Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This was posted 3 years ago today, on February 4, 2014, and will be my entry about Wayne today.  There are references to our mission in Sweden in 1994-1995.  There was quite a bit of musical talent in his ancestors!  Wayne was so proficient in Swedish he could translate from English to Swedish, and vice versa.  Be sure and read below about key harps -- such an unusual instrument, but common in Sweden!   When our son Wayne learned to play the accordion we didn't know he had a great grandfather who was an accordion player, violinist, concertina player, etc. in Sweden! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 86. Wayne's Swedish grandfather, a KEY HARP player -- unusual instrument! Wayne's grandfather, Johann Wengren Eckman was quite an interesting character.    His wife was the "gun toting grandma" told about in blog # 75, written on January 21, 2014 . I will include here pages from our book which are print screened.     This is a gr...

Wayne's grandfather, Johann Wengren Eckman was quite an interesting character.   His wife was the "gun toting grandma" told about in blog # 75, written on January 21, 2014 . I will include here pages from our book which are print screened.    This is a grandfather who was born in Sweden, married, and joined the Church there.  His parents and several other siblings and relatives had come already.    Please see post #75, which tells of his parents who were the first generation to come to the United States.   I said that I'd tell more of his playing the key harp .  Here it is: When Wayne and I (Pal) went on our mission to Sweden in 1994-1995, we were able to visit the grave of this grandfather in the small town of Brunna.  The photo is above.   The following is from a newspaper article written about him in Sweden when he was 91 years old.  The article was written in Swedish and Wayne translated it.  The article wa...