Larned – John E. Carlson Jr. 74, passed away January 9, 2016 at St. Lukes Hospital, Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri.

He was born May 28, 1941 in Dodge City; the son of John E. and Pauline Preston Carlson.
A longtime area resident; he was a truck driver for Doerr Metal Products and also worked at Ralph Baird Motors. He was raised in Jetmore, Kansas and graduated from Jetmore High School.

He was a member of the N.R.A., Tired Iron Show, Larned Antique and Collectible Show and Sale, early morning coffee club, Larned Road Runners motorcycle club and Hodgeman County 4-H; he loved racing motorcycles and going to auctions, watching Nascar races, watching John Wayne movies, hunting, flea markets, spending time with his grandchildren and always had a good joke.

On January 28, 1966 at the First Christian Church, Larned, Kansas he married Bonnie Bunting. She survives.

Other survivors include; a son, Joel Carlson (Justine), Frisco, Texas; a daughter Shanda Perez (Lupe Jr.), Larned; a brother, Carl M. Carlson, Dodge City; six grandchildren, Jessica Bonin, Lauren Barron, Isiah Perez, Baylea Perez, Josef Carlson and Meadow Carlson and two great grandchildren, Gabriella and Makenzy Bonin.

He was preceded in death by; his parents and a brother, Lynn Carlson.

Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Jack Hopkins presiding. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Garfield Cemetery, Garfield, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the Tired Iron Show, in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.