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Carl John Doering
14 Aug 1924 – 24 Apr 2023
| Birth | 14 Aug 1924 |
| Death | 24 Apr 2023 |
| Cemetery | Zion Cemetery Walburg , Williamson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Knobby on 30 Apr 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253044630 |
Bio
Carl John Doering peacefully passed from this life to heaven on April 24, 2023. Carl was born August 14, 1924 to Charles G. and Rosalie Kokel Doering. He was extremely proud that Georgetown was his home for all of his 99 years. Three of his four grandparents immigrated to Central Texas from Germany. His grandfather, Henry Doering, opened a post office in a community he named Walburg, Texas, after his birthplace in Germany. Carl attended Zion Lutheran School in Walburg through seventh grade. He graduated from Concordia High School in Austin in 1941, commuting back and forth long before IH-35 was constructed. Carl attended North Texas Agricultural College, in Arlington. He joined the ROTC, and marching in a Parents' Day parade, heard it announced from a loud speaker that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Carl joined the U.S. Army in 1944, completed basic training at Camp Robinson in Little Rock, and was sent to Fort Ord, California to ship out to the South Pacific. There he joined the 38th Division, 151st Infantry Regiment, F Company, also called the "Avengers of Bataan" for the Luzon Campaign. They operated in jungles, primarily around Manila, Corregidor and the area between Clarke Field and Mount Pinatubo. He remembers praying for safety in water-filled, muddy three-foot deep foxholes, and recalled his company's efforts to take a mountaintop, only to be cut off from supplies. Upon receiving the Congressional Veteran Commendation from Congressman John Carter (in 2022), Carl remembered, "We experienced Banzai attacks. Planes dropped supplies, K rations, water and ammunition, but much of it blew to the enemy. The conditions were terrible, the flies and such. Finally, reinforcements broke through, but not before many of the men who had taken the mountaintop had died. I was one of the lucky ones to survive." Four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Carl was one of six Americans (the only non-commissioned officer) present as Japan surrendered the Philippines. Carl met Linden Dolores Anderson from Austin at a Lutheran convention before the war, and she wrote to him as part of the war effort to encourage soldiers. For two years they were pen pals, getting to know each other through the letters they exchanged. When Carl returned home, he and Dolores started a lifelong courtship, marrying on September 28, 1947. They raised four children, and he committed himself to business and his community. Carl was a tractor and equipment dealer, cotton ginner and buyer, grain storage operator and dealer, and he ran a hog farm. He managed Georgetown Country Club, and when the Club decided to grow from nine to 18 holes, he re-designed and built it into the 18-hole course it is today. He also designed and built Berry Creek Country Club golf course. He was President and Chairman of Walburg State Bank, expanding the bank that had been established in 1913 by his grandfather from Walburg into Georgetown in 1987. Carl and Dolores, along with others in the community, founded Gabriels Funeral Home, where he served for many years on the Board of Directors. Carl was instrumental in the establishment of Georgetown Little League, serving as a coach and president of the organization for nine years. He served as Chairman of the Georgetown Recreation Board for six years, was director of the Chamber of Commerce for three years and served on the Board of Directors for the Georgetown Housing Authority for seven years. Carl and Dolores contributed property for the start-up of The Caring Place. An active member of Christ Lutheran Church, he served as Chairman of the Church Council and Chairman of the Building Committee when the church moved from Austin Avenue to Luther Drive. Carl and Dolores designed and financed a youth room at Christ Lutheran, naming it the "Foxhole," a safe-haven for youth. He served six years on the Georgetown ISD School Board, five as Chairman, and served eight years on the Georgetown City Council, two as Mayor Pro Tem. He was elected Mayor of Georgetown in 1984. Among his accomplishments as Mayor, he was proud to secure "two for the price of one" water treatment plants. Beloved GISD Educator Dr. Jo Ann Ford nominated Carl for Citizen of the Year, an honor he received in 2000. She wrote, "When I needed a job for a disabled student, Carl hired him immediately; whenever I needed financial help for a child or a project for kids – he always said, "It needs to be done and I can do it." Carl's touch has manifested itself into so much of what Georgetown is today – the people, the opportunities and the infrastructure. His life reflected his solid, honest work ethic and problem-solving attitude. Carl is one of the visionary patriots of the Greatest Generation who put his experience and bravery to work in his country and his community. Carl is survived by his wife of 75 years Dolores, sons Danny (Charlynn), Randy (Susan), and Steve (Leslie) Doering. He is also survived by grandchildren Kristi Doering, Lauren Doering and Keely Doering, great grandchildren Hunter, Tyler and Grant Tewell, sister in laws Louise Doering and Betty Hausmann and 14 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter and son in law Sylvia and Joe Coulter, brothers Clarence and Bill Doering and sister Beatrice Wilson.
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