Glenn Carlson
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Glenn Carlson, age 81, of Huron, passed away April 28, 2020, at Avantara-Huron.
A private family funeral service will be held. The funeral service will be streamed live on the Kuhler Funeral Home Facebook page, at 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 2nd.
Glenn Wallace Carlson was born February 22, 1939, on a farm at Stockholm, to A. Leonard and Hazel (Steffenson) Carlson.
On June 5, 1960, he married Sharon Lee Wendt at the Evangelical United Brethern Church in Twin Brooks.
In 1964, he started his own business in a two stall Texaco station on the junction of Hwy 37 and 14, selling gas and also doing mechanic work. It was one of thirty-three gas stations in Huron at the time, mostly owned by oil companies. He enlarged the business several time to accommodate his increasing business and changing brands of fuel, as one after another of the oil companies left the small towns and other major companies replaced them.
In 1971, he bought the wrecker service and did 24-hour towing until he retired and sold the business to his son, David in 2001.
He was an avid fisherman and loved car races as well. His racing started as a pitman for a friend and then he owned a modified #73 and also drove a hobby stock in 1976. He was thrilled that Dave decided he was going to race and followed him three nights a week to local tracks since 2008.
He was a past member of the Elks Club and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Huron.
He was preceded in death by an infant grandson, Mason David Carlson; his parents; and brothers, LuVerne and Kenneth; his parents-in-law; sisters-in-law, Carol Dockter and Mary Ellen Bunting; and brother-in-law, Darwin Dockter.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon; their three children, Kimberly (John) Kolln, Kristie (Joel) Salmonson and David (Tonya) Carlson; six grandchildren, one step-granddaughter; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Carlson and Phyllis Carlson Gunderson; and many nieces and nephews.
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