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Norman Edward Winblad
(1911–1980)

Norman Edward Winblad (1911-1980) was born on the Isle of Pines, Cuba when American speculators migrated there, hoping that it would become a state of the United States. He worked as a mechanic at the lawnmower repair shop he owned in Los Angeles, California. He died in 1980 at age 69. (b. May 23, 1911, Santa Bárbara (La Demajagua), Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud), Cuba - d. December 29, 1980, Harbor-UCLA Medical Foundation Hospital, 21840 Normandie Avenue in Torrance, California, USA)

Norman Edward Winblad

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Death of his father. "Anthony Julius Winblad. Longtime Desert Hot Springs resident, Anthony Julius Winblad, 88, of 66442 Desert View Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, died Thursday, March 27, at Kaiser Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Winblad had resided in Desert Hot Springs 15 of his 25 years in California. The New York native was a retired plumber for the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Terminal Island. Funeral services were held Monday morning, March 31, from the Desert Mortuary Chapel with George Hilla, senior warden, and Edward Gray, chaplain, Palm Springs Masonic Lodge, officiating. Interment was in Desert Memorial Park, Palm Springs, with Desert Mortuary in charge. Mr. Winblad is survived by three sons, Norman Winblad of Baldwin Park, Earl Winblad of Carson and Rutsen Staderman of Buffalo, New York."
"While the proprietor of a lawnmower shop at 19 South Second Avenue went fishing over the weekend a burglar fished in his change box and came up with a few dollars. Norman Winblad told officers between $2 and $5 was missing from the cash box. Entrance was gained through an unlocked window in the shop."
"Norman Winblad is the new owner of Norm's Lawnmower Service in Arcadia. He was formerly associated with Brunner and Lay Inc., tool manufacturers in Los Angeles."
Death of his mother. "Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Winblad, 417 West Seventy-seventh street, were held at the Allen Reed mortuary. Interment followed in Inglewood Park cemetery. Mrs. Winblad, 47, was a native of Farmingdale, New York. She leaves her husband, H. A. Winblad [sic]; three sons Norman, Earl, and Ray [sic]; her father, Jarvis Lattin of Florida; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Williams of Los Angeles; three sisters in New York and one sister in New Jersey."

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