Carl Adolph Pagel, 90, died January 5, 2009 at Wichita, Kansas. Carl was born September 7, 1918 in rural Noble County, near Orlando, Oklahoma. Carl was a retired Boeing flight-line aircraft mechanic, and former owner/operator of an automotive repair/service center in Wichita, Kansas. Carl served his country during World War II in the 312th Fighter Squadron of the Army Air Corps. Carl moved from Perry, Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas to work for Boeing. Survivors are spouse Linda Shattuck-Pagel of Wichita, son Stephen C. Pagel of Atlanta, Georgia, sister Bertha Pagel-Orcutt of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and step-children Mark Shattuck and Tamara Shattuck both of Wichita, Kansas. Viewing was Friday 12:00 to 8:00 with family receiving 6:00 to 7:00 pm and funeral services were held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Resthaven Mortuary. Memorial in lieu of flowers with Promises Kept Hospice, 9415 E. Harry, Wichita, Kansas.
January 10, 2009
How do you measure the life of a man? I believe it is by putting it into perspective;
For it is how a man lives his life in the context of TIME that measures his worth.
Carl Pagel was a man who lived out his youth during The Great Depression.
He learned the value of hard work – of being frugal and living life one day at a time.
He was a man – among a nation of men – who ‘took care of business' during World War II.
This generation of men did not try to find ways to avoid a call to arms;
They quietly left their homes to get the job done.
We have read the books, seen the movies, heard the stories – some lived through it –
Of how these men – against all logic, against all reason – did what they perceived as their duty;
Such as, landing on the sands of Normandy Beach – knowing the odds were clearly against them – yet find the strength to fight and to prevail.
These brave men – the World War II generation – quietly ‘did the right thing' in a simple,
Unassuming manner. These men – among them Carl Pagel, Walter Pagel, James Stewart, Jack,
Vernon, and William Shattuck, Dewey Rourke, Robert Baker, and others among us today,
were strong men; And they were silent men.
When they returned home, it was a time of joyous celebration. They married their sweethearts;
And oh! Romance then was like no other time: The Big Band Era was in full "swing"
With dances like the Foxtrot and The Jitterbug.
The men of Carl's generation then went to work, and they worked with their hands.
They started their own businesses; They started their own families.
They worked to build a better life for their children.
…and as their children grew – these men remained quiet and strong; but make NO mistake!
Treat a child of theirs unfairly, and the silent warriors would take a stand.
These men loved deeply. They were the ‘rock' of their families; and they were Godly men.
So today - as we lay this hero, Carl, to rest – we are reminded
Of the sweet, silent strength of a generation.
We thank him for loving deeply:
His brother and sisters, his TWO sweethearts, his child, and his ‘grandchildren.'
We carry on his memory by being ever grateful to him for demonstrating to us
Through his quiet, unassuming life –
That simple, true devotion to God, country, and family is – in the end –
The measure of a man.
Tamara Shattuck
January 10, 2009
How do you measure the life of a man? I believe it is by putting it into perspective;
For it is how a man lives his life in the context of TIME that measures his worth.
Carl Pagel was a man who lived out his youth during The Great Depression.
He learned the value of hard work – of being frugal and living life one day at a time.
He was a man – among a nation of men – who ‘took care of business' during World War II.
This generation of men did not try to find ways to avoid a call to arms;
They quietly left their homes to get the job done.
We have read the books, seen the movies, heard the stories – some lived through it –
Of how these men – against all logic, against all reason – did what they perceived as their duty;
Such as, landing on the sands of Normandy Beach – knowing the odds were clearly against them – yet find the strength to fight and to prevail.
These brave men – the World War II generation – quietly ‘did the right thing' in a simple,
Unassuming manner. These men – among them Carl Pagel, Walter Pagel, James Stewart, Jack,
Vernon, and William Shattuck, Dewey Rourke, Robert Baker, and others among us today,
were strong men; And they were silent men.
When they returned home, it was a time of joyous celebration. They married their sweethearts;
And oh! Romance then was like no other time: The Big Band Era was in full "swing"
With dances like the Foxtrot and The Jitterbug.
The men of Carl's generation then went to work, and they worked with their hands.
They started their own businesses; They started their own families.
They worked to build a better life for their children.
…and as their children grew – these men remained quiet and strong; but make NO mistake!
Treat a child of theirs unfairly, and the silent warriors would take a stand.
These men loved deeply. They were the ‘rock' of their families; and they were Godly men.
So today - as we lay this hero, Carl, to rest – we are reminded
Of the sweet, silent strength of a generation.
We thank him for loving deeply:
His brother and sisters, his TWO sweethearts, his child, and his ‘grandchildren.'
We carry on his memory by being ever grateful to him for demonstrating to us
Through his quiet, unassuming life –
That simple, true devotion to God, country, and family is – in the end –
The measure of a man.
Tamara Shattuck
Carl Adolph Pagel, 90, died January 5, 2009 at Wichita, Kansas. Carl was born September 7, 1918 in rural Noble County, near Orlando, Oklahoma. Carl was a retired Boeing flight-line aircraft mechanic, and former owner/operator of an automotive repair/service center in Wichita, Kansas. Carl served his country during World War II in the 312th Fighter Squadron of the Army Air Corps. Carl moved from Perry, Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas to work for Boeing. Survivors are spouse Linda Shattuck-Pagel of Wichita, son Stephen C. Pagel of Atlanta, Georgia, sister Bertha Pagel-Orcutt of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and step-children Mark Shattuck and Tamara Shattuck both of Wichita, Kansas. Viewing was Friday 12:00 to 8:00 with family receiving 6:00 to 7:00 pm and funeral services were held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Resthaven Mortuary. Memorial in lieu of flowers with Promises Kept Hospice, 9415 E. Harry, Wichita, Kansas.
January 10, 2009
How do you measure the life of a man? I believe it is by putting it into perspective;
For it is how a man lives his life in the context of TIME that measures his worth.
Carl Pagel was a man who lived out his youth during The Great Depression.
He learned the value of hard work – of being frugal and living life one day at a time.
He was a man – among a nation of men – who ‘took care of business' during World War II.
This generation of men did not try to find ways to avoid a call to arms;
They quietly left their homes to get the job done.
We have read the books, seen the movies, heard the stories – some lived through it –
Of how these men – against all logic, against all reason – did what they perceived as their duty;
Such as, landing on the sands of Normandy Beach – knowing the odds were clearly against them – yet find the strength to fight and to prevail.
These brave men – the World War II generation – quietly ‘did the right thing' in a simple,
Unassuming manner. These men – among them Carl Pagel, Walter Pagel, James Stewart, Jack,
Vernon, and William Shattuck, Dewey Rourke, Robert Baker, and others among us today,
were strong men; And they were silent men.
When they returned home, it was a time of joyous celebration. They married their sweethearts;
And oh! Romance then was like no other time: The Big Band Era was in full "swing"
With dances like the Foxtrot and The Jitterbug.
The men of Carl's generation then went to work, and they worked with their hands.
They started their own businesses; They started their own families.
They worked to build a better life for their children.
…and as their children grew – these men remained quiet and strong; but make NO mistake!
Treat a child of theirs unfairly, and the silent warriors would take a stand.
These men loved deeply. They were the ‘rock' of their families; and they were Godly men.
So today - as we lay this hero, Carl, to rest – we are reminded
Of the sweet, silent strength of a generation.
We thank him for loving deeply:
His brother and sisters, his TWO sweethearts, his child, and his ‘grandchildren.'
We carry on his memory by being ever grateful to him for demonstrating to us
Through his quiet, unassuming life –
That simple, true devotion to God, country, and family is – in the end –
The measure of a man.
Tamara Shattuck
January 10, 2009
How do you measure the life of a man? I believe it is by putting it into perspective;
For it is how a man lives his life in the context of TIME that measures his worth.
Carl Pagel was a man who lived out his youth during The Great Depression.
He learned the value of hard work – of being frugal and living life one day at a time.
He was a man – among a nation of men – who ‘took care of business' during World War II.
This generation of men did not try to find ways to avoid a call to arms;
They quietly left their homes to get the job done.
We have read the books, seen the movies, heard the stories – some lived through it –
Of how these men – against all logic, against all reason – did what they perceived as their duty;
Such as, landing on the sands of Normandy Beach – knowing the odds were clearly against them – yet find the strength to fight and to prevail.
These brave men – the World War II generation – quietly ‘did the right thing' in a simple,
Unassuming manner. These men – among them Carl Pagel, Walter Pagel, James Stewart, Jack,
Vernon, and William Shattuck, Dewey Rourke, Robert Baker, and others among us today,
were strong men; And they were silent men.
When they returned home, it was a time of joyous celebration. They married their sweethearts;
And oh! Romance then was like no other time: The Big Band Era was in full "swing"
With dances like the Foxtrot and The Jitterbug.
The men of Carl's generation then went to work, and they worked with their hands.
They started their own businesses; They started their own families.
They worked to build a better life for their children.
…and as their children grew – these men remained quiet and strong; but make NO mistake!
Treat a child of theirs unfairly, and the silent warriors would take a stand.
These men loved deeply. They were the ‘rock' of their families; and they were Godly men.
So today - as we lay this hero, Carl, to rest – we are reminded
Of the sweet, silent strength of a generation.
We thank him for loving deeply:
His brother and sisters, his TWO sweethearts, his child, and his ‘grandchildren.'
We carry on his memory by being ever grateful to him for demonstrating to us
Through his quiet, unassuming life –
That simple, true devotion to God, country, and family is – in the end –
The measure of a man.
Tamara Shattuck
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