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Carl Erick Gunderson

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Carl Erick Gunderson

Birth
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Death
29 Sep 1959 (aged 59)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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J-12-24-1W
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Carl Erick Gunderson was born on February 9, 1900 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Jens Gundersen and Johanne Marie Hansen. His father died when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his step-father Nels H. Nelson. He was a farm boy in Mt. Pleasant and before 1920 the family moved to Granger, Utah where they farmed.
Sometime during the Great Depression he left Utah for a while and went to work in California. While in California he married a woman but was later divorced. He returned to Utah and went to work at Hill Air Force Base as a civilian employee. He worked there until his death in 1959.
Carl Gunderson married my mother a few days before I was born in 1955 so that I would have a name. I was treated as his little prince. A year and a half after I was born his daughter Johanne Marie Gunderson was born. He died three years later leaving a hole in my heart but giving me the greatest gift that I could ever be given; my name.
Fifty three years after his death I know who my real father was and have found my lost family, but I still carry the Gunderson name to honor him. My son was named for him and I tell young Carl the few things that I know about his namesake. I also tell him of the love that I feel for this man and the gratitude that is in my heart. I thank my Lord in Heaven for sending me to him.
Carl Erick Gunderson was born on February 9, 1900 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Jens Gundersen and Johanne Marie Hansen. His father died when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his step-father Nels H. Nelson. He was a farm boy in Mt. Pleasant and before 1920 the family moved to Granger, Utah where they farmed.
Sometime during the Great Depression he left Utah for a while and went to work in California. While in California he married a woman but was later divorced. He returned to Utah and went to work at Hill Air Force Base as a civilian employee. He worked there until his death in 1959.
Carl Gunderson married my mother a few days before I was born in 1955 so that I would have a name. I was treated as his little prince. A year and a half after I was born his daughter Johanne Marie Gunderson was born. He died three years later leaving a hole in my heart but giving me the greatest gift that I could ever be given; my name.
Fifty three years after his death I know who my real father was and have found my lost family, but I still carry the Gunderson name to honor him. My son was named for him and I tell young Carl the few things that I know about his namesake. I also tell him of the love that I feel for this man and the gratitude that is in my heart. I thank my Lord in Heaven for sending me to him.

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