Bjorkgren obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Bjorkgren, Alfred Leonard       18 Dec 1925    Oct 2001    Carol Carvalho
Bjokrgren, Capt. Svante L.      11 Jul 1930    Apr 2001    Carol Carvalho
Bjorkgren, Georgia Wells         3 Sep 1948    Dec 2002    Carol Carvalho

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Obituary published in The Ponchatoula Enterprise on:  12/18/1925 

BJORKGREN, ALFRED LEONARD
Alfred L. Bjorkgren age 40, son of Capt. S. L. Bjorkgren died Thursday
morning at 1:30 o'clock in Touro Infirmary following an operation for
stomach trouble. Mr. Bjorkgren was the eldest son of Capt. Bjorkgren, one
of the pioneers of this section, and had lived all of his life here where
he made a host of friends, all of whom, extend their deep sympathy to the
bereaved family. Mr. Bjorkgren is survived by his father and mother,
brother William and sister, Mrs. A. L. Hawkins. Funeral services were held
from the residence of his parents, at 10:00 o'clock Friday morning, Rev.
McCrady offering the family many beautiful words of condolence. The remains
were entered in Wetmore Cemetery. 

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Obituary published in The Ponchatoula Enterprise on:  7/11/1930 

BJORKGREN, SVANTE L.
S. L. BJORKGREN CALLED BY DEATH - Has Been Citizen of Ponchatoula for Past
49 Years - After an illness extending over many months. Capt. Svante L.
Bjorkgren died at 4:30 Wednesday morning, the end coming quietly at his
home on Magnolia street. Capt. Bjorkgren, a native of Norrkeping, Sweden,
had been a resident of Ponchatoula for the past 49 years, leaving his ship
after fifteen years at sea to till the soil. He was 77 years, 8 months and
23 days old at the time of his death. On coming to Ponchatoula in 1881,
Capt. Bjorkgren bought a farm on the outskirts of the town and became a
successful farmer. As the town progressed, he became interested as a
director in the Merchants & Farmers Bank and the Ponchatoula Homestead, and
with the establishing of the Ponchatoula Bank & Trust company. Mr.
Bjorkgren bought stock and was elected to the directorate of the latter
bank. Later, the Southern Homestead was formed and Capt. Bjorkgren was
elected president, which position he held to the time of his death. He was
a prominent Mason and through his popularity and lovable disposition
merited the confidence of his brother masons to the extent that he was
thrice made Worshipful Master of the Ponchatoula lodge. Besides his wife,
the deceased leaves to mourn his loss, one son, William W. Bjorkgren and
one daughter, Mrs. A. Luther Hawkins, two grandchildren and a host of
friends. Funeral services were held from his late residence Thursday
morning at 10:00 o'clock, with interment in Wetmore cemetery. The masonic
order took charge at the grave. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  9/3/1948

BJORKGREN, Mrs. S. L. (Georgia Wells)
Mrs. S. L. Bjorkgren Succumbs in Ponchatoula - Funeral services for Mrs.
Georgia Wells Bjorkgren, wife of the late Captain S. L. Bjorkgren, who
succumbed Tuesday morning at the home of her son in Ponchatoula, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Thomas Funeral Home in
Ponchatoula, with interment in Wetmore cemetery there. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. A. L. Hawkins; one son, William W. Bjorkgren, both of
Ponchatoula; two grandchildren, Mrs. Svante Spinks and Alfred Bjorkgren;
and by one great-grandchild, Georgiana Craig.

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