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Carl Fredrick Dick

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Carl Fredrick Dick

Birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Death
28 Sep 1955 (aged 61)
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
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Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Shady Lawn Urn Garden
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Carl Dick, was a part of the growth of Puget Sound naval shipyard for nearly half a century. In the evening of Sept 28, 1955 he lost his long bout with illness. Death came to the 61-year-old retired chief clerk of the shipfitter shop only two months after he had become totally blind. He retired in April, 1952. After suffering a stroke Carl had been in poor health for several years.

Carl Frederick Dick was born April 17, 1894, in Portland, Ore., and came to Bremerton with his father, John Dick, in 1900. In 1909, he went to work in the naval shipyard as a boy, or messenger, riding a bicycle about the area delivering messages.

It was when he was 17 that he was badly disfigured in an accident. He had borrowed his government-owned bicycle to ride out to Kitsap lake to go swimming (the messengers were permitted to ride the bikes home if they wished) and on his return, as he crossed a small bridge, he met a man driving a team of horses. The horses reared up and knocked Dick to the ground, trampling him badly in the face. One eye was removed and although he later was to become a clerk and do considerable reading and checking of records, he never wore glasses.

After his recovery, he continued working in the shipyard, as a clerk in the scheduling and progress section, later transferring to the shipfitter shop. He became head clerk In 1921 although he was not to receive the official rating of senior clerk until 20 years later. At the time of his retirement, he was the senior employee of Puget Sound naval shipyard with some 48 years of service.

He continued his main loves of fishing and hunting until his health no longer would permit. Mr. Dick never married, but made his home with his mother, Mrs. Barbara Dick, 132 N. WyCoff ave.
Carl Dick, was a part of the growth of Puget Sound naval shipyard for nearly half a century. In the evening of Sept 28, 1955 he lost his long bout with illness. Death came to the 61-year-old retired chief clerk of the shipfitter shop only two months after he had become totally blind. He retired in April, 1952. After suffering a stroke Carl had been in poor health for several years.

Carl Frederick Dick was born April 17, 1894, in Portland, Ore., and came to Bremerton with his father, John Dick, in 1900. In 1909, he went to work in the naval shipyard as a boy, or messenger, riding a bicycle about the area delivering messages.

It was when he was 17 that he was badly disfigured in an accident. He had borrowed his government-owned bicycle to ride out to Kitsap lake to go swimming (the messengers were permitted to ride the bikes home if they wished) and on his return, as he crossed a small bridge, he met a man driving a team of horses. The horses reared up and knocked Dick to the ground, trampling him badly in the face. One eye was removed and although he later was to become a clerk and do considerable reading and checking of records, he never wore glasses.

After his recovery, he continued working in the shipyard, as a clerk in the scheduling and progress section, later transferring to the shipfitter shop. He became head clerk In 1921 although he was not to receive the official rating of senior clerk until 20 years later. At the time of his retirement, he was the senior employee of Puget Sound naval shipyard with some 48 years of service.

He continued his main loves of fishing and hunting until his health no longer would permit. Mr. Dick never married, but made his home with his mother, Mrs. Barbara Dick, 132 N. WyCoff ave.

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