Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA

Notes


26823. Richard Louis Carpenter

NAME: Richard, but went by Dick.
BIRTH: Birth certificate - See image: RIN 002 Richard Carpenter birth.jpg
MARRIAGE: Marriage certificates for both marriages.  

DEATH: Death Certificate. Dick died in his sleep and despite efforts to revive him at 3:11AM of a heart attack.    He was in the hospital due to complications of a blood thinner medication which caused a bleed in his stomach. This was fixed and he was recovering and pending release in about 6 hours when he passed away on 4 Jan 2013.

OBIT: See image: RIN 0002 Dick Carpenter Obit1, 2 & 3. Number 3 is an extended obit.
MEMORIAL:  At the Mt Soledad War Memorial. See image: RIN 0002 Dick Carpenter plaque on Mt Soledad War Memorial in La Jolla California,jpg

MILITARY: RICHARD was a soldier from the World War 2 era through the end of the Vietnam conflict.  He started as a private and ended his career as a Major.
He was known as a "Mustang."  This is a soldier who starts out in the enlisted ranks and becomes an officer.  He received a battlefield commission (16 July 1953) in Korea to Second lieutenant when he was an acting Sergeant with the ROK (Republic of Korea) Capitol Division during the Korean War.  He lost his reserve commission after the cessation of hostilities and returned to his family in Germany as an enlisted soldier. His specialty early in his career was weapons then later in supply and logistics. He also spent many years working with foreign troops (part of which was with the U.S. Army Special Forces).

RICHARD was a ship welder during World War 2 and joined the Army as a private at the end.  He was a member of the occupation forces in Germany and served as a guard during a portion of the Nuremburg Trials.  He married a German National and had several children.  He served in Korea during that conflict with a ROK (Korean military) Unit called the 2nd Battalion of the 26th Infantry Regiment of the Capital Division.  Near the end of that conflict his unit was cut off and he took command receiving a battle field commission over the radio. He was there testing battlefield radar which was then considered Top Secret.

Corporal Carpenter, then acting Sergeant, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant received no medal or recognition for his actions  and held out about a week until his command was relieved.  When posted back to Germany he reverted back to his regular rank of corporal.

He assisted in transporting refugees from the north of Vietnam at the beginning of the division of that country.  This included excursions into the interior recovering lend lease equipment. He spent time training irregular forces against communist aggression in South-East Asia.  He also trained regular U.S. troops at Fort Ord, CA, during their basic training as an enlisted man.  As an officer he continued training troops at Fort Jackson, SC.  He was posted back to Germany in 1964 where he retired from twenty years active duty and moved to San Diego, CA in late 1965.
He continued his military involvement by joining a Special Forces Reserve unit until 1987. He was recalled to active duty several times during this period. He also did contract work with the CIA.  His retirement includes a disability award for combat injuries.

COUNTY: Dick worked for a year with the San Diego County Department of Social Services.  He then worked for the Department of Honor Camps until it was grandfathered into the Probation Department in the mid 1970s.  With the Honor Camps he was a Assistant Superintentant equal to a Assistant Director. His rank was down graded to a Supervising Probation Officer (SPO), but retained the higher pay rate.  He was the highest paid supervisor during his tenure with the Probation Department.  An example of his work, he took a minor department called Work Projects and developed it into a million dollar revenue generator for the County of San Diego.  The Board of Supervisors called him Mr. Work Projects and this was echoed in the newspaper and television.  The Probation Department replaced his position with a Director and two SPOs when he got ready to retire.  He retired from the San Diego County Probation Department in 1992 with 26 years of County work.  

SOURCE DATA:
Birth certificate, Marriage certificates for both marriages.  Baptisim certificate. Note: Two copies of birth certificates each one showing a different year! Death Certicate.

CHURCH:  He was a Deacon of his Church. He attended the Good Lutheran Sheppard Churach in San Diego, CA.

AFN:1738-PPV

MILITARY2:
Richard Louis Carpenter aka Dick Carpenter dob: 22 Sep 1931 Fargo, Cass county, ND SSN: 516-30-0925 Enlisted ID Number: 19333338 & Officer ID Number: 05307287
Served in Korea from April to August 1953 with the ROK Capital Div, 26 ROK Inf Reg, 2nd Batt - At one point he was temp assigned to the US 7th Inf Div, HQ Company, Prov AA Batt before going on line with the ROKs.

SPECIAL FORCES & CIA WORK:
My father worked with DP (displaced person) battalions in 1947-1948 primarily during the Berlin airlift. He helped train the new German army and even Greek troops in Europe to about 1950. In 1953 he was with ROK troops and saw combat with them. In 1954 he worked recovering French lend-leased military supplies from the New North Vietnam during the French withdrawal. He also supplied cover and backup for the CIA inserting agents into the north.

He was fluent in German, and had a smattering of several different languages. His military specialties as an enlisted man was individual and crew served weapons. As an officer he specialized in supply and logistics. He was a training DI as an NCO and as an Officer. He was also airborne qualified.

His work with training US and foreign troops, his multiple military skills and languages qualified him for consideration and eventual work with Special Forces.

The first work he did for the 10th Special Forces was during the October 1956 Hungarian revolt. He helped set up a supply base and trained Hungarians on individual and crew weapons. While he was not then in Special Forces, he says this was his first real exposure working with them.

In 1959-1960, as an officer, he was stationed in South Korea and liaisoned with both US & Korean Special Forces for the unit he was with.

In 1960-1961 he went through the Special Warfare school at Fort Bragg, North Carolina before going back to South-east Asia. In 1961, while in north-west Laos, he was wounded by white phosphorous explosion and was unconscious for about 3-4 days. He has those burn scars to this day on his legs.

Note: He was not with the SF Mobile Training Teams that Laos in 1961. The CIA used that group as a cover going into Northeast Burma to meet the remains of the National Chinese 3rd Kuomintang Army. The 3rd KMT Army retreated to that area after the 1948/1949 communist takeover of China. The 3rd KMT Army took over control of the border region there and became known as the warlords. The CIA group my father was with made the first contact and arrangements with the warlords there to help guard against Chinese communist take over. The US would pour in several million dollars in military aide over the next decade to these warlords. Even after the later socialist dictatorship of Burma, this region stayed semi-autonomous.

He then trained new troops before going to back to Europe in early 1964 in a S4 or supply billet.

In late 1965, my father's association with the Special Forces and the CIA changed. The regular army wanted to send him to South Vietnam as a supply specialist. The Special Forces also wanted him full time (as an instructor?), but the CIA won out. My father went into the 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne) B team reserve billet in 1966. While he cross trained with A teams, his B team assignment allowed more flexibility for other work.

From 1966 to 1987 my father, while working for the County of San Diego, also worked with the CIA and the SF. His assignments were normally from 3 to 9 months. He was recalled several times to active duty for longer assignments and would leave and return wearing his SF uniform. The varied assignments took him from SE Asia, the isles of the Pacific, South America, Africa and Europe. He was a guest teacher at the Special Warfare school at Fort Bragg, and possibly the CIA training Farm in Langley Virginia. He admits being there but has never said what he actually did!

His last assignment was in southern Nicaragua and he was there when Colonel Ollie North told the world about the CIA supporting the Contras. It took my father and his team about 12-14 days to make it to the US consulate in Costa Rica with no losses. Much to his dismay the CIA had closed up shop and abandoned them. He threatened to punch Ollie North in the nose, on several occasions, if ever given the chance.

My father retired after 41 years of combined service to his Country in 1987. In 1992, he retired from the County of San Diego. To this day, most people he worked with in the County had no clue of his CIA work. And that was the way it should have been.


Kunigunda Schuhlein

NOTE: KUNIGUNDA (Koon-ee-goon-dae) is translated as "Queens maid" in the Barvarian German language. She was also known as "GUNDA".  GUNDA raised five of six children to maturity and was an outstanding example of self discipline. See note on name history below.

DEATH: GUNDA died at her home, (6235 Twin Lake Dr. in La Mesa, CA 91942), after a lengthy hospital stay, due to complications of emphysema.  This disease probably had its roots in World War Two from the Allied bombing raids on the rail yards in Bamberg (asbestos type of materials burning?), her past tuberculosis, and over thirty years of smoking. She did not want to die in the hospital and spent her last few days on earth in her home surrounded by fond memories and knick knacks of Bamberg, Germany.

GUNDA was born and raised in Bamberg, Germany.  During the war years she assisted on farms outside that city. As a young girl she was of dark complexion with long raven black hair and standing about five foot one. She was affectionately known before the occupation as the "kliene nigrae" or little black one.  She barely weighed 80 pounds at the end of the war compared to her normal weight of 95 pounds.

One story that stands out showing her resolve and determination is set in 1945.  As any young adult, she wanted to help her country.  As the American forces advanced on Bamberg many of the bridges were blown up.  Unfortunately, this left many Wermacht (german) troops stranded on the wrong side of the river.  Young KUNIGUNDA resolved by herself to bring some supplies to them.

She found a row boat and pulled it into the cold water of the Regnitz River and began loading some supplies into it.  One of the last items was a panzerfaust, which was an anti-tank weapon weighing about 105 pounds.  By this time the Americans had taken notice of her across the river.  They were about one to two hundred yards away and could not tell that she was a female because of the pants she wore and that her hair was piled into a german field cap.  They began shooting but she was able to get the panzerfaust into the boat. As she turned to pick up something a volley of shots forced her to duck and in the process she lost her hat.  The Americans suddenly realized that she was a female and stopped shooting.  They then began to shoot the row boat.

KUNIGUNDA began cursing and taunting the Americans as she stood helplessly by and watched her row boat quickly sink into the river.  Infuriated she began throwing rocks but quickly stopped when she heard laughter across the river and realized that her rocks were woefully short.

SOURCE DATA:
Birth certificate (German), Marriage certificate & Marriage licenses (Switz, German & civil certificates with different dates). Confirmation record.  Death certificate.

(AFN:1738-L9V)
548-29-0400

Name  Land  Latitude  Longitude  Elevation
Bamberg    Bayern   49.867  10.867  276 m

Note:  Kunigunda got her name from the Empress/Queen/Princess Kunigunda of Bamberg.
http://fabpedigree.com/s089/f140158.htm
Kunigonde (Kunigunde Cunegundis) of FRANCE  (by 890 - 923+) ;  aka Kunigunda von FRANCIA, Countess of TRIER & ARDENNES; Princess of WEST FRANKS; poss. aka Cunegonde de GAND.
poss. Husbands/Partners:       Wigeric (Wigerich) of LUXEMBURG   ;   Richwin (Count) of VERDUN   ;   Wigeric (Wigerich Voiry) of LUXEMBURG
Child:       Adalbero (Bishop of Metz)
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Possible Children:       Siegfried (Graf) vom MOSELGAU   ;   Siegfried (I; II; Count) of LUXEMBURG   ;   Frederick I (Count) of BAR-LE-DUC   ;   Otto LOTHARINGIA   ;   Luitgarde de TRIES of LUXEMBOURG   ;   Gozelon (Count) von BIDGAU   ;   Luitgard de CHINY
Alternative Mother of Possible Children:       Kunegund [alt ped]

See also:
http://san.beck.org/AB17-FeudalEurope.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunigunde_of_Luxembourg

DEATH:
California Death Index, 1940-1997
about Kunigunda Carpenter
Name: Kunigunda Carpenter
[Kunigunda Schuhlein]  
Social Security #: 548290400
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1929
Birthplace: Other Country
Death Date: 16 Mar 1990
Death Place: San Diego
Father's Surname: Schuhlein
Source Citation: Place: San Diego; Date: 16 Mar 1990; Social Security: 548290400.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.


31902. Diane Lee Carpenter

HEADSTONE: CARPENTER, DIANA LEE D/O RICHARD L
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/13/1961
DATE OF DEATH: 03/14/1961
BURIED AT: SECTION E  SITE 213
FORT RILEY POST CEMETERY
HUEBNER ROAD FORT RILEY, KS 66442
(785) 239-4293
UNKNOWN RELATIONSHIP TO VETERAN
2ND LT CO C 12TH INF USA

AFN:1738-LGW


26824. Robert Arlen "Bob" Carpenter

ROBERT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "TOBY" AFTER TOBY TYLER AN ACTOR OF THE DAY.  TOBY IS
ALSO KNOWN AS BOB,  MARRIED TWICE THE SAME LADY - EDITH WINN (FISHER) ON 8 AUG
1964 AND ?.  HE LEGALLY ADOPTED HER 2 KIDS.  BETWEEN ABOVE MARRIAGE DATES WAS
ONE BRIEF MARRIAGE, BUT NO OFFSPRING.
NOTE: Edith first married Billy Erwin Fisher.  Billy was Bob's half brother
from their mother's first marriage.

HISTORY: Robert grew up in the farming areas of North Dakota and Minnesota.
One of his first jobs after working on the farms was for a company looking for
oil and gas in the Dakotas.  He would help drill the holes and load them with
dynamite.  The shock wave would be registered electronically to search for
pockets of gas and oil.  Some times debris would clog the holes and the
dynamite would not go down all the way.  One day such a thing happened and the
hole exploded upward like a giant shotgun.  Toby watched for the rain of rocks
and dirt.  A hard hat would only protect you so much.  High up in the air he
saw a small speck.  The speck grew and grew getting larger.  He suddenly
realized that the rock was heading straight for him.  He barely had time to
get out of the way before it crashed to earth near him.  Later, during the
blasts, he rested underneath the crew trucks to avoid the "rain."
Robert served in the U.S. Military in Korea after the Korean War.  One of his
jobs was to go find old military positions and recover or destroy weapons and
supplies left behind.  During one of these trips, he met an "Atomic Cannon" or
an eight inch howitzer with gun carriage that could fire an atomic weapon.
Unfortunately this was on a narrow dirt and mountain road.  He skidded to a
halt and barely avoided being run down.  Luck was with him for he stopped in
the only place for a hundred yards that prevented him and his fellow travelers
in the jeep from crashing down hundreds of feet down the very steep hillside.
How close was it?  Two tires were off the edge of the cliff and the jeep was
rocking slightly on a pile of dirt on the turn out!
Robert worked for San Diego County for many years before retiring.  He worked
on maintaining roads for the Road Department, then for the Honor Camps (like
his brother) then for the Sheriff's as a Correctional Counselor in the jails.
He is currently living in San Diego, San Diego, CA with his wife.  7/2000 JRC

DEATH: RAC died on April 28, 2011 with his family at his side. His remains were cremated at willl be interred at a family plot (wife's side) in Smithfield, UT.

OBIT:
Robert “Bob” Carpenter 9/20/1934 – 4/28/2011
Bob Carpenter was born in Moorhead Minnesota on September 20, 1934 and passed away Thursday April 28th with his family at his side.
Bob was raised in North Dakota, and from his youth he was a hard worker on various farms around his hometown of Arnegard. He joined the army at the age of 18 and worked as a surveyor in Korea during the war there. Upon returning home he ultimately moved to San Diego where he found the weather far superior to his boyhood home in North Dakota.
In 1964 Bob married Edith Fisher and quickly adopted her two children from a prior marriage, Marjie and Chuck. Bob and Edith delighted in travel and visited much of the world including Europe, Australia, China and more.
Bob found work with San Diego County and started attending night classes at San Diego State. He received a Bachelor's Degree in psychology and went to work for the San Diego Sheriff's Department as a Correctional Counselor. He retired after 25 years with the County in 1990.
He remained active in retirement and served as the Executive Director of the Nonprofit Federation for Housing and Community Development. In this position he helped to develop resources for low income housing.
Bob was the founder of the San Carlos Club of the NAIC and taught investment strategies in his and Edith's home for many years.
But Bob's biggest investments were always in the people around him. He had a knack for helping those who were stumbling and providing greater inspiration to the successful.
There will be an open house for friends and family to celebrate Bob's life at Featheringill Mortuary on Monday, May 2 from 4-8pm. Featheringill is located at 6322 El Cajon Blvd.
Bob was a past president of the Mount Helix Toastmaster's Club, and they will be hosting an evening of fun and remembrance at 7pm on Wednesday, May 4th. The club meets at the Otay Water District, 2554 Sweetwater Springs Blvd in Spring Valley.
Bob is survived by his wife Edith and two children, Marjie of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Chuck of Smyrna, Tennessee, and his wife, Rebecca and Bob's granddaughter Elizabeth; Bob's brother Richard, and nephews, John and Richie; nieces, Linda and Ruth.

In lieu of flowers the family encourages you to donate to your favorite charity in Bob's name.

Submitted by: Chuck Carpenter, son by email.

OBIT:
http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com.dbpcosdcsgt.co.san-diego.ca.us/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=13705945826FA070&p_docnum=2&p_nbid=N5AC5EJVMTMxMjQ4MzQ0NC4xODU3Mjk6MToxNDoxNzAuMjEzLjIzOC4zMA&p_queryname=8&f_subID=1370594584737B08
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - May 1, 2011
Deceased Name: CARPENTER , ROBBERT "BOB"
Sept. 20, 1934 to April 28, 2011
(same as above by son Chuck)
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) Date: May 1, 2011 Edition: First Edition Page: B-8 Record Number: UTS2213749

See Also:
United States Obituary Collection
Name of Deceased: Robbert "Bob" Carpenter
Gender: M (Male)
Age at Death: 76
Death Date: 28 Apr 2011
Obituary Date: 1 May 2011
Newspaper Title: Sign On San Diego
Newspaper Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1934
Birth Place: USA
Spouse's Name: Edith Fisher
Childrens' Names: Marjie of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Chuck of Smyrna, Tennessee, and his wife, Rebecca and Bob
Siblings' Names: Richard
Marriage Location: Spring Valley
Military: Army
Source Citation: Newspaper: Sign On San Diego; Publication Date: 1 May 2011; Publication Place: San Diego, CA, USA.


26826. Charles Herbert Carpenter

CHARLES MARRIED A MARIE MARZORA? 15 DEC 1942 / DIVORCED APR 1971 - 5 KIDS
           # 2  - JAN JACOBS - MARRIED OCT 1972 - NO CHILDREN

Social Security Death index data:
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
CHARLES H CARPENTER  01 May 1923 31 Jan 1997 (V) 56560 (Moorhead, Clay, MN) (none specified) 725-12-5349 Long-time or retired railroad workers

CENSUS:  1930 with Father and step mother in Morrehead city, Clay, MN.

NAME:  Went by Chuck.

E-MAIL: From: Tony Elrod
To: jrcrin001@cox.net
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004
Subject: Charles Herbert Carpenter
Hello,
I've seen several of your postings at genealogy and ancestry. com, and just wanted to correct 2 little things that I've noticed.  You have Charles Herbert Carpenter, my grandfather, married first to unknown Marzora?. Her name was Marie Louise Marzano, now Swaim (still living). Also, you have Chuck's second wife as Jan Jacobs. His second wife's name was Jane, but my mother never knew what her surname was.
Also, if you're interested, Chuck's children are John Robert, David Paul, Marilyn Louise, and Wanda Renee.  The fifth child, Mark Andrew, was adopted by my mother at 3 years old.  Apparently, Chuck never believed Mark was his, and Marie was going to turn Mark over to his babysitter to live. When my parents learned this, they drove to Virginia to get Mark and adopted him shortly thereafter.
I don't remember all the names of my cousins, but I do know that John married a woman named Margie, Dave married Kathy Akre, Marilyn (my mother) married Tony Elrod, and Wanda first married Bob Wissler, then Karl Gersdorf, and she's currently married to Neal Lincoln. Wand'a oldest daughter is Lynette, who is married and has 2 little boys, but I don't know her husband's or sons' names. Mark has 5 children; the oldest is Mike Anthony Jackson (mother Beverly Jackson); the next 3 are Cody Wayne, Rebecca Marie, and Ronnette Lee Elrod (mother Donnette Adele Stricler); the youngest is Dustin Mark (mother Kelly Thomas).  Mark never married any of the 3 mothers, but 2 years ago he married Arlene (don't know her last name), but they're on the verge of divorce. Mike lives near his mother in Montgomery, AL; Cody lives with Mark in West Palm Beach, FL; Becca and Ronne live with my parents in Gadsden, AL; Dustin lives with his mother and stepfather in Georgia.
Hope this helps you,
Amanda Elrod


Jane Jacobs

NO CHILDREN OF SECOND MARRIAGE IN 1978 NOTES.
Carpenter, Jane J. Jacobs Bloom 69 Moorhead MN 1990-08-16 B-8


Chester John Rehder

Social Security Death Index - Not found.  13 John Rehders in record. Closest match is:
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued
JOHN A REHDER  28 Sep 1920 13 Mar 1988 27103 (Winston Salem, Forsyth, NC) (none specified) 237-18-3080 North Carolina


26833. Lloyd Kourt Scheiding

Judy Scheiding Cole of RR 1 Box 284 Ottertail, MN 56571 provided the
information on her family line in a letter dated 14 June 2000.


31934. Bonnie Jean Scheiding

Died at birth.


26836. Jack Raymond Nelson

Jack was legally and lawfully adopted by his mother's Third Husband - ELFORD NELSON.
Jack Cook became "Jack Raymond Nelson" in 1947.  Family Group Sheet in that
name.  He married Juanita Cowan on 6 Feb. 1955 and had 5 children.
Jack provided an update to his family in a letter dated 13 April 2000.

From: jack
Date: November 30, 2002 1:19:54 PM PST
To: Patrick McMannus
Subject: Sorry for the delay
Pat,

I've read nearly all your writing. I can only say: Thank you so much for
all the reading pleasure you have given me and all the rest of your fans.
I can only immagine how difficult it is to keep dreaming up all the new
material. Maybe what follows will help out a bit.
_________________________________________________________

The summer after I quit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, found us
in Dickinson, N.D., working on my master's thesis research on mule deer
habitat ecology. One Saturday morning, my wife, Nita, and I decided to
drive down to Hettinger, our old posting and only a hour away,to visit some
of our old friends. When we got to town, the old jeep station wagon
headed, like a magnet, to Ira Martin's place. Nita and the kids went into
the house to visit Nora and her brood; while I headed into the garage where
I figured Ira would be. An explanation about the garage is in order.

Ira, although the local postmaster, had a side business: a fishing tackle
and bait shop which was located in his garage. When I first arrived in
Hettinger to work for the NDGFD, I discovered that the area boasted some of
the finest trout fishing in the region. Yes, trout fishing! The NDGFD
had discovered that trout would do phenomenally well in the numerous stock
dams in the region. Fly fishing only! I knew nothing of fly fishing, but
someone suggested that I look up this Ira Martin, reputed as the region's
finest fly fisherman, to help outfit me and show me the basics of the craft.
I found Ira that evening in his garage/tackle shop; he outfitted me; and we
talked fishing well into the night. We became the best of fishing buddies
and I soon became fairly proficient as a stock dam fly fisherman.

Now back to the garage. Ira was there and happy to see me. The subject
immediately got around to trout fishing;but, alas, all regional lakes were
muddied up by a heavy rain storm a few weeks before. But what the heck!
It wasn't long before we decided to drive up to Wolf Butte Dam for an
afternoon of fishing together anyway.

When we arrived at the lake I was really disheartened; for the water was
aalmost like cocoa. But since we were here, we would try it. Ira headed
south along the shore and I north, as was our custom. I fished my way to
the earth-filled dam and crossed to the other side on the top of the
spillway. You know the type of dam, heavy boards extended across the
outlet to keep the water level higher and more manageable. Water, about
shoulder level to me but on the apposite of the board wall, trickled over
the top board and spouted through knotholes, but my waders kept me dry.

I continued fishing my way around the lake, trying every fly I had: drab,
gaudy, dark, light, large, small, dry, wet, and nymph ...not a strike, not
even a bump. That water was so dirty, the fish couldn't see an inch away.
So in desperation, I tied on a huge black bass bug. I figured that if they
couldn't see the lure, they could certainly hear it. Yep, your right, I
didn't get a budge. It was getting towards evening, and I saw Ira woring
his way back to the car. So I headed back myself.

While crossing the dam (my eyes were nearly even with the water level), I
caught sight of a dorsal fin sticking up from the "cocoa" water. I
thought, what the heck, and slipped my net under the fish which turned out
to be a nice 16-incher! As I slipped it into my huge imported French
wicker creel (Ira made a mint on that sale, I'd bet!), I notied some
movement near the surface against the top board. I dipped out an even
bigger rainbow and soon learned that fish were stacked up in that dirty
water and couldn't see the net until it was too late. Yes, I know, not
very sportsmanlike, but that was not a serious concern, considering what I
was planing.

When I got back to the car Ira was having a beer while leaning against his
car. "Well, I told you this would happen", he said.

"What would happen?" I replied.

"That the fish wouldn't be biting in this kind of water".

"I thought fishing was pretty good", I lied.

"Don't tell me you caught a fish!", he countered

That's when I "gut shot" him with, "I even got my limit; and I knew that you
wouldn't catch anything, so I took a limit for you, too!" Remember, Ira
was my mentor. Everything I knew about troutfishing, I learned from Ira.
I emptied my creel onto the grass, and Ira's eyes turned the size of
doornobs.

"What in the world did you use for a lure in this kind of water"? I held
up my pole which still had the bass bug attached. Ira's chin dropped to
his chest.

All the way back to his house, Ira kept repeating, "I can't believe it, but
there's the evidence. I can't believe it, but...". I let him believe
that, maybe, his student has progressed much further than he had imagined.
We had a great, but nearly silent, fish fry that evening before we headed
home. We even had a lot on ice for later.

But wait! The story isn't finished. We returned a few weeks later and,
again, headed to Ira's. I was hoping the lakes had cleared enough to
catch a few legitimately. I also planned to tell Ira about the practcal
joke I had played on him. As before, Nita and the kids headed into the
house and I into the garage. Ira wasn't there, but another old fishing
buddy, Lloyd Schoeder, manager of the local coop grocery, was watching the
store. He informed me that Ira and one of his boys was off catching
minnows for their bait business. So I asked him how fishing was.

He informed me that he hadn't been out for six weeks ever since that old
"gully-bustin' storm" muddied up all the lakes. "But no, wait, I did go up
to Wolf Butte Dam about three weeks ago, a Sunday it was. Ira was going to
show me and five other guys how to catch trout in that muddy water. He had
us flailing the water all day with big bass bugs. We never got a strike!"

I didn't dare to tell Ira after that. Ira went to his reward years ago and
never learned what I had done to hime . . . until now!

I hope you enjoyed the story. It's true, I swear it. Feel free to use it
if you like. If you do, it would be nice if you used Ira's first name,
anyway, I think he would like the notariety.

I probably have one or two more true stories tucked away, If you are
interested.

Jack Nelson

DEATH:
From: jack.nelson@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:55 AM
Subject: Jarck Raymond Nelson's passing
Hello,
I am sorry to have to inform you of my father's passing on March 30, 2012.
Dad wasn't the best record keeper so finding e-mail addresses was my best option for some. He had stuff pretty unorganized during the last couple of years so I apoligize for having to notify you so late and by e-mail.
We will be having a service for him in Lewiston on April 27th, 2012 at 10:00 am at:
Mountain View Funeral Home
3521 7th Street
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
Please feel free to call me
My number is 503-680-8528
Sincerely,
Jack R Nelson, Jr.


Juanita June Cowan

OBIT:
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uanita was born on June 17, 1933 and passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.
Juanita was a resident of Lewiston, Idaho at the time of her passing.
She is survived by her husband Jack.
A memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mountain View Funeral Home in Lewiston.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.