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Albert Arne Heikkila
Jeremy Anderson2021-04-24T13:38:59-05:00
- Name: Albert Arne Heikkila
- Location of Birth: Trout Lake Township, Itasca County, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: June 1, 1928
- Date of Death: November 7, 2015
- Parents: Arne J. Heikkila & Saimi (Beckman) Heikkila
- High School and Class: 1946 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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- Highest Rank: TEC 5 (Technical 5)
- Branch: Army
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Albert Arne Heikkila
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: June 1, 1928
Birth Place: Greenway Township, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Route 1, Bovey, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: June 3, 1946
Employer: Not working
Weight: 165
Height: 5-10
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mr. & Mrs. Arne John Heikkila
Albert served with the 82nd Field Artillery in Japan during 1947.
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World War II
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Albert Heikkila lived in several places in Minnesota during his lifetime, including rural Marble, Laporte, South Range, Coleraine and Grand Rapids. He married Mildred Smith in 1953 in Minnesota and then Betty Palmer in 1991 in Minnesota. He was a former member and Elder of the Grace Lutheran Church of Marble and a member of the Lawron Presbyterian Church. He had worked for the Oliver Mining Company and was a lab technician for U.S. Steel for 30 years.
Albert died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 152). He is survived by his children, Kathleen (Mick Gurling) Heikkila, John Heikkila, Lori Heikkila, Lynn (Bill) Ahern, Lois (Mark) Julin, and Randall (Lori) Heikkila; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; a brother, Arnold (Betty) Heikkila; and a sister, Lorraine Giles. He was preceded in death by his parents. Arne J. and Saimi Heikkila; his first wife, Mildred in 1990; and his second wife, Betty in 2001.
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