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Submitted: 8/5/22 • Approved: 8/10/22 • Last Updated: 8/13/22 • R1442024-G1442023-S3
Earl
September 13, 1932 - June 18, 2010
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Sunday, June 20, 2010
LOWELL — A service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at the Hickory
Creek Baptist Church, 13244 Hickory Creek Road, Lowell, Ark., to celebrate the life of Earl Roger Wahl who left this earth to be with his Lord on June 18, 2010. Burial will be at the Hickory Creek Cemetery. Pastor Steve Jordan will officiate.
Earl was born Sept. 13, 1932, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Harry and Inger Wahl.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly whom he married July 19, 1952; two sons, Kevin and his wife Lynne of Winslow and Michael and his wife Dawn of Lowell, and one daughter Kimberly and her husband, Brian Callich of Lowell. He is also survived by his sister, Harriett and her husband Jerome Freding of Alexandria, Minn., three grandchildren, Andrea and her husband Matt Reese of Springdale, Tyler Callich and Darrin Wahl; three stepgranddaughters, Charming, Madison and Hayden Laird and 12 nieces and nephews.
Earl entered the U.S. Army in April 1953 and was stationed in Dachau, Germany. Upon discharge in 1955, be returned to his civilian occupation as an auto mechanic. He began his civil service career in April 1962 at Fort Snelling, Minn., leaving Fort Snelling for a 12-month period to work as an engineer equipment mechanic for the Missile Support at New Brighton, Minn.
In April 1966, he returned to the U.S. Army Reserve Center at Fort Snelling. While in Minnesota, he joined the 865th Ordinance Company serving as Motor Sergeant until 1965 when he was appointed as a Warrant Officer with the 385th Engineer Group. In 1966 returned to the 865th Ordinance Company and served until 1968.
In 1972 Earl moved with his family to Arkansas. He resumed his Federal civil service career as an Army Reserve maintenance technician at the Fayetteville Army Reserve Center and joined the 306th Civil Affairs Group serving until his deactivation in 1978.
He then served with the 362d PSYOPs Co. in Fayetteville until 1981, at which time he was transferred to the Broken Arrow, Okla., AMSA 20 (G) and joined the 817th Supply Co. in Tulsa. He served a total of 25 years in the U.S. Army Reserves and 28 years as a Federal civil service employee.
During this time he received many awards and commendations for his service. Earl retired with his family at his Beaver Lake home and lived there until his death.
He was a member of Hickory Creek Baptist Church in Lowell. In addition to his family and church, his greatest toys were traveling, spending winters in Florida, fishing in Canada, water skiing and auto racing.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made in his name to the Hickory Creek Baptist Church Building Fund.
Earl was blessed with a wonderful family and church family who supported him in his courageous fight against pancreatic cancer and there are no words to express his gratitude to them. He was also blessed with a compassionate medical team and the family wishes to express their deep appreciation to Dr. Bradford and the Highland Oncology Staff and to the Circle of Life Hospice for their loving care.
Beverly
May 30, 1934 - September 13, 2019
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Monday, September 16, 2019
LOWELL — Beverly Joyce Wahl, 85, of Lowell went to be with the Lord September 13, 2019, at her home surrounded by her children. She was born May 30, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Evelyn Bolson.
Beverly was a woman who was always concerned about everyone else's happiness and welfare instead of her own. She and her husband Earl who passed in 2010 were married July 19, 1952, and were married almost 58 years at his passing. She worked as a secretary and administrative assistant in her early career, and was administrative assistant to the engineers and programmers who developed the first air traffic control systems in the late 1960s and early 1970s at the Univac corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota.
She and her husband and 3 children relocated to Northwest Arkansas in the fall of 1972 to be close to her parents who retired on Beaver Lake in 1971. She was then an office manager for an insurance agency in Springdale before becoming administrative assistant to the Director of the Community Development Block Grant Program for the City of Springdale prior to assuming the directors position. During her 25 years working for the city of Springdale she was responsible for the upgrading of both infrastructure and housing for both the elderly and low income citizens of Springdale and always fought for the needs of those less fortunate. After retirement from the city she and Earl both traveled the country visiting friends and wintering in Winter Haven Florida.
After her husband's Earl's passing in 2010 she had open heart surgery and suffered a stroke but in her usual fashion recovered almost completely except for her speech, but that did not slow her down. She spent her subsequent years doing crafting to supply multiple flea market booths with her devoted daughter Kimberly and creating custom greeting cards for everyone she knew. She loved spending time with her great Grandchildren. She was a member of Hickory Creek Baptist Church and her family appreciates their caring support after her husbands passing and her subsequent illnesses.
Survivors include her brother Roger Bolson and wife Ruth of Bloomington, Minnesota, brother Ronald Bolson and wife Fran of Stevensville, Michigan, and sister-in-law Harriett and husband Jerome of Alexandria, Minnesota, son Kevin and wife Lynne, daughter Kimberly and husband Brian, and son Michael and wife Dawn as well as three grandchildren Andrea, Tyler Casey and Darrin. Also step-grandchildren Channing, Madison, and Hayden and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale on Wednesday, September 18, from 5-7 p.m.
Funeral service to be held Thursday, September 19 at Hickory Creek Baptist Church at 3 p.m.
Family requests memorials in her honor to be sent to the American Heart Association or the Hickory Creek Baptist Church Building Fund.
Contributed on 8/5/22 by wfields55
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