Wagers

Delmar Carlson

LEROY (PNS) - Services for Delmar Carlson, 64, who died Saturday (Sept. 24, 1983) at Decatur Memorial Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bruce Memorial Home, the Rev. Norman Toney officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Brintlinger Funeral Home, Decatur - where Masonic rites will be accorded at 8:30 p.m. - and an hour before the service at Bruce Memorial Home.

He was born Oct. 8, 1918, at Downs, a son of Andrew V. and Amy L. Sappington Carlson. He married Hazel I. Canady May 30, 1939, at Bowling Green, Mo. She survives.

Also surviving are a son, Gary Dean, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a daughter, Linda England, Mount Zion; a brother, Donald, Pekin; a sister, Ruth Wagers, Mahomet; and two grandchildren.

Mr. Carlson was educated in Ellsworth schools, and moved to Decatur from Bloomington in 1956. He worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co. for 31 years, retiring in 1980.

After retiring, he farmed in the LeRoy area until the time of his death.

He was a member of United Auto Workers union, Decatur; Stephen Decatur Masonic Lodge; Moose Lodge, Decatur; and the Farm Bureau.

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