March 2024 Bandstand Flag Notice
Tom Carl Holmberg
October 5, 1936 – May 27, 2023
The United States Marine Corps
US Army Signal Corps
After graduating from Iowa State Teachers College High School in 1954 and one year at ISTC as a freshman, Tom Carl went on active duty with the USMC after being in the Marine Corps Reserves for over a year. Before he went on active duty, and as luck or Providence would have it, the Korean War was mainly over. So even with several months of duty in the Far East, Japan, Okinawa Formosa, Taiwan, The Philippines, etc., Tom Carl never saw actual combat duty. When Tom Carl returned to the US, he followed in his father’s footsteps, attended the University of Missouri, and finished his degree at the University of Iowa.
One of Tom’s first jobs was in north central Wisconsin, and he went to school for his master’s at the U of Minnesota.
Tom Carl later brought his family back to Iowa. Since graduation, his profession has been Industrial Relations Personnel, Labor Relations, Human Resources, etc.
Tom Carl retired after about 30 years with his last company and immediately took a job as a groundskeeper (yard boy) for his former employer. After about ten more years, he retired from that job which he truly enjoyed.
Contact Shawn Langkamp at Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory at 641-672-2181 or www.langkampfuneralchapel.com on the Contact-Us-Link if you are interested in honoring a deceased veteran with the flag above the bandstand.
