• Name: Earl Arctander Lange
  • Location of Birth: Oslo, Norway
  • Date of Birth: February 20, 1896
  • Date of Death: March 23, 1976
  • Parents: Albert Lange & Karin (Arctander) Lange
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  • Other Branch: Merchant Marines
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  • Date of Discharge: July 17, 1946
  • Place of Discharge: Seattle, Washington
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  • Military Highlights:
    WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
    State: Minnesota
    Name: Earl Arctander Lange
    Race: W
    Age: 46
    Birth Date: February 20, 1896
    Birth Place: Oslo, Norway
    Residence Place: Calumet, Itasca, Minnesota
    Registration Date: April 27, 1942
    Employer: Interstate Iron Co., Calumet, Itasca, Minnesota
    Weight: 200
    Height: 5-9
    Complexion: Light
    Eye Color: Gray
    Hair Color: Gray
    Other characteristic: Scar on nose
    Next of Kin: Ruth Lange, Calumet, MN

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    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Earl Lange married Ruth Finnerud in North Dakota in 1915. The couple came to Itasca County in 1920 and Earl started working in the mines. He moved to Pokegama Lake in 1956. He retired in 1961 from the retail automotive parts sales business in Grand Rapids.

    Earl died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in Harris Cemetery, Itasca County, Minnesota. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two sons, Paul and Erling (Bud); three daughters, Edith (Glen) Grife, Ruth (Harry) Adamson, and Dorothy (John) Marsh; eighteen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.

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