- Date Of Birth: April 13, 1924
- Date Of Death: May 9, 2018
- State: Wisconsin
LaVaughn A. Carlson, 94, of Wisconsin Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, Minnesota.
He was born on April 13, 1924, in Blue River, Wisconsin, to the late Alvin and Merle (Shannon) Carlson. He attended high school there, and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served from 1943 to 1946. When the war ended, the GI Bill allowed him to earn a degree from the University of Wisconsin. He later added an MSEd degree in secondary education from Winona State University.
He began teaching physics at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids in 1954. He retired in 1986, but he never stopped teaching; he was a born teacher, and anyone who talked to him for more than five minutes probably learned something.
On Aug. 28, 1948, he married Ona Alice Rockwell in Richland Center, Wisconsin. She passed away on June 3, 2012.
Survivors include his son, Ken; daughter-in-law, Niza; and grandchildren, Eric and Kirsten.
