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Rich Carlson passes
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August 18, 2012 |
We are saddened to learn that life-long Bonners
Ferry resident Rich Carlson lost his battle
against pancreatic cancer in Coeur d'Alene on
Friday, August 17.
He'd been diagnosed with the disease last
September, when he was given three to six months
to live. Service information will be posted when
it becomes available.
Carlson, long a part of Boy Scouting in Boundary
County and a firearms instructor here for many
years, worked as an agent for U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol up to his death, and even while
battling cancer, he rarely ever took a sick day
and he refused to quit.
Last month, fellow agents announced plans for a
fundraiser on behalf of the Carlson family, who
for the past several months have traveled weekly
to a medical facility near Seattle, where he was
undergoing an experimental treatment regimen
after all traditional treatments had been tried.
Despite Rich's passing, that benefit will go on
September 15 as planned, with all proceeds going
to Carlson's wife, Nancy. Tickets for a donated
shotgun and rifle to be raffled off during the
fundraiser are being sold at the U.S. Customs
and Border Patrol booth at the Boundary County
Fair.
To read more about the fundraiser,
click
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