Martin Windfield Calder

Lilah Crowe2021-11-16T19:31:13-06:00

Name: Martin Windfield Calder
Location of Birth: Rocks, Maryland
Date of Birth: May 13, 1915
Date of Death: June 18, 1974 (59 years old)
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Highest Rank: GM2 (Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer) in United States Navy
Branch: Navy
Other Branch: Marine Corps
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Martin served ten years in the United States Marines and United States Navy.

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Martin married Margaret LaFond on March 7, 1945 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They then moved to the Marble, Minnesota area in 1946 and he worked for the Cleveland Cliffs Mining Company for some time. He then worked as an electrician for the Bechtel Construction Company, until 1966 when he was forced to retire because of ill health.

He and his wife had moved to their present rural Bovey, Minnesota address in Trout Lake Township, Itasca County, less than two months ago.

He is survived by his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Willard Amerein and Mrs. Cecelia Wisner; and one brother, Frank.

Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-G-06-0-4)

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