Larry L. Carlson, 75, Hills, died Monday, July 29, 2019, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne.
A funeral service was Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial followed in the Kenneth Cemetery at Kenneth.
Larry Lee Carlson was born Oct. 14, 1943, to Charles and Clara (Zobel) Carlson in Ute, Iowa. He was raised around the Ricketts and Charter Oak, Iowa, area and graduated from the Schleswig, Iowa, High School in 1961.
Larry spent most of his life in the printing business and last worked at Performance Press in Brandon, South Dakota. Prior to this time, he spent a large part of his career working at Crescent Publishing and the Hills Crescent Newspaper. Larry was a professional pressman and during his career he also worked at the Luverne Star Herald and the Luverne Announcer.
Earlier in his life he took courses on photography and later he owned several portrait studios in Denison and Charter Oak, Iowa, and was a professional photographer. Larry’s talent exceeded beyond the studio into natural wildlife photography, and he won several awards.
Larry married Donna Halverson on Sept. 21, 1985, at the Kenneth Lutheran Church in Kenneth.
Larry enjoyed playing pool, camping and fishing and really loved playing the board game Aggravation. But most of all, Larry loved his family and enjoyed time with them. He and Donna enjoyed camping at Lake Benton with friends.
Larry is survived by his wife, Donna Carlson, of Hills; his children Lori Carlson-Anderson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mark (Cindy) Carlson of Ashton, Iowa, Eric (Esther) Carlson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dena Carlson Wold of Tea, South Dakota, and Alexa Scheidt (Jason) Wozniak of Bloomington; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a brother, Lloyd (Elaine) Carlson Sr., Ricketts, Iowa; his mother-in-law, Delores Halverson; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Clara Carlson; a sister-in-law, Margaret Carlson; and his father-in-law, Byron Halverson.
Arrangements were provided by Jurrens Funeral Home of Hills, www.jurrensfuneral.com.
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