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I will always remember Aunt Raksa. With love, her niece, Karen
Karen Schindler Baart
December 12, 2024 | Family
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Rakel Hynynen Sayre
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Apr 13, 1927 – Dec 10, 2014
About
BORN
April 13, 1927
DIED
December 10, 2014
LOCATION
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
CHARITY
Alzheimer's Association
Obituary
Send FlowersLAKEWOOD,CO -- RakelHynynen Sayreleft this earthon December10, 2014. Rakelwas born inLapeenranta, Finland, onApril 13, 1927 to Hilja andEfraim Hynynen.She was brought up duringthe Depression by hermother along with sisters,Eila and Lea, and brother,Sami. In 1939, the Russiansattacked Finlandand...
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She was my aunt. I met rarely. Only when she came to Finland to meet us. I admired her. She was one of us in many ways
Erja Hynynen
November 09, 2024 | Family
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I still think of Aunt Raksa often, with affection. She was one of the most unusual, most artistic and talented, most stylish-in-her-own-way, of all the people I have known.
Karen Schindler Baart
December 19, 2022 | Family
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Rakel was my Aunt Raksa, the wife of my mother's brother Bill--my Uncle Bill. I saw the two of them so seldom that each occasion was very special. I loved them both, and in fact I would say that as a child I had something of a crush on them both. It is lovely to see this photo of Raksa as a young woman. She was older when I knew her but no less beautiful. Raksa was probably the first artist I ever knew, and she was definitely one of the first people from whom I learned that it is OK to be...
Karen Baart
January 04, 2015 | Brookline, MA
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Rakel shared amazing stories about life in Finland during WWII. I am grateful to have known her.
Patricia Kelly
December 19, 2014 | Lakewood, CO
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