Lindfors, Veikko Olavi.

Biography

Lindfors, Veikko Olavi. (Oliver); b. March 15, 1915, De Kalb, Illinois; Finnish American; Father Augustus Lindfors (1875-?); mother Augusta Svensberg (1880-?); Single; Received Passport# 366331 on February 17, 1937 which listed his address as 303 Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 25 years old; Sailed February 17, 1937 aboard the President Roosevelt; Arrived in Spain on March 7, 1937; Served with the Regt. de Tren; Rank Sargento; Returned to the US on October 25, 1938 aboard the Ile de France; Wife Elsie Ellen Lindfors, sons James Lindfors, Randall Lindfors, Glenn Linfors, daughters Ellen Joy Lindfors (1941-?) and Mrs. Denorn Harris; d. December 16, 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, buried in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Crystal, Minnesota.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; RGASPI; Finnish, MPE; (obituary) Minneapolis, Minnesota Star Tribune, December 18, 1965; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A