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Note: The son of parents born in Norway, Oscar spent his earliest days on McKinley Hill of Tacoma, Washington. The roaring twenties were his teen years. At the beginning of his senior year at Lincoln High School, his father suddenly died (1927). This made Oscar the family breadwinner. His mother, who had been devastated by the loss at birth of their little girl in 1925, became increasingly distrustful of the public when her husband died and demanded much of her only son. While she continued to work in the homes of others, the beginnings of the financial depression were near and Oscar had to work after school and forget his dream of attending college. He met Dorothy Simon at her senior prom and began playing tennis with her almost immediately. Soon, over his mother's objections, he married her in Sep 1935. Gunhild went to live at Steillicom Mental Hospital where she languished until her death in 1960. �Ocky� was born in Tacoma on Nov 11, 1910 to Ole Romundstad and Gunhild Betten Romundstad. He attended McKinley School and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1928. When he was 17, Ocky�s father Ole (age 39) died suddenly. As their only child, Ocky assumed the responsibility of supporting his mother. He worked at Tacoma Lumber and later at the Fisher Co. department store. He met the love of his life, Dorothy Simon, at her high school graduation dance. After many sets together on the tennis courts, they married at Sacred Heart Church in Tacoma on Sept. 2, 1935. They moved for a short while to Spokane before returning to Tacoma to buy a home and begin their family. During the war, Ocky worked at the Tacoma shipyard as a lead technician-engineer or �state-of-the- art� radars. He returned to work for Fishers. Shortly after it was purchased by the Bon Marche in 1953, he left to become the traffic manager and, later, general manager of the Lakewood Country Store. There he worked until he retired in 1976. Ocky and Dorothy enjoyed dancing the schottische and attending parties with friends. He used his numerous handyman skills to fix or build most everything. He was an active member of the Tacoma Photographic Society; his slide shows were a frequent evening activity at home. Throughout the years, he spent many family vacations camping and traveling. After retiring, Ocky and Dorothy journeyed to visit their children wherever they were in the world, from Warner Robins, Ga., to Naples, Italy. Ocky�s interest in genealogy also encouraged their travels as he researched and met many of his Norwegian relatives.
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