Capt. Christiansen succumbs at 87.
Capt. Aleck (Minnie) Christiansen, 87, for many years prominent in Lake Superior maritime circles, died Monday in a Duluth hospital. He lived at 330 E. Third St.
A native of Duluth and lifelong area resident, Capt. Christiansen owned the former Christiansen Fish Co., which operated the freight and passenger steamer Winyah and later the motor vessel Detroit between Duluth, Isle Royale, and North Shore points until 1951. He served as skipper of both vessels.
During Word War II, he was vice president of Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. and president of the Duluth-Chicago Freight Line. Until 1978, he owned H. Christiansen Inc., dealers in fishing equipment.
Capt. Christiansen was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Aad Temple of the Shrine.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Karen (Henry) Storms, Duluth, and Betty Lessard, Two Harbors; a sister Hazel Goodall, San Diego, five grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
DNT 04.17.1979
Capt. Aleck (Minnie) Christiansen, 87, for many years prominent in Lake Superior maritime circles, died Monday in a Duluth hospital. He lived at 330 E. Third St.
A native of Duluth and lifelong area resident, Capt. Christiansen owned the former Christiansen Fish Co., which operated the freight and passenger steamer Winyah and later the motor vessel Detroit between Duluth, Isle Royale, and North Shore points until 1951. He served as skipper of both vessels.
During Word War II, he was vice president of Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. and president of the Duluth-Chicago Freight Line. Until 1978, he owned H. Christiansen Inc., dealers in fishing equipment.
Capt. Christiansen was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Aad Temple of the Shrine.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Karen (Henry) Storms, Duluth, and Betty Lessard, Two Harbors; a sister Hazel Goodall, San Diego, five grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
DNT 04.17.1979
Capt. Christiansen succumbs at 87.
Capt. Aleck (Minnie) Christiansen, 87, for many years prominent in Lake Superior maritime circles, died Monday in a Duluth hospital. He lived at 330 E. Third St.
A native of Duluth and lifelong area resident, Capt. Christiansen owned the former Christiansen Fish Co., which operated the freight and passenger steamer Winyah and later the motor vessel Detroit between Duluth, Isle Royale, and North Shore points until 1951. He served as skipper of both vessels.
During Word War II, he was vice president of Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. and president of the Duluth-Chicago Freight Line. Until 1978, he owned H. Christiansen Inc., dealers in fishing equipment.
Capt. Christiansen was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Aad Temple of the Shrine.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Karen (Henry) Storms, Duluth, and Betty Lessard, Two Harbors; a sister Hazel Goodall, San Diego, five grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
DNT 04.17.1979
Capt. Aleck (Minnie) Christiansen, 87, for many years prominent in Lake Superior maritime circles, died Monday in a Duluth hospital. He lived at 330 E. Third St.
A native of Duluth and lifelong area resident, Capt. Christiansen owned the former Christiansen Fish Co., which operated the freight and passenger steamer Winyah and later the motor vessel Detroit between Duluth, Isle Royale, and North Shore points until 1951. He served as skipper of both vessels.
During Word War II, he was vice president of Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. and president of the Duluth-Chicago Freight Line. Until 1978, he owned H. Christiansen Inc., dealers in fishing equipment.
Capt. Christiansen was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Aad Temple of the Shrine.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Karen (Henry) Storms, Duluth, and Betty Lessard, Two Harbors; a sister Hazel Goodall, San Diego, five grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
DNT 04.17.1979
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