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Du nevner Karsten som døde i 1910.
Karsten dro til Amerika i 1949 og Valborg reiste til Amerika i 1950 med to sønner.
I Amerika ble det 4 barn til.
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Mason, harmonica player
KARSTEN EGELAND | 1918-2010: Norway native started bricklaying business,
loved to play music
April 12, 2010
OBITUARYCHICAGO.COM
On certain days of the week, health enthusiasts using the indoor track
at the Wood Dale Park District's recreation complex didn't need their
iPods. That's because the building echoed with music -- in the form of
Norwegian harmonica songs -- played by 91-year-old Karsten Egeland as he
walked the oval, walker in one hand, instrument in the other.
"From the moment he stepped out of his car in the parking lot until he
got back in to leave, he was playing his harmonica," said Ellen Hart,
spokeswoman for the park district. "Sometimes he'd even burst into
song."
Visiting the recreation complex a few times each week helped him cope
with advancing Alzheimer's disease. Mr. Egeland, affectionately called
the "Harmonica Man," died March 25.
"It was delightful to have him come in," Hart said.
Mr. Egeland was at the track walking and playing just a week before he
died. "It's really going to be quiet around here without him; a sad
quiet," Hart said.
Mr. Egeland was a native of Stavanger, Norway. He and his siblings used
music as their entertainment. He saved up for his first harmonica, which
he bought at age 9, said his daughter Shirley Keldsen.
"During the Christmas holidays, he and his brother and sister would play
their harmonicas for people, like caroling, and get treats and
chocolates," said his son Arild Egeland.
Before immigrating to the America, Mr. Egeland married Valborg Margrethe
in 1945. Four years later, he left for the U.S. with the intention of
working on a farm in North Dakota.
On the way out West, he met up with a cousin who worked construction in
Chicago. He never made it to North Dakota.
Working at a furniture factory and doing odd jobs in construction, Mr.
Egeland moved his family to Chicago in 1950. After renting a basement in
the city for a couple of years, the family moved to Elmhurst.
In 1967, he started Egeland Masonry. His son Arild worked with the
business, which did small bricklaying jobs such as fireplaces and brick
additions.
"We never made a lot of money," Arild Egeland said. "But it was nice to
work with my dad all those years."
Mr. Egeland did small construction and bricklaying jobs until he was in
his early 80s, according to family.
Playing the harmonica was one of his most treasured past-times.
"He could play for hours without getting out of breath," Keldsen said.
"He just had to hear a song once to be able to play it."
To keep his father active despite his Alzheimer's, Arild brought him to
the Wood Dale Park District facility.
At first, he was apprehensive about how people would react to his
father's constant harmonica playing, but patrons and staff there
embraced Mr. Egeland and his music.
Mr. Egeland often played for children at the park district, and one
year, he dressed up like Santa Claus and played Christmas tunes. In
2008, the park district threw him a surprise party for his 90th
birthday.
"Those songs and music were his life," Hart said.
"As long as he was playing, there was a sparkle in his eye and you could
just see how uplifted he was. He enjoyed playing for people so much,"
she said.
Other survivors include his wife; sons Steinar and David; daughters Mari
Sallstrom and Grace Hovda; four siblings and a half-brother, and 10
grandchildren.
Services have been held.
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Karsten Egeland, 91, of Elmhurst since 1952. Beloved husband of Valborg Margrethe, nee Rassmussen; father of Steinar, Arild, Mari (Jon) Sallstrom, Grace (Joar) Hovda, Shirley (William) Keldsen and David (Kathryn); grandfather of Daniel, Skogen, Erik, Dylan, Britta, Eva, David, Erik, Jason and Emma; sister of Ruth, Kari, Eli and Solvay. Owner of Egeland Masonry, member of Faith Evangelical United Methodist Church of Elmhurst and always gave God the glory. He was also known as the "Harmonica Man" at the Wood Dale Park District. Visitation at Ahglrim Funeral Home, 567 S. Spring Rd., Elmhurst from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, April 1, 2010. Interment Mt. Emblem Cemetery. Info 630-834-3515 or
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