Aasen, Flora Nicolaysen; Obituary

Archive

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Aasen, Flora Nicolaysen; Obituary

Entry/Object ID

2009.505.1

Scope and Content

Published in the Napa Valley Register 4/25/2008 Flora Nicolaysen Aasen, Sacramento CA 87 years old Died 4/18/2008 in Sacramento CA Born in Bergen, Norway, 6/5/1920 Married to Hjalmar Moved to Victoria BC in 1952 Moved to Palo Alto CA in 1959 Moved to Napa in 1960s Was Executive Director of the American Cancer Society of Napa County Organized anti-smoking march from pacific Union College in Angwin to Napa Became first female zoo director in the US of the Knowland Park Zoo in Oakland CA in the 1970s Lived in Paris for 2 years after her husband died Spent most of her later years in Newport and Sacramento

Collection

Obituaries

Acquisition

Accession

2009.505

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Obituary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Announcement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Declaratory Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Aasen, Flora Nicolaysen, Aasen, Hjalmar, Aasen, Inger, Aasen, Roy, Aasen, Bjorn, Obituary

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 2008

Archive Notes

Date(s): 4/25/2008

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Aasen, Flora Nicolaysen

Person or Organization

Aasen, Hjalmar

Person or Organization

Aasen, Inger

Person or Organization

Aasen, Roy

Person or Organization

Aasen, Bjorn

Create Date

November 19, 2009

Update Date

June 14, 2023