Elmer Grant is the given name for this person, not Elmer GORDON [RJC: correction made]. He is my grandfather's younger brother, and I am interested in providing you with any information that you need to make this correction. The family bible provides the birth name and date. Incidentally, his parents named him Grant Elmor, but I'm satisfied to make the correction to Elmer Grant, as that is what he was known by.
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SOURCE: Email update received 4-Mar-2020 from contributor: GloriaUdy (48509823) • [email protected]

Minneapolis Star and Tribune - 4-Feb-1967

Services for Elmer Abrahamson 68, Forest Lake, will be at 2 pm Tuesday in Forest Lake Lutheran Church with burial in the Fairview Cemetery. He died Friday morning at his summer home in Sioux Narrows, Canada.

Mr. Abrahamson began his career as a blacksmith in Lindstrom and later entered the fire dept business there. He was the owner and president of General Safety Equipment Co. of North Branch, MN.

Surviving are his widow, Violet, and two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Mitchell Kirvida and Mrs. Otto Kent, both of Lindstrom.

Visitation will be 7-9 pm Monday at the Mattson Mortuary, Forest Lake. Memorials to Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake and Trinity Lutheran Church in Lindstrom are preferred.
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SOURCE: Email update received 4-Jul-2020 from contributor: streamer (47113071)

Forest Lake Times, Thursday, February 9, 1967:

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake for Elmer G. Abrahamson, 68, of Forest Lake. The Rev. Frank A. Johnson officiated at the services at two o'clock. Soloist Mrs. Kenneth Barrott of Shafer sang two hymns, "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour" and "Beautiful Saviour". E.A. Raymond was the organist. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery in Lindstrom. Elmer Grant Abrahamson was born in Raymond on January 17, 1899, the son of the Alo Abrahamsons. His early life was spent in the Raymond area until he joined the U.S. Navy in the early twenties. In Lindstrom, he built a blacksmith business into the General Safety Equipment Corp., a concern building fire apparatus, which earned the Army-Navy "E Award for Excellence" in furnishing trucks for the war effort during World War II. The award was presented by Minnesota's Governor Edward J. Thye in ceremonies held at Lindstrom. In 1951 the firm, now doing a nation-wide business, moved to larger quarters in North Branch where Mr. Abrahamson continued as the owner and president until the time of his death. In Forest Lake, he was a faithful member of the Faith Lutheran Church. An ardent outdoorsman he spent many happy days during the latter years, in semi-retirement, at a summer home on the Lake of the Woods, Sioux Narrows, Ontario, Canada. On January 26 he made his last trip to this beautiful spot. Six days later on February 1 he passed away there from an apparent heart attack. Left to mourn his passing are his wife and two daughters by a previous marriage; There are twelve grandchildren. Also surviving are a brother and a sister. Preceding him in death were his parents, a brother Grant and two sisters -- Miss Emma Abrahamson of Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Hildred Haferman of Lindstrom.
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SOURCE: Email update received 14-Jan-2022 from contributor: Devon (47291122)

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Elmer Grant Abrahamson
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States
Event Place (Original): United States, Minnesota, Kandiyohi County
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1899 [sic]
Birthplace: , , United States
Citizenship Place: United States
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K87J-3ZZ

NOTE: Most records show 17-Jan-1899 as his date of birth, contrary to the above draft registration card index entry. That might be a transcription error.

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