Kevin James Carlson Sr

Kevin Carlson Sr., 77 of Apple Valley, Minnesota passed away peacefully June 26, 2024 at Hospice of the Valley Lund family home in Gilbert, Arizona.

He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 24, 1946, to Gerald and Rose Carlson and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.  During his 4.5 years of services to the CORPS; he was awarded 6 medals including American Forces Expeditionary and National Defense Services medals.

After his honorable discharge he went to work for Control Data and The Specialty Manufacturing Company.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy Carlson; his siblings Rita (Tom) Magnuson and Mark (Cindy) Carlson; his children Laurie (Joe) Howell, Kevin (Laura) Carlson and Jim (Kim Meisinger) Carlson; sisters-in-law Elaine Carlson, Diane (Bob) Reitz and Cindy (Casey) Rowles and brother-in-law Steve Glatte.  He is also survived by 13 grandkids, 13 great-grandkids and numerous ‘favorite’ nieces and nephews.

Kevin was preceded in death by his parents, mother and father-in-law Shirley and Dale Schirmer, stepfather-in-law Ed Sturm, daughter Janie Carlson, brother Jerry Carlson and sister Corrine White (Carlson), bother-in-law Bob White, sister-in-law Sherry Glatte and grandson Adam Skjeveland.

A military service will be held at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis MN at 9:45 am on Tuesday July 23rd followed by a Celebration of Kevin’s Life at the Rosemount Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

In lieu of flowers or personal contributions, the family respectfully request any donations be made to the Rosemount VFW in memory of Kevin J. Carlson, Sr.  Contributions can be sent to (VFW Post 9433, 2625 – 120th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068) or contacted at rosemountvfw@gmail.com, https://www.facebook.com/RosemountVFW, https://www.rosemountvfw.org/contact.  Your generosity in supporting this organization is greatly appreciated.