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Celebrating 90 years:
Longtime resident —
has a big birthday

HERE “N THERE.
_YVONNE MOEN

OTTO ‘LINDSTROM iss

about.to turn 90.»

Otto Lindstrom was born
on Oct. 26, 1916 at Prince
Rupert Hospital to parents
Charles and Emma Lind-
strom. —

“After his birth, his moth-
er brought him home to the .
homestead at Remo; on the ~

bank overlooking Hwy16

where .the .Zimacord. river.

"flows into the Skeena Riv-

ried in the Mission Church
Kitsumgallum Valley back

in 1909 by Rev. Thomas

Marsh., Otto came from
a family. of six children,
Charles Jr. killed in the
woods as a young man,
Otto, Bill, Claire, Helena

and Marie. Otto and his'sis- .

ter Marie, are the only ones
left from this family.

Otto, who grew up most-
ly in Remo, has travelled the
world. He says he has never
found any place better than
Terrace. Otto isa trapper, a.
_ veteran,: lighthouse . keeper -
and. a former wireless te-
legrapher and an air ground
controller at the Terrace/
‘Kitimat airport.

As a child, he would
walk to get to the old Kalum
School; he and Cissy Hare
started school together. Both
have turned 90 this year and
are still full of mischief. At

10 years of age, Otto went

out with his father to work
in the bush —skidding cedar
poles, making trails for the
horses, etc.

In 1932, 16-year-old Otto
climbed into a box car with
no money and went to look
for work. He got odd jobs
in the mills getting known

_and eventually came back
to Terrace and went to work
for Ernie Sande as a swayer
and millwright. At 23, he
joined the army as an artil-
lery man. In 1941, he was
sent overseas as an instruc-
_ tor and mechanic before.re- ©
.turning to Terrace in 1947,
where he went back to work
in the sawmills.

Otto’s wife Fran came
to Terrace in 1948 to. staff
the old Red Cross Hospital.

- The couple first met at Ma
Lambly’s Café and were
married in August 1949...
A year later, Otto an-
swered an advertisement for
a lighthouse keeper at Lan-

. gara, They liked it so much
'. they stayed for 3 years.

When Langara__light-
house was being built, one
of the first men to work on
building it was Otto’s father.
Interestingly, 38 years later,
Otto answered an advertise-.
ment to be its keeper.

Otto has lived in Terrace
“for 90 years, with a few -
years spent overseas, work-
ing away. But he grew up
in Terrace, went to school
here and he says there’s no
other place he would rather
be. In 2002, Otto and Fran
~ were honoured as Riverboat
Captain and Queen.

In just over three weeks

(Oct. 26), Otto will be 90.

To celebrate the occa- |

sion; a big get-together is
planned for' the Thanksgiv-
ing weekend. The location
hhas been changed to the
- Elks Lodge (2822 Tetrault
Street).

On Saturday, Oct. 7, din-
ner will be served at 5 p.m.
by invitation only. Follow-
ing, anytime after 8:30 p.m.
Otto is looking forward to
seeing all his friends to drop
in and share a dance and:
have fun.

’ . The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 2006 - B5

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OTTO Lindstrom has 5 spent the majority of his 90 years
in: ‘Terrace. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.

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