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Article: Earl More, electrician, activist, dies; His creative reach extended from wood carving to needlepoint.(NEWS)(Obituary)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 24, 1999
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1/3 Earl R. More started his creative career in his 70s.
He was a wood carver, a stained -glass maker, a needlepointer and oil painter, among other avocations.
"He was just an incredible man," said his granddaughter Leslie Laurisch of Eden Prairie. "He had no idea he was such a talented man."
More, a retired master electrician who was a longtime activist in Eden Prairie, died Monday of cancer at the NC Little Memorial Hospice in Edina. He was 92.
He retired after having worked for the University of Minnesota and Northwest Airlines.
"He was a pretty busy guy," Laurisch said. "He was always moving, always doing ...