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My cousin Lorena Volz will be 106 on October 9. She has been, and I believe she still is the oldest living Swede-Finn in the US, and maybe in Finland and the world.
Lorena was born Oct 9, 1905 in Oscoda, Michigan to Selma (Wargstrom) and Arthur (Adolf Källström) Spring. She married Harold Volz and they had a son Donald. The family lived mostly in Michigan, and briefly in AZ and FL. Lorena currently lives in an assisted living home in CA near her son. She still keeps busy working crossword puzzles, reading, watching game shows on TV, and crocheting pot scrubbers. Lorena's father emigrated from Finland in 1886, the son of Karl Mattsson Keldo - Källström, who was a cantor of Karleby parish church in 1861. Karl Mattsson descended from the musical Källström family in Finland; several other members of that family also were cantors of churches in Finland.
Her son had a call from NBC TV and was told Willard Scott will be honoring Lorena but they're not sure when. It will be after her birthday on 10/09 and they hope to be able to call him a day or two prior
Here's a picture taken in 2010.
Lorena was born Oct 9, 1905 in Oscoda, Michigan to Selma (Wargstrom) and Arthur (Adolf Källström) Spring. She married Harold Volz and they had a son Donald. The family lived mostly in Michigan, and briefly in AZ and FL. Lorena currently lives in an assisted living home in CA near her son. She still keeps busy working crossword puzzles, reading, watching game shows on TV, and crocheting pot scrubbers. Lorena's father emigrated from Finland in 1886, the son of Karl Mattsson Keldo - Källström, who was a cantor of Karleby parish church in 1861. Karl Mattsson descended from the musical Källström family in Finland; several other members of that family also were cantors of churches in Finland.
Her son had a call from NBC TV and was told Willard Scott will be honoring Lorena but they're not sure when. It will be after her birthday on 10/09 and they hope to be able to call him a day or two prior
Here's a picture taken in 2010.
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