In Loving Memory of Ilmar Island Sr.

Hommage à Ilmar Wassar Island , né en Estonie, Français libre, et homme d'affaire américain

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Tribute to the life and times of Ilmar Wassar Island (Saar). War hero, French Foreign Legionnaire, businessman, administrator and loving father. Born in 1918 in Tartu, Estonia. Eventually wearing four uniforms during World War II, fought against Rommel in North Africa to become a liberator of France. Met his wife Olime-Angela Roog (Estonian) in Paris after the war then emigrated to Venezuela to establish a new life on a virgin continent and fathered two sons, Jacques and Ilmar Jr. Worked his way from mechanic to senior vice president of Aco, an automotive conglomerate and became president of many of its subsidiaries (As an interesting side note, while heading Auto Llanos in Barinas he employed a young Hugo Chavez as deliver boy). Eventually divorced and remarried Virve Mundi (Estonian Venezuelan) 30-years later and retired to Florida where he died in 2009.

Music is "Homecoming" by Elevation Express.