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Ricard Ohrstrom

Mr. Rtcard R. Ohrstrom, of The Plains, Virginia, an industrialist/financier, died on Feb. 22 after a heart operation performed at the Straub Clinic in Honolulu,, Hawaii.

He was born in 1922, the eldest son of George L. Ohrstrom and Emma Riggs Ohrstrom. He graduated from Greenwich Country Day School, St. Paul's School, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia Law School.

A veteran of the Second World War Mr. Ohrstrom served in the U.S. Marines, first as an artillery instructor at Quantico then as a officer in Okinawa.

Following his service in the Second World War, his first employment after law school was with the Internal Revenue Service. He then began an internship with his father's company, G.L. Ohrstrom & Company. Upon his father's death in 1955, he assumed control of the company until 1966 when he went into semi-retirement due to heart problems.

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