Calmer Carlson
| Date of Interment or Death | 05/06/1983 |
|---|---|
| Location | Garden of the Christus |
| Block and Lot | 064A |
| Grave | 3 |
Obituary
Calmer Carlson
Calmer Carlson, 72, rural Wahpeton, died Tuesday, March 1 at St. Francis Hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 2 at United Church of Christ (Congregational), Wahpeton, with the Rev. Stephen Hanning officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday until 11 at Vertin's-Wahpeton East Chapel and at the church one hour prior to the service. There will be no prayer service.
He was born March 22, 1910, at Keene, N.D., to Halvor and Inga Carlson. At age 9 the family moved to Dwight Township where he was raised and attended schools. He worked on the Olaf New Farm for five years and in 1934 he began work at the Otter Tail Power Co., Kidder Station.
He married Pearl Coppin June 9, 1937. They lived in Wahpeton until he retired in 1975 as Kidder Station superintendent when they moved to Dwight Township, rural Wahpeton.
He was a member of the United Church of Christ where he served on many church boards. He served on the Wahpeton City Council and was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge in Wahpeton for 44 years. He served as president of Fairview Cemetery Board from 1965 to the present. He was also a member of the Sons of Norway and Golden Kiwanis Club.
Surviving are his wife, rural Wahpeton; one daughter, Mrs. Idell Nieforth, Bainbridge Island, Wash.; one son, Dean, Wahpeton; six grandchildren; one brother, Vernon, Longview, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Norem, Longview, Wash.; and Mrs. Esther Aadland, Portland, Ore.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters and an infant sister.
Casket bearers will be Clarence Lawrence, Harry Grinager, Merle Hoppert, LeRoy Jost, John Peterka and Walter Doebbert.
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Location
The Garden of the Christus is located in the Memorial Gardens, which comprises the northern half of the cemetery.