He came to the lakes when a young man and shortly after coming here he got a master's position in a sailing vessel. The first vessel he was master of was the schooner Queen City. Other vessels he sailed were the schooner Halstead, Homer, Ellen Spry, David Dows, Ida Keith, F. D. Ewen and the Henry A. Hawkins.
Later he commanded a number of steamers, among them being the George W. Morley, Servia, Eureka, Metor, J. M. Jenks and Sonoma. The last named steamer he sailed in 1906 and at the end of the season retired from sailing to spend the rest of his time on his farm.
In 1901 Captain Ahlstrom took the steamer, Meteor, from the shipyards where she was built at Toledo to Baltimore and loaded a cargo of coal for San Francisco, where he proceeded via the Straits of Magellan. After discharging the cargo, he took the steamer to Seattle and resigned his position to return to the lakes and came back to bring out the steel steamer J. M. Jenks.
He was one of the few lake captains who had a license to navigate steamers on the ocean. His license was unlimited and he could take a steamer anywhere in the world.
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Capt. J. F. Ahlstrom
June 27, 1852 - Aug. 11, 1908
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