July 30, 1909-May 9, 2007
Frederick Oscar Santesson, 97, of Sweet Home died on May 9, 2007.
He was born in Garden Home to Benjamin and Sophia Santesson.
He went to school until he was 14 and then went to work on the family farm. He bought his first car, a 1925 Ford Roadster, for $199 and made it into a pickup to haul the strawberries to market before breakfast.
In 1929, he went to…