Lyle Martin Carlson, 63, Lake Wilson, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2002, at Murray County Memorial Hospital in Slayton.
Services were Thursday, Dec. 26, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson. The Rev. Jon Skaar officiated. Military honors were accorded by Lake Wilson Legion Post. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Lake Wilson.
Lyle Carlson was born to Martin and Gladys (Thompson) Carlson on Sept. 19, 1939, in Cameron Township, Murray County. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Lake Wilson High School in 1958. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1959.
He married Marilyn Kiebach on Sept. 9, 1959, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. They lived in Aberdeen, Md., and in Alaska. Following his discharge in 1962, they moved to a farm north of Lake Wilson. In 1984, they retired from farming and moved to an acreage near Chandler. In 1998, they moved to Lake Wilson.
Mr. Carlson was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson. He was a member of Lake Wilson American Legion and was a past commander. He also was a 4-H leader. He enjoyed fishing, baseball and playing cards.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Carlson, Lake Wilson, three children and their spouses, Valinda and Brian Aubert, Pipestone, Jeffrey and Tammy Carlson, Cannon Falls, and Lennie and Lisa Carlson, Lake Wilson; eight grandchildren, Ashley and Aaron Aubert, Jessica, Joshua and Janelle Carlson, and Kyle, Natasha and Hunter Carlson; one great-grandson, Colton Jay Mitchell; his mother, Gladys Carlson, Fulda; two sisters, Jeanne (Gene) Zimmerman, Chico, Calif., and Audrey (Gerald) Voss, Hadley; one brother, Darrell (Sheila) Carlson, Tracy; and one brother-in-law, Stanley Suedkamp, St. Paul.
Mr. Carlson was preceded in death by his father and one sister, Shirley Suedkamp.
Totzke Funeral Home, Slayton, was in charge of arrangements.