From Steve Floor

 

South Bend Tribune 01/23/2005

 

 

CARL E. KOBOLD

09/13/1923 -- 01/19/2005

 

Carl Eugene Kobold, 81, of Arkansas, formerly of South Bend and Syracuse, passed away on January 19, 2005, in Brighton House Care Center in Arkansas.

 

Carl was born September 13, 1923, in Woodland, Indiana, to Paul H. & Harriet (FELTON) KOBOLD.  Carl was one of 11 children.  Carl's parents were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Woodland, and he was baptized and confirmed there.  Carl's early days of school were in a one room school in Woodland.

 

He worked for some time as a carpenter with home builders in the area, and he and his brother Elmer had a construction company.  He later worked for Studebaker in South Bend.  It was wartime and he entered the Army and was assigned to the 43nd Engineering Division.

 

Carl more than served his country; his division served in France and Germany and the takeover of Czechoslovakia.  From there Carl was assigned to a battleship headed for Japan.  In fact, he was on the battleship in Tokyo Bay awaiting the invasion of Japan when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Within three months he was home and back to work at Studebaker where his job was still waiting for him.

 

Carl and Arlene ANDERSON were married October 9, 1949.  Together for 52 years, they celebrated their anniversary.  Arlene passed away December 23, 2001.

 

Carl & Arlene together operated a neighborhood grocery store in South Bend.  They also worked together at Stanley CLARK School in South Bend for 22 years, retiring in 1987.

 

They moved to Syracuse where they built a beautiful home near Dewart Lake, complete with a greenhouse.

 

Carl enjoyed watching sports and especially golf on TV. He also enjoyed card games and bingo.  But flowers were most enjoyed by him.

 

Carl's surviving family includes daughters, Carol (Mike) CAMPER of California; and Doris (John) BOWERMAN of Arkansas; brothers Lewis (Dottie) KOBOLD of Mishawaka; and Devon (Elsi) KOBOLD of Elkhart; a sister, Mary KOBOLD of Mishawaka; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and by a sister-in-law, Cheryl KOBOLD of Tennessee.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Fred; two granddaughters, Shelby and Rochelle; and brothers, Elmer; Oscar; Woodrow; Otho and Darwin; and two sisters, Leona & Fern.

 

Carl was most a most loving & caring person to family & friends. He deeply loved his church and his work in the church, and was appreciated by the church members.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Emmaus Lutheran Church, with Pastor Don STUCKWHISCH and Pastor Karl BRENNER of St. Paul's Lutheran Church officiating.  Committal rites will be at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call in Bubb Funeral Chapel North.

 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation, to Emmaus Lutheran Church or to St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Woodland.