1. 2. Cecil William SPICER   b. 10 Jan 1910, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 15 May 1974, On the Amtrak train enroute to Pasco, Washington; bur. 18 May 1974, Coon Rapids, Anoka County, Minnesota.
2. 3. Thelma SPICER   b. 25 Aug 1911, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 17 Dec 1991, Sandstone, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1991, Sandstone, Pine County, Minnesota.
3. 4. Baby boy SPICER   b. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota.
4. 5. Cora Igsli SPICER   b. 27 Oct 1913, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 9 Nov 1913, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 19 Nov 1913, Pine County, Minnesota.
5. 6. Faith Oralie SPICER   b. 19 Oct 1914, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 14 Aug 2001, Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota; bur. 19 Aug 2001, Minnesota.
6. 7. Robert Claude SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. Jan 2001, Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota; bur. Jan 2001, Minnesota.
7. 8. Baby boy SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 29 Oct 1920; bur. 1920.
8. 9. Bryan Monroe SPICER  
9. 10. Elaine SPICER  
10. 11. Baby boy SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 29 Oct 1920; bur. 1920.

What kind of man was my grandfather Cecil?

When I was 15 I had a cyst removed from my left wrist. After the surgery and when I was put in a regular room they were still having trouble getting me to wake up. They thought I just needed to sleep off the anesthesia but the truth is I was severely dehydrated. The staff wouldn't tell my parents what was going on, just that they couldn't see me until I was fully awake so my parents were left worrying in the waiting room for over 6 hours.

In the meantime my grandpa who we called Gop or Goppy had also tried to see me and like my parents he was turned away at the nurses station. So there I was alone drifting in and out of consciousness. I remember struggling to wake up and being so frightened that I couldn't reach that state of consciousness. Even in that hazy state I knew enough to be scared that something wasn't right but not quite awake enough to do anything about it. Then suddenly through the fog in my brain I heard my grandpa Gop's sweet soothing voice telling me I was going to be OK because he was there for me now.

Then a nurse came into my room. She was angry and told him I wasn't allowed visitors and ordered him to leave. He refused and began raging at her about the inadequate care I was getting. Couldn't they see the reason I wasn't coming to was because I was severely dehydrated!! I was not having trouble coming out of the anesthesia, I was so dehydrated I couldn't regain consciousness! The nursed finally took a good looked at me. My lips were cracked, my skin gray and dry - I must have looked awful because the next thing I knew I was being jabbed with needles in both arms as they set me up for IV's. They pushed the fluids in me as fast as they could and soon I was able to become fully alert.

My grandfather had a severe heart problem and he was not suppose to climb stairs or do anything that would strain his heart yet when he got turned away at the nurses station he went down to the main floor, found a back stairway and walked up 3 flights of stairs in order find me. And he snuck in and out of rooms until he did find me! His perseverance probably saved my life.

Of course my mom was extremely grateful that her stubborn father was so determined to see me that he snuck his way in, but she was also very upset that he had climbed all of those stairs and risked his own life in order to get to me. And that is the kind of man my grandpa, my "Goppy", Cecil William Spicer was.

1. 12. SPICER  
2. 13. SPICER  
3. 14. SPICER  
4. 15. SPICER  

1. 16. VORK  
2. 17. VORK  
3. 18. VORK  

Cora's Death Certificate correctly identifies her mother's maiden name as Estella Mae O'Connell but incorrectly identifies her father Lanklyn S. Spicer as Conkly S. Spicer. I believe the mistake occurred due to the circumstances of little Cora's death. One of Lank's brothers and his family came to visit Lank and Mae around the time of Cora's birth. This family brought Scarlet Fever with them and Mae and her newborn daughter Cora contracted the illness. To prevent the spread of the Scarlet fever the family was under quarantine when Cora died so the undertaker left a small casket at the curb. Lank retrieved the casket and gently placed his infant daughter in it then returned the casket to the curb. The undertaker removed Cora and immediately buried her. On all of the other death certificates I have collected a family member has filled out the father's name and mother's maiden name, then signed the certificate as the "informant." Because Cora's family was under quarantine no family member signed her death certificate, instead it names the informant as "Taken from register." I believe whoever copied the register misread Lank's name. Perhaps it was smudged or faded. Whatever the reason the L was mistaken for a C and the A for an O, then they got the next 3 letters correct; KLY, but then for whatever reason did not add the N.

1. 19. CHILDREN  

1. 20. SPICER  
2. 21. SPICER  
3. 22. SPICER  
4. 23. SPICER  

1. 24. SPICER  
2. 25. SPICER  
3. 26. SPICER  
4. 27. SPICER  
5. 28. SPICER  
6. 29. SPICER  
7. 30. SPICER  
8. 31. Thomas Wayne SPICER   b. 9 Jul 1950, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; d. 23 Jul 2000, Concrete, Washington; bur. Jul 2000, Washington.

1. 32. Larry CHRISTIANSEN  
2. 33. Linda CHRISTIANSEN  
3. 34. Sheryl CHRISTIANSEN  
4. 35. Beverly CHRISTIANSEN  
5. 36. Steve Mark CHRISTIANSEN   b. 1 Aug.
6. 37. Kathy CHRISTIANSEN   b. 13 Sep.
7. 38. James CHRISTIANSEN   b. 23 Sep.
8. 39. Michael Carl CHRISTIANSEN   b. 16 Nov, Askov, Pine County, Minnesota; d. Askov, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Askov, Pine County, Minnesota.