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Leif Erickson (name)

980-1020 (birth and death date) Leif Erickson, 40, (age) died October 11, 1020 at a local tavern in Iceland after an altercation with his former social studies teacher Mr. Plahn.(place and cause of death) Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for this evening as he will be buried at sea along with his crew. (__Funeral Arrangements__, if you can not find this out you may make it up as long as it could be believable)

Leif was born to the famous Pirate Erik the Red (relative information ) somewhere on the country of Greenland (place of birth ). He is currently left wi th **two brothers, [|Thorvald] and [|Thorsteinn], and one sister, [|Freydís]. Leif married Thorgunna, and they have one son, [|Thorkell Leifsson].** **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Although Leif was considered to be a pirate (<span style="color: rgb(244, 113, 113);">Occupation ) he is perhaps best known for discovering land west of Iceland. Although it is unlikely that the history text book will give him credit for these accomplishments he was likely to be the first European ever to reach the continent of North America. <span style="color: rgb(248, 73, 73);">(accomplishments) He is perhaps one of the greatest explorers of his generation.

Work Cited Wikipedia November 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nov 24 ** (<span style="color: rgb(250, 25, 25);">Citations ) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">

ACTUAL OBITUARY** Feb. 28, 1919-Nov. 22, 2008 Arthur Ervin Holland, 89, of Roland, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at Bethany Manor in Story City. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Bethany Manor. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, in Roland Cemetery. A memorial service will be after Christmas at Bergen Lutheran Church.

Art was born Feb. 28, 1919, north of Roland, to Arthur and Ellen (Borwick) Holland. He married Marjorie Ihlene Goodmanson on April 15, 1941. Ihlene died June 26, 2007. He was a member of Bergen Lutheran Church and Roland Kiwanis. He had lived all of his life in the Roland and Huxley area. He was a police officer with Iowa State University for 25 years.

He is survived by two daughters, Karen (Dennis) Soderstrum, of Story City, and Linda Ritland, of Roland; one daughter-in-law, Hope (Al) Mullins, of Saukville, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Darlene (Delbert) Quam, of Story City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, David Holland; one brother, Burton Opstvedt; and one sister, Bessie Kreutner.

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