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Submitted: 12/16/11 • Approved: 12/17/11 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R142256-G0-S3
Aug. 16, 1920 - Oct. 9, 2011
Olav (Ole) Hamran, 91, passed away on Sun., Oct. 9, 2011 at Sanford Canton-Inwood Hospital. Memorial services will be at 3pm on Wed., Oct. 12, 2011 at Redeemer Free Lutheran Church, Canton. Ole was born in Hagebostad, Norway on Aug. 16, 1920 to Oluf and Anna (Birkeland) Hamran. He came to America in 1928 when he was 8 years old. They settled in Klondike, IA, and later moved to Inwood, IA.
Ole was united in marriage to Dorothy Kidd on Sept. 20, 1954. They made their home in Canton. He worked at various jobs until 1961 when he started his own business in Canton-Ole's Auto Clinic-which he operated until his retirement in 1989. Ole is survived by his wife Dorothy; children Julie (Lane) Jervik, Hudson, SD; Diane (Troy) Balk, Sioux Falls, SD; Mark Hamran, Tea,SD; Paul (Jenny) Hamran, Canton, SD; 8 grandchildren; sister Asborg Hamran, Inwood, IA; and lifelong friends Chuck and Betty Tanck and daughter Cathy Tanck, Sioux Falls, SD. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Anna Maria Hamran
Contributed on 12/16/11 by bjbraaten
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