Anton O. Hoganson was born in Spring Valley, Wis. on June 4, 1878. He grew to manhood there. He and his brother, John, established the Model Dry Cleaning House at 106 Second Street in Bemidji in April 1909 which he continued to operate until his retirement in 1949. He was married to Hilda Hanson in Minneapolis in 1912 and she preceded him in death in 1960. Mr. Hoganson was a long-time member of First Lutheran Church, a member of Civic and Commerce for many years; served on the Bemidji Hospital Board during much of its development period. During World War II, Mr. Hoganson spent a great deal of time promoting War Bond sales and was an avid sports enthusiast his entire life. Toward the end of his life he lived at Lake Plantagenet. He died at the Bemidji Hospital on Feb. 9, 1965, following a brief illness. He had been a resident of Bemidji for over 60 years. Anton and his wife Hilda had two sons, Harold and Donald, and one daughter Mona. Harold and Mona both moved away from Bemidji.
Dr. Donald E. Hoganson was born Sept 5, 1917 at Bemidji. He graduated from BSU and U of M School of Medicine. He served as an Army physician in both WWII and Korea. He and Grace Hardy were married on June 17, 1944 in Minneapolis. He was in private practice in Bemidji for 25 years before joining the staff of the VA Medical Center in Tomah in 1972. He retired in 1984. He served as a team physician to numerous high school and college teams as well as supervising medical coverage of the Minnesota Viking training camps in Bemidji from 1961-1965. He was a fellow emeritus in the American College of Sports Medicine. He retired from the Army Reserves as a colonel.