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Mavis June Clemenson Rantala
Lilah Crowe2020-10-29T16:04:26-05:00
- Name: Mavis June Rantala (Clemenson)
- Location of Birth: Bovey, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: March 9, 1924
- Date of Death: March 13, 1984
- Parents: Olaf Clemenson & Bertha (Nelson) Clemenson
- High School and Class: 1942 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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- Other Branch: Cadet Nurse Corps
- Date Sworn In: July 1, 1943
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Mavis Clemenson graduated from the Kahler School of Nursing, Rochester, Minnesota in 1946.
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World War II
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Mavis Clemenson married John M. Rantala in 1945.
Mavis died in Hibbing, Minnesota and is buried in Nashwauk Cemetery, Nashwauk, Minnesota. She is survived by her husband, John; one son, John Todd; a brother, Olaf Clemenson; three sisters, Irene Metzer, Ferol Yust, and Phyllis Witzel; one granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
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