Memorial service for Robert E. Pihlaja, 58, Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly of Squaw Lake, was April 19, 1985 at the Fairbanks Legion Club. Born Nov. 17, 1926 at Squaw Lake, he was raised there and later served in the U.S. Army in 1945 and '46 in Germany. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, all of Fairbanks. In 1952 he moved to Alaska and worked with heavy construction on the North Slope.
Survivors are four brothers, Howard, Sturgis, S.D., Arnold, Fairbanks, Arlen, Bigfalls, and Michael, Grand Rapids; and five sisters, Mariam Over and Helen Carlson, both of Squaw Lake, Aune Anderson, Littlefork, Delia Hovi, Grand Rapids, and Shirley Jacobson, Minnetonka.
Survivors are four brothers, Howard, Sturgis, S.D., Arnold, Fairbanks, Arlen, Bigfalls, and Michael, Grand Rapids; and five sisters, Mariam Over and Helen Carlson, both of Squaw Lake, Aune Anderson, Littlefork, Delia Hovi, Grand Rapids, and Shirley Jacobson, Minnetonka.
Memorial service for Robert E. Pihlaja, 58, Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly of Squaw Lake, was April 19, 1985 at the Fairbanks Legion Club. Born Nov. 17, 1926 at Squaw Lake, he was raised there and later served in the U.S. Army in 1945 and '46 in Germany. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, all of Fairbanks. In 1952 he moved to Alaska and worked with heavy construction on the North Slope.
Survivors are four brothers, Howard, Sturgis, S.D., Arnold, Fairbanks, Arlen, Bigfalls, and Michael, Grand Rapids; and five sisters, Mariam Over and Helen Carlson, both of Squaw Lake, Aune Anderson, Littlefork, Delia Hovi, Grand Rapids, and Shirley Jacobson, Minnetonka.
Survivors are four brothers, Howard, Sturgis, S.D., Arnold, Fairbanks, Arlen, Bigfalls, and Michael, Grand Rapids; and five sisters, Mariam Over and Helen Carlson, both of Squaw Lake, Aune Anderson, Littlefork, Delia Hovi, Grand Rapids, and Shirley Jacobson, Minnetonka.
Inscription
PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
