Carl Nicholson

Carl Wesley Nicholson,

81, of Mandan, a lifelong

North Dakota teacher,

died Sunday, Nov. 29,

2020, at Sunset Drive

Prospera nursing home in

Mandan.

A private family funeral

is planned.

For those not attending,

the service will be

streamed live on the

Bismarck Funeral Home

Facebook page on Friday,

December 4, 2020, at 1:30

p.m.

Carl was born Feb. 13,

1939, to Leslie and Clara

(Koestler) Nicholson in

Steele, N.D. He was raised

in the Tappen area, gra-

duating from Tappen

High School. He attended

the State Teachers Col-

lege, now Valley City

State University, earning a

lifetime teaching certifi-

cate from the state of

North Dakota.

Carl began teaching in

rural one-room

schoolhouses near Web-

ster and Westfield. He

then taught in Lakota and

Steele. While teaching in

Lakota he met Norma Jean

Ambers, and they were

married on June 12, 1965,

in Viking Lutheran

Church, rural Maddock.

They enjoyed 55 years to-

gether and had two chil-

dren.

In 1965 they moved to

Sherwood, where Carl

taught for the next 31

years before retiring. Dur-

ing his 37-year career,

Carl taught both elemen-

tary school and middle

school, and he also had a

brief stint as a middle

school principal.

Carl was active in Our

Savior’s Lutheran Church

in Sherwood, where he

served through the years

as a deacon, trustee, coun-

cilman, secretary, and

Sunday School and Bible

School teacher. In his

later years, he was a

member of Good

Shepherd Lutheran

Church in Bismarck.

He was a man of many

hobbies: reading, writing,

gardening, cooking, wood

carving, leather crafting,

painting, golfing, stamp

collecting and piano play-

ing.

He is survived by: his

wife, Norma, Mandan;

children, Paige, Charlotte,

N.C., and Blake, Mandan;

sister, Marlys Enzminger,

Tappen; and numerous

grandchildren,

great-grandchildren,

nieces and nephews

Carl was preceded in

death by his parents.

In lieu of flowers,

please send donations to

the American Cancer So-

ciety.

Those wishing to sign

the online guestbook or

leave a message of con-

dolence please go to

www.bismarckfuneralho-

me.com.