Article: Dorothea (Highberg) Ohman ; Devoted Christian and mother

Dorothea (Highberg) Ohman , 89, of Concord died Friday, March 21, after a brief illness at the Havenwood Nursing Home where she resided.

She was born Aug. 19, 1918, to Gustaf and Elin (Hallgren) Highberg in Springfield, Mass. Gustaf was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s as a teenager and Elin was a first generation American from Swedish parents. Dorothea was always proud to be a "Thoroughbred Swede."

Her family moved to Wilson, Conn., where she grew up, when she was 10 months old. She attended the Roger Wolcott grade school and traveled by bus or trolley to graduate from the John Fitch High School. She became a Christian as a teenager, and her dedication ...

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