Mabel Carlson
April 25, 1915 ~ October 28, 2009
Served by: Luce, Luze & Reck Funeral Homes
Mabel Vera Carlson, 94, of Miller, formerly of South Shore, SD, died Tuesday, October 28, 2009 at the Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, October 30 at Rembold Funeral Home in St. Lawrence. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 31 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Miller with Pastor Bob Ohnstad officiating. Burial will be at G.A.R. Cemetery.
Mabel V. Christensen was born April 25, 1915 in Badger, SD, to Palmer and Matilda Christensen. She attended grade school in Badger and graduated from Arlington High School. She married Jacob H. Carlson in 1938 and they made their home in South Shore. Mabel and Jake owned and operated a Red Owl Grocery and Gambles Dry Goods stores in South Shore until 1961. They moved to Miller and opened a Red Owl store that year and operated it until retirement in 1985. Mabel was then employed at Jones Drug in Miller.
Mabel was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1961. She was active in the church choir until Jake passed away in 1993. Mabel was an exceptionally devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She especially enjoyed traveling with her husband. She was an avid reader and enjoyed needlework and crossword puzzles. The family enjoyed Mabels piano playing while they harmonized on hymns and show tunes.
Survivors include two daughters, Helen (Darrel) Engwell of Albuquerque, MN, Barbara (James) Tilton of Tucson, AZ; one sister, Edna Jaeger of Los Alomos, NM; four grandchildren, Tamra (Abe) Pena of Albuquerque, MN, Darrel (Lisa) Engwell Jr. of Bellvue, NE, Jeffrey (Christi) Tilton of Wethersfield, CT, Julie (John) Casserly of Stillwater, MN.
In lieu of flowers the family would prefer memorials.
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Mabel V. Christensen was born April 25, 1915 in Badger, SD, to Palmer and Matilda Christensen. She attended grade school in Badger and graduated from Arlington High School. She married Jacob H. Carlson in 1938 and they made their home in South Shore. Mabel and Jake owned and operated a Red Owl Grocery and Gambles Dry Goods stores in South Shore until 1961. They moved to Miller and opened a Red Owl store that year and operated it until retirement in 1985. Mabel was then employed at Jones Drug in Miller.
Mabel was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1961. She was active in the church choir until Jake passed away in 1993. Mabel was an exceptionally devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She especially enjoyed traveling with her husband. She was an avid reader and enjoyed needlework and crossword puzzles. The family enjoyed Mabels piano playing while they harmonized on hymns and show tunes.
Survivors include two daughters, Helen (Darrel) Engwell of Albuquerque, MN, Barbara (James) Tilton of Tucson, AZ; one sister, Edna Jaeger of Los Alomos, NM; four grandchildren, Tamra (Abe) Pena of Albuquerque, MN, Darrel (Lisa) Engwell Jr. of Bellvue, NE, Jeffrey (Christi) Tilton of Wethersfield, CT, Julie (John) Casserly of Stillwater, MN.
In lieu of flowers the family would prefer memorials.
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