Centennial Honor Gifts
Click here for the list of gifts made in honor or memory of loved ones
Click here to learn about making a Centennial Honor Gift
Read the stories and appreciate the impressions, contributions, and legacies
of the loved ones remembered with a Centennial Honor Gift
in the 100th Anniversary year of FInland’s independence.
Please click on the photos below to read the stories about members of our Centennial Family Tree, and check back often as more are added. Click here to add your story!
Halme/Grondahl
The Road to American Prosperity…
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Ruth Viola Hyry
My mother, Ruth Viola Hyry, was born on December 13, 1909 in Champion, Michigan…
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Ellen Huusko Lahti
“This is my land of birth, but Finland is my homeland.”
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CONSUL JARL LINDFORS
I write this in memory of my father, Jarl Lindfors, who was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1887…
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Jack & Ida Hakkila
Jack and Ida Hakkila in the 1930s
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A Tale of Two Families
Edward and Eriika (Karasti) Posio and Frank and Fanni (Salomaki) Ranta
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Helmi Wirtanen Pierson
My mother could not tell a lie; she was the most honest person we have ever known.
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Tributes
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Add Your Family’s Story
Honor your loved ones…
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