Vivian Mae CARLSON

1917 - 2008  (90 years)

• Name	Vivian Mae CARLSON
  Birth	23 Jul 1917	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	4:30 AM. Attending physician, Dr. Witham or Wickam, would also deliver DHC.
  Christening	21 Nov 1917	Nazareth English Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	21 Nov 1917	Nazareth English Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Confirmation	24 May 1931	Minnehaha Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	41st Street and Minnehaha Avenue
  MN Birth Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1917-44924
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2008-MN-010814
  Death	4 Apr 2008	St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Methodist Hospital
  Burial	7 Apr 2008	Grandview Park Cemetery, Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	cremated
  Notes	Baptismal sponsors: Bess and Al, Charly and Anna. Baptism performed by Pastor Halvorsen. Attended Miles Standish Elementary School. She had a club called the Les Belles Amies in high school, 1933-1934, and was president in February of 1934. She was elected president of the new James Henry Longworth unit of the Woman’s Relief Corps formed in January of 1934. Confirmed by Tenner Thompson at Minnehaha Lutheran Church on May 24, 1931. Viv and Bill were secretly married in Iowa nearly a year before their 1935 wedding in Minneapolis. That earlier marriage, solemnized by an Episcopal rector, took place on October 20, 1934, at St. John’s Church in Mason City, Iowa. Vivian claimed to be 19 years old although she was only 17. Bill claimed to be 21 although he was 19. At that time, Bill was living at 3344 Stevens Avenue in south Minneapolis. Viv worked in her father's bicycle business in the mid to late 1930s and ran the Minnehaha store, and, indeed, the entire wholesale and retail business, for awhile. She and Bill moved to Wilmington, Delaware, in the spring of 1940. Ronald was born in June, shortly after they completed their move. Viv and Bill started a bicycle business (also called Acme Bicycle) in Wilmington. (Schwinn assisted them in setting up the Wilmington store.) The Wilmington store lasted less than a year due to supply constraints arising from wartime allocations. Bill and Viv then worked for Du Pont, first in Wilmington, later in other locations, during the war. Vivian was a confidential clerk and Bill worked in the personnel section, hiring construction workers. The projects they worked on were parts of the Manhattan project although they weren’t aware of that until after the war. They returned to Minneapolis for awhile but were transferred back to Delaware in May of 1943. Bill and Viv lived in Gary, Indiana, in November of 1944 when Maurice and Cora visited them on their way back from visiting DHC in New Orleans. Bill and Viv returned to Minneapolis in a couple of weeks later, in November of 1944 to work for Gopher Ordnance, also a part of DuPont. From Cora’s 2nd diary, we learn of the addresses Viv and Bill lived at between the time they moved and the end of 1944 (at which point they had returned to Minneapolis): 633 Harrington Wilmington Delaware 711 Villa Monterey Wilmington? 7531 Blaisdell Minneapolis 21 Oak Street Salem, NJ 541 McKinley Gary, Indiana 445 E. Ridge Road Gary, Indiana Their addresses in Minneapolis: 4321 43rd Ave. S. (built in 1932) Mpls., Minn Rt #3, Box 352 Hopkins, Minn. Vivian and Bill and family moved into their Hopkins house on Williston Road on August 30, 1948. They moved to a new house on Idylwood Road in 1955. She became director of Christian Education at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Minnetonka Mills in September of 1958. She and Bill celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on 27 Jul 1960 with an open house at their Idylwood Drive home. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. Reed S. Wold were hosts and hostesses. (Reed Wold was a neighborhood friend of Bill and Viv when they were high schoolers on Minnehaha Avenue. As a reprise of her earlier days in the business, Viv and Earl helped out at the store (with Elaine) for several weeks in the spring of 1970. Her obituary in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune on April 5th: Dahlberg, Vivian Carlson Age 90, of Minnetonka, died Friday at Methodist Hospital from complications of Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl and step son, Doug. She is survived by children, Ron (Doris) Marsh, Leslie (Marshall) Lewis; stepdaughter, Lynn Bauer; daughter-in-law, Carita Dahlberg; 7 grandchildren, numerous great and great-great-grandchildren; brother, Don (Elaine) Carlson. Vivian's career as Director of Religious Education began at St. David's Episcopal Church and continued on to Gethsemane Lutheran Church. It was Vivian's inner faith that continued to guide and support her which enabled her to be the foundation of our family. She was dearly loved and will be missed by all who knew her. Memorial service Monday 1:30 PM with visitation 1 hour before at the Washburn-McReavy Strobeck Johnson Chapel, 1400 Mainstreet, Hopkins. Private interment Grandview Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society.
  Person ID	I10	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Maurice Edward CARLSON,   b. 30 Aug 1895, Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota d. 17 Jun 1956, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Cora Christena ANDERSON,   b. 7 Mar 1896, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin d. 19 Dec 1995, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1916	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Charles MARSH,   b. 25 Jun 1915, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 15 Feb 1964, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1935	Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	But see notes. This couple also married in Mason City, Iowa, on 20 Oct 1934.
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Earl Anderson DAHLBERG,   b. 31 Dec 1917, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Oct 2000, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1965	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	#771 0306
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2010

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Vivian at age 3 or 4
  		Vivian and her brother
  		Vivian Dahlberg From about 2005
  		Vivian Carlson Marsh Dahlberg