Donald Herbert CARLSON

1924 - 2011  (86 years)

• Name	Donald Herbert CARLSON
  Birth	13 Jul 1924	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	4:10 AM at home. Minneapolis birth certificate #378, “Ward 12 of Minneapolis.”
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	3 Oct 1924	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Minnehaha Lutheran Church, 41st Street and Minnehaha Avenue, Pastor Tenner Thompson
  Confirmation	5 Jun 1938	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Minnehaha Lutheran Church
  MN Birth Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1924-44185
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2011-MN-008512
  Occupation	Store Manager
  Death	15 Mar 2011	Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota
  	at home at 4:30 PM
  Burial	18 Mar 2011	Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Funeral at Grace Lutheran Church in Bloomington.
  Notes	Born at home. Attending physician was C.A. Witham or Wickam. He was the same doctor who delivered Vivian. Bess also attended the delivery. Birth certificate noted that “opthalmia neonatorum prophylactic” was administered. Baptismal sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Al Carlson and Mrs. G.H. Deiters. Confirmed at Minnehaha Lutheran Church, June 5, 1938, Pastor Tenner Thompson. Minneapolis Roosevelt High School, June 5, 1942. In an interview in his last year of life, when his memory was suspect, DHC recalled the 1938 visit to Viroqua which he found very boring because of all the visiting of relatives. He claimed it was a two-week trip, during which time they stayed at the Ekums’ Cozy Cabins. (It was only one week.) He remembers playing golf one day with his dad at the Viroqua golf course. He also recalls meeting one of Carl’s sons, who was about his age, showing him around Carl’s tobacco farm. DHC remembers that Carl’s farm produced especially good chewing tobacco. He also learned about trapping moles. In that interview, DHC also recalled his appendicitis operation in 1940, after which he spent time (including his 16th birthday) in the hospital and watched the Aquatennial parade from the balcony of the hospital. (This is recorded in Cora’s diary.) Registered for the draft on 15 Dec 1942 at the Masonic Temple Building in downtown Minneapolis. At that time, his employer was Thomas F Burniece of Economy Sheet Metal. Inducted into the US Army November 24, 1943 at the age of 19. Entered active service December 14, 1943, at Fort Snelling. Service Number 37 582 663, clerk-typist, bookkeeper, radio operator. Left Minneapolis on a troop train on December 23, 1943. Discharged as grade T/4, Field Artillery. Trained at Camp Roberts in California and Camp Van Dorn in Mississippi. Went overseas January 15, 1945. Served in 63rd Infantry Division, Artillery Battalion, HQ Battery. Discharge papers indicated that DHC served in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. He was awarded the American Theater Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He was vaccinated for smallpox in September, 1943, Typhoid in November of 1945 and January of 1946, and Tetanus in January of 1945. He was an expert in “carbine.” Total “Continental Service” was 1 year, 25 days. Total “Foreign Service” was 1 year, 3 months, and 26 days. “Longevity for pay purposes” was 2 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Departure for the ETO (European Theater of Operations) was on January 5, 1945. Arrival was January 14, 1945, a transit of 9 days. His ASR score was 39 so he was toward the back of the line when it came to returning home. His departure for the USA from Europe was on April 20, 1946. Arrival was on April 30, 1946, a transit of 10 days. Separation papers indicated that discharge was through the Separation Center, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, completed on the 4th of May, 1946. Papers were signed by “Neville B. Borzarth, Major AC.” These papers were filed with the Hennepin County Register of Deeds on May 7, 1946, at 9:10 AM. His honorable discharge was as a technician fourth grade, Headquarters battery, 63rd Division Artillery, service number 37 582 663. Discharge papers indicated height 5-11, weight 154 lbs. Addresses while in the service, according to Cora’s diary. Pvt. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 Battery B, 56th Field Artillery Battalion 12th Regiment Building 6315 Camp Roberts, California Pvt. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 Headquarters Battery 63rd Division Artillery APO 410 Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi Pvt. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 Hq. Bty. 63rd Div. Arty. APO 410 c/o Postmaster, New York, NY Pfc. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 Hg. Btry. 6th Corps. Arty. APO 46 c/o Postmaster, New York, NY Cpl. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 Hq. Co. 6th Corps. 1 G. Section APO 46 c/o Postmaster, New York, NY Sgt. Donald H. Carlson 37582663 APO 46 Hq. U.S. Zone Constabulary c/o P.O.N.Y., NY In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as a salesman for Carlson’s Sporting Goods and residing at 4230 Minnehaha. Elaine is not listed. In the 1950 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as the manager of Carlson’s and residing at 2255 “Olk” Shakopee Rd. In July of 1952, he and his family moved to 2239 East Old Shakopee Road. DHC got a $10,000 loan, at 5% interest, from Mrs. Christine Larson, 1902 4th Avenue South in Minneapolis, tel. no. FE2-7966. The payments were to be $66 per month with the first payment due on March 1, 1956, and the remaining payments due on the first of each month. All payments were recorded in a small book maintained by Christine Larson. Not all payments were made on the 1st of the month. The last payment was recorded February 5, 1962, which left the balance at 7961.75. Presumably, the balance was paid off at that time because the entry of that February payment was made in the book by DHC. Also presumably then, with the loan repaid, Christine gave the book to DHC. The official description of the 2239 property, for the 1967 Hennepin County real estate taxes, was: That part of Lot 50 lying S of N 147 6/10 feet thereof and Wly of a line running from a point in N line of S 258 16/100 feet of Lot 49 dis 285 feet W from E line therof to a point in S line of N 116 3/10 feet of Lot 52 dis 652 feet W from E line therof. Plat 70342, Parcel 7050, District 20, School District 271, Watershed 2. The taxes for that year were $1,102.93. Don and Elaine’s phone number in Bloomington 854-6106. Depression-based nervous breakdown in the spring of 1970. Trans-ischemic attack (TIA) episode in the late 1980s. Fell and broke his hip in the very early morning hours of May 12, 2010.> Obit from the Minneapolis newspaper: Carlson, Don H. 86, died March 15, 2011, at his home in Eagan. He was born on July 13, 1924, in Minneapolis to Maurice and Cora (Anderson) Carlson. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe in World War II and owned Carlson's Cyclery in south Minneapolis for over 40 years. He is survived by Elaine, his wife of 63 years; his son, Don (Mary) Carlson of Green Bay; and his daughter, Cheryl (Kevin) Fautch of Eagan, as well as three grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister, Vivian Dahlberg. Funeral services will be at Grace Lutheran Church, 8700 Old Cedar Ave., Bloomington at 11 AM on Friday, March 18. Family will greet friends one hour before service. Interment will be at Sunset memorial Park in Minneapolis. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Grace Lutheran, the Fairview Foundation or the charitable organization of the donor's choice. Official cause of death “cerebellar metastases, unknown primary.”
  Person ID	I5	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023

  
  

  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	Mabel Elaine EVERSON,   b. 27 Feb 1930, Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota d. 25 Jun 2020, Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1947	Aitkin County, Minnesota
  	8:30 PM, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, George M. Boyer presiding. Was to have been at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iron Hub but storm prevented it. Vivian Marsh and Ronald Everson were the official witnesses.
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

• Photos		Don H. Carlson
  		Vivian and her brother