David Carl

Memorial services will be held for David L. Carl (D.L.), at 2 pm Thursday, Sept. 24, 2006, at Santa Fe National Cemetery. David passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006. David Carl was born at DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parrish, Louisiana, August 26, 1918, to D. Roy Carl and Rosa Ann James Carl. He was the fifth of eight children by this union. David Carl enlisted in the Army Air Corps, September 1939 and was discharged as a Chief Warrant Officer September 1945 after two nuclear bombs were dropped. He worked as an aircraft mechanic and was in charge of Material Control at Walker Air Force Base until it closed in 1965 then worked at the Bureau of Land management until his retirement, June 1979, with forty years of Federal service. He was a graduate watch maker from the School of Holorogy in Denver, CO. He was an avid reader reading two or three books a day for most of his life. His desire was to be a doctor but circumstances didn't allow it. He went to the Civilian Conservation Corp in Ahsahka, Idaho, from 9/1936 to 5/1939. David Carl married Irene E. McDaniel January 11, 1942, Because of the war, they went directly to his duty station at Phoenix, AZ. They came to Roswell Air Force Base in April of 1942. Irene survives him at the Roswell family home. Irene taught and supervised in the Roswell School District from 1962 to 1981. She and four teachers from Albuquerque set up the gifted program in the state of New Mexico. She and D. L. supervised one hundred eight-seven gifted students during the summers of 1982 and 1983 in Albuquerque. David is survived by the four children born of this marriage: Dr. Gary Carl of Winslow, Arizona, Paula Cowee of Jasper, Texas, Roger Carl of Charleston, South Carolina, and Rada Carl and her husband Allen Bolinger of Albuquerque, New Mexico; eight grandchildren: Dr. Steven Carl and wife Christy, children Jeffrey, Elliot and Amanda of Tennessee, Cynthia Walther and daughter Madeline of Houston ,Timothy and Carmen Carl children Trent and Jena of Houston;, Anthony and wife Shannon Carl, twin sons William and Johnathan of Waco, TX; David and Sheila Cowee and children Laura and Allison of Nacogdoches, TX; Dale and Tonya Irwin and son Brett of Arp, TX; James Bolinger of Dover, DE; and Mathew Bolinger of Albuquerque, NM; his sister Muriel Gault of Kilgore, TX; two nephews, J. B. Gault and family of Omaha, NE, and Gayle Robinson and family of Keithville, Louisiana. David was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Alicia Bolinger; by all of his brothers: John Carl, Frank Carl and Jim Carl; sisters Dorthy Gray and Bernice Robinson; and a beloved half sister, Esther Carl. David and Irene loved to travel and attended school in many of the countries and states in which they traveled. They visited twenty-seven countries and all forty-eight contiguous states. The family wishes to thank Dr. Vega and Dr. Adajar for their help and support. Thanks also for the sympathy and assistance from all our relatives, neighbors and friends. May God bless and protect you all. To sign the register book go to andersonbethany.com. Cremation was under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

David Carl

August 26, 1918 - September 17, 2006