HOLLIS D. CARLSON, 81

(veteran)

Former Omaha resident Hollis D. Carlson, 81, of Blair, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.

Visitation begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Private military graveside services will be held prior to the funeral service at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.

Hollis Dwaine Carlson was born Sept. 11, 1923, in Craig to Aaron Oscar and Estella Grace (Dye) Carlson. He attended school in Craig.

Mr. Carlson was a veteran of World War II, serving as a staff sergeant in HQ and JQ Company 1st Battallion, 318th Infantry, 80th Division. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star and Normandy Liberty Medal-Omaha Beach.

On Sept. 4, 1948, he married Marguerite Mock; she died in 1993. He then married Madeline (Davis) Moller on Oct. 19, 1996.

Mr. Hollis was vice president of the Wheeler Trucking Company. He also worked for Roeder Mortuary in Omaha, retiring in 1996.

He was a member of VFW Post No. 2503 in Omaha, Blair American Legion Post No. 154, and First United Methodist Church in Blair.

He is survived by his wife, Madeline, of Blair; two sons and a daughter-in-law, H. Dee and JoEllen Carlson of Kansas City, Mo., and Richard Carlson of Oakland, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law, Marguerite Ellen III “Peggy” and Jim Ritchey of Omaha; stepchildren, Carol and Dick Burkhead of Missouri Valley, Iowa; Chuck and Mary Moller of Nine Mile Falls, Wash.; six grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; three step-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

In addition to his first wife, Marguerite, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Glen, Quentin, Claire and Vivian.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or the Blair Veterans Memorial Plaza Fund.