Obit: Heggelund, Arnold (1929 - 2003)

 
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Surnames: Heggelund, Reusch, Larson, Snortheim, Swenson, Golding, Johnson, Coon

----Source: Marshfield News Herald, Marshfield, Wood Co., WI, Thur., 22 Jan. 2004

Heggelund, Arnold (11 Oct. 1929 - 1 Dec. 2003)

ANTIOCH, Calif. - Arnold Heggelund of Antioch, Calif., passed away Dec. 1, 2003, after a long battle with cancer.

He was born Oct. 11, 1929, in Marshfield lived in the town of Richfield until 1942, then moved with his family to Daly City, Calif.

Arnold worked as a computer analyst for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 41 years. He also was a member of the Sons of Norway for 50 years. The study of genealogy took him to Salt Lake City, Norway and beyond.

Arnold made friends wherever he went - San Francisco, Tucson, Wisconsin - or with anyone he’d meet.

He is survived by his sister, Helen (Heggelund) Johnson; nieces Margit and Marlene; and his Wisconsin cousins, Gene Heggelund, Charlotte (Heggelund) Coon, Corrine (Heggelund) Reusch, Agnes (Larson) Snortheim and Evelyn (Larson) Swenson of Rockford, Ill.

Arnold’s parents, Ole and Marie Heggelund, his sister Kathryn (Heggelund) Golding, and a brother-in-law, Arthur Johnson, preceded him in death.

His ashes will be buried at the Richfield Cemetery.