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Show Open House to Honor Carl B. Carlson Sunday The children of Carl B. Carlson will honor him on his 85th birthday with an open house at the Sportsman-Lions Center 600 East Center in Pleasant Grove on Sunday Dec. 14 from 2 to 6 p.m. All friends and relatives are invited and no gifts are requested by the family. Mr. Carlson was born Dec. 17, 1890 in Sweden, a son of arsen Carlson. He came to America at the age of 14 and has lived in Pleasant Grove since 1915. He married Alice Geneva Fullmer. She died in August 1946. He married Lottie Gates in 1951. He engaged in farming and fruit growing for many years. He worked with the Niels Fugal Co. for 35 years. He is a member of the LDS Church. He takes a particular interest in large family which now includes 35 grandchildren and 74 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren. He is the father of three sons and six daughters. They are Leland R. Carlson, Mrs. Helen Wilks, Mrs. Mildred Shelley, Mrs. Ivan (Fern) Colledge, all of Pleasant Grove, Mrs. Ralph (Merle) Gillespie, and Can La Var Carlson of Orem, Ray F. of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Ken (June) Pender of West Jordan and Mrs. Bob (Leone) Brown of Chandler, Arizona. He also has five stepchildren, Arlen Gates, Pleasant Grove, Jay Gates, Roosevelt, Mrs. Carolyn Bruce, Kentucky, Mrs. Mildred Leong, San Francisco, Mrs. Edith McClellan, Bakersfield, Calif. 18 step grandchildren. One brother, Kenneth Carlson of Riverside, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. Lewis (Mae) Jennen of Newport Beach. Calif. |