Carlson, Ransom DeWitt (1904-1989)

CARLSON, WESTRUM, DICK, COTTINGTON

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 2/24/2015 at 14:57:57

Daily Freeman Journal, Wednesday, April 19, 1989

Ransom D. Carlson, 84, a longtime Stanhope area farmer, died Tuesday, April 18, at the Hamilton County Hospital, Webster City. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. at the Christian Church in Stanhope, Rev. Richard Norris officiating. Burial will be in the South Marion Cemetery southeast of Stratford. Visitation at the Foster Funeral Home in Webster City is after 5 p.m. today until 8 a.m. Friday, when the casket will be taken to the church.

Ransom DeWitt Carlson, son of Theodore and Jennie Westrum Carlson, was born Aug. 9, 1904, on a farm in Marion Township. He attended rural schools, graduating from Stanhope High School in 1923. He also attended Iowa State College in Ames. On Aug. 12, 1928, he married Esther Dick in Stanhope. The couple farmed east of Stanhope for 50 years. Upon retirement, they moved to Stanhope.

Mr. Carlson is survived by his wife Esther; four sons Francis Carlson and Ronald Carlson, both of Stanhope; Garwin Carlson, Clamath Falls, Ore.; and Keith Carlson, Stratford; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Chester Carlson and Wendell Carlson, both of Stratford; two sisters, Arlene (Mrs. Beryl) Cottington, Stanhope; and Maxine (Mrs. Mervyn) Dick, Stratford.

He was a member of the Christian Church, Stanhope; the Stanhope Senior Citizens Club; was a longtime member of the Hamilton County Farm Bureau, and was a saxaphone player for the South Marion Band.