Carl August Wild  1902 - 1992

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• Birth	6 Jul 1902	Milton, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 1992	United Hospital, Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	St. Clotilde Catholic Cemetery, Milton, North Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I313	Default
  Last Modified	05 Jan 2010
  Father	John Wild,   b. 30 Apr 1862, Bayfield, Huron, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1926, Milton, North Dakota, USA
  Mother	Louisa B. Mueller,   d. 1936
  Married	16 Jan 1894	Church of the Immaculate Conception, Carlyle, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet
  Family	Dorothy Evelyn Strand,   b. 17 Nov 1908, Easby, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 08 Nov 2000, Cavalier County Memorial Hospital, Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA
  Married	3 Feb 1931	St. Mary's Church, Park River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA
  Notes	From Langdon, N.D. 1888-1988 Carl A. Wild was born to John and Louuisa Wild July 6, 1902 at Milton. He attended University High at Grand Forks and Coyne Trade and Engineering School in Chicago before entering the radio and electrical business in Milton in 1929. In 1931 Carl and Lawrence Wild purchased the Star Theatre and operated the first Sound on Film in that area. The business was operated until 1947 when the competition of television made it necessary to discontinue. Carl married Dorothy E. Strand of Milton at Park River Feb 3, 1931. Dorothy received her elementary education in Milton and Osnabrock and graduated from Milton. After graduation in 1928 from Valley City STC she taught rural schools for three years. The family moved to Langdon in December 1947. Carl was manager of Cavalier Rural Electric for 25 1/2 years until he retired in 1971. They have four boys and one girl.
  Children	> 1. Carl August Wild, Jr. > 2. Leon Louis Wild,   b. 1933 > 3. Janet Ruth Wild,   b. 25 Jan 1937, Milton, North Dakota, USA > 4. Larry Michael Wild,   b. 1940 > 5. Paul Raymond Wild,   b. 25 Oct 1951, Mercy Hospital, Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2005
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 6 Jul 1902 - Milton, North Dakota, USA Married - 3 Feb 1931 - St. Mary's Church, Park River, Walsh, North Dakota, USA Buried - - St. Clotilde Catholic Cemetery, Milton, North Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Carl and Dorothy Wild, 50th anniversary in 1981
  		Carl and Dorothy Wild, 60th anniversary, 1991

• Notes

  Obituary: Langdon, N.D. -- Carl A. Wild, 89, Langdon, died Sunday, June 28, 1992, in United Hospital, Grand Forks. Carl A. Wild was born July 6, 1902, in Milton, N.D., the son of John and Louisa Wild. He attended Coyne Trade and Engineering school in Chicago. He returned to the Milton area and started an electrical business, and he also owned and operated the Star Theatre with his brother, Lawrence, until 1947. He married Dorothy Strand in Park River on Feb 3, 1931. In 1947, they moved to Langdon, where he managed the Cavalier Rural Electric Co-op for 25 1/2 years until he retired in 1971. He continued to do electrical contracting until his death. Survivors are his wife; sons, Carl Jr., Lake Tahoe, Calif, Leon L., Spokane, Wash., Larry, Fargo, and Paul R., Grand Forks; a daughter, Janet (Mrs. Richard) Cota, Indianapolis, Ind.; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by brothers, Leo, Joseph, William, and Lawrence, and sisters, Marguerite Wilson, Kathleen Otto, and twin sister Mary Wild.