Norman Melvin Imbertson

1897 - 1975  (78 years)

• Name	Norman Melvin Imbertson
  Born	11 Jan 1897
  Gender	Male
  Died	Oct 1975
  Person ID	I158	Mehl and Styve
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Martin Imbertson,   b. 21 Feb 1870, Vik In Sogn, Norway ,   d. 12 Jun 1910  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Sunnøva Mehl,   b. 1 Jan 1870,   d. Jun 1956, Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1892
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	June Lily Ostling
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2011
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Cora Elvira Wassberg McAlpine
  Married	25 Aug 1945
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2011
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When Norm retired from the dept. of water & power, Los Angeles, he w as in charge of over 900 men. After retirement he was honored to recieve t he Franklin Institute Award for the "Best Invention of the Year" in his fi eld which was a rubber-like fabric dam which could be inflated or deflat ed with water to be used for flood control. (About 1962) Norm also early in his career spent 7 years in the Californian-Arizona des ert heading the first survey party on the Colorado River in order to bri ng water from the river to the Los Angeles area.