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Ronald E. Carlson, 55, New Boston, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center,
West Campus, Rock Island, Ill.
Inurnment will be at Mannon Cemetery, rural New Boston, with military honors.
He was born Dec. 21, 1950, the son of Robert W. and M. Carolyn Hall Carlson. He married
Jodie Sowder on Jan. 10, 1991, in Aledo.
He was an avid outdoorsman and especially enjoyed fishing and duck hunting. He farmed near
New Boston his entire life and was a true family man.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served in the Vietnam War. He received the
Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Aron Carlson and wife Christie of Muscatine and
Albert Lerma of New Boston; two daughters, Mamie Carlson of Pittsburg, Pa. and Ashley
Carlson of Macomb, Ill.; and a sister, Linda Hillyer of Moline, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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