My Grandfather: Soren Lorentz Lassen

Authors

Karen Lassen

Keywords

Danish, family history

Abstract

Fifty-five years aft er my grandfather’s death in 1934, my two brothers and I gathered at his gravesite in Sault Ste. Marie near the Great Lakes. For the fi rst time, Soren Lassen was being honored by a family that he never knew. Although he had died long ago, his gravestone had only recently been put in place. I pulled the scissors I had brought out of my purse and carefully cut back the crabgrass that was already creeping across the new stone. Stepping back, I read it aloud:

Svend Lawrence

(Soren Lassen)

1864-1934

Recommended Citation

Lassen, Karen (2016) "My Grandfather: Soren Lorentz Lassen," The Bridge: Vol. 39: No. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol39/iss1/7