Re: curious, fellow Minnesotans

Posted by charley hellickson on May 31, 2006 at 22:55:25 from (12.216.146.38):

In Reply to: curious, fellow Minnesotans posted by Dave from MN on May 31, 2006 at 18:44:11:

Hi. I am 22 miles SW of Ames Ia. south of Boone. I never lived in MN. but I have deep family roots in SE MN.,might be why i love that part of the country. My Dad came from around Mable-Newburg. He left there in 1942 when he was drafted into the Army and they sent him down here to Fort Des Moines. Seams like that where the Hellicksons settled when they came from Norway. My Dads uncle Howard Hellickson used to live in Spring Grove,had a resturant and a farm. He had a cousin,Lyel,not sure how to spell it,Umdahl who used to own the old store in Newburg. Dad's dad was from Sping Grove but I don't remember his name. He was killed in France,WWI,1918 before Dad was born. Everyone up there is gone now and Dad is too. It has been a long time since I was in Spring Grove,before 1954. I hardly remember the town. I would like to see it again and look for my Grandpas's grave. Sorry for the long post when I don't live there. When Dad was 7 yrs. old he was placed in the MN. State Orphanage at Owattona. I might be up there this weekend to Shakope at the MOPARS IN THE PARK car show.

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