First Name:
Albert
Last Name:
Stridfelt
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
E.
Born:
1906
Died:
2001
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Temporary
Year Started:
1934
Year Departed:
1934
Begin Salary:
1440
End Salary:
1440
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Temporary
Year Started:
1935
Year Departed:
1935
Begin Salary:
1140
End Salary:
1140
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Temporary
Year Started:
1936
Year Departed:
1937
Begin Salary:
1380
Place:
Title / Position:
3rd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1939
Year Departed:
1940
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1939
Year Departed:
1940
Begin Salary:
1200
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1940
Year Departed:
1941
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Furloughed
Year Started:
1260
Year Departed:
1943
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1946
Year Departed:
1962
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1962
Year Departed:
1967
End Salary:
4978
Source:
Albert J. Davidson OPF
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Entered Date:
Nov 13, 2018
Albert E. Stridfelt, 95, a former Calumet resident passed away Thursday morning June 7, 2001 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility where he was a resident-patient since January of 1998.
He was born on May 21, 1906 in Calumet a son of the late Hedwig & Ino Stridfelt and was a graduate of Calumet High School with the class of 1925.
Albert was employed with the U.S. Government as a Light House Keeper having worked at the Eagle Harbor Light House. He was also a veteran of WWII having served with the U.S. Navy in Altoona, PA. He was married to the former Hilma Hiltunen in Calumet and she passed away in 1972. He then married the former Erma Lucille Uren in Bruce Crossing and she passed away in 1998.
He was a member of the Calumet United Methodist Church, a former member of the Calumet Lodge #271 F & AM, and the Fraternal Order of Eagle #352 of Calumet. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Melba Englund; a brother, Emmerick; and a nephew, Peter Englund.
Surviving are:
2 step sons, Wallace (Helga) Renn of Indianapolis, IN; and Leslie (Donna) Renn of Mesa, AZ;
7 grandchildren;
13 great grandchildren;
2 nephews, John Englund of Wappingers Falls, NY; and Erick (Brenda) Englund of Lake Linden;
3 nieces, Gerda of Calumet; Faye (Conrad) Christianson of Fairbanks, AK; and Marie (Robert) Nichols of Minneapolis, MN; and
Several cousins.