Grace and Lars Karlsen, Jane Thomas

I loved Jane who had an adorable apartment in Brooklyn. She had superb taste. This is her son's obituary Jane Thomas’s son William L. Thomas NEW HARTFORD William (Poppie) L. Thomas, 92, of New Hartford, died on Friday, September 13, 2013, at the Presbyterian Home. He was born on June 24, 1921, in Utica, a son of the late Louis and Jane Thomas. He attended UFA and served in the United States Navy during WWII. Bill married Ione Miller on January 17, 1942, in Grace Church, Utica. He worked for Drop Forge as a supervisor and later worked as a design engineer for Chicago Pneumatic. Bill was a member of Grace Church and the New Hartford American Legion Post 1376, where he donated many hours in helping build the Legions current location. Bill was also a member of the Utica Masonic Lodge. Bill looked forward to bowling with his friends from Chicago Pneumatic and playing golf with his friends from both the Legion and Chicago Pneumatic. Bill was very handy and enjoyed working with his hands and was always willing to help anyone with a project. He took great pride in building a catamaran sailboat that his family enjoyed for many years. He is survived by his loving wife, Ione Thomas, of New Hartford; daughter, Gayl Mineo and her husband, Ron, of New Hartford; grandchildren, Deborah Fournier and her fiance, Mike, of Whitesboro, William Mineo and his wife, Laurie, of Cassville, and Tina Barnhill and her husband, Brett, of Atlanta, GA; great-grandson, Chayce Fournier; and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on Wednesday at 6:00 at the Dimbleby, Friedel, Williams & Edmunds Funeral Home, 13 Oxford Rd., New Hartford. Interment will be on Thursday at 10:00 in Crown Hill Memorial Park, with Military Honors. Calling hours will be on Wednesday from 4:00 to 6:00 prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, please consider the in memory of Bill. For online expression of sympathy go to www.dfwefh.com Published in The Observer-Dispatch from Sept. 15 to Sept. 16, 2013

He was my step-father. When my mother met him, Lars was a seaman. Lars was a very hard working steeplejack which is a very dangerous job. Because of Lars we were able to move out of the Red Hook projects and into three bedroom apartments and from then on I had my own bedroom. We ended up in Bay Ridge on Ovington Avenue in a beautiful apartment only a few blocks from Bay Ridge High School where I studied Norwegian. He loved to dance and was highly intelligent and read 2 American newspapers every day. His son Leif Karlsen came to visit us. His son was very handsome and lived in Norway. KARLSEN, LARS BIRGER was born 24 March 1920 and Died 17 June 1995. Received Social Security number 083-24-4906 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 17 June 1995. Research in ZIP Code 11209 Source: Death Master File (public domain). Check Archives for LARS KARLSEN. Lars Birger Karlsen has a son named Leif Karlsen who was born and raised in Norway.

3 Children ONLY. John Richard Svendsen, Stewart Haakon Svendsen and Sandra Amanda Svendsen.