Carl Dahlberg, 96

Carl Henning Dahlberg was born in 1929 to Olaf and Delphine Dahlberg. During his childhood, Carl’s family lived in Portland, Oregon, and Richland, then Kennewick, Washington.

When he was 19, he joined the US Navy. He served in San Diego, at Pearl Harbor, on Midway Island, and as a radioman on the USS Iowa, before and during the Korean War.

After his Navy service, he worked at Boeing in Seattle, at a missile range in the Bahamas, in Philadelphia with American Electronic Labs, and then back to Seattle, where he worked on the Minuteman missile. In 1960, Carl moved to Lewiston, Idaho and married Evelyn Wolfe, who was a nurse. He became a beekeeper and worked other jobs there.

In 1967 they moved with their children Fred, Christine, and Kathy to Bonners Ferry. Carl kept about 500 hives of honeybees for several years. Later he worked at a ranch and as a maintenance man at the hospital. A few years later, he became a rural mail carrier. He delivered mail to many homes out in the country and took the mail up to the Canadian border. He enjoyed being a mailman very much and especially liked interacting with the people on his route.

After 13 years on the mail route, Carl retired. Retirement gave him more time to pursue his hobbies, such as inventing things, gold mining, being a Ham Radio operator, playing the cello in the Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint community orchestras, computers, and working at Camp Sanders. He was married to Evelyn for 65 years, and they especially enjoyed doing things together such as traveling and camping in their small camp-trailer.

Carl was an inspiration to many people because of his zest for life. He had varied interests and pursued them with enthusiasm. He always liked learning new things, inventing, exploring, seeing new places and making new friends. He lived his life with love for God, for his family, for others, for his country, and for life.

Carl went to be with his Lord on August 23, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Olaf and Delphine, his brother Paul, his sister Elanor (George) Hepburn, and children John and Christine (Rodney) Kagey. He is survived by his wife Evelyn, son Fred, daughter Kathy (Earnie) Winn, along with three grandsons and six great-granddaughters.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 5, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Springs of Living Water Free Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry, with a graveside service following at Grandview Cemetery. To leave a message or memory for the family go to bonnersferryfuneralhome.com. Bonners Ferry Funeral Home is caring for the family.