Lester Ray Carle

Lester Ray Carle MUSCATINE, Iowa - Lester Ray Carle, 72, Muscatine, died December 30, 2009, at Unity Hospital. Gravesite services will be at a later date at Greenmound Cemetery, Keithsburg, Illinois. Lester was born on April 20, 1937, in Carthage, Illinois, the son of Otto and Edith Settles Carle. He married Inge Eschenweck on March 13, 1975, in Hanau, Germany. He retired from the Army as a master sergeant in 1975 after 22 years of service. He served three tours in Vietnam. Over the years he had received numerous metals. He retired from Thatcher's. He enjoyed reading, fishing, playing cards and spending time with his family, grandchildren and his dog Missy. He will be eternally in the heart of his wife, Inge Carle; two brothers, Bob Carle and wife, Portia of New Boston, Illinois, and Frank E. Carle and wife, Carol, of New Boston, Illinois; a son and two daughters from his first marriage, Ray Carle and wife, Amy, of Alabama, Jo Ann Wood and husband, Kirk, of Alabama, and Peggy Boorman and husband, Don, of Oregon; and two stepsons from his second marriage to Inge, Gary Carle and wife, Kathy, of Iowa City; Frank Carle and his wife, Tammy, of Muscatine...[more]

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0 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Bill and Francis; and three sisters, Rose Bergen, Betty Jackson and Mary Hall.