Harold "Jim" CARLSON

CARLSON, JOHNSON, MINOR, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/7/2008 at 13:31:22

July 5, 2004
Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa

KANAWHA, IA--Harold "Jim" Carlson, 79, of Kanawha, passed away on Friday (July 2, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Kanawha Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dr. John Meyer and Janelle Siffring, AiM, officiating. Burial will take place at a later date. Friends may greet the family today from 5-7 p.m. at the Ewing Dugger Funeral Home in Kanawha and one hour prior to services at the church.

Jim, the son of Tom and Charlotte (Johnson) Carlson, was born April 22, 1925, in Renwick. At a young age, his family moved to the family farm south of Denhart, where he attended country school. Jim joined the Army Air Corps on September 19, 1946, and served his country until his discharge on August 23, 1949. Following his discharge, Jim returned to the Kanawha area where he farmed with his father and brother. They later moved to the Cresco area where they farmed for nearly 20 years, returning to Kanawha in 1977.

Jim is survived by his brothers and sisters: Marie Minor of Clarion, Donald R. Carlson and his wife, Marian, of Watertown, Wis., Margaret Anderson of Kanawha, Mildred Anderson of North Platte, Neb.; sisters-in-law Dorothy Carlson of Mason City and Ruby Carlson of Estherville; numerous nieces; nephews; and other family members. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Clifford, George, Leonard, Floyd, Clarence "Beaver", and Thomas "Tobe."