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August 20, 2014

August 20, 2014

Side profile of a man holding a glowing paper sky lantern illuminated from within against a dusk sky.

Silhouetted group holding a glowing purple paper sky lantern ready for launch over a dark lake at twilight.

Smiling woman releasing a glowing paper lantern into the dusk sky, its flame illuminating her face.

Man in a blue check shirt lifting a glowing orange sky lantern with candlelight reflected on his back.

Crowd of people on a beach lifting glowing paper sky lanterns into the dark night sky.

Multiple glowing sky lanterns drifting up into a deep twilight sky above the dark silhouette of trees.

A solitary glowing paper lantern floating away into the vast dark blue evening sky.

I can’t imagine a better way to send off my grandfather, a pretty incredible guy.

“He was sometimes dangerously outspoken, and he liked to try new things.”

“That “neighborly” approach followed Hoglund after he resigned in 1995 and retired in Naples, FL, where GM retirees abound. He was one of a number of ex-GM execs I interviewed in 2004 for a feature story in WardsAuto World magazine He was the only one whose home was on an ordinary street rather than in a gated community…Hoglund often bridled at corporate constraints and was considered by GM power brokers as a maverick who did not always buy into the company line.”

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