Carl Edwin Dorr

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  • Name: Carl Edwin Dorr
  • Location of Birth: Erskine, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: October 23, 1889
  • Date of Death: June 4, 1974 (84 years old)
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  • Highest Rank: PVT (Private)
  • Branch: Army
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  • Military Highlights:
    Carl served with the United States Army in Europe during World War I.

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    World War I

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  • Civilian Life:
    Carl attended schools in Erskine, Minnesota.

    He married Josephine Hovland in June, 1918.

    Carl came to Effie, Minnesota in 1920 and had made his home there ever since.

    He was a charter member of the Waldron-Flaat Legion Post and a long-time member of the Effie Lutheran Church.

    Survivors include his wife, Josephine; one daughter, Mrs. Rosella Baldwin; two sons, Alvin and Harold; nine grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Clara Severson.

    Carl died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in the Bigfork Cemetery at Bigfork, Minnesota.

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