Florence Adelia (Carlstrom) Keacher (1905 - 1993)

Born 9 Dec 1905 in Grantsburg, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States

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Died 9 Oct 1993 at age 87 in Pine City, Pine, Minnesota, United States

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Florence (Carlstrom) Keacher has Swedish ancestors

Biography

Florence was born in 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Eric (Carlström) Carlstrom and Hannah (Sundström) Carlstrom, both Swedish immigrants. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

She was raised on a farm in Granstburg, Wisconsin in a family of seven children and was especially close to her youngest sister, Amy. She was baptized in 1907 at Salem Lutheran Church. At some later point the family became Seventh Day Adventists. She attended grade school at Wood Lake in Wisconsin and continued to correspond with one of her teachers for her entire life.

In 1924 (note she was there in 1924 but possibly earlier?) Florence went away to Broadview College in LaGrange, Illinois where she met David Keacher. The two of them married in June 1928. A short time later they moved to North Branch, Minnesota. ^[4]

Her daughter Lois was born in 1930 and her twin sons Wilbur and Robert were born in 1931.

Florence was a tiny little lady, just barely over five feet tall, but she was a strong woman and a hard worker under adverse conditions. She was a home maker in every sense of the word. There would always be fresh baked bread and caramel rolls, pies, cakes, & cookies for her family, all baked on the big black wood stove. She canned many quarts of fruits and vegetables each summer, also jams and jellies.

Florence was skiled at sewing and the start of each school year meant new hand-sewn dresses for her daughter Lois. Old coats from extended family became new coats or jackets for her children

She instilled the values from her Seventh Day Adventist faith, teaching her children right from wrong, and to always be kind to others.

She was a God-fearing woman who knew the scriptures well, and was a kind and gentle woman.

In 1935, during the depths of the Great Depression, the family moved to the Stacy, Minnesota Telephone office and remained there until 1940. ^[5] In 1941 they purchased a farm in Harris, Minnesota and lived there until June of 1951 when they moved to a home in Cambridge, Minnesota near Sunfish Lake.

During their retirement years, from October of 1970 until September of 1981, David and Florence lived in the quaint town of Salem in the Ozarks region of northern Arkansas.

David and Florence spent their final years living in Pine City, Minnesota. In March 1993 she moved into the Lakeside Nursing Home in Pine City.

She passed away in October 1993, just a few weeks after her husband David. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Sources

• Recollection of daughter Lois Keacher Carlson.
• Recollection of Dan Carlson
• Obituary in Pine City Pioneer, Thursday, October 14, 1993, page 9

1. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSF-NHV : 2 April 2016), Erick A Carlstrom, Grantsburg town, Burnett, Wisconsin; citing p. 53, line 42, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,441.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP28-9KB : accessed 29 December 2017), Florence A Carlstrom in household of Erick A Carlstrom, Wood River, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 7A, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 1,375,715.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFKR-YSY : accessed 21 March 2018), Florance Carlstrom in household of Erick Carlstrom, Wood River, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 53, sheet 6B, line 63, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1979; FHL microfilm 1,821,979.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3CY-Y47 : accessed 30 August 2018), David S Kescher, North Branch, Chisago, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 5A, line 5, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1083; FHL microfilm 2,340,818.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSK9-14X : accessed 30 August 2018), David D Keaeben, Stacy, Stacy Village, Chisago, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-18, sheet 1B, line 59, family 23, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1913.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW7-LZ4G : 17 July 2017), Florence A Keacher, Minnesota, United States, 11 Oct 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Paul Pioneer Press, born-digital text.
7. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRR-K11H : 17 July 2017), Florence Keacher in entry for David S Keacher, Minnesota, United States, 21 Sep 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Paul Pioneer Press, born-digital text.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 January 2021), memorial page for Florence Adelia Carlstrom Keacher (9 Dec 1905–9 Oct 1993), Find A Grave: Memorial #38197124, citing Stacy Cemetery, Stacy, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Robert John Chudek (contributor 46972218) .