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Funeral Service Saturday for Dr. Carl Hobart Edgren
MANISTEE, MI (May 31, 2002) - A funeral service will be conducted tomorrow for
Dr. Carl Hobart Edgren, well-known in the North Park community in Chicago
for his lengthy association with North Park University.
Edgren died May 24 at age 81 in Manistee. The service will be at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday at Faith Covenant Church in Manistee. A memorial service also has
been planned for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at North Park Covenant
Church in Chicago where the Edgrens were members prior to their retirement
and move to Michigan.
Edgren was born March 18, 1921, in Chicago. He graduated from North Park
Academy in 1937 and North Park College in 1939. He received a B.S. from
Northwestern University in 1941, an M.A. from the University of Michigan in
1942 and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1951. During World War II,
he served in the U.S. Navy in the Intelligence Department (Counter
Intelligence) in Chicago and in Balboa, Canal Zone.
He married Jane Ingrid Hanson at North Park Covenant Church in Chicago on
Sept. 8, 1949. He taught English and Literature at Ripon College, Albion
College, Northwestern University and Elmhurst College, followed by 30 years
at North Park College, where he served as professor of English and vice
president for academic affairs (12 years).
He served for 20 years as examiner/consultant for the North Central
Association of Colleges and Universities and was a member of the Modern
Language Association.
He held a high standard for teaching and was proud of his Swedish heritage,
as evidenced by his many years of teaching at North Park College and a
lifetime of membership in the Evangelical Covenant Church. He was a member
of the Swedish-American Historical Society and was instrumental in
beginning the Swedish exchange program at North Park College. In 1982 he
was the chairman of the committee for the celebration of the visit to North
Park College of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
He is remembered for his scholarly work - he was the author of a published
book and many articles and poems - and for his devotion to God, family and
his calling to the field of higher education.
He is survived by his wife, Jane; sons and daughters-in-law, Alan and Gail
Edgren of St. Charles, Roger and Cheryl Edgren of Grand Rapids and Paul and
Barbara Edgren of Traverse City; daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Terry
Flynn of Traverse City; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. In
addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Katherine
Slocum, and a brother, Robert Edgren.
The family requests that memorial gifts be given to Faith Covenant Church,
515 Fairview Avenue, Manistee, Michigan, 49660, or to the Carl Hobart
Edgren Scholarship Fund at North Park University, 3225 W. Foster Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois, 60625.
Messages of condolence may be addressed to Mrs. C. Hobart Edgren in care of
Faith Covenant Church in Manistee.
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