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Skrivet av: Chris Bingefors skrivet 2007-02-10, 13:02
Dödsruna för Dorothy från RootsWeb/Muskegon County (har lämnat namnen på barnen eftersom detta är citat från en tidning och borde efterleva nya PuL):
CARLSON, DOROTHY MAE MRS. (PAULSON)
Obituary
Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan, 22 August 2005, Page 3B
CARLSON, DOROTHY MAE, Rives Junction, MI. Dorothy Mae Carlson, age 85, went to be with her Lord on August 20, 2005 at her home under the loving care of her family. Dorothy Mae Carlson was born May 28, 1920 in Muskegon, Michigan to Edward and Bertha (White) Paulson. She graduated from Muskegon High School and was Belle of the Timberland for the Muskegon Centennial in 1937. On March 10, 1939, she married Maurice (Morry) A. Carlson, who preceded her in death May 1, 1994. They had three sons, M. Warren (Barbara), Larry J. (Cheryle), and Dr. Randy L. (Donna). They had nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was Co-Founder of Youth Haven Ranches, a Christian organization for needy children located in Rives Junction, Michigan (1968) and Picacho, Arizona (1980), where she served on the Board of Directors and was active in the children's ministries. Dorothy is also survived by her brother, Glen Paulson, who lives in Muskegon, Michigan. She was preceded in death by brothers, Don, Ralph, Les, and sisters, Millie, and Evelyn. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider making a contribution to the Dorothy Carlson Memorial Children's Fund at Youth Haven. Visitation hours will take place at Bethel Baptist Church on Springport Road in Jackson, Michigan from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, as well as at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 24. Funeral services will be held at the church at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 24, followed by a reception at Youth Haven Ranch. Interment will take place at Mona View Cemetery in Muskegon Heights, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25. -Charles J. Burden and Son Funeral Home (517) 784-3104
23 August 2005, Page 1B
City's 1937 centennial 'belle' dead at age 87, By Dave LeMieux, CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER . Dorothy Mae Carlson, named “Belle of the Timberland” for Muskegon's centennial in 1937, died at her home near Jackson on Saturday. She was 85.
Carlson, then a 17-year-old Muskegon High School student, was elected to reign over Muskegon's mid-July centennial celebration and Lumberjack Carnival.
She was sponsored in her candidacy by local labor unions, which saw that she won by more than 170,000 votes. The daughter of Bertha and Edward Paulson left on a whirlwind tour of Chicago as part of the celebration. Chicago motorcycle cops escorted the bus carrying Carlson and her court, “weaving in and out of traffic, through every red light on Michigan Boulevard” to a reception with Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly.
Carlson was featured on NBC's national Farm & Home radio program during her stay in Chicago. She returned to Muskegon for the city's sesquicentennial in 1987 with her husband, Morry, from their home in Tucson. In 1987, she recalled that when she was elected “belle,” war clouds were gathering over an America still in the grips of the Great Depression. Even then, she said, “The beautiful thing about Muskegon was that it always had tremendous spirit.” Morry Carlson died in 1994. The couple has three sons, M. Warren Carlson, Larry J. Carlson and Randy L. Carlson. Dorothy Carlson was co-founder and chairwoman of Youth Haven Ranches, a Christian organization for needy children in the Jackson County community of Rives Junction and Picacho, Ariz.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Charles J. Burden & Son Funeral Home in Jackson. Carlson's funeral will be at Bethel Baptist Church on Springport Road in Jackson at 11 a.m. Wednesday. She will be buried at Mona View Cemetery in Muskegon Heights at 1 p.m. Thursday.