Son of Axel & Anna Ereka (Anderson) Carlson.
Grew up in Holdrege, graduated from Holdrege High School in 1932, and from Kearney State Teachers College in 1936; was principal at Wood River High School for 4 1/2 years then was a shop teacher at Kearney High School for one year.
Married: June 9, 1940, to Virginia Kelly in Alda.
Worked at the ammunition plant in Grand Island. 1942 - 1945; received master's degree from Greeley (Colo.) College; did graduate work at Pittsburg (Kan.) State College; was a longtime industrial arts professor at Kearney State College; taught for 38 years, retired in 1982.
Activities: enjoyed traveling after retirement; also fishing, photography and spending time with his family; member of First Lutheran Church in Kearney and served as Sunday school superintendent for 20 years; was a Boy Scout leader for six years, belonged to the Nebraska Education Association; was a life member of the American Industrial Arts Association and American Council on Industrial Arts Education and was a Industrial Education Association member and served as president in 1954; member of Phi Delta Kappa.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Richard of Grand Island and James of Utica; sister, Pauline Borg of Minden; and 15 great-grandchildren; also his daughters-in-law, Linda Carlson of Grand Island and Mary Carlson of Utica; brother-in-law, Kenneth Borg of Minden; and grandchildren, Angela Samway and husband, Kevin, Gina Dubbs and husband, Craig, Amber Snell and husband, Mike, Tricia Hakonson and husband, John, Jan Harnes and husband, Weston, and Trent Carlson.
Grew up in Holdrege, graduated from Holdrege High School in 1932, and from Kearney State Teachers College in 1936; was principal at Wood River High School for 4 1/2 years then was a shop teacher at Kearney High School for one year.
Married: June 9, 1940, to Virginia Kelly in Alda.
Worked at the ammunition plant in Grand Island. 1942 - 1945; received master's degree from Greeley (Colo.) College; did graduate work at Pittsburg (Kan.) State College; was a longtime industrial arts professor at Kearney State College; taught for 38 years, retired in 1982.
Activities: enjoyed traveling after retirement; also fishing, photography and spending time with his family; member of First Lutheran Church in Kearney and served as Sunday school superintendent for 20 years; was a Boy Scout leader for six years, belonged to the Nebraska Education Association; was a life member of the American Industrial Arts Association and American Council on Industrial Arts Education and was a Industrial Education Association member and served as president in 1954; member of Phi Delta Kappa.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Richard of Grand Island and James of Utica; sister, Pauline Borg of Minden; and 15 great-grandchildren; also his daughters-in-law, Linda Carlson of Grand Island and Mary Carlson of Utica; brother-in-law, Kenneth Borg of Minden; and grandchildren, Angela Samway and husband, Kevin, Gina Dubbs and husband, Craig, Amber Snell and husband, Mike, Tricia Hakonson and husband, John, Jan Harnes and husband, Weston, and Trent Carlson.
Son of Axel & Anna Ereka (Anderson) Carlson.
Grew up in Holdrege, graduated from Holdrege High School in 1932, and from Kearney State Teachers College in 1936; was principal at Wood River High School for 4 1/2 years then was a shop teacher at Kearney High School for one year.
Married: June 9, 1940, to Virginia Kelly in Alda.
Worked at the ammunition plant in Grand Island. 1942 - 1945; received master's degree from Greeley (Colo.) College; did graduate work at Pittsburg (Kan.) State College; was a longtime industrial arts professor at Kearney State College; taught for 38 years, retired in 1982.
Activities: enjoyed traveling after retirement; also fishing, photography and spending time with his family; member of First Lutheran Church in Kearney and served as Sunday school superintendent for 20 years; was a Boy Scout leader for six years, belonged to the Nebraska Education Association; was a life member of the American Industrial Arts Association and American Council on Industrial Arts Education and was a Industrial Education Association member and served as president in 1954; member of Phi Delta Kappa.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Richard of Grand Island and James of Utica; sister, Pauline Borg of Minden; and 15 great-grandchildren; also his daughters-in-law, Linda Carlson of Grand Island and Mary Carlson of Utica; brother-in-law, Kenneth Borg of Minden; and grandchildren, Angela Samway and husband, Kevin, Gina Dubbs and husband, Craig, Amber Snell and husband, Mike, Tricia Hakonson and husband, John, Jan Harnes and husband, Weston, and Trent Carlson.
Grew up in Holdrege, graduated from Holdrege High School in 1932, and from Kearney State Teachers College in 1936; was principal at Wood River High School for 4 1/2 years then was a shop teacher at Kearney High School for one year.
Married: June 9, 1940, to Virginia Kelly in Alda.
Worked at the ammunition plant in Grand Island. 1942 - 1945; received master's degree from Greeley (Colo.) College; did graduate work at Pittsburg (Kan.) State College; was a longtime industrial arts professor at Kearney State College; taught for 38 years, retired in 1982.
Activities: enjoyed traveling after retirement; also fishing, photography and spending time with his family; member of First Lutheran Church in Kearney and served as Sunday school superintendent for 20 years; was a Boy Scout leader for six years, belonged to the Nebraska Education Association; was a life member of the American Industrial Arts Association and American Council on Industrial Arts Education and was a Industrial Education Association member and served as president in 1954; member of Phi Delta Kappa.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Richard of Grand Island and James of Utica; sister, Pauline Borg of Minden; and 15 great-grandchildren; also his daughters-in-law, Linda Carlson of Grand Island and Mary Carlson of Utica; brother-in-law, Kenneth Borg of Minden; and grandchildren, Angela Samway and husband, Kevin, Gina Dubbs and husband, Craig, Amber Snell and husband, Mike, Tricia Hakonson and husband, John, Jan Harnes and husband, Weston, and Trent Carlson.
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