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==Background==

==Background==

Ostlund was the second son born to Axel William Ostlund (1891–1982) and the former Mary Spence "Polly" Roberts (1902–1980) in Gillette in Campbell County in northeastern Wyoming.<ref>Social Security Death Index:http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi</ref> In 1944, he graduated from Campbell County High School and then entered Kemper Military School in Boonville, [[Missouri]], which closed in 2002. He received an appointment to the [[United States Naval Academy]] at [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], from Republican [[U.S. Senator]] Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming. He graduated in 1949 with the commission of ensign and served on the destroyer, ''Meredith,'' in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The diagnosis of diabetes required him to retire from the Navy in 1950. During a stay at St. Albans Naval Hospital on [[Long Island]], New York, he met the Navy nurse, Ensign Mary Virginia Ryan (born May 29, 1928). On January 13, 1952, the couple wed in Mount Vernon, New York. They settled in his native Gillette.​<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.stevensonandsons.com/Forsyth/2004%20Obits/Obit,%20Ostlund,%20John.htm|title=John Ostlund obituary|publisher=Stevensonandsons.com|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>

Ostlund was the second son born to Axel William Ostlund (1891–1982) and the former Mary Spence "Polly" Roberts (1902–1980) in Gillette in Campbell County in northeastern Wyoming.<ref>Social Security Death Index:http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi</ref> In 1944, he graduated from Campbell County High School and then entered Kemper Military School in Boonville, [[Missouri]], which closed in 2002. He received an appointment to the [[United States Naval Academy]] at [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], from Republican [[U.S. Senator]] Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming. He graduated in 1949 with the commission of ensign and served on the destroyer, ''Meredith,'' in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The diagnosis of diabetes required him to retire from the Navy in 1950. During a stay at St. Albans Naval Hospital on [[Long Island]], New York, he met the Navy nurse, Ensign Mary Virginia Ryan (born May 29, 1928). On January 13, 1952, the couple wed in Mount Vernon, New York. They settled in his native Gillette.​<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://stevensonfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/john-ostlund/|title=John Ostlund obituary|publisher=Stevensonfuneral homes.com|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>

Ostlund and his brother, Axel Roberts "Bob" Ostlund (1925-2008), were involved in a multitude of business activities in Gillette:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29891834/axel-roberts-ostlund|title=Axel Roberts "Bob" Ostlund|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref> John Deere Farm Machinery, plumbing  and heating, sheet metal, banking, and the construction and op-2008)eration of motels and restaurants. Their interest also reached into manufacturing, [[real estate]], investments, agri-business, and mineral leasing and exploration.<ref name=obit/>​

Ostlund and his brother, Axel Roberts "Bob" Ostlund (1925-2008), were involved in a multitude of business activities in Gillette:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29891834/axel-roberts-ostlund|title=Axel Roberts "Bob" Ostlund|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref> John Deere Farm Machinery, plumbing  and heating, sheet metal, banking, and the construction and op-2008)eration of motels and restaurants. Their interest also reached into manufacturing, [[real estate]], investments, agri-business, and mineral leasing and exploration.<ref name=obit/>​