Arrived in Brainerd in 1872.
Father: Anders Gustaf Lagerquist
Mother: Christine Anderson
Brother of Peter M. Lagerquist and Knute W. Lagerquist.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Charles M. Patek.
•See Henry Drapeau.
ANDREW LAGERQUIST, 86, PIONEER
BRAINERD RESIDENT, TAKEN BY DEATH
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The thinning ranks of Brainerd pioneers—early settlers whose directing influence more than a half century ago laid the foundation invested into a bustling lumbering center which culminated in the eventual development of this city to its present state, today dwindled with the death of Andrew Gustaf Lagerquist, 86, a resident of this city 57 years.
Mr. Lagerquist died at 7 o'clock Monday night in St. Joseph's hospital where he had been confined for the last two weeks. In robust health considering his advanced age, Mr. Lagerquist had been down town the morning he was taken ill.
A tailor by profession, Mr. Lagerquist was identified with the business life of Brainerd for nearly a half century. He conducted his tailoring shop in various locations and up until the time he was stricken was still active in his work. Endowed with a business acumen and courageous stamina, Mr. Lagerquist refused to give up his duties carrying out his daily tasks with an ability that was unusual of a man of his years. Of pleasing personality, Mr. Lagerquist was widely known throughout the Brainerd community and was active in civic life throughout his more than 50 years of residence in this city.
Born in Smaland, Sweden March 9, 1848, the deceased came to Brainerd in 1877. He settled here when this city boasted but a few houses, when Indians were the main inhabitants and dense timber enveloped practically the entire site upon which this city now stands.
Mr. Lagerquist fashioned his own home from heavy timber that was on the site. He had made his residence on the same site, 514 South Sixth street, ever since.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, two sons, Ben L. Lagerquist, cashier of the First National bank and John G. Lagerquist, of Seattle, Wash., identified with the Fisher Flour Mills, and two daughters Mrs. A. H. Weber, of San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. H. G. McGinn, of Brainerd, and one brother, K. W. Lagerquist and two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Steele, of East Grand Forks, and Mrs. Eva Swenson, of Grantsburg and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Gilbert Maring of Fresno, Calif., Jean Lagerquist, of Portland, Bernard and Cleland Weber, of San Jose, Ward and Marlyss McGinn of Brainerd and John M. and Billy Lagerquist, of Seattle.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock in the First Evangelical Lutheran church Thursday. The Rev. M. C. Olson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon until time of the funeral. Brainerd Dispatch, 22 January 1934, p. 2, c. 3) [Contributed by John Van Essen]
Father: Anders Gustaf Lagerquist
Mother: Christine Anderson
Brother of Peter M. Lagerquist and Knute W. Lagerquist.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Charles M. Patek.
•See Henry Drapeau.
ANDREW LAGERQUIST, 86, PIONEER
BRAINERD RESIDENT, TAKEN BY DEATH
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The thinning ranks of Brainerd pioneers—early settlers whose directing influence more than a half century ago laid the foundation invested into a bustling lumbering center which culminated in the eventual development of this city to its present state, today dwindled with the death of Andrew Gustaf Lagerquist, 86, a resident of this city 57 years.
Mr. Lagerquist died at 7 o'clock Monday night in St. Joseph's hospital where he had been confined for the last two weeks. In robust health considering his advanced age, Mr. Lagerquist had been down town the morning he was taken ill.
A tailor by profession, Mr. Lagerquist was identified with the business life of Brainerd for nearly a half century. He conducted his tailoring shop in various locations and up until the time he was stricken was still active in his work. Endowed with a business acumen and courageous stamina, Mr. Lagerquist refused to give up his duties carrying out his daily tasks with an ability that was unusual of a man of his years. Of pleasing personality, Mr. Lagerquist was widely known throughout the Brainerd community and was active in civic life throughout his more than 50 years of residence in this city.
Born in Smaland, Sweden March 9, 1848, the deceased came to Brainerd in 1877. He settled here when this city boasted but a few houses, when Indians were the main inhabitants and dense timber enveloped practically the entire site upon which this city now stands.
Mr. Lagerquist fashioned his own home from heavy timber that was on the site. He had made his residence on the same site, 514 South Sixth street, ever since.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, two sons, Ben L. Lagerquist, cashier of the First National bank and John G. Lagerquist, of Seattle, Wash., identified with the Fisher Flour Mills, and two daughters Mrs. A. H. Weber, of San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. H. G. McGinn, of Brainerd, and one brother, K. W. Lagerquist and two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Steele, of East Grand Forks, and Mrs. Eva Swenson, of Grantsburg and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Gilbert Maring of Fresno, Calif., Jean Lagerquist, of Portland, Bernard and Cleland Weber, of San Jose, Ward and Marlyss McGinn of Brainerd and John M. and Billy Lagerquist, of Seattle.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock in the First Evangelical Lutheran church Thursday. The Rev. M. C. Olson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon until time of the funeral. Brainerd Dispatch, 22 January 1934, p. 2, c. 3) [Contributed by John Van Essen]
Arrived in Brainerd in 1872.
Father: Anders Gustaf Lagerquist
Mother: Christine Anderson
Brother of Peter M. Lagerquist and Knute W. Lagerquist.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Charles M. Patek.
•See Henry Drapeau.
ANDREW LAGERQUIST, 86, PIONEER
BRAINERD RESIDENT, TAKEN BY DEATH
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The thinning ranks of Brainerd pioneers—early settlers whose directing influence more than a half century ago laid the foundation invested into a bustling lumbering center which culminated in the eventual development of this city to its present state, today dwindled with the death of Andrew Gustaf Lagerquist, 86, a resident of this city 57 years.
Mr. Lagerquist died at 7 o'clock Monday night in St. Joseph's hospital where he had been confined for the last two weeks. In robust health considering his advanced age, Mr. Lagerquist had been down town the morning he was taken ill.
A tailor by profession, Mr. Lagerquist was identified with the business life of Brainerd for nearly a half century. He conducted his tailoring shop in various locations and up until the time he was stricken was still active in his work. Endowed with a business acumen and courageous stamina, Mr. Lagerquist refused to give up his duties carrying out his daily tasks with an ability that was unusual of a man of his years. Of pleasing personality, Mr. Lagerquist was widely known throughout the Brainerd community and was active in civic life throughout his more than 50 years of residence in this city.
Born in Smaland, Sweden March 9, 1848, the deceased came to Brainerd in 1877. He settled here when this city boasted but a few houses, when Indians were the main inhabitants and dense timber enveloped practically the entire site upon which this city now stands.
Mr. Lagerquist fashioned his own home from heavy timber that was on the site. He had made his residence on the same site, 514 South Sixth street, ever since.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, two sons, Ben L. Lagerquist, cashier of the First National bank and John G. Lagerquist, of Seattle, Wash., identified with the Fisher Flour Mills, and two daughters Mrs. A. H. Weber, of San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. H. G. McGinn, of Brainerd, and one brother, K. W. Lagerquist and two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Steele, of East Grand Forks, and Mrs. Eva Swenson, of Grantsburg and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Gilbert Maring of Fresno, Calif., Jean Lagerquist, of Portland, Bernard and Cleland Weber, of San Jose, Ward and Marlyss McGinn of Brainerd and John M. and Billy Lagerquist, of Seattle.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock in the First Evangelical Lutheran church Thursday. The Rev. M. C. Olson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon until time of the funeral. Brainerd Dispatch, 22 January 1934, p. 2, c. 3) [Contributed by John Van Essen]
Father: Anders Gustaf Lagerquist
Mother: Christine Anderson
Brother of Peter M. Lagerquist and Knute W. Lagerquist.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Charles M. Patek.
•See Henry Drapeau.
ANDREW LAGERQUIST, 86, PIONEER
BRAINERD RESIDENT, TAKEN BY DEATH
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The thinning ranks of Brainerd pioneers—early settlers whose directing influence more than a half century ago laid the foundation invested into a bustling lumbering center which culminated in the eventual development of this city to its present state, today dwindled with the death of Andrew Gustaf Lagerquist, 86, a resident of this city 57 years.
Mr. Lagerquist died at 7 o'clock Monday night in St. Joseph's hospital where he had been confined for the last two weeks. In robust health considering his advanced age, Mr. Lagerquist had been down town the morning he was taken ill.
A tailor by profession, Mr. Lagerquist was identified with the business life of Brainerd for nearly a half century. He conducted his tailoring shop in various locations and up until the time he was stricken was still active in his work. Endowed with a business acumen and courageous stamina, Mr. Lagerquist refused to give up his duties carrying out his daily tasks with an ability that was unusual of a man of his years. Of pleasing personality, Mr. Lagerquist was widely known throughout the Brainerd community and was active in civic life throughout his more than 50 years of residence in this city.
Born in Smaland, Sweden March 9, 1848, the deceased came to Brainerd in 1877. He settled here when this city boasted but a few houses, when Indians were the main inhabitants and dense timber enveloped practically the entire site upon which this city now stands.
Mr. Lagerquist fashioned his own home from heavy timber that was on the site. He had made his residence on the same site, 514 South Sixth street, ever since.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, two sons, Ben L. Lagerquist, cashier of the First National bank and John G. Lagerquist, of Seattle, Wash., identified with the Fisher Flour Mills, and two daughters Mrs. A. H. Weber, of San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. H. G. McGinn, of Brainerd, and one brother, K. W. Lagerquist and two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Steele, of East Grand Forks, and Mrs. Eva Swenson, of Grantsburg and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Gilbert Maring of Fresno, Calif., Jean Lagerquist, of Portland, Bernard and Cleland Weber, of San Jose, Ward and Marlyss McGinn of Brainerd and John M. and Billy Lagerquist, of Seattle.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock in the First Evangelical Lutheran church Thursday. The Rev. M. C. Olson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon until time of the funeral. Brainerd Dispatch, 22 January 1934, p. 2, c. 3) [Contributed by John Van Essen]
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