Menominee-Houghton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Waisanen, Abram January 19, 1957
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Menominee County Journal Jan 25, 1957
Abram Waisanen Dies

     Abram Waisanen of Bagley, 79, died early Saturday morning, January 19 at the
Mid-County 
Convalescent Home.
     He was a retired farmer.  Born January 23, 1877 in Finland.  He came to
Houghton County and later 
came to the Bagley area where he resided on a farm there for 45 years.  His wife
preceded him in death 
in 1948; also one son and one daughter also preceded him in death.     
    Surviving are seven daughters, Miss Marie Waisanen, Mrs. Frank (Elsie) Acker,
Mrs. Jack (Verna) Bohl, 
all of Waukegan, Ill.; Mrs. Reina (Sally) Lystila and Miss Irene and Miss Sylvia
Waisanen of Detroit; Mrs. 
Raymond (Viola) Hurd of West Allis, Wis. five sons, Arnie Waisanen of Amasa, Mich.;
George of Neenah, 
Wis.; Arthur of Omaha, Neb.; Paul of Flint, Mich., and Albert of Kansas City, Mo.;
14 grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren.
     Services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Strandt Funeral Home with Rev.
Melvin Klokow 
officiating.  Burial was in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Oakwood.
     Pallbearers were Carl Salo, Erick Houtari, John Harkonen, George Klemolin, Jack
Bohl, Raymond Hurd.
     During the service Rev and Mrs. Klokow sang "The Old Rugged Cross," and "Near
The Cross."  Mrs. 
Klokow played the organ accompaniment.  
     Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hurd and
sons of West 
Allis; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Acker, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bohl of Waukegan, IL; Mrs. Reina
Lystila and Miss Irene 
Waisanen of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Waisanen of Amasa; George Waisanen of
Neenah, Wis.' Arthur 
Waisanen of Omaha, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Waisanen of Flint; Albert Waisanen of
KansasCity, MO.   


Additional Comments:
Before settling on the farm in Bagley, Menominee County, Michigan, Abram worked at
the Baltic Copper 
Mine in Houghton County, Michigan from 1900 to 1910.  He became a Naturalized
Citizen of the United 
States in 1904.  

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