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This week we laid Auntie to rest in Gethsemane Lutheran Church cemetery in Upsala. Leone Hagstrom was the youngest child of my Grandmother, Laura Anderson Larson Ramlo and Louis Larson. My mother was the oldest child and they had a brother Eldon. The three of them were a year apart in age. There were many stories shared about Auntie on Wednesday, but my favorite came from her son Kevin. They had been visiting Kevin’s uncle in Alexandria and Kevin told Auntie that he wanted to get back to Upsala so he could watch the Preakness. The speed limit on County Road 17 is 55, so Kevin was doing 60. Auntie said, “You drive slow Kevin”. Kevin stepped it up a bit and a little while later, Auntie spoke up again. “We’ll never get there at this speed.”. “Ma, I don’t want to get a ticket.” , but he dutifully stepped it up again. There was silence for a while and then: “ Kevin, why don’t you just pull over and let me drive”. Kevin owns a four wheel drive pickup. Auntie was 91 years young.

The APHC show this week is live from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul. Special guests include acoustic groove masters Vasen, minimal Motown singers and drummer Chic Gamine and mandolin madman Chris Thile. Plus the royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Fred Newman. The Guy’s All Star Shoe Band and the latest News From Lake Wobegon.

“Kathy, I was born to have fun” Leone Hagstrom 1922-2013