My grandfather Earl F. Hedlund died a few weeks ago. He was an inspiration in many ways, an idealistic and intellectually curious man who combined hope for the future with a genuine concern about the world’s problems and the human failings that cause them. A former county district attorney, he loved his community where he served in Red Bluff, California and I gather that he strove to use his position to help keep people he interacted with in the judicial system to avoid making bad choices in the future.
His love for life, his family, fishing, and his old-fashioned Porche showed me something about how to be excited about life. His love of travel and of Latin America also helped set me (and more importantly at the time, my parents) on a path to see the world, and therefore was a major influence in making me the internationally-curious person I am today.
He will be missed. This is a funny and vivid remembrance of him by a good friend and colleague of his:
Remembering Earl Hedlund
My grandfather Earl F. Hedlund died a few weeks ago. He was an inspiration in many ways, an idealistic and intellectually curious man who combined hope for the future with a genuine concern about the world’s problems and the human failings that cause them. A former county district attorney, he loved his community where he served in Red Bluff, California and I gather that he strove to use his position to help keep people he interacted with in the judicial system to avoid making bad choices in the future.
His love for life, his family, fishing, and his old-fashioned Porche showed me something about how to be excited about life. His love of travel and of Latin America also helped set me (and more importantly at the time, my parents) on a path to see the world, and therefore was a major influence in making me the internationally-curious person I am today.
He will be missed. This is a funny and vivid remembrance of him by a good friend and colleague of his:
“A Red Bluff Legend Passes Away” at The Red Bluff Daily News