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Arvo L. Wirtanen
Jody Hane2020-08-29T12:39:33-05:00
- Name: Arvo L. Wirtanen
- Location of Birth: Keewatin, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: June 28, 1919
- Date of Death: January 19, 1997 (77 years old)
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- High School and Class: Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
- College: Itasca Community College, Coleraine, Minnesota
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Highest Rank: 1ST LT (First Lieutenant)
- Branch: Army
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Arvo was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army in the European Theater.
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WWII
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Arvo was an accountant for Oliver Mining Company and United States Steel, retiring in 1981.
He was also a member of the First Lutheran Church in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Arvo is survived by his wife, Marian; son, James; four daughters, Kerry (Jake) Johnson, Sandra (James) Nickel, Gail Wirtanen (Jim Hall), and Kristen Wirtanen (Tom Hall); sister, Fay Czurles; six grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Arvo died in the Leisure Hills Nursing Home in Hibbing, Minnesota and is buried in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Plot 4-B, 0, 331)
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