Carl Allen Naldrett Jr., 85, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, surrounded by his family at home in Evergreen. He was born May 19, 1923, in Salt Creek, Wyo., to Carl Allen and Cleata (Cochran) Naldrett Sr.

Carl received his early education attending school in Oilmont. He then worked in the shipyards in Seattle until joining the Army in 1940. He served four years in the service as a paratrooper and was honorably discharged in 1944.

He moved to Coram where he met Edna M. Monroe, and he married her on Aug. 31, 1946, in Kalispell. He received a job with Highball Oil Corp. and moved to Cut Bank. It was there they started their family.

Carl got hurt and the family moved back to Coram, then to Oregon where he worked for Evans Plywood from 1950 to 1960. The family moved to Sisters, Ore., where he worked as a youth minister for three years; and from there to Browning in about 1963. Their family lived for 23 years in Browning (Blackfoot Reservation, Canada).

In 1983, he was a deacon minister of visitation and a staff minister at the Riverside Vineyard Church in Kalispell. He ministered up to the end.

He was a carpenter by trade and enjoyed woodworking. When he was young he loved to fish.

He had high interest in missions and seeing the Gospel preached around the world. He always looked to help the down and out.

Carl was preceded in death by two sons, Sam in 1987, and Virgil in 2007.

He is now survived by his wife of 62 years, Edna Naldrett, of Kalispell; four sons, Daniel Naldrett and wife, Ruth, Hugh A. Naldrett and wife, Dale, and Tim Naldrett and wife, Mary Ann, all of Kalispell, and Carl Naldrett and wife, Joy, of Columbia Falls; three daughters, Joanne Alejandre and husband, Fidel, Jeanne French and husband, Scott, all of Kalispell, and Rebecca Phillips and husband, Jay, of Helena; 27 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one sister, Donna Hoover, of Clifford, Ind.; and one brother, Bill Broun, of Texas.

Funeral services for Carl will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Riverside Vineyard Church, with Pastor Paul Arends officiating. Burial will be afterward at Glacier Memorial Gardens. There will be a wake service at the church today, Dec. 12, starting at 6 p.m.

Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Carl's family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to offer condolences and sign Carl's guest book.