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Tom Dethlefsen
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| Born | Thomas A. Dethlefsen October 20, 1892 San Francisco, California |
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| Died | December 8, 1965 (age 73) Golden Gate National Cemetery |
Tom Dethlefsen was the owner of the Golden Gate Magic Company in San Francisco.[1] He also performed and marketed several items as "Dave Lovsen".[2]
He started out as a newspaper man and worked actively for twenty years on the Call-Bulletin in San Francisco.
Dethlefsen became a semi-professional magician in 1929 and shortly before Pearl Harbor he entered the business of selling magical equipment as a side-line.
He served Secretary to the S.A.M. Assembly No. 2 for many years and was a member of the I.B.M. (member no. 7903), Oakland Magic Circle and San Jose Mystic 27. He organized the I.B.M. San Francisco Ring No. 38.[3]
He retired after a severe coronary in the late 1960s[4], although he retained his membership in the Magic Dealers Association. [5] He was also a founding member of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians of Northern California, which later became the national Fellowship of Christian Magicians.
References
- ↑ http://www.locategrave.org/l/456121/Thomas-A-Dethlefsen-CA
- ↑ Genii 1954 January
- ↑ Cover, Genii 1949 August
- ↑ Genii 1965 November
- ↑ Broken Wand, Linking Ring, January 1966
