Rev.
Ivan T. Carlson, 86
Longville
- Reverend Ivan T. Carlson, 86, formerly of
Thief River Falls, died on Monday, July 22, 2002 at
the Nursing Home in Pine River. 
Funeral
services were held Friday, July 26 at Longville
Bible Chapel in Longville with Rev. Levi Durfey and
Rev. Bill Payne officiating. Interment was in
Riverside Cemetery in Longville.
Ivan
Theodore Carlson was born on October 17, 1915, the
son of Albin and Hildur Carlson, in Oakland, Neb.
He graduated from Wayne High School in Wayne, Neb.
in 1933. He was called to ministry at a young age
and attended the University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Bible College. He also studied
electronics.
Ivan
served several churches in Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. His last
pastorate was at the Evangelical Free Church of
Thief River Falls from 1968 to 1977. Later, he was
pastor at Lowell and Cherokee Village in
Arkansas.
On
December 28, 1938, Ivan was united in marriage to
Florence Bloom of Albert City, Iowa. They were
married for 63 years.
Survivors
include Ivan's wife, Florence of Pine River; five
sons, Jim (JoAnn) of Minnetonka, Dan (Lee Ann) of
Eden Prairie, Tim (Carol Ann) of Snohomish, Wash.,
Jon of Thief River Falls, and Joel of Wabasha; two
daughters, Corelie Carlon of St. Louis Park, and
Roselyn (Jay) Riffle of Hackensack; twenty
grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; one
brother, Art (Betty) of Denver, Colo.; one sister,
Verna (Virgil) Kardell of Wayne, Neb.; and several
nieces and nephews.
Preceding
him in death are his parents; three brothers,
Loren, Reuben and Harold; two sisters, Eunice
Staire and Ruth Gunderson; and two
brothers-in-law.
|
