Maj. (Ret.) Richard Carlson, 75, Duluth, died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, in St. Luke’s Hospital.
Richard was born September 19, 1923, in Two Harbors, to Carl and Evelina Sjolund Carlson. He was a graduate of Two Harbors High School. He joined the Army and took night school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
He then served in the Pacific during WW II. He then made a career in the Army. Richard went to the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif., learning to understand Swedish, German, Japanese and French. He went to Korea with the 32nd Infantry, and was wounded, receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. While Richard was in the Army, he served in Germany, France and Japan.
After retiring, he and his wife June Saxhaug, whom he married on November 10, 1945, moved back to Two Harbors where they operated the Sears Catalog Store from 1967-70. He then went to work for Hartcourt Brace, Jovanovich, where he founded and headed the directory department until his retirement.
Richard was member and past chapter president of the Retired Officer’s Assn. Member of 32nd Infantry Regiment Association, Disabled American Veterans Association, VFW and American Legion in Two Harbors and the Duluth BPO Elks 133.
Richard is survived by his wife, June; brother Robert Carlson of Duluth; sisters, Ruth Shubert, Mae Montague and Patricia Olson, all of Two Harbors; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. services Wednesday in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Spring burial with Military Honors at Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.
Richard was born September 19, 1923, in Two Harbors, to Carl and Evelina Sjolund Carlson. He was a graduate of Two Harbors High School. He joined the Army and took night school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
He then served in the Pacific during WW II. He then made a career in the Army. Richard went to the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif., learning to understand Swedish, German, Japanese and French. He went to Korea with the 32nd Infantry, and was wounded, receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. While Richard was in the Army, he served in Germany, France and Japan.
After retiring, he and his wife June Saxhaug, whom he married on November 10, 1945, moved back to Two Harbors where they operated the Sears Catalog Store from 1967-70. He then went to work for Hartcourt Brace, Jovanovich, where he founded and headed the directory department until his retirement.
Richard was member and past chapter president of the Retired Officer’s Assn. Member of 32nd Infantry Regiment Association, Disabled American Veterans Association, VFW and American Legion in Two Harbors and the Duluth BPO Elks 133.
Richard is survived by his wife, June; brother Robert Carlson of Duluth; sisters, Ruth Shubert, Mae Montague and Patricia Olson, all of Two Harbors; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. services Wednesday in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Spring burial with Military Honors at Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.
Maj. (Ret.) Richard Carlson, 75, Duluth, died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, in St. Luke’s Hospital.
Richard was born September 19, 1923, in Two Harbors, to Carl and Evelina Sjolund Carlson. He was a graduate of Two Harbors High School. He joined the Army and took night school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
He then served in the Pacific during WW II. He then made a career in the Army. Richard went to the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif., learning to understand Swedish, German, Japanese and French. He went to Korea with the 32nd Infantry, and was wounded, receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. While Richard was in the Army, he served in Germany, France and Japan.
After retiring, he and his wife June Saxhaug, whom he married on November 10, 1945, moved back to Two Harbors where they operated the Sears Catalog Store from 1967-70. He then went to work for Hartcourt Brace, Jovanovich, where he founded and headed the directory department until his retirement.
Richard was member and past chapter president of the Retired Officer’s Assn. Member of 32nd Infantry Regiment Association, Disabled American Veterans Association, VFW and American Legion in Two Harbors and the Duluth BPO Elks 133.
Richard is survived by his wife, June; brother Robert Carlson of Duluth; sisters, Ruth Shubert, Mae Montague and Patricia Olson, all of Two Harbors; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. services Wednesday in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Spring burial with Military Honors at Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.
Richard was born September 19, 1923, in Two Harbors, to Carl and Evelina Sjolund Carlson. He was a graduate of Two Harbors High School. He joined the Army and took night school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
He then served in the Pacific during WW II. He then made a career in the Army. Richard went to the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif., learning to understand Swedish, German, Japanese and French. He went to Korea with the 32nd Infantry, and was wounded, receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. While Richard was in the Army, he served in Germany, France and Japan.
After retiring, he and his wife June Saxhaug, whom he married on November 10, 1945, moved back to Two Harbors where they operated the Sears Catalog Store from 1967-70. He then went to work for Hartcourt Brace, Jovanovich, where he founded and headed the directory department until his retirement.
Richard was member and past chapter president of the Retired Officer’s Assn. Member of 32nd Infantry Regiment Association, Disabled American Veterans Association, VFW and American Legion in Two Harbors and the Duluth BPO Elks 133.
Richard is survived by his wife, June; brother Robert Carlson of Duluth; sisters, Ruth Shubert, Mae Montague and Patricia Olson, all of Two Harbors; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. services Wednesday in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Spring burial with Military Honors at Forest Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.
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