William George Konstenius

1919 - 1998  (78 år)

• Namn	William George Konstenius  [1]
  Födelse	26 Nov 1919	Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan, USA
  Kön	Man
  Död	16 Jul 1998	Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Noteringar	He was undecided betwen a carrer in law or in the military. He took speech in High School and became acquainted with lawyer/politicians Frank Hook and Alvin L. Rummel. Summers he went to Citizens Military Training Camps. After attending the Gogebic Junior College and Nothern Michigan University he went to Washington DC where he worked for the post office in the Department of Agriculture and attended George Washington University. He enlisted before he could be drafted and was sent to Camp Rucker in Alabama. One day when the drill master was called in, he asked if someone would take over. Bill volunteered since he had been the head of his high school R.O.T.C unit and was familiar witk drills. The drill master was so surprised at the precision with which Bill was drilling the men that he was recommended for Officers Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia. After getting his commission as a second lieutenant he was assigned to cadre at Camp Wolters, Texas. He met Jackie there after someone asked if he would like to meet someone his own size. Her family took to him and they were married shortly. His sisters Florence and Jenny visited them during the Christmas holidays when Bill was acting commander and invited them to eat at the Officers Club. Bill was eventually shipped out with one of the groups he had trained. Jackie and his sister Florence spent his last days in the States with him in DC. (from Florence Elisabeth Konstenius) He was sent overseas shortly after D-day. He was wounded in action later. His own boys left him for dead after taking whatever valuable he had on him. He heard German being spoken when he first regained consciousness and thought he was a prisoner of war. instead he was in England and found that one of the Ironwood girls, Catherine Yelich, was one of his nurses. Despite the unhealed wounds in his abdomen he was sent back to the front. Later he was returned to the States and to Eagle Nest, New Mexico, where his wife was staying with her parents. they moved to the Detroit area where Bill entered law school at Wayne University and worked as a claim adjuster for State Farm Insurance. He had to take driving lessons in a hurry in order to keep the job. After graduation from law school the family now grown to four moved to Baraga in Michigan Upper Penisula where Bill set up a law practice and ran for prosecuting attorney eventually. In later years he was elected a judge and covered a large circuit including Crystal Falls. The district was later reapportioned leaving him just courthouses in Keewenaw Pennisula..
  Person-ID	I1405	Ekdahl
  Senast ändrad	14 Mar 2025

  
  

  Far	Erik Emil Konstenius,   f. 5 Feb 1891, Karunki, Lappi, Finland d. 19 Feb 1957, Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan, USA (Ålder 66 år)
  Relation	natural
  Mor	Fanny Salmela,   f. Oulu, Uleåborgs län, Finland d. 1936
  Relation	natural
  Familjens ID	F456	Familjeöversikt  |  Familjediagram

  
  

  Familj	Mary Jacqueline Short
  Barn	1. Patricia Elaine Konstenius   2. Stephen Arthur Konstenius   3. Donna Jean Konstenius   4. Karen Konstenius   5. Michael David Konstenius,   f. 1952, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA d. 1952, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA (Ålder 0 år)  [Far: natural]  [Mor: natural]   6. William George Konstenius,   f. 1956, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA d. 1956, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA (Ålder 0 år)  [Far: natural]  [Mor: natural]
  Familjens ID	F491	Familjeöversikt  |  Familjediagram
  Senast ändrad	14 Mar 2025

  
  

• Händelse-karta

  Födelse - 26 Nov 1919 - Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan, USA Död - 16 Jul 1998 - Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, USA  = Länk till Google Earth

  
  

• Källor

  [S114] Florence Konstenius private archive, Nilo Tuoma and his dscendants. [S113] Orbituary. William G. Konstenius, a well-known and respected retired judge, died Thursday, July 16, 1998. He served as 97th District Judge for Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Countis for twenty two years. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 23, 1998, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Baraga at 11 AM. Judge Konstenius is survived by his wife, of fifty-five years, Jackie. The Konstenius's had four children, Patricia of Pelkie, Stephen of Colorado, Donna Bass of Indianapolis, and Karen Hahn of Macon, GA.