Jack Carlson

Jack L. Carlson, 52, Dickinson, died Friday, September 19, 2003, with his family beside him, at his home in Dickinson, North Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:30 p. m. MDT Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dickinson, with Rev. Steve Tangen officiating. Interment will be in St. Patrick?s Cemetery, Dickinson. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. with a prayer service and video presentation at 7:00 p. m. at Price-Murphy Funeral Home, Dickinson. Visitation will continue Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the church. Jack Carlson was born November 1, 1950, in Cando, North Dakota. He graduated from Cando High School and then continued his education at Valley City State University where he graduated in 1972, with a teaching degree in Mathematics and Science. Jack married Kathie Osborn of Cando, North Dakota on March 21, 1970. He took his first teaching and coaching job at Dickinson Trinity High School in the fall of 1972 and in the fall of 1978, he began a 25 year career at Dickinson High School. During his tenure at Dickinson High School he was an assistant football coach and he became the head Track and Field Coach in the spring of 1985. Jack amassed many victories and accomplishments over the years, but among those he was most proud of were five North Dakota State Track and Field Championships, three North Dakota Track and Field Coach of the Year awards, being honored as the 2003 National Track and Field Coach of the Year, being the 2002 President of the North Dakota High School Coaches Association, and being elected into the Class of 2004 National Coaches Hall of Fame. But, what he was most proud of was that he was able to coach his four sons. Jack was one of the few people that could honestly say that he loved what he did: teaching, coaching and making a difference in the lives of young kids. Jack touched the lives of everyone he came in contact with. Most of all, he loved being a husband, a father and grandfather. He always had that famous smile on his face and a hand stretched out when anyone needed help. Jack is survived by his wife, Kathie Carlson; his mother, Juanita Carlson; his four sons and two daughters-in-law, Chris & Gail Carlson, Kyle & Karmen Carlson, Devin Carlson, and Casey Carlson; his four grandchildren, McKenzie Carlson, Katelyn Carlson, Lauren Carlson, and Jack Carlson, four brothers and two sisters, Patty Burtness, Kenneth Carlson, Anita Newman, Bob Carlson, Bill Carlson, and Kerry Carlson. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Carlson. In lieu of flowers, the family has established the Jack L. Carlson Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1079 Sims, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601.


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Burial Date: September 24, 2003
Funeral Home Dickinson, ND

Funeral Service: Wednesday, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church