Carlson, Helen M. (Bauder) -- 1907 - 2001

EVENSON, BAUDER, CARLSON, BARTON

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Decorah Journal, Thursday, February 8, 2001

Helen Carlson

Helen Carlson, 93, of Decorah, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital.

Memorial services will be held Monday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Decorah. The body was donated to the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

Burial will be at the Lutheran Cemetery at a later date. Fjelstul Funeral Home of Decorah will be handling arrangements.

Helen Bauder Carlson was born Dec. 28, 1907, the daughter of Oscar and Anna Katherine Evenson Bauder of Decorah.

Her family were members of First Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and confirmed.

She was a 1925 graduate of Decorah High School and a 1929 graduate of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., with a Classics major.

On Oct. 26, 1929, she was united in marriage with Roy E. Carlson at First Lutheran Church. Three children were born to this union: Astrid "Ozzie", R. Eric and David.

In their 62 years of marriage, Helen and Roy Carlson shared their love of travel, the arts, their time together with family and friends and the wonderful companionship they found in one another.

Helen Carlson's roots in the community were deep and abiding. She served her church in many ways, including chair of the Nordic Fest Smorgasbord for 13 years until 1990; chair of the Board of Deaconesses; president of the First Lutheran Church Women; a pioneer board member of the Community Concerts Association and the first president of the local branch of the American Association of University Women. She served three elected terms on the Decorah School Board, was president of the Girl Scout Council, and was an active volunteer with the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Luther College Woman's Club and the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

In 1992, Helen Carlson received the Distinguished Service Award from Luther College.

Her family and friends can attest to her flexible mind, her healthy sense of humor, her passion for the theatre, her international curiosity, her enjoyment of music, her delight in a good book, and her nurturing and compassionate love of family. Though diminutive in stature, Helen Carlson's vision of the world was very large indeed.

Surviving Helen Carlson are her two sons, fourteen grandchildren; one step-grandchild and 18 great grandchildren: R. Eric and Cynthia Carlson, Erika and Charles Crame, Chad and Kyle, Angela and Je?? Arndt, Rachel and Thomas, Sara and P. J. Priest, Lauren and Logan, David and Brenda Carlson, Jennifer and John Lembezeder, Jacob, Molly Helen, and Nick, Beth and Tom Wahlberg, Anders and Annika, Amy and Keith Bruenin and Michael, Annie and Seth Mui??, Jonathan Carlson, Jenny and Tod Kleiner; Curt Barton, Elise and Paul Mullen, Catie, Chris and Charlie, Carol and Doug Chappell and Christine, John and Karen Barton, Zachary and Eli, Mary Barton and Patty and Ted Barto Campbell.

Helen Bauder Carlson was preceded in death by her husband Roy Carlson, on July 5, 1991; her parents; her brother, Alden Bauder and her daughter, Astrid Barton.

Transcriber's note: from 14 grandchildren to the end of the obit the last letters to words were cut off on my copy. I did the best I could with the names so some may be incorrect. If so, and you want them corrected, please contact the web site's coordinator wwaters13@comcast.net

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.