Kenneth Wm Carlson 1920-2013
Kenneth Wm Carlson 1920-2013
Ken Carlson, 93 of Boise died at Vibra Hospital August 9, 2013.
He was born July 13, 1920 in Mead, Co of Swedish immigrants;
John B Carlson and Elna M Fingle.
Ken
g
raduated
fr
om Mead high School
;
Colorado
School of Mines
,
a
nd
a
ttended Uni
v
. of Ari
z
ona.
He ser
v
ed his countr
y
as Lt(jg) in the U
.
S
.
Na
vy
durin
g
WW II as Safet
y
O
f
ficer
at Mare Island Na
v
al Ship
y
ard
,
Vallejo
,
Ca
.
Upon graduating from Colorado School of Mines
,
Ingersoll-Rand
Compan
y
re
c
ruit
e
d him as Sales Engineer
.
During
that time
,
he worked in D
a
llas
,
Texas
where he met and married Fai Carlisle
.
They
were later transferred to New York City and resided in New Jersey from 1957
until 1962
.
Ken rode a commuter train four hours a da
y
in
and out of Ne
w
York Cit
y
during their five
y
ear
stint in that area
.
The
y w
ere then transferred to Boise in 1962 until 1965 the
y
transferred
to Portland
,
Oregon residing in Lake Oswego and then transferred to Eugene
,
Oregon
where Ken managed IR
'
s Loggers & Contractors. He then retired and they moved back
to Boise in 1972 and helped found C&A Equipment Compan
y
located
in Garden City now for 41
y
ears where Ken worked
until his last hospitalization in mid June
.
In the summertime
,
Ken
and Fai could be seen heading to fishing holes in the beautiful mountains of Idaho
;
their
favorite place
-
Deadwood Reservoir for those wonderful kokanee
.
Ken
was an enthusiastic skier and he and Fai enjo
y
ed
Bogus Basin
,
Sun Valle
y
,
Jackson hole and also man
y
Oregon
ski areas
.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers
:
Roy
of Dallas and John E of Denver
.
He is survived b
y
his
wife
,
Fai of 59-1/2
y
ears
;
two
sons
,
Vic (Seira) of Portland
,
Or
.
And
Bill of Boise
.
Also
,
two grandsons T
y
ler and Chad and five
great grandchildren
:
Jake
;
Sophia
;
Ellee
;
Emma
;
Treston
:
all of Portland area.
The famil
y
would like to thank Dr
.
Ra
y
mond
Hooft
w
ho so dili
g
entl
y
car
e
d for Ken for man
y y
ears
.
Memorials may be made to Idaho Humane Society, 4775
Dorman St., Boise, ID 83705, Attn: Mike
Koob.
A military funeral will be held at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery under the
direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
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