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Allan Fredrick Carlson was born on July 31, 1938 in Duluth, MN to Adolph and Nora Carlson. Allan attended school in New York Mills from second grade forward through graduation in 1956. After a short time at Gustavus Adolphus College, he enlisted in the US Army in 1957 and was stationed at a Nike site west of New York City.
Stella Huso is believed to be the oldest living Gold Star mother, a designation given to a woman who has lost a child in active military service. A "Stellabration" in Big Lake celebrated her birthday.
Now 105 Stella Huso has clear memories of many of the 20th Century’s historic moments, the good times and the bad.
This week in history in Douglas County.