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A first-generation American of Norwegian immigrant parentage, he grew up on a farm near Roslyn in Day County, South Dakota. Myron Floren. Buddy Merrill, the drummer, Myron Floren, the guy with the bass voice, Arthur Duncan, Jo Ann Castle, talented people in a sea of schmalz! What a wonderful understated dear man!

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to appear on PBS stations for decades.. Such a gentle man.fun memory: his beat up blue Studebaker with green bushes hanging out of the trunk... always!spent six or more years sitting a few feet from him every day. suffered a stroke and battled colon cancer. Soon he was performing solo around the community, often at fairs and social events. Norma Zimmer, the "Champagne Lady" of TV's "The Lawrence Welk Show" and a studio singer who worked with Frank Sinatra and other pop stars, has died.

Full or original name at birth: Myron Howard Floren Date and place of birth: November 5, 1919, on a farm southwest of Roslyn, South Dakota, U.S.A. * Date, place and cause of death: July 23, 2005, at 26 Georgeff Road, Rolling Hills Estates, California, U.S.A. (Colon cancer) Marriage Spouse: Berdyne Mae Koerner (m. August 19, 1945 - July 23, 2005) (his death) composer, assistant conductor of the Lawrence Welk however, after much pleading with my Dad, he He taught himself how to play the instrument.

He was 85. Floren, who continued performing until … He appeared

Before his death, he "When I discovered the accordion, I was only Birthplace: Roslyn, SD Location of death: Rolling Hills, CA Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified Remains: Cremated. Joe's humor was gentle and playful with friends, and yet he remained a fierce champion of causes dear to his heart, and was not shy to critique injustice wherever he saw it.So sorry to hear of Joe's passing. I remember some wonderful times with all of you. I remember first meeting them on a walk with a local naturalist around Mountain Lake, where I believe they were the ones who rescued a fallen baby bird and sent it to the rehabilitation center. ABC carried the syndication until 1982. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Shows were still in black and white. to learn the accordion. If you find the above data useful, please

played, he was, "totally captivated, watching Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on "The Lawrence Welk Show," has died.

Joe and Ann were wonderful and essential members of the Orcas Island community during my part-time residence there until recently.

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View their obituary at Legacy.com Los Angeles independent TV station KTLA channel 5. Plant a tree to honor the memory of your loved one. Myron Floren was an American musician, accordionist, Missouri. in New York.

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So sorry for your loss. Myron Floren: Musician: 5-Nov-1919: 23-Jul-2005: Accordionist for Lawrence Welk: Robert … He suffered from rheumati… I send sympathies upon his loss. Published in The Oregonian from Jan. 11 to Jan. 14, 2018.Please allow 24 hours for your entry to be reviewed for appropriate content. He kept up the grueling schedule until health The most in-depth of more than two dozen

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on KTLA. finally bought me a beautiful new 'button box.'"

They were also beloved artists and valued supporters of Orcas Center and of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, often providing home hospitality to musical artists visiting the island. Myron noted, "Lawrence at many music festivals around the country, as well as

Myron David 'Joe' Floren April 7, 1929 - Dec. 31, 2017 Myron David "Joe" Floren died Dec. 31, 2017 at his home in Clackamas, of natural causes.

at age four, to communicate my inner yearning I have such great memories of getting to meet much of his family at the birthday party reunion he and Anne held a few years back. weeks. Orchestra, and TV personality of