Harold Carlson
Harold R. Carlson, 89, died Feb. 22, 2003, at Herington Municipal Hospital.
He was a lifelong resident of the Burdick community, the son of the late Albert T. and Tilda (Strandall) Carlson.
A prayer service was held Monday evening at Donahue Funeral Home in Herington.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Hebron Lutheran Church with Pastor John Gerry officiating. Burial was in Lewis Cemetery, Ramona.
He graduated from Diamond Valley High School in the class of 1931. He married Vera V. Meier on Aug. 28, 1938, at Ramona. She died March 31, 1982. He also was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Winfred Carlson who died in 1989.
A farmer, he was a member of Hebron Lutheran Church and served on the Diamond Valley school board.
Survivors include a son, Glenn and his wife Sandy of Burdick; and daughter Shirley Ann Parrish and her husband, Arthur of Anchorage, Alaska; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A memorial fund has been established in his name at the church.
