Carl E. Eliason

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Carl E. Eliason, 97, of Packard Avenue died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Alpine Nursing Home, Coventry. He was the beloved husband of the late Alice M. (Stanley) Eliason to whom, at the time of her death in 2012, he was married forty-one years.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of the late Carl A. and Alma (Peterson) Eliason, he lived in Warwick most of his life. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II serving as a bombardier with the 305th Army Air Force Base Unit. He was a graduate of Bryant College and he attended Brown University. He worked as a toolmaker & designer and was President of Eli Engineering Company, Warwick. He was a member of Vasa Order of America Pioneer Lodge #506, Johan Baner Lodge #36 and the last living member of Gustave Adolph Lodge. He was a member of the Verdandi Male Chorus, the American Legion, Providence and a former member of St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church.

He was the brother of the late Lennart and Sigurd Eliason and is survived by his nephews: Eric Eliason & his wife, Carol of Coventry and Carl Eliason & his wife, Donna of Jacksonville, Florida.

His life will be celebrated on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory, 659 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick. Relatives and friends are invited and may call one hour prior to the service from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Interment, with military honors, will follow in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations should be made to the Vasa Scholarship Fund, RI District 3, c/o Karen Soderberg-Gomez, 24 Crestmont Drive, Carolina, RI 02812. Remembrances may be offered on line at carpenterjenks.com